Alumni in the pros - Aug. 2005

[jkahn]

Sharks GM Doug Wilson on Doug Murray:
[Q]"Murray might be the best open-ice hitter I've seen in a long time. He's a big physical kid who was captain at Cornell. Doug ran the power play there. He goes back to his native Sweden in the summer. We really missed him this season when he was injured."[/Q]
The above appears at the very end of an nhl.com article on Sharks' prospects.  Full article is at
http://www.nhl.com/futures/features/prospects_san080905.html

[Josh '99]

[Q]jkahn Wrote:
Sharks GM Doug Wilson on Doug Murray:
[Q2]"Murray might be the best open-ice hitter I've seen in a long time. He's a big physical kid who was captain at Cornell. Doug ran the power play there. He goes back to his native Sweden in the summer. We really missed him this season when he was injured."[/Q]
The above appears at the very end of an nhl.com article on Sharks' prospects.  Full article is at[/q]In other words, nothing at all we didn't already know?  :-P

[KeithK]

Nothing we didn't know.  But nice to see that his GM knows it too.

[atb9]

Doug Murray for President (of Cornell)!!  B-]

[Jacob '06]

The coyotes have resigned Boucher, but have him as their only goalie listed on their roster. This year could have JMP or Lenny seeing some ice time up in phoenix. I remember reading an interview with Gretzky once where he was pretty high on Lenny, and now he is the head coach. Should be interesting to see what happens.

[Trotsky]

[Q]atb9 Wrote:

 Doug Murray for President (of Cornell)!![/q]

Age would still have a bad relationship with the administration... B-]

[Al DeFlorio]

Transaction reported in today's Cape Cod Times:  Thrashers re-signed Stephen Baby.

[Brian]

Another quote from GM Wilson in an espn article:

[Q]San Jose GM Doug Wilson said he is predisposed to giving a young player from within the Sharks' system a shot at a roster spot before bringing in outside help, reinforcing the message that hard work on the farm does get rewarded.

That said, the Sharks made a concerted effort to land top free-agent defenseman Niedermayer, and Wilson will continue to look for players who might fit with what promises to be a Western Conference contender.

"We don't give anybody a job just by default," Wilson said. "You have players that are trending up and you have players that are trending down."[/Q]

It will be interesting to see what happens with Murray this year!

[profudge]

and other college players signed in pro hockey recently:

+ St. Louis signs   Defenseman Trevor Byrne, who  accepted a qualifying offer.
+ NJ Devils signed four players, including 2002 draft picks Jason Ryznar (Mich.)  and Barry Tallackson (Minn.).
+  LA Kings  agreed to terms on two-year deals with left winger Jeff Giuliano (Boston College several years back)

[dargason]

Baby has been resigned by Atlanta.  No info on how long the deal is for.


http://www.atlantathrashers.com/View.aspx?CID01=b3a020cd-c812-4e0f-bf34-edbecee5d2b7

[KeithK]

[q] Bâby has been resigned by Atlanta. No info on how long the deal is for. [/q]I'd be surprised if they would sign him for more than one year.  He hasn't made enough progress to justify a long term deal.

[froogle]

According to tsn.ca Doug Murray has re-signed with the San Jose Sharks today.

[RichH]

And it looks like both Sigalet brothers have signed with the Bruins, with Jonathan leaving after his sophomore year:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-bruinsmoves&prov=ap&type=lgns

[Trotsky]

Just that much less Hobey competition for McKee.

[mgl11]

It's from July...but I don't know if this article on Knoepfli ever got posted...

http://www.northpeel.com/br/gi/sports/story/2943266p-3410165c.html