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March 29th, 2016 at 10:10 AM ^
Updated now that I have more understanding of why they did an ATO and not an ELC.
I'm pretty sure the ATO makes you lose your college eligibility, so he's gone.
Good luck Zach!
Yeah, he's signed. He just didn't sign a full-on ELC to protect him from expansion draft eligibility should it happen in 2018. The rule there is that if a player is in his third "pro" season that summer, he has to be protected. By finishing the season on an "amateur" tryout contract with the AHL team, he can play the rest of the AHL slate without being considered "pro" this season at all, thus meaning Columbus doesn't have to use a "protection" spot on him in an expansion draft.
It's all semantic contract wrangling. He's done at UofM.
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March 29th, 2016 at 10:11 AM ^
Yes, I fixed the title. For some reason, without initially realizing that the expansion draft protection was the reason for the ATO, I wondered if he would maintain his eligibility. Now that it's clear he's not coming back, I changed it.
March 29th, 2016 at 10:16 AM ^
March 29th, 2016 at 11:01 AM ^
He'll need to work on his actual defense in his own end, but with the puck the college game is a breeze for him. Seems like he's at 3/4 speed most of the time. Good luck to him.
March 29th, 2016 at 11:13 AM ^
March 29th, 2016 at 11:20 AM ^
I'm not necessarily talking about his skating, though I know what you mean. More that there's no panic with the puck. He effortlessly moves through traffic. He's always jumping in the rush. Just signs that he's moving faster than the game - mentally. If this were a video game, he should bump up the difficulty.
March 29th, 2016 at 12:57 PM ^
I'm not sure why you keep replying. It sounds like you're trying to correct me on something, or argue with me.
I know he's good. He makes the game look easy -- because he's really good. I know. Thank you.
March 29th, 2016 at 10:33 AM ^
Glad we got two years out of Werenski. I expected him to be one and done, but to get two is and was great, especially considering all of the rumors in the offseason that he was going to flee. He helped Michigan get back to the tournament and I think that we can all be grateful for that. The timing of this is probably right for Michigan too considering the scholarship logjam, though he was already expected to be attrition.
March 29th, 2016 at 11:09 AM ^
Not surprising. Top-10 picks don't last very long in college. Thanks for the memories, Zach.
GWG in the B1G Tournament this year.
Luke Martin might be Werenski 2.0
March 29th, 2016 at 11:21 AM ^
up until the point when the contract is offered, then I'm outta here.
Red's lucky that Brendan Morrison stuck around as long as he did.
March 29th, 2016 at 11:34 AM ^
It was a pleasure watching Werenski, dude always played under control.
It wouldn't be a hockey thread without Don and his crusade against NHL caliber players, because we would be some much more successful recruiting like Northern Michigan.
March 29th, 2016 at 12:29 PM ^
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March 29th, 2016 at 11:37 AM ^
I would have been surprised if you told me he was staying. Wish him the best.
He and Connor impress me as guys who can contribute right away in the NHL. My loathing of OSU carries over to the Blue Jackets though. May Larkin and Luke G. skate by him on the way to scoring goals for the Wings.
Downing as well. Nieves and Selman signed yesterday, Werenski and Downing today.
future defensive partner of JMFJ?
Am I kind of alone in that I think he's nowhere near ready? Way too inconsistent in his own end for me to think he should be near the NHL yet. There are nights when he looks super calm and in control and other nights he panics and is out of position frequently.
Elite offensive defenseman already though.