Colllege Free Agents [Archive]

NJDraft

03-16-2004, 04:59 PM

Two of the top 3 UFA's I was thinking about last fall are now free: G Yann Danis of Brown, r/s D Stephan Wood of Providence. I'd be expecting them to sign in the next week.

UMass D Tomas Pock is still in action. The l/s D scored 15g in reg.season. Thomas Pöck, UMass (Sr. D; Klagenfurt, Austria) – Dominated Thursday’s 6-3 win over Lowell with a goal and three assists. Senior defenseman Thomas Pöck recently became the school's all-time leading-scoring defenseman, passing NHL'er Brad Norton, scoring 56 points in only 48 games. Ironically, Pöck came to UMass as a standout forward, but his scoring picked up last season when he moved to defenseman five games into the season. Pöck's trademark is his powerful slapshot, scoring over half of his points on the power play. He was also named a preseason All-American and is on the preliminary Hobey Baker watch list, given annually to the nation's top college hockey player. He leads the country's defensemen in scoring and goals and leads all players with seven power-play goals.

He'll probably be free next week. Without the #2 pick,I'd consider one these guys as a good alternative.We should go after all three.

Rex88

03-16-2004, 07:32 PM

Saw this post and was interested.
I could see the Flyers making a push for one of the 2 D also - Jones and recently departed Vandermeer were similar pickups as FA and with the trades of young D they will look at those guys also.
Any other D come to your mind in the college ranks?

Brodeur

03-16-2004, 07:57 PM

Not sure if this was finally settled or not on the prospect board, but the Red Line Report stated that Pock still needed to be drafted and couldn't sign as a FA.

I doubt Lou will get into any bidding wars like Sejna last year.


	HFBoards > NHL Eastern Conference > Atlantic Division > New Jersey Devils > Colllege Free Agents PDA Colllege Free Agents NJDraft 03-16-2004, 04:59 PM Two of the top 3 UFA's I was thinking about last fall are now free: G Yann Danis of Brown, r/s D Stephan Wood of Providence. I'd be expecting them to sign in the next week. UMass D Tomas Pock is still in action. The l/s D scored 15g in reg.season. Thomas Pöck, UMass (Sr. D; Klagenfurt, Austria) – Dominated Thursday’s 6-3 win over Lowell with a goal and three assists. Senior defenseman Thomas Pöck recently became the school's all-time leading-scoring defenseman, passing NHL'er Brad Norton, scoring 56 points in only 48 games. Ironically, Pöck came to UMass as a standout forward, but his scoring picked up last season when he moved to defenseman five games into the season. Pöck's trademark is his powerful slapshot, scoring over half of his points on the power play. He was also named a preseason All-American and is on the preliminary Hobey Baker watch list, given annually to the nation's top college hockey player. He leads the country's defensemen in scoring and goals and leads all players with seven power-play goals. He'll probably be free next week. Without the #2 pick,I'd consider one these guys as a good alternative.We should go after all three. Rex88 03-16-2004, 07:32 PM Saw this post and was interested. I could see the Flyers making a push for one of the 2 D also - Jones and recently departed Vandermeer were similar pickups as FA and with the trades of young D they will look at those guys also. Any other D come to your mind in the college ranks? Brodeur 03-16-2004, 07:57 PM Not sure if this was finally settled or not on the prospect board, but the Red Line Report stated that Pock still needed to be drafted and couldn't sign as a FA. I doubt Lou will get into any bidding wars like Sejna last year.