Progressing well and has been playing C in Milwaukee. Unlikely he makes the team out of camp, but we do have more opportunity at C than the wing right now so I could see him getting a chance during the season if players struggle or injuries pile up though.
He should be #1C in Milwaukee. I think he has been sneaky-great in his first AHL season, probably better than most of us expected tbh. Not quite ready for regular NHL duty or a candidate to make the team out of camp, but he could get a brief callup at some point if injuries stack up on the main Preds roster.
Whether NCAA gives guys extended eligibility shouldn't change how long NHL teams keep the player's rights. Seems like that would require change in CBA.COVID Impact on NCAA Rules - College Hockey, Inc.
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Key point:
Extended Eligibility
Winter sport student-athletes who compete during 2020-21 in Division I will receive both an additional season of competition and an additional year in which to complete it, the NCAA Division I Council announced.
Anyway, that’s how all the transaction pages have listed them, so…
I don’t believe the NHL is very big anymore on publicizing small details that us fans shouldn’t worry our pretty heads about. 
You may be right about retaining rights on these guys. The players impacted (league wide) tend to be lesser prospects, so it hasn’t been priority issue for me to wrap arms around. What echl roster these guys end up on likely won’t matter much.Anyway, that’s how all the transaction pages have listed them, so…
Maybe it will even become a self-fulfilling prophecy to some extent, because I can’t say that I have any interest in digging out more of the story. Those guys got a 5th year of NCAA eligibility, multiple transaction pages listed the August 15 expirees who weren’t taking the 5th year as expired, and are listing the guys who did as remaining on NHL reserve lists for an extra year. It is what it is. Unless they’re all wrong.
The most important part of this is that the Atlanta guy can still vote for Fontaine in the prospect rankings. That’s all that REALLY matters!
Well it was housed in the prospect ranking Edström addition and that is closed now.
After the season and postseason L'Heureux had in the AHL (especially when you compare him to Schaefer who is just a couple months younger than L'Heureux), i dont understand how you could justify having him in "has a chance to play". The MIL coach already stated he was the most NHL ready of young players there.
Yes that was the order
Yeah I can at least understand the argument to have L'Hereux down in like the 6-7 range but there are so many guys ahead of him with lesser draft pedigree and lesser results that it makes no sense. But whatever I've never understood why Pronman is considered a top mind in prospect evaluation anyways.
I think Pronman uses age 23 as a hard cut off but yes it is still stupid to not consider the fact Evangelista was a full time NHL player last year. Although Tomasino was also a full time player in 21-22 so anything can happen I suppose.
This is pipeline rating of young players, not just prospects. Not defending the rankings, which are suspect, but guys like Wyatt Johsnton in Dallas and Byfield in LA are in these rankings for their teams too.
Ah I think I got his criteria mixed up with what Wheeler uses.
Not everybody can play for Wisconsin.
