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2017-18 Marlies

Frank E said:
RE: CHL and elsewhere guys...I don't think any of them get offered a contract.
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Agreed. I do think they'll take AHL contracts here if they don't get any huge bites elsewhere. Mattinen more than the rest.
 
Should be noted, Lindgren signed an ATO with the Marlies late last season too but never actually played. And he signed a 2-year contract with his Finnish team last summer, so don't expect this to mean he'll be coming over to North America next season.
 
There are two types of defensemen Hunter's been drafting:
Speedy, productive defensemen (Dermott, Nielsen, Lindgren, Liljegren)
and Wookies with wheels.

I know they're trying to diversify their portfolio on the blueline and also trying to catch lightning in a bottle with a defense-first player (maybe even a Parayko-lite) by spending multiple 3-7th round picks on them. If even one sticks, that'll be a solid win.

Passing up on some more obvious options though... that's weird.
There's supposed to be a crap ton of D options in the draft this year.
 
herman said:
There are two types of defensemen Hunter's been drafting:
Speedy, productive defensemen (Dermott, Nielsen, Lindgren, Liljegren)
and Wookies with wheels.

I know they're trying to diversify their portfolio on the blueline and also trying to catch lightning in a bottle with a defense-first player (maybe even a Parayko-lite) by spending multiple 3-7th round picks on them. If even one sticks, that'll be a solid win.

Passing up on some more obvious options though... that's weird.
There's supposed to be a crap ton of D options in the draft this year.
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Hey Herman, I love it "Wookies with wheels" part of my new lexicon
 
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Keith Aulie, the D from Calgary that Burke insisted upon as an add-on to the Phaneuf deal, was also known as the Wookie.
 
?Some guys call this the 32nd NHL team because of how much resources this team has. From what I?m told that all changed four years ago when the new management came in.?

? Colin Greening on the Marlies reputation as an organization
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#Dubas2018

I know they were working over a depleted and depressed Canadiens squad, but seeing Marlies-grads Johnsson-Nylander-Hyman Dermott-Carrick run roughshod over an NHL team was really something.

I envisioned a similar line for last season, as it was one with limited expectations coming into the start of the year, but I can't complain about them holding back the kids until they were clearly going to hurdle the (serviceable) veteran roadblocks. The phase out/in is happening and it's thanks to the way the Marlies have progressed.

Next season, we have these players under contract; highlighted are the Marlies' alumni (or seniors):
Hyman - Matthews - Nylander*
Marleau - Kadri - Marner
x - x - Kapanen
Martin(?) - x - Brown
Leivo, Marchment(?)

Rielly - Hainsey
Gardiner - Zaitsev
Dermott - Borgman
Rosen

Andersen
Sparks

Johnsson, Carrick, Aaltonen, Pickard, Marincin, Holl, Gauthier, and Kaskisuo are RFAs
* Nylander is an RFA too, but nobody thinks we're not signing him

12-16 players on next season's roster will have been the product of our internal development program. Throw Matthews and Marner and Rielly in there as well, as they skipped a grade. That's somewhere between 50-80% of our roster being developed here.
 
Bullfrog said:
I forgot Gardiner played on the Marlies, though it was really only 1/2 a season.
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And it was under the old regime's Marlies, as was Kadri. Hard to say that either of those players weren't developed here though.
 
Zee said:
Any chance Nylander gets an offer sheet from some crazy young GM like Chayka?
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Very remote. The offer sheet system is basically designed in a way to have them rarely ever happen.
 
In case you were wondering: mini-thread
https://twitter.com/draglikepull/status/975798854850371585
 
We've got some tryouts hanging with the Marlies these days.
In addition to Jesper Lindgren (RD, 2015-4th rd),

Pierre Engvall (LW, 2014-7th Rd) is on a PTO.
Brady Ferguson (LW, undrafted) is on an ATO.
Scott Pooley (RW, undrafted) has signed an ATO. He's the former captain of the Chicago Mission Bantam team, and teammate of our own William Nylander. | PPP
Hunter Fejes (LW, 2012-6th by ARI) also signed a PTO today. He's a Solar Bear they've called up on loan. And, oh man, his story is really something. Brb, chopping onions. Read PPP's recap of his potential while you wait.
Fedor Gordeev (LD, 2017-5th rd) is also up with the Marlies today.
 
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