DU's East Coast NHL Affiliate, otherwise known as the New York Islanders, are hot on the trail of Tyler Bozak. The Isles signed Ryan Caldwell, Wade Dubielewicz and Peter Mannino to their first pro contracts and have drafted Rhett Rakhshani and future Pioneer Matt Donovan.According to the Islanders Point Blank Blog, the Isles have designs on Bozak and Boston University Senior Matt Gilroy. The rumor may have some legs because , according to the blog, New York could make a spot for Bozak at center on their NHL Roster.
Tyler Bozak is without a doubt regarded as the #1 collegiate free agent.
The sophomore center at the University of Denver is 7-11-18 in 15 games this season. One Eastern Conference scout calls the 20-year old “dynamic,” “fast” and “a complete player.”
For comparison, Point Blank recently ranked Denver forward Rhett Rakhshani as the Islanders’ No. 5 prospect not currently in Bridgeport or with the big club. If the Islanders signed Bozak, Rakhshani’s Pioneers teammate would be neck-and-neck with the top-ranked Kirill Petrov - and the team wouldn’t have to worry about getting him here.
Dreger reported that 26 NHL teams have expressed interest in Bozak. We can confirm that the Islanders are one of them. The college player cannot have an agent, but he is being “advised” by Wade Arnott, with whom the Islanders share a cordial working relationship.
Scouts seem convinced Bozak has the ability to step right into the NHL next season. While the competition for Bozak’s services will be fierce, the Islanders no doubt could find a spot for him down the middle.
5 comments:
Hey Tyler,
What the hell are you hanging around college hockey for? Pick your favorite team dude and sign a contract over Xmas!
Imagine how happy your mom and pop would be!
Imagine how happy you'd be to have that sweet paycheck and never have to do homework again for some boring professor.
Get with it Tyler. There's no point in waiting around. Give Kyle Okposo a call and ask him if he regrets leaving Minnesota ... I'm 99.99% sure he'll tell you he has no regrets.
Don't waste your talent dude!
curses wiercoch is on the canadien wjc team
Read the comments by the Islander fans, they are pretty stoked about both Tyler and Matt Gilroy. Isles will be able to offer instant minutes in the NHL for both.
he better not sign with that ridiculous fishstick organization, it'll ruin his talent. Terrible organization. Go to a first class organization located an hour west off of the LIE in between 32nd and 33rd in Manhattan.
One of the comments in the Islanders thread said that Bozak wants to "remain out West" and "likes surfing."
Sounds like Kings, Ducks and maybe hometown Avs are still in the mix.
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