A few roster changes yesterday and today (listed with effective dates - as a reminder, your add/drops take effect the next day, not the date the add/drop is made):
10/18/2013 Quebec
Rordiques drop Charlie Coyle and add Chris Higgins
10/19/2013 Wilkes-Benham/Scranton
Parkers drop Ben Jovejoy and add Marc-Edouard Vlasic
10/19/2013 Patrik
Stefans drop Jiri Tlusty and add Mark Arcobello
The Rordiques make their very first free agent add/drop (super adorable, like watching a baby take its first steps), snapping up Chris Higgins. Higgins has looked quite good under Tortorella and is getting quite a bit of ice time in various situations. He isn't going to lead the Rordiques in scoring but should be an upgrade on Charlie Coyle. Reminder: Charlie Coyle is available for pickup notwithstanding his age (born in 1992) because he was dropped from a roster.
Wilkes-Benham/Scranton Parkers GM, Romany Benham-Parker, has picked up the red-hot Marc-Edouard Vlasic. They have dropped Ben Lovejoy, who with only three syllables all season clearly does not fit into the team's long-term naming scheme.
The Patrik Stefans have once again dipped into their inscrutable SYSTEM to pull up yet another player no one has ever heard of in Mark Arcobello. Jiri Tlusty (who the Stefans kept from last year) goes to the scrap heap. In fairness, Arcobello has 8 assists in 8 games playing with Eberle and Hall.
Been keeping my eye on Vlasic since day 1 but just couldn't pull the trigger on a guy who is just not known for putting up points and on a team that has to come back to earth a bit. Still, i'll probably regret not pulling the trigger.
ReplyDeleteLooked at Arcobello today too, not sure what to say about that. For a guy who looks really talented, the Oilers sure don't seem overly excited about this kid.
Schizz - Arcobello is not a 1st overall pick so nothing to get excited about right?
ReplyDeleteHad my eyes on both Arcobello and Vlasic. Vlasic's career high for goals in a season is 6 and he's only playing :28 seconds on the PP/game...
Arcobello is a good pick up but when Gagner comes back he'll be the odd man out.