Player Discussion Sam Colangelo

[Hockey Duckie]

He's buddies with Zegras since childhood. Maybe we can take some kind of solace in that.

Bumping this article from when he was drafted as a reminder of how stoked he was to be a duck and maybe play with Z. "He joked that his excitement was to the level of 'putting a couple of holes in the wall."

From childhood to NHL, Ducks’ Sam Colangelo and Trevor Zegras hyped to reunite

The Ducks' second-round pick had to wait for his name to be called, but the end result has him ecstatic.

theathletic.com

The article also shares that Colangelo is friends with Thrun and Ian Moore, both attended/attending Harvard respectively. Thrun went through the FA route, but informed Verbeek he didn't want to stay with the org. Moore is returning to Harvard for his senior year instead of being signed by Verbeek as soon as his junior season ended.

 

[2faded]

He's buddies with Zegras since childhood. Maybe we can take some kind of solace in that.

Bumping this article from when he was drafted as a reminder of how stoked he was to be a duck and maybe play with Z. "He joked that his excitement was to the level of 'putting a couple of holes in the wall."

From childhood to NHL, Ducks’ Sam Colangelo and Trevor Zegras hyped to reunite

The Ducks' second-round pick had to wait for his name to be called, but the end result has him ecstatic.

theathletic.com

He's waiting to see where Zegras is traded to before deciding who to sign with.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

I feel like a ton of people are looking way into this more than it should be

 

[Ducks DVM]

I feel like a ton of people are looking way into this more than it should be

Can you think of another similar situation where a desirable college student can go UFA in August and signs only a PTO after his college season but before the school year is over?

It’s weird.

 

[Static]

Can you think of another similar situation where a desirable college student can go UFA in August and signs only a PTO after his college season but before the school year is over?

It’s weird.

And the team production people / front office either don't appear to be on the same page or aren't bothering with the important details.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

I think most likely he signed a PTO here because he wanted to play here and will sign an ELC here because 1) he's already here and 2) Ducks people are acting like it's a fait accompli. So, it probably is. I won't rule out another misread/f***up by PV but I don't think it's the likeliest outcome here.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Gonna leave this here too.

Seen in the team store where people get jerseys customized. Typically you can’t get a player name with an inaccurate number.

 

[lwvs84]

Gonna leave this here too.

Seen in the team store where people get jerseys customized. Typically you can’t get a player name with an inaccurate number.

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Hopefully he ordered it for his pending Ducks debut

 

[MMC]

What are your thoughts on him through 2 games?

 

[KelVarnsen]

At Least in his first game, he didn’t seem hesitant to go to the net without the puck. He’s a big boy and hopefully can make a good living in front of the net.

 

[Dirk316]

Reminds me of Leason when it comes to physical play

 

[Son of Gib]

Do we think he makes the top 9 next year or will he spend time with the Gulls?

 

[DavidBL]

Do we think he makes the top 9 next year or will he spend time with the Gulls?

My estimation is the gulls like Nesterenko did.

 

[All Mighty]

Do we think he makes the top 9 next year or will he spend time with the Gulls?

Probably the Gulls, especially if Verbeek adds a top 6 RW like he said he would.

 

[Ducks in a row]

ANA@STL: Colangelo scores goal against Joel Hofer | NHL.com

ANA@STL: Colangelo scores goal against Joel Hofer

www.nhl.com

1st goal of the season

 

[lwvs84]

Leason, Lundestrom, and Fabbri have all seen time in the top 6. Colangelo is probably a better fit than any of them. He would be the best goal scorer Carlsson has played with this season probably.

 

[Masch78]

Wrote it in the games thread as well. He looks so big out there. And it seems that he might have these 20g potential.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Wrote it in the games thread as well. He looks so big out there. And it seems that he might have these 20g potential.

I remember when Cutter and Colangelo were getting interviewed together last year that Cutter was recounting an incident where he had to borrow one of Colangelo's suit. Cutter didn't realize he had to dress up before an NHL game and, fortunately, Colangelo had a spare. When Cutter put on Colangelo's suit is when he realized just how big Colangelo is. I think Cutter said he was swimming in Colangelo's dress pants to describe how big Colangelo is to Alexis.

 

[MCB]

Really loving his play since the call up, hoping he stays up the rest of the year.

 

[ZegrassyKnoll]

Really fascinating to see him play this net front role when his AHL success was as a shooter.

Hopefully our coaches don't try to put him into that box and instead try to get him to excel at both.

 

[tomd]

Interesting to note that both of the Ducks college success stories - colangelo and Lacombe - played 4 years in college. Hopefully that translates to Moore as well.

 

[Ducksforcup]

He really seems like the real deal. I love that he consitently goes to the right areas to score goals.

No way he goes back to the AHL now... Unless this year he might go once/if the Ducks are out.

 

[70sSanO]

I think Colangelo stays up.

There is really no logjam/IR for Ducks RH forwards who can shoot and have a net front presence. He is kind of in a class by himself.

He certainly doesn’t look lost or out of place this time around.

John

 

[Sean Garrity]

He really seems like the real deal. I love that he consitently goes to the right areas to score goals.

No way he goes back to the AHL now... Unless this year he might go once/if the Ducks are out.

I’m all for sending the kids down to help SD make a playoff push if they can’t do it in Anaheim. I think there is value in playoff type games at the AHL level, even though kids like Colangelo have already “felt it” at the international or college level, I “feel” like the pro AHL level is still a completely different beast.

 

[GunnarStahl]

Him transferring to Western Michigan may be one of the most career savvy moves in recent Ducks history. Makes you wonder what his career would have been like if he went there from the start of his NCAA career.

If CHLers start going to NCAA following draft year and I was Porter Martone I would already be enrolled in W. Mich.