G Keith Petruzzelli - Quinnipiac Univ., NCAA (2017, 88th, DET, signed to AHL deal by TOR)

[Web In Front]

Rights to drafted players are traded quite a bit if a team feels they can't sign them. Vesey, Fox and others have had their rights traded

I keep hearing non stop how good this kid is so I kinda assumed a team may wanna give up a pick to talk to him

Rights to drafted POSITION players are traded quite a bit. Rights to any goalie prospect, especially one of Petruzzelli's (low) caliber, are worth nothing.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Rights to drafted POSITION players are traded quite a bit. Rights to any goalie prospect, especially one of Petruzzelli's (low) caliber, are worth nothing.

My bad I assumed he was a top goalie prospect.. didn't realize he was a low end prospect

Saw he was in talks for Hobey Baker so I assumed he was a good prospect

 

[Web In Front]

My bad I assumed he was a top goalie prospect.. didn't realize he was a low end prospect

Yeah I'm gonna go ahead and trust that if Steve Yzerman thought he could get a pick for this guy he would have.

 

[Gopher13]

Yeah.... you don't sign or not sign a goalie prospect because you might draft an 18 year old goalie prospect. That's not the way NHL teams work.

Might want to edit your post - word it that it was Yzermans call not to sign him.

 

[Dr Quincy]

Might want to edit your post - word it that it was Yzermans call not to sign him.

Yeah, I saw that one blogger who posted that. He could be right. But ... do we really take every blogger's tweet as fact given his claim is an unnamed source? I mean, could be true, but since it's one blogger posting that... I'd wait a bit.

 

[ShelbyZ]

Dumb decision, he is our best prospect. Could go straight to the AHL. What does he want instead? Being closer to his hometown?

I speculated on this on the Red Wings board and arrived at the premier destination for all college players that don't sign with their drafted teams... the Rangers:

-Obviously he'd be going to Hartford, which is around a 45 minute drive from his hometown, and about a 30 minute drive from Quinnipiac's campus. So if he's still got school stuff to do or maybe a GF or something that's still there he'd be close.

-Assuming they don't qualify Huska and Wall goes to the ECHL next year, they'd have the space for KP to go to Hartford and enter a platoon/mentorship with Kinkaid.

As far as being close to home, the Blues would give him the best spot, as Springfield is like 20 from his hometown, while still being around an hour from Quinnipiac.

Then you have Boston, where they're obviously the closest NHL team to his hometown, but Providence would have him around 1.5 hours from home and 2 hours from school.

 

[MBH]

Might want to edit your post - word it that it was Yzermans call not to sign him.

Is that official?

 

[MBH]

Right?

A young up and coming team who in a couple years when youre ready to go they should just be hitting their stride, no competition in the system and a great front office/ownership group. I guess testing free agency doesnt mean he wont sign with Detroit but maybe he wants to see if a team will guarantee him NHL ice time next year or something

Detroit is young.
But they're a long ways away from being "up and coming."

I've not heard anything conclusive about whether Yzerman didn't offer a deal, or whether Petruzelli didn't want to sign in Detroit.
In my limited viewings of Petruzelli, I thought he was pretty slow.

 

[MBH]

The Red Wings aren't telling a prospect who they are drafting at 6... even if they themselves knew.

Yep.
That's a far-out take.

 

[Killerjas]

I speculated on this on the Red Wings board and arrived at the premier destination for all college players that don't sign with their drafted teams... the Rangers:

-Obviously he'd be going to Hartford, which is around a 45 minute drive from his hometown, and about a 30 minute drive from Quinnipiac's campus. So if he's still got school stuff to do or maybe a GF or something that's still there he'd be close.

-Assuming they don't qualify Huska and Wall goes to the ECHL next year, they'd have the space for KP to go to Hartford and enter a platoon/mentorship with Kinkaid.

As far as being close to home, the Blues would give him the best spot, as Springfield is like 20 from his hometown, while still being around an hour from Quinnipiac.

Then you have Boston, where they're obviously the closest NHL team to his hometown, but Providence would have him around 1.5 hours from home and 2 hours from school.

I am a regular on the Red Wings board, this makes perfect sense.

 

[3 Minute Minor]

This thread almost makes me feel bad if Petruzelli decides not to sign with Detroit

I'm sorry @deca guard

 

[Killerjas]

Signed to the Marlies. Rumor on the street is that Ijzerman did not give him a contract. Interpreet it how you want.

 

[Ishad]

I'm sorry @deca guard

If we hadn’t added Ned/cossa this off-season losing him would have stung a lot more

 

[Konnan511]

So he signed an AHL contract, curious to know what Boston and Detroit didn't like about him.

 

[DuckingandCupping]

Theory: he signs an ahl deal because he can make more money on that than an elc. Makes 150k playing in the ahl instead of the 70? He would have made playing in the ahl if he was on elc. Ahl deal ends when he’s 24 and can sign a shorter elc if he’s good enough at that point. MLSE flexing (albeit very small flex) their money advantage? They’re out more cash, but save a contract spot and develop a relationship with a B grade prospect by paying him more actual dollars…

 

[3 Minute Minor]

Keith Petruzzelli vs. Cayden Primeau

8 years later, 1 step closer to this being a TOR/MTL goalie matchup

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Wow - he was so highly touted he got a thread a full 3 years before his draft date before me, George or Frk It decided to fill the forms with threads? Impressive stuff.