Confirmed with Link: Ty Emberson (RHD) signed to ELC

[The Feckless Puck]

Coyotes Sign Emberson to Entry-Level Contract

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[Vinny Boombatz]

Great news, hopefully he can be a steady shutdown guy - not a lot of offense, but if he can be a reliable puck-mover and shutdown guy he'll be valuable to us.

 

[LuckyNumber11]

Feel like he could turn into a decent bottom pairing/PK specialist type. At the very least he should be a good leader for the runners

 

[XX]

I expect him to replace Mayo, nothing more. His upside is lower than Crotty, and that wasn't high to begin with. There's not a lot of room for these types in the NHL anymore unless they are super physical and/or technically brilliant defenders ala Hammer. Fighting really helps as well.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

I expect him to replace Mayo, nothing more. His upside is lower than Crotty, and that wasn't high to begin with. There's not a lot of room for these types in the NHL anymore unless they are super physical and/or technically brilliant defenders ala Hammer. Fighting really helps as well.

He might surprise you if given a chance. Remember, many of us had completely given up on Garland at one point of his development, and who could have guessed that Michael Bunting would make such an impact at this level?

 

[Vinny Boombatz]

Emberson was fabulous at world juniors shutting down the competition and seems to have succeeded in doing it at the NCAA level. Let's see what he can do, never know how these guys will develop with pro level coaching.

 

[rt]

Emberson was fabulous at world juniors shutting down the competition and seems to have succeeded in doing it at the NCAA level. Let's see what he can do, never know how these guys will develop with pro level coaching.

Well, I guess we’re f***ed.

 

[Gwyddbwyll]

Great news, hopefully he can be a steady shutdown guy - not a lot of offense, but if he can be a reliable puck-mover and shutdown guy he'll be valuable to us.

With Chychrun and OEL already in place that's pretty much what we really want - one of these guys, Emberson, Crotty or Callahan to step up to being a steady partner. He's smaller than the other two but has more international experience.

Interesting to see he had the highest +/- on the Badgers (with Caufield and Holloway) and was still their highest scoring defenseman, albeit it doesnt look like they had any offensive defensemen on the team. The plus-minus just indicates he was used very well by the coaches but still promising.

 

[lanky]

You never know...
Lyubushkin found a spot next to OEL.

 

[BUX7PHX]

I think we have a few more hidden gems in the system that are finishing up their college careers and/or getting their feet wet in the AHL.

If out of every 3 late round picks, we can find one to jump in and play a minimum of 14 mins per game on D or 10 mins per game at F, we are doing our part to bring in players that raise the expectations.

 

[rt]

I think we have a few more hidden gems in the system that are finishing up their college careers and/or getting their feet wet in the AHL.

If out of every 3 late round picks, we can find one to jump in and play a minimum of 14 mins per game on D or 10 mins per game at F, we are doing our part to bring in players that raise the expectations.

Garland and Bunting seem like pretty great mid-late picks, so far.

 

[Kaizen]

Interesting that Emberson has his performance bonuses frontloaded - he can't really be expected to reach many performance targets this year. I wonder if capfriendly has it wrong and the performance bonuses should be in year 2 and 3 as opposed to year 1 and 2.

Ty Emberson - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

 

[Vinny Boombatz]

I'm headed down to catch the game tomorrow, hopefully he'll be in the lineup

 

[BUX7PHX]

Garland and Bunting seem like pretty great mid-late picks, so far.

Certainly.

I consider most drafts to be 50-75 players deep, in terms of players who actually see meaningful NHL time. So, maybe we could include the back half of the 3rd round in this idea, but if you look at our drafts in the past 4 or 5 years, we actually see players in this range who are at least capable of AHL careers.

From 2005-13, Yandle was our best pick in rounds 4-7. The next best? Maybe Conor Clifton or Louis Domingue. Not many others even had prolonged AHL careers, let alone NHL.

Compare that to players like Garland, Steenbergen, Maccelli, and Prosvetov.

Players like Callahan and Bergkvist have at least shown upward trajectories. Even the players we traded like Entwistle amd Schnarr, or who we walked away from (Hoefenmayer) are much stronger skill sets to build out depth on the organization.

I know people are happy for Armstrong and what he can do. I do also think that we were starting to find that value from players in those later rounds to help drive internal competition up. If each year, we unearth players who were unlikely to make it based on draft position, amd we continue to draft players in those late rounds who then push those players for time (even at the AHL level), our overall talent level rises exponentially.

 

[MIGs Dog]

High praise from his college coach.

"I knew when he got on campus that he would be a captain but the job he did was exceptional. He understands the game, he understands his teammates, he understands his role. He’s way ahead on that side of things as he enters pro hockey. Lots of guys leave college hockey and they're not as polished as they need to be in all those areas, but not him. Coachable kids are harder to find than they used to be because they have advisors and agents and NHL development people and GMs — a lot of people influencing them. I found Ty to be humble, grounded, mature and very coachable.” -Tony Granato

After reading all of Craig's article, I'm very optimistic about Ember's chances.


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