Confirmed with Link: Sean Farrell signed 3 year ELC (2022-23 to 2024-25)

[Wats]

Last game was a joke in terms of competition. It was like a scrimmage at times.

Hope they can pad his stats and bait a team into thinking he's got value in a deal for upgrade.

 

[26Mats]

Last game was a joke in terms of competition. It was like a scrimmage at times.

True. But Ylonen is 1 point shy of being on a 40 points in 82 games pace, in limited ice time.

I think he should stay.

 

[Rapala]

True. But Ylonen is 1 point shy of being on a 40 points in 82 games pace, in limited ice time.

I think he should stay.

He'll get the chance and no doubt about it.

 

[26Mats]

Next camp will be very interesting with farrell, Roy and beck coming to try and crack the lineup, and guys like ylonen and rhp showing they belong already.

Only so many spots.

Yep, I have Farrell, RHP, Ylonen, and Slaf and Gurianov penciled into the top 12. With Anderdon and Caufield, that makes 7 wingers already for 8 wing spots. That means only 1 spot for a washed up vet. And Heineman and Roy will make their cases.

 

[Redux91]

Very cool
Welcome to the team kiddo
Show these people what you can do

I bet he's super eager and excited to start his REAL dream lol, happy to have him

It's funny going from a surplus of RW to now having so many LW lol

 

[26Mats]

Hoffman is over 0.5 ppg with surprisingly adequate defence. He is an NHL player.

Armia is filler at this point. If Farrell isn't better then of course he should go to Laval.

Fair enough about Hoffman. But he isn't a part of the future and I don't think he'll bring much back at the deadline. So I still think him taking up a roster spot of a youngin that's ready to develop at the NHL level isn't the right thing to do.

 

[Tyson]

I really thought Beck had a shot next season but the numbers game says otherwise. If both he and Mesar are still eligible to play Junior I expect that is where they will be. I can't remember when we last had such an influx of Pro ready players.

That is a great problem to have but Hughes has to find a way to move bad contracts.
Someone like Ylonen has to pass through waivers next season. Decisions have to be made.

 

[Fatbiggie]

Welcome aboard Sean

 

[Team_Spirit]

Ylo and HP have graduated guys try to keep up here. They are also on fire rn scoring at will.

Interviews are in english, Sean says he likes Clayton Keller. So expect him to be on a line with a shooter most likely Ylo, Guri or Hoffman.

 

[Sam de Mtl]

I don't think he signs after that either. He needs another season in the NCAA and I'm not even sure he gets a contract in 2024 if he does not improve to 1.0 ppg. We have so many propsects....

This is Struble 2.0

He was always more of a big physical guy for a 3rd or 4th line. He still projects as that. Points will not be the most important factor.

 

[Whalers Fan]

While Caufield is out, have him go do some amateur scouting for the draft. He's got an eye for talent.

Both he and Farrell played for the US NTDP, so Cole had some insider information.

 

[Rapala]

That is a great problem to have but Hughes has to find a way to move bad contracts.
Someone like Ylonen has to pass through waivers next season. Decisions have to be made.

We know Hughes wants to add a ready piece if possible and not neccessarily as high up the roster as a PLD. We all watched the same season and most of us realize we need to find a player with serious size and grit and hockey sense to help with some of the targeting we saw. Ylonen may get dangled in a package. Either way camp will be exciting.

 

[BaseballCoach]

It will be curious what they do with Mesar. Because in Beck's case, it's either NHL or Junior. But they don't have that limitation with Mesar. He's eligible for Laval.

I predict Mesar will play in the OHL next season, and try to break 70 points.

Fair enough about Hoffman. But he isn't a part of the future and I don't think he'll bring much back at the deadline. So I still think him taking up a roster spot of a youngin that's ready to develop at the NHL level isn't the right thing to do.

But is that young one better than Hoffman at that point in time? We can't say Hoffman is taking his roster spot if the player needs to be gifted that spot and has not earned it.

This is what I see up front, if we do not trade for Dubois and we draft a college-bound player with our first pick:

Caufield-Suzuki-Hoffman
Farrell-Dach-Anderson
Slafkovsky-Dvorak-Gurianov
RHP-Evans-Gallagher
extra: Armia, Pezetta or Ylonen
Laval: Roy, Kidney, Heineman (or SHL), Belzile

If we move Dvorak, we might sign Monahan or Drouin cheap.

