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2019-20 Hurricanes Prospects and Checkers Thread

Good move for a number of reasons. Emergency recall for both presumed to keep them on Charlotte’s roster for the playoffs.

“We don’t need your stinking goalies” bargaining position.
 
Checkers this past week

Feb 21 @Binghamton L 2-1 Ned with the loss. Kaski with the goal.

Feb 22 @Binghamton W 6-3 Forsberg with the win (42 saves). Joey Keane, Lorentz x2, Bishop, Bean, and Kaski with the goals.

The very new look Checkers play 4 road games this week. Tue/Sun at Hershey and Fri/Sat at Lehigh Valley.

Checkers added 2 ECHL forwards via PTOs, 26 year old Blake Winiecki and 27 year old Mark Cooper. Not surprising with Gauthier, Kuokkanen and Luostarinen all dealt by the Canes with no AHL forwards coming back. Checkers are 4th in their division with games in hand. It will be interesting to see how they do with Booth and Helvig and no Priskie, Kuokkenan or Luostarinen. Hershey is the best team in the AHL Eastern conference, Lehigh Valley is one of the worst.
 
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Canes draft picks and prospects Through 2/23:
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Ryan Suzuki C (1st round 2019 OHL Barrie/Saginaw):
With Barrie: 21 Games 5 Goals 18 Assists -9
With Saginaw: 18 Games 11 Goals 17 Assists +15

Jamieson Rees C (2nd round 2019 OHL Sarnia) 34 Games 18 Goals 40 Assists +6

Patrik Puistola F (3rd round 2019 Liiga Tappara + Jukurit + KooKoo/Mestis KooVee):
With Tappara 24 Games 0 Goals 2 Assists +1
With Jukurit 7 Games 3 Goals 2 Assists +1
With KooKoo 8 Games 2 Goals 1 Assist +3 *** Now with KooKoo
With KooVee 4 Games 1 Goals 3 Assists Even

Anttoni Honka RHD (3rd round 2019 Liiga JYP): 36 Games 3 Goals 13 Assists +7 *** Hasn't played in a few weeks

Domenick Fensore LHD (3rd round 2019 Hockey East Boston U. Fr.): 31 Games 3 Goals 13 Assists +7 (yes he has the same stats as Honka)

Tuukka Tieksola RW (4th round 2019 Liiga Karpat/Jr. A SM Liiga Karpat U20/Mestis Hermes):
With Karpat: 5 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists -1
With Karpat U20: 40 Games 25 Goals 30 Assists +17 *** Currently with Karpat U20
With Hermes 2 Games 1 Goal 0 Assists +1

Kirill Slepets W (5th round 2019 VHL Voronezh/KHL Riga):
With Voronezh 21 Games 8 Goals 7 Assists +6
With Riga 32 Games 4 Goals 3 Assists -2 *** Currently with Riga

Kevin Wall RW (6th round 2019 Big 10 Penn St. Fr.): 26 Games 2 Goals 5 Assists +1

Blake Murray C (7th round 2019 OHL Sudbury): 57 Games 28 Goals 34 Assists +5

Massimo Rizzo C (7th round 2019 BCHL Coquitlam): 42 Games 19 Goals 25 Assists (no +/- stats)

Jack Drury C (2nd round 2018 ECAC Harvard So.): 24 Games 17 Goals 15 Assists +4

Luke Henman C (4th round 2018 QMJHL Blainville-Boisbriand): 56 Games 22 Goals 45 Assists +7

Lenni Killinen RW (4th round 2018 Liiga Assat): 36 Games 6 Goals 7 Assists -5

Jesper Sellgren LHD (6th round 2018 SweHL Lulea): 39 Games 6 Goals 9 Assists +17

Dominik Bokk LW (Acquired via Trade SweHL Rögle BK Angelholm) 37 Games 11 Goals 4 Assists +3

Luke Martin RHD (2nd round 2017 Big 10 Michigan Sr.): 32 Games 1 Goal 6 Assists +8

Ville Rasanen LHD (7th round 2017 Mestis Jokipojat ): 34 Games 3 Goals 13 Assists +10 (yes he also has 3 goals and 13 assists)

Matt Filipe LW (3rd round 2016 Hockey East Northeastern Sr.): 26 Games 7 Goals 13 Assists +4

Max Zimmer LW (4th round 2016 Big 10 Wisconsin Sr.): 17 Games 6 Goals 3 Assists -4

Luke Stevens LW (5th round 2015 ECAC Yale Sr.): 26 Games 7 Goals 4 Assists -11

David Cotton C (6th round 2015 Hockey East Boston College Sr.): 30 Games 13 Goals 23 Assists +13

Pyotr Kochetkov G (2nd round 2019 KHL SKA St. Petersburg/VHL Neva St. Petersburg/KHL Vityaz/MHL (Juniors) Chekhov)
With KHL St. Petersburg 3-3-0 2.62 GAA .887 Sv%
With VHL St. Petersburg 2 Games 1.95 GAA .940 Sv%
With KHL Vityaz - 1-5-0 3.09 GAA .917 SV% *** Currently with Vityaz
With MHL Chekhov 2 Games, 3.50 GAA .908 Sv%

