Confirmed with Link: Flyers sign Latvian UFA forward Rodrigo Abols to one-year ELC, ex of Rogle BK (SHL)

[GKJ]

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[GKJ]

@ellja3 this is your thread

 

[Fire Tortorella]

6'4 205 lbs.

 

[Henry Miller]

What should I think about this?

 

[GKJ]

What should I think about this?

 

[BigToe]

Another 6'4 guy from the SHL lol

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Seen him play a few games for Latvia i think. Pretty sure this is the same dude. Big frame, I think he’s a center?

Im like 20% sure he also played at the 2022 Olympics. Pretty sure he’s usually a captain for Latvia.

He’ll be a good guy to have around for Kolosov this upcoming year. Not even kidding. For that reason alone - I like the signing.

 

[Danko]

Sick kick pass at around :45



Solid first name to. Underrated name.

 

[BernieParent]

Another 6'4 guy from the SHL lol

It's the Flyers' Swede spot.

#DadjokesforFather'sDay

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

It's the Flyers' Swede spot.

#DadjokesforFather'sDay

Latvian. Apple in English his surname.

 

[GKJ]

Seen him play a few games for Latvia i think. Pretty sure this is the same dude. Big frame, I think he’s a center?

Im like 20% sure he also played at the 2022 Olympics. Pretty sure he’s usually a captain for Latvia.

He’ll be a good guy to have around for Kolosov this upcoming year. Not even kidding. For that reason alone - I like the signing.

Don’t know he’d stick around the AHL that long. My guess is they’d let him go back to Europe if he’s not gonna stick.

 

[TheKingPin]

Latvian. Apple in English his surname.

He plays in Sweden

 

[ellja3]

@ellja3 this is your thread

Hello! [:

Hard working center that can create something out of absolutely nothing. Pivotal part of Latvian bronze team, everyone was focusing on Šilovs, but Ābols played a huge part also, without him we wouldn't get that far, lots of subtle and not so subtle plays that led to key moments/goals. I hate the word ''intangibles'' ever since the Toews discourse, but Ābols is definition of it.

Glad to see another Latvian sign for Flyers, first time since Oskars Bārtulis who brought my attention to this club and I've been a fan ever since.

As someone in this thread already mentioned, his last name translates to Apple in Latvian.

 

[BringBackHakstol]

Lol, very typical

 

[Danko]

How bout them abols

 

[Rebels57]

I only like this for @ellja3

 

[ellja3]

I only like this for @ellja3

I 1) appreciate the gesture 2) dislike the ''only'' part of this sentence at the same time

 

[ellja3]

I am in Finland right now actually on mini-vacation and after this was posted in Latvian media my phone exploded, haha; everyone went ''YO CHECK THIS OUT''

 

[BiggE]

I can guarantee that, at the very least, he’s a better player than Nic D.

 

[ellja3]

I can guarantee that, at the very least, he’s a better player than Nic D.

Can assure you of that for sure

 

[TCTC]

Rodrigo from Latvia. Gone are the days when you could tell someone's nationality by their first name.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Don’t know he’d stick around the AHL that long. My guess is they’d let him go back to Europe if he’s not gonna stick.

So you are thinking:

If no NHL -> Europe?

 

[GKJ]

So you are thinking:

If no NHL -> Europe?

He would make way more going back than going to the AHL. Just depends how patient he is. They had to have told him he has a reasonable chance to make it.

 

[Alex K]

Here's your center for Michkov

 

[usahockey22flyers]

He would make way more going back than going to the AHL. Just depends how patient he is. They had to have told him he has a reasonable chance to make it.

I’m just not seeing any chance he makes it. Center is pretty solidified unless Laughton gets moved and Cates is permanently a LW?

Frost
Coots
Poehling?
Cates?