Carbonneau back to Armada :o

[Old_Goat]

I love David Perron so I have a very high bar for declaring him David Perron because they have different personalities but he is giving me a lot of Perron vibes as far as "I am making this team" and the reason is they have the same unquenchable lust to score goals as soon as possible. If it were a noir and they failed and it tumbled into disarray, this would be their doom, it's kind of in the pride/doom category like Sunset Boulevard or Mulholland Drive. But they can see it in their mind's eye too clearly to shake them of it. Perron had that. Perron was also 19 and a year older. But it is this quality that made me zero in on him from the first deep dive as the player I wanted them to get. You just cannot teach this. You have to have it from inside, from young, as the way you understand yourself, there is no other way.

My compliments! I could not have said it any better. I felt exactly the same way about Perron right from the start in 2007, and was disappointed every time he got put down or pushed away over the years. Now I really have not seen enough about Carbonneau, but I believe you.

[Ty Webb]

To clarify a couple things relating to the tryout arrangement:

1. 9 games is the maximum, but the team is free to return the player at any point prior.
2. There is no requirement that the player be returned after 9 games, nor is there anything preventing the team from returning the player after 9. However once the 10th game is played, the first year of the ELC is burned.
3. It is 9 games played by the player NOT 9 team games. Meaning the Blues could give him the 9, but stretch it out over, say, 4-6 weeks to keep him around the team and working with the coaches so they can really help him focus on areas of improvement.

Ideally he gets the 9 and Dvo goes to the A for that stretch and forces his way onto the roster in JC's place when he goes back to the Q.

Thanks for this breakdown. I was going to ask about what you covered in your point #3.

[bluetunehead]

To clarify a couple things relating to the tryout arrangement:

1. 9 games is the maximum, but the team is free to return the player at any point prior.
2. There is no requirement that the player be returned after 9 games, nor is there anything preventing the team from returning the player after 9. However once the 10th game is played, the first year of the ELC is burned.
3. It is 9 games played by the player NOT 9 team games. Meaning the Blues could give him the 9, but stretch it out over, say, 4-6 weeks to keep him around the team and working with the coaches so they can really help him focus on areas of improvement.

Ideally he gets the 9 and Dvo goes to the A for that stretch and forces his way onto the roster in JC's place when he goes back to the Q.

Thanks for this breakdown. I was going to ask about what you covered in your point #3.

In 2009 during Petro’s (second) 9-game trial, they stretched his games over about the first 20 team games. They kept him with the Blues until it was time to go play the World Junior Championships. He only went back to the OHL in January once that was finished. They clearly felt it was worthwhile to get him the experience of living and training like a NHL player.

[rezero]

Is there a better league he can join other than the QMJHL? I heard it is more of a soft scoring type league. What about the OHL or WHL how do those compare?