Jacob Kucharski G (7th round 2018 Hockey East Providence Fr.): Has not played

Eetu Makiniemi G (4th round 2017 Jr. A SM-Liiga U20-Ilves/Liiga Ilves/Mestis KooVee):
With Ilves U20: 1 Game 3.00 GAA .897 Sv%
With Ilves: 1-0-4 1.44 GAA .940 Sv% *** Back with Ilves (at least for one game)
With KooVie: 25 Games (14-2-8) Games 2.81 GAA .914 Sv%

Jack LaFontaine G (3rd round 2016 Big 10 Minnesota Jr.): 7-7-5 2.81 GAA .913 Sv%

DONE FOR SEASON:

Cade Webber LHD (4th round 2019 BCHL Penticton): 23 Games 2 Goals 3 Assists Even *** Apparently out for rest of season.
 
Tampa Bay assigned goalie Mike Condon to the Checkers. He had been playing for their ECHL team in Orlando.

 
Checkers got smoked last night in their first game after the great purge. A 6-1 loss to division leading Hershey. Helvig allowed all of those goals (30 shots) and it was a real rough night for 4 forwards:

Max McCormick -6
Stelio Mattheos -5
Morgan Geekie -4

On the D side, Joey Keane was also -4, McKeown and Bean -3....
 
Kirill Slepets’ season is over. The regular season ended today and they didn’t make the playoffs. With no transfer agreement between the NHL and KHL, he won’t be coming to Charlotte on a PTO.
 
The Checkers might need some of our prospects to join on PTOs and ATOs with how thin the roster is now. It might be too late for the Checkers though by the time the likes of Jack Drury (assuming he leaves school after his season is over) or Matt Filipe (assuming we sign him) are available. I still think David Cotton is just flat out not going to sign with the Canes and end up signing an entry level deal with Dallas.

All of the current players in Charlotte are going to have to pull together if they are going to make the playoffs. Their blueline is still 'stocked' (relative to other AHL teams).
 
WTF, I have not seen this done in a long time.

He's not good, don't get your hopes up.
 
WTF, I have not seen this done in a long time.

He's not good, don't get your hopes up.

They’ve gotten him and Condon in the last few days. It’s probably temporary until Forsberg or Nedeljkovic get back. Was Kinkaid not playing at Laval?
 
Split timing. If he was they wouldn't have dumped him.

He was atrocious with the Habs.
 
Tampa Bay assigned goalie Mike Condon to the Checkers. He had been playing for their ECHL team in Orlando.


Tampa recalled Condon today. He was the losing goalie on Friday, allowing 4 goals on 19 shots. He backed up Booth last night in the Checkers win.
 
Morgan Geekie was named AHL Player of the Week, after going 4-3-7 in 4 games last week.
 
Checkers this past week. Better get a program to know who is playing

Feb 25 @Hershey L 6-1 Jeremy Helvig with the loss. Geekie with the goal.

Feb 28 @Lehigh Valley L 5-3 Mike Condon (on loan) with the loss. Mark Cooper (PTO), McCormick and Bean with the goals.

Feb 29 @Lehigh Valley W 4-2 Callum Booth with the win. Lorentz, Cavan Fitzgerald, Blake Winiecki (PTO) and Kaski with the goals.

Mar 1 @Hershey W 6-3 Keith Kinkade (on loan) with the win. Lorentz, Mattheos x2 and Geekie x3 with the goals.

Back home this week for 2 games against Utica (Fri/Sat) Checkers sit in 4th in the division still, 6 points clear of 5th place Springfield (who has played 1 more game) and 6th place Wilkes-Barre (who has played 2 more games).
 
Checkers acquire Ryan Bourque from Bridgeport for Terry Broadhurst and Cedric Lacroix.
 
Canes draft picks and prospects Through 3/1: Note that some of our college kids are waiting for conference tournaments to begin except for Hockey East which starts it tournament in a couple of weeks.

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Ryan Suzuki C (1st round 2019 OHL Barrie/Saginaw):
With Barrie: 21 Games 5 Goals 18 Assists -9
With Saginaw: 20 Games 13 Goals 19 Assists +17

Jamieson Rees C (2nd round 2019 OHL Sarnia) 37 Games 18 Goals 42 Assists +5

Patrik Puistola F (3rd round 2019 Liiga Tappara + Jukurit + KooKoo/Mestis KooVee):
With Tappara 24 Games 0 Goals 2 Assists +1
With Jukurit 7 Games 3 Goals 2 Assists +1
With KooKoo 9 Games 2 Goals 1 Assist +4 *** Now with KooKoo
With KooVee 4 Games 1 Goals 3 Assists Even

Anttoni Honka RHD (3rd round 2019 Liiga JYP): 39 Games 3 Goals 14 Assists +5

Domenick Fensore LHD (3rd round 2019 Hockey East Boston U. Fr.): 32 Games 3 Goals 13 Assists +5

Tuukka Tieksola RW (4th round 2019 Liiga Karpat/Jr. A SM Liiga Karpat U20/Mestis Hermes):
With Karpat: 5 Games 0 Goals 0 Assists -1
With Karpat U20: 42 Games 27 Goals 32 Assists +19 *** Currently with Karpat U20
With Hermes 2 Games 1 Goal 0 Assists +1

Kirill Slepets W (5th round 2019 VHL Voronezh/KHL Riga):
With Voronezh 21 Games 8 Goals 7 Assists +6
With Riga 33 Games 4 Goals 3 Assists -2 *** As already noted, Riga has failed to make the playoffs. Slepets' season is over.

