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Habs sign defenceman Joe Callahan


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Born December 20, 1982 (age 28)

Brockton, MA, USA

Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Weight 221 lb (100 kg; 15 st 11 lb)

Position Defense

Shoots Right

NHL team

Former teams Florida Panthers

New York Islanders

San Jose Sharks

NHL Draft 70th overall, 2002

Phoenix Coyotes

Playing career 2004–present

Assets

Has good size and sound defensive ability. Will mix it up in the corners and in front of the net when a physical presence is needed.

Flaws

Lacks offensive flair and has a tendency to run around in his own zone from time to time. Needs to cut down on bad penalties.

Career Potential

Reserve defenseman.

Awards2003ECAC - All-Conference Honorable Mention

RDS link: http://www.rds.ca/canadien/chroniques/327790.html

Welcome to the Habs Mr. Woywitka 2.0...errr...I mean Mr. Callahan.

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Born December 20, 1982 (age 28)

Brockton, MA, USA

Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Weight 221 lb (100 kg; 15 st 11 lb)

Position Defense

Shoots Right

NHL team

Former teams Florida Panthers

New York Islanders

San Jose Sharks

NHL Draft 70th overall, 2002

Phoenix Coyotes

Playing career 2004–present

Assets

Has good size and sound defensive ability. Will mix it up in the corners and in front of the net when a physical presence is needed.

Flaws

Lacks offensive flair and has a tendency to run around in his own zone from time to time. Needs to cut down on bad penalties.

Career Potential

Reserve defenseman.

Awards2003ECAC - All-Conference Honorable Mention

RDS link: http://www.rds.ca/canadien/chroniques/327790.html

Welcome to the Habs Mr. Woywitka 2.0...errr...I mean Mr. Callahan.

Sounds like a Habs defenceman for sure :lol:

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I guess they shouldn't have put Woywitka on waivers after all... sticks me as alot of knee jerk reactions lately.

Woywitka was placed on waivers so he could be sent to Hamilton, this signing is likely to replace him as depth in Hamilton, organizational depth.

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Oh god another marginal depth defensemen, honestly I would have prefered Woywitka over this guy.

What makes you think you're going to see this guy play? Campoli is out, so Yemelin gets slotted in. This guy is on his way to Hamilton.

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Woywitka was placed on waivers so he could be sent to Hamilton, this signing is likely to replace him as depth in Hamilton, organizational depth.

Yeah, this is just to fill a spot in Hamilton. With the loss of Woywitka, the Bulldogs only have 6 defencemen and there's no one in the ECHL under contract with the organization that could come up.

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Is there any D Man in Hamilton that you think could come up and be a top 3 or 4 ?

I don't think so

Well there's not many teams that have guys who could slot immediately into their top 3 or 4 in the AHL but there's definitely a generation gap right now between the young roster players we have on the NHL team and, well basically Beaulieu, who in my viewings looks to have a VERY high ceiling (before someone mentions him, I'm not a huge Tinordi fan but he is noteworthy).

It's time to stop trading top 60 picks nonstop, like Toronto in the early part of this decade it doesn't lead anywhere good. Last year was a bit easier to tolerate as Wiz was a steal and the injuries to the backend were pretty excessive but we need to start replenishing.

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Can't Craig Rivet or Paul Mara be picked up for a bag of pucks?

Would either veteran be willing to sign knowing it was going to be a 2-way contract so he'd be paid like an AHLer and knowing he's going to end up playing mostly likely all of the season in the AHL?

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so Yemelin gets slotted in.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS

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I wouldn't be opposed to mara as NHL depth. Only for games against tougher teams. Bottom pairing of Yemelin Mara would look better than Campoli Diaz/Spacek Diaz/Yemelin Diaz or a combo of them.

Campoli should play over Mara at absolutely all times, no matter the opposition. The problem is we have 8 DMen ahead of where Mara would be, so unless we sent Diaz down and waived Weber, at some point we'd likely be carrying an insane abundance of DMen.

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Campoli should play over Mara at absolutely all times, no matter the opposition. The problem is we have 8 DMen ahead of where Mara would be, so unless we sent Diaz down and waived Weber, at some point we'd likely be carrying an insane abundance of DMen.

I figure Mara would come in handy against Philly or Boston if he played like he did last season. I also assumed Weber would be 4th line forward or such as he was last game, though IM not really a fan of him being there.

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Eh, never heard of him. That says it all. Depth move, nothing more.

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