 

[Habs13]

I wonder if he has at least bulked up a little... HDB has him at 5'9" 175 lbs.

 

[Whalers Fan]

That is a great problem to have but Hughes has to find a way to move bad contracts.
Someone like Ylonen has to pass through waivers next season. Decisions have to be made.

This would be the one reason to buy out Hoffman - - in order to make roster room for a young player.

 

[Whitesnake]

Annoying to see these NCAA players able to burn the first year of their ELCs. Ideally he would have started in the AHL. Now the team will have to send back to Laval somebody else that worked hard the whole year.

There's actually 10 games left in the NHL. You are giving a shot to a guy to make the playoffs. Yeah, he'll lose some money, well compensate in the next contract.

 

[26Mats]

I predict Mesar will play in the OHL next season, and try to break 70 points.

But is that young one better than Hoffman at that point time? We can't say hoffman is taking his roster spot if the player needs to be gifted that spot and has not earned it.

This is what I see up front, if we do not trade for Dubois and we draft a college-bound player with out first pick:

Caufield-Suzuki-Hoffman
Farrell-Dach-Anderson
Slafkovsky-Dvorak-Gurianov
RHP-Evans-Gallagher
extra: Armia, Pezetta or Ylonen
Laval: Roy, Kidney, Heineman (or SHL), Belzile

If we move Dvorak, we might sign Monahan or Drouin cheap.

No question in my mind, in your lineup scenario, I'd rather have Ylonen play every night, since he's NHL ready and may be part of the future, than Hoffman, who will be gone at the end of the year.

But, imo, since it's hard to justify sitting a player who's better currently for one who's worse, Hoffman needs to be moved to prevent that, because it potentially could be the case. Trade him 50% retained or buy him out, or trade him for a former NHLer with an equally bad contract who's been buried in the AHL.

 

[larek]

Annoying to see these NCAA players able to burn the first year of their ELCs. Ideally he would have started in the AHL. Now the team will have to send back to Laval somebody else that worked hard the whole year.

That's the way it goes
He's a bigger piece of the puzzle -- some of the others are not in n the picture for the future

 

[DAChampion]

Caufield-Suzuki-Hoffman
Farrell-Dach-Anderson
Slafkovsky-Dvorak-Gurianov
RHP-Evans-Gallagher
extra: Armia, Pezetta or Ylonen
Laval: Roy, Kidney, Heineman (or SHL), Belzile

If we move Dvorak, we might sign Monahan or Drouin cheap.

And similarly on D, and that's not even including the two high picks the Habs will have this year.

Hughes will have to figure out how to trade four quarters for a dollar, multiple times over. Like he did with Dach and Matheson.

 

[McGuires Corndog]

Sean Farrell=Mitch Marner, okay, tell me i'm dreaming lol.

Ondrej Palat with better vision but less physicality.

 

[Treb]

Annoying to see these NCAA players able to burn the first year of their ELCs. Ideally he would have started in the AHL. Now the team will have to send back to Laval somebody else that worked hard the whole year.

It's the same with every single prospect, not just NCAA.

CHL and Euros can do the same.

 

[Rapala]

And similarly on D, and that's not even including the two high picks the Habs will have this year.

Hughes will have to figure out how to trade four quarters for a dollar, multiple times over. Like he did with Dach and Matheson.

Not to mention how many times have we seen that Caufield Suzuki Hoffman doesn't and will never work.
They would form a better line with RHP because of his ability to get on the puck and to do the thing that are not in Hoffman's DNA.

 

[Rapala]

Ondrej Palat with better vision but less physicality.

That is good Palat was one of the straws that propelled Tampa to the top. I'd mentioned in more than one GDT shutting him down was part of the answer to beating the Bolts. I think they will miss him this year in the post season.

 

[Treb]

Agreed that these NCAA rules are annoying and unfair.

Every prospect can decide not to sign and become UFA/go back to the draft.

The only difference is that NCAA player can't have a pro contract while they play there.

 

[GobigorGohome]

Sean Farrell=Mitch Marner, okay, tell me i'm dreaming lol.

Marner is 6-0
Farrell 5-9