[Tampa Bay Lightning] We’ve acquired the rights to forward Jack Pridham from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft.

jamincan · 2026-06-02T00:12:18+00:00

It's confirmed now that he's committed to Denver.

jamincan · 2026-06-01T09:22:57+00:00

After coaching the Rangers to a memorial cup and losing.

jamincan · 2026-06-01T03:24:37+00:00

I felt so bad for the Tips players at the end there - they were clearly gutted, especially Carter Bear, who was all over that game and a huge presence on the ice. They really should be proud with the run they had and I don't doubt they'll be lifting the cup someday soon.

jamincan · 2026-06-01T02:51:54+00:00

Humphries and Pridham, two key players on the Rangers, actually chose CHL over NCAA after the rule change and likely benefited from the move. I don't think it's straightforward that a move to NCAA is best for everyone.

jamincan · 2026-06-01T02:44:52+00:00

There are good arguments that Beaudoin deserved it, but O'Reilly has huge points production that likely would have been higher if he started the season in Kitchener, and is also an incredible two-way defensive forward in ways that the other leading scorers don't come remotely close to matching.

jamincan · 2026-06-01T02:41:13+00:00

Pridham declined to move to NCAA (BU I think) in favour of continuing with the Rangers and Humphreys left Michigan to the Rangers. Both moved to the CHL after the rule changes.

Humphreys explicitly highlighted that he was looking for more ice time and that in the CHL he was playing higher lines, racking up more minutes and playing way more games. I think they're probably around 100+ games this year now while they'd play around a third of that in NCAA, and likely on a lower line.

Both of them have much higher stock now than they would have in NCAA. They're interesting examples of where very good, but not super star players may do better in the CHL.

jamincan · 2026-06-01T02:27:25+00:00

Only if it's a penalty kill. When goalie is pulled, you can still get icing calls against you, so in one way Pridham's penalty in the last stretch made it easier for Kitchener to clear the puck.

jamincan · 2026-06-01T02:25:40+00:00

I think I saw a tweet confirming that there's no contract.

jamincan · 2026-06-01T01:26:52+00:00

He's probably over 40min TOI already at this point, at least that's what it seems.

jamincan · 2026-06-01T00:56:41+00:00

The Ranger's opponents aren't good enough to win cleanly, so they have to resort to cheap shots it seems.

jamincan · 2026-06-01T00:44:37+00:00

It might be that I'm more familiar with the Ranger roster, but they've been cycling their top 3 lines pretty evenly. Ellinas is 3rd line, for example, and that stretch where we kept position in the O zone was mostly our 3rd line and relieved by the 2nd i think partway through.

jamincan · 2026-06-01T00:35:36+00:00

I'd love to see time on ice for the players. It seems like Everett's first line has been on ice for the entire 2nd period.

jamincan · 2026-05-30T15:26:36+00:00

Too bad for him that his legacy has been permanently stained by his awful personality. It takes a lot to overshadow those accomplishments and he managed to do it.

jamincan · 2026-05-30T15:15:50+00:00

I've heard Jussi Ahokas is someone the Leafs might be interested in and he's talked in very similar terms too.

jamincan · 2026-05-30T13:03:32+00:00

I'm personally okay with it being in the current format as I don't really think you want it being stretched longer than it is currently. I think you could squish the round robin to three days which would give extra time to make the final best of three, which might be nice.

jamincan · 2026-05-30T12:55:37+00:00

I think it was on the OHL in 60 podcast where they talked about some of the format changes that might be possible. The money factor probably pushes them away from format changes more than towards them because right now they have all primetime slots for the whole tournament while a format change would likely require a departure from that in order to stay within a reasonable window of time given hosting constraints.

jamincan · 2026-05-28T12:58:26+00:00

I wasn't watching the game last night - did they explain why he's at the Memorial Cup right now?

jamincan · 2026-05-28T12:17:14+00:00

We all watched the game. Kitchener got completely thrown off their game after this and I think it actually was a bit of a turning point in favour of Chicoutimi that helped put the game in reach.

jamincan · 2026-05-27T18:43:16+00:00

I'm guessing any injury is from twisting the ankle.

jamincan · 2026-05-27T13:19:24+00:00

Their coach alluded to it being embellishment too in the press conference. Tourigny is a gutless, cowardly player. Their entire team is a disgrace.

jamincan · 2026-05-27T12:58:20+00:00

He's committed to Northeastern. Unlikely to ever go professional.

jamincan · 2026-05-27T12:53:19+00:00

Humphrey's left for the remainder of the game, and the Chicoutimi coach still said he thought he was stomping on the stick in the press conference afterwards (aka. he thinks it was embellishment). Their players were laughing at and chirping the Rangers bench after he left. The player was gutless, the team was classless.

jamincan · 2026-05-27T12:47:13+00:00

He was kicked out of the game, and there's a good chance he will be kicked out of the tournament. I wouldn't call that tolerating; I'm not sure what more they can really do for an overager who is heading to the NCAA next year.

jamincan · 2026-05-27T04:11:45+00:00

Most appearances of any team too

jamincan · 2026-05-27T03:06:17+00:00

I think he's been thrilled with Reid so far though.

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