Islanders cut Calvin de Haan, Greg Moore, Trevor Smith
by Dominik on Sep 30, 2009 2:07 PM EDT
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PrintThe New York Islanders announced that they have assigned Greg Moore and Trevor Smith to the organization’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers and Calvin de Haan has been sent back to the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League.
No major surprises here -- although I was starting to wonder if the Isles wanted to keep de Haan, 18, for a nine-game trial first. But with no current injuries on the blueline (knock on wood), and de Haan himself listed day-to-day with Islanders Groinitis, that was starting to look like fantasy talk. Nonetheless, de Haan did everything the Islanders hoped and more. Pending his bulking up his frame a little, this is the beginning of a very nice relationship. For now, his junior team needs him.
For Greg Moore, 25, such is his lot: AHL player with potential injury call-ups for his adherence to the system. There appears to be no offensive upside there.
For Trevor Smith, 24, it's more of the same: A demonstration of how tough this league is even when you have notable offensive skill. If you can't convince a team -- even the Islanders -- that you deserve the proverbial "top six" minutes, then you have to morph into a diligent two-way player with defensive stamina and versatility. The world's elite level of hockey turns a lot of gifted forwards into such players, so there is a long line of them waiting to crack every lineup. Ask Richard Park about how to master that.
Speaking of which, Saturday's lineup (and injuries) are not yet set. Will we see the debut of Rob Schremp Hockey? And if so, pray tell, what will it look like?
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Disappointed that Trevor Smith was sent down. I am still hoping that he will get major ice time with the Islanders at various points this year. Too bad about Moore as well. The Isles could use some bigger forwards. No surprise about De Haan—except that I have abandoned whatever reservations I once had about choosing him over Kulikov. Kudos, Garth, Ryan, Kenny!!!
Its all for the best. Calvins only going to get stronger and work on his skills even more, its win-win.
Lets go Islanders...
de Haan looks like one of the best young blue liners in the game
Put some meat on the boys bones and he’s gonna be scary good.
He definitly has all the tools to be amongst the best in the game. That’s definitly going to be a player I think everyone is going to follow religeously in Juniors.
And how. He looked so good so early, I’m excited he gets another year to develop naturally.
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de Haan call up
I am predicting that the Isles will give him his 9 games at the end of the season. If he wasn’t hurt at the moment they may have given him 9 games in the beginning but since the team is projecting for a close to bottom finish againg this year they will probably give him 9 games at the end of the year.
How are the Oshawa Generals
Supposed to fair this year? I don’t follow juniors that closely.
De Haan’s team would have to be out of the playoffs before he could be called up to the Isles or Bridgeport.
I do not know how their team will fair but if their season ends sooner, which I guess is wrong to hope for, I would fully anticipate him being there at the end of the season. That would be a better test for him. The teams that the Isles will be playing for the final 9 games include a bunch of playoff bound teams including the Rangers. If Crosby doesn’t fake an injury 20 games left in the regular season then he might even be in the lineup when the Isles play them in the last game of the year. However this is all speculating that his team doesn’t play past the March 13th date of their last game. The Generals did not make the playoffs last year though.
by metalcoconut on Sep 30, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
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I would rather see Dehaan in another 6 months with hopefully another 12pnds of muscles and the confidence of dominating the Ohl and hopefully a gold medal with team Canada.
on a side note – by not grabing Lathan from tampa on waivers could that mean Garth and Jan like what we have in the stable in regards to defencemen
Seeing how a couple of contracts are coming up and the team really didn’t address the D in the past draft / free agency / waiver period it looks as if Garth probably has his eyes on someone and is waiting to see how the season plays out. For starters he has to see about the Lighthouse and then the ability to draw some free agents. However, I believe he is waiting to see how he does in the season so that he can take a shot at Erik Gudbranson (6’ 3" 195lb) shut down defenseman. From what I’ve seen he holds his ground and apparently he has “handled” Tavares in the past. If the Isles don’t finish 1st in the lottery for Hall you can bet Snow will be looking at Erik.
Well, I thought we were all agreed that Garth had picked a pretty good one in De Haan. Klementeyev may be a sleeper as well.
Gudbranson should be good although he has offensive upside as well. My choice and the seeming consensus best defender in the draft is Cam Fowler. Garth might be looking at a third guy, Brandon Gormley—described thusly—“great vision and decision-making abilities…plays against top lines…when he gets the puck, he knows what his options are.” Garth, Ryan, and Kenny seem to have a thing about hockey smarts, so they might lean toward him.
I think that was a hidden benefit of Bailey starting last year on the injured list. His nine-game trial was much longer than normal, and he got to rehab and train with the NHL staff for much longer than the typical case.
With Lashoff from Tampa, Nick Giglia the Let There Be Light(house) guy pointed out that Gordon had an AHL history with him — so maybe if they passed on him, it was in part due to his input. Or they’re just happy with what they have already.
Lighthouse Hockey: Side effects may include Weight gain and frequent game loss.
Have to agree with the sentiment that DeHaan needs to add some muscle. 170 lbs soaking wet isn’t enough for an NHL defenseman, especially with teams now adding toughness to complement the speed. Another year or two, get up to about 190-195 lbs, he will be hard to stop on either end.
By claiming Schremp, the Isles still maintain their 1# waiver priority until the season actually starts?
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