Confirmed with Link: Ville Mesaken (Unconditional Waivers)

[RangersFan1994]

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[FIRE DRURY]

End of an Era.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

Welp. Back to Sweden. Win some, lose some. But you keep taking your swings because every 5th or 6th guy winds up being a Dan Girardi/Mats Zuccarello/Neal Pionk.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Every player whose Wolf Pack Jersey I buy gets moved

 

[FIRE DRURY]

Every player whose Wolf Pack Jersey I buy gets moved

I was Today years old when I found out people actually buy Wolfpack Jersey's.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

I was Today years old when I found out people actually buy Wolfpack Jersey's.

I was today years old when I found out someone actually bought a Ville Meskanen jersey.

 

[SML2]

Every player whose Wolf Pack Jersey I buy gets moved

If they send Staal down for conditioning at any point, your ass better hop on Amazon quick.

 

[eco's bones]

He was okay last year. It wasn't working out this year though. Bringing up Elmer I guess.

 

[Machinehead]

Not enough effort. Sad.

 

[RGY]

Every player whose Wolf Pack Jersey I buy gets moved

Why in the world would you buy a Meskanen jersey....

 

[RGY]

He was okay last year. It wasn't working out this year though. Bringing up Elmer I guess.

Gropp was recalled

But while on the subject, what is going on with Jake Elmer? Juniors is not transitioning to the Pro league?

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

He was okay last year. It wasn't working out this year though. Bringing up Elmer I guess.

Think they called up Gropp.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Why in the world would you buy a Meskanen jersey....

Thought he was the next big thing

 

[eco's bones]

Gropp was recalled

But while on the subject, what is going on with Jake Elmer? Juniors is not transitioning to the Pro league?

Forgot about him. We've got a lot of NHL contracts in Maine.

 

[The New Russian Five]

Welp. Back to Sweden. Win some, lose some. But you keep taking your swings because every 5th or 6th guy winds up being a Dan Girardi/Mats Zuccarello/Neal Pionk.

Zuccarello was highly touted when the rangers signed him. He was expected to be an NHL regular.

 

[Harbour Dog]

I thought he deserved a cup of tea in his first season.

Difficult to fault anybody here though. Good signing, the kid worked hard on the ice and did what he could to make it, and it appears we're facilitating a move back to the LIIGA or another league for him.

If we take swings on these types of guys once or twice a year, I'll be a happy camper.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

Zuccarello was highly touted when the rangers signed him. He was expected to be an NHL regular.

All UDFAs have some associated probability of making the NHL, whether 5% or 95%, but they're still UDFAs. I mean, otherwise, what's the cutoff? Who "counts" and who doesn't?

And for the record, there were plenty of people concerned about how his size would play in the NA game on NA rinks at the time.

 

[SML2]

Every player whose Wolf Pack Jersey I buy gets moved

You know wherever you bought that is still like "remember when we sold that one Meskanen jersey..."

 

[nyr2k2]

I speculated as early as pre-season that Meskanen would be mutually terminated and go home. I'm actually surprised it took this long.

 

[The New Russian Five]

All UDFAs have some associated probability of making the NHL, whether 5% or 95%, but they're still UDFAs. I mean, otherwise, what's the cutoff? Who "counts" and who doesn't?

And for the record, there were plenty of people concerned about how his size would play in the NA game on NA rinks at the time.

No, I agree with you. My only point is that someone like Zucc was a no brainer signing. There were several teams that vied for him. This is unlike Girardi and Pionk who truly flew under the radar.

 

[nyr2k2]

No, I agree with you. My only point is that someone like Zucc was a no brainer signing. There were several teams that vied for him. This is unlike Girardi and Pionk who truly flew under the radar.

Pionk was one of the top UDFA's in his class.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Nice Euro player.

 

[The New Russian Five]

Pionk was one of the top UDFA's in his class.

Oh? This I did not know. Thanks!

 

[Inferno]

Why in the world would you buy a Meskanen jersey....

He lives in Vancouver....hockey Jersey's are the same price as toilet paper there.

 

[cwede]

Pionk was one of the top UDFA's in his class.

Oh? This I did not know. Thanks!

yeah, same summer as Butcher, both had strong '16-17 seasons in NCAA,
they were both anticipated almost-ready scoring RHD guys coming out of college

Butcher	Jan 6 1995		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
2016-17	U. of Denver	NCHC	43	7	30	37	18	27
Pionk	Jul 29 1995		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
2016-17	U. of Minnesota-Duluth	NCHC	42	7	27	34	25	24

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Will Butcher Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com
Neal Pionk Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

Butcher, having been drafted, had to wait, til mid-August after Sr season, be totally UFA,
Pionk was undrafted, and turning 22 that summer, after a strong soph season at Duluth, was free to sign w NYR in spring

(that was the odd situation where Butcher, despite starring at Denver, declined to sign w Avs, eventually signed w NJD, while Kerfoot declined to sign w NJD and then in August signed w Avs)