Kevin Wall RW (6th round 2019 Big 10 Penn St. Fr.): 26 Games 2 Goals 5 Assists +1 *** Regular season is over. Penn State gets bye to Big 10 semis which start March 14th

Blake Murray C (7th round 2019 OHL Sudbury): 60 Games 30 Goals 35 Assists +6

Massimo Rizzo C (7th round 2019 BCHL Coquitlam): 42 Games 19 Goals 25 Assists (no +/- stats) *** Regular season over Coquitlam is up 2-0 in their best of 7 series with Langley
Playoff stats:
2 Games 2 Goals 2 Assists

Jack Drury C (2nd round 2018 ECAC Harvard So.): 26 Games 18 Goals 16 Assists +4 *** Harvard (5th seed) plays St. Lawrence in the ECAC tourney first round starting this weekend.

Luke Henman C (4th round 2018 QMJHL Blainville-Boisbriand): 59 Games 23 Goals 47 Assists +9

Lenni Killinen RW (4th round 2018 Liiga Assat): 39 Games 7 Goals 9 Assists -3

Jesper Sellgren LHD (6th round 2018 SweHL Lulea): 42 Games 7 Goals 12 Assists +19

Dominik Bokk LW (Acquired via Trade SweHL Rögle BK Angelholm) 40 Games 11 Goals 6 Assists +4

Luke Martin RHD (2nd round 2017 Big 10 Michigan Sr.): 34 Games 1 Goal 7 Assists +9 *** Michigan plays Michigan St. in the Big 10 quarters starting this weekend.

Ville Rasanen LHD (7th round 2017 Mestis Jokipojat ): 37 Games 3 Goals 13 Assists +9

Matt Filipe LW (3rd round 2016 Hockey East Northeastern Sr.): 28 Games 8 Goals 13 Assists +4

Max Zimmer LW (4th round 2016 Big 10 Wisconsin Sr.): 19 Games 8 Goals 3 Assists -5 *** Wisconsin plays Ohio St. in the Big 10 quarters starting this weekend.

Luke Stevens LW (5th round 2015 ECAC Yale Sr.): 28 Games 7 Goals 5 Assists -11 ***Yale (7th seed) plays Union in the ECAC tourney first round starting this weekend.

David Cotton C (6th round 2015 Hockey East Boston College Sr.): 32 Games 15 Goals 24 Assists +15

Pyotr Kochetkov G (2nd round 2019 KHL SKA St. Petersburg/VHL Neva St. Petersburg/KHL Vityaz/MHL (Juniors) Chekhov)
With KHL St. Petersburg 3-3-0 2.62 GAA .887 Sv%
With VHL St. Petersburg 2 Games 1.95 GAA .940 Sv%
With KHL Vityaz - 1-5-0 3.09 GAA .917 SV% *** Currently with Vityaz. They made the playoffs but not sure if Kochetkov will play. He is not their #1
With MHL Chekhov 2 Games, 3.50 GAA .908 Sv%

Eetu Makiniemi G (4th round 2017 Jr. A SM-Liiga U20-Ilves/Liiga Ilves/Mestis KooVee):
With Ilves U20: 1 Game 3.00 GAA .897 Sv%
With Ilves: 1-0-4 1.44 GAA .940 Sv%
With KooVee: 14-4-8 3.01 GAA .900 Sv% *** Currently with KooVee

Jack LaFontaine G (3rd round 2016 Big 10 Minnesota Jr.): 7-8-6 2.72 GAA .915 Sv% *** Minnesota plays Notre Dame in the Big 10 quarters starting this weekend.

DONE FOR SEASON:

Cade Webber LHD (4th round 2019 BCHL Penticton): 23 Games 2 Goals 3 Assists Even *** Apparently out for rest of season.

Jacob Kucharski G (7th round 2018 Hockey East Providence Fr.): *** He was on the roster all season but didn't play a game. I'm assuming his season is over.
 
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Tuukka Tieksola was named best forward and 1st team all-star in Finland’s U-20 league.
 
Jeremy Helvig was arrested in Orlando last night on a charge of battery (dating violence). It was after their game against the Solar Bears. No other Swamp Rabbits were arrested.
 
Jeremy Helvig was arrested in Orlando last night on a charge of battery (dating violence). It was after their game against the Solar Bears. No other Swamp Rabbits were arrested.
Presumably Helvig will end up suspended, pending further info. He's got another year on his contract after this one, so it's a little more complicated than just cutting him loose, should that prove the most prudent course. Either way, you guys know where I land on guys who get in physical conflagrations with women ... don't want 'em, don't need 'em, won't support 'em, don't really care how good or not good they are.
 
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