March 2012 signings

OK. Things are way too complicated with NHL all the time I just thought that if Radulov comes back, even one game would be interpreted as "a season", so I thought that maybe it's the same case with Lebedev, one game in NA and he has played a season there.

Winnipeg signs Ryan Garbutt to boost our playoff depth...

Signed by Tampa way back ....

OK. I checked Fantrax and the Taken players list and also this months and last months signings but didn't go far enough then.

Then I sign F Kirill Lebedev from Indiana Ice, USHL.

The last update to the taken players list was November, so we need to check back to then.

However, I don't think Lebedev is eligible, because if I understand the NHL draft eligibility rules he may still be eligible for the 2012 draft.

The NHL rules are:

If the player has played at least one season in North America at age 18-20 he is no longer draft eligible if they reach their 21st birthday by December 31st of that draft year.

If the player has not played at least one season in North America at age 18-20 he is no longer draft eligible if they reach their 22nd birthday by December 31st of that draft year.

Now Lebedev is playing in North America now, but he only moved to the USHL 3 months after turning 20. (turned 20 in October 2011, moved in January 2012). My interpretation of the NHL rules is that this means the European eligibility rule still applies to him. But this is just my interpretation, not based on any knowledge.

This would be correct. he's not eligible. He hasn't got the one full season in NA, so the European rules still apply to him.

Good point re: one full season.

Devils sign intriguing Swiss goalie Lukas Flueler.

The Montreal Canadiens will sign Danny Dekeyser.

Carolina will sign Cole Schneider

I signed dekeyser on november 30th

Tampa signs Western Michigan Defenseman Danny Dekeyser

This post has been edited by TampaGM on Mar 14 2012, 04:19 PM

Winnipeg signs Josh Hennessy

This post has been edited by vangregs on Mar 15 2012, 04:47 AM

Pittsburgh Penguins sign Casey DeSmith (G, Univ of New Hampshire - HE)

Buffalo signs F Ryan Garbutt (Dallas) and assigns to AHL roster. He's been playing with Dallas the past few weeks so worth a flier.

winnipeg signed him on the 13th of this month

Devils snap up goalie Michael Clemente. The 6'2''/207 Mike followed a strong season with Brown University with a short tryout with Providence before landing a tryout contract with Springfield. In back to back wins for Springfield this weekend he has given up 1 goal on 25 shots to a Portland team boasting the sniping Bretts (MacLean and Sterling) before shutting out a 27-shot Connecticut Whale. That's caught my attention.

sebastien caron

This post has been edited by ottawagm on Mar 19 2012, 11:19 AM

CHI signs Nate Schmidt

EDIT: NVM, guess I already signed him several months back but he wasn't in taken players list.

This post has been edited by dyzfunctioned on Mar 19 2012, 04:37 PM

Pittsburgh Penguins sign Max McCormick