Kasper in lineup centering Copp/Raymond #RedWings
— Ted Kulfan (@tkulfan) April 2, 2023
Marner sits tonight. Keefe: "He has some bumps and bruises he has been going through, as somebody who has played as much as he has would." Abruzzese, Simmonds are in. On the blue line, McCabe and Giordano will sit. Timmins in as Keefe goes with 12 and 6. #Leafs
— Terry Koshan 🇺🇦 (@koshtorontosun) April 2, 2023
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Great for him. Imagine at 18 taking the mound at the old Tiger Stadium. Only this is a little more intense. Its on the road but its Toronto.
I should wait until after the afternoon day games to update but dont know if I can get to it. Looking at the wins needed if the Isle just play .500 they are way in the catbird seat. Florida and Pittsburgh a dead heat with a winning percentage separated by 1/1000.
Kasper after today's skate.
Does playing him this game or the rest of the season burn a year of his elc?
ENTRY-LEVEL CONTRACT
SIGNED BY: Steve YzermanLENGTH: 3 YEARS EXPIRY STATUS: RFASIGNING TEAM:
Detroit Red WingsVALUE: $5,850,000C.H.%
: 1.15 SIGNING DATE: Jul. 13, 2022 SOURCE: CapFriendly
In other words, I have no idea.
I am one of the least experts on NHL contracts, but maybe this applies, so probably no to your question.
The NHL has what is called an "entry-level slide." If a player signs his entry-level contract and is either 18 or 19 years old before September 15 of the signing year and does not play 10 games in the NHL that season, their entry-level contract is extended by one year. "
Ok. Thanks for the info.
from Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News,
"Like a dream come true," Kasper said after Sunday's morning skate, after coach Derek Lalonde announced Kasper will be making his debut later that night. "Playing for the Red Wings and against the Maple Leafs, it can't get better than this. It's surreal to think about.
"I'm very excited. I'm just going to go out there and try and do my best. It'll really be fun."
Lalonde wasn't thinking about easing Kasper, 18, into the lineup. Kasper was centering the second line with Andrew Copp and Lucas Raymond on the wings.
"I'm excited to give him the opportunity," Lalonde said. "We'll see how it goes. It might be a tall task, and possibly getting stuck against (John) Tavares or (Auston) Matthews but we'll start that way and see how it goes."...
Lalonde wanted to get Kasper into the lineup and get those invaluable experiences that are needed for any young player.
"As soon as he was ready," Lalonde said. "He was dealing with a little upper-body injury coming off his playoffs (in Sweden) so he wasn't fully 100% the other day (Friday in Winnipeg). This is an opportunity to get your feet wet and these experiences in the big picture of his development are huge.
"He's a good two-center. We've only had a couple of skates, so it's tough to get a read, but he has a good stick and he seems very receptive to anything we've talked about, learning-wise. We'll monitor it, you don't want to put him in a situation to fail, and I don't know if going against Matthews for 22 minutes in his first NHL game is a recipe for success but we'll see how it goes."
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