Flames Claim Lawrence Nycholat

by Kent Wilson on Mar 3, 2009 10:12 AM PST Comment 7 comments

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	PCT
2008 - Lawrence Nycholat	14	0	1	1	3	6	0	0	0	0	8	0.0

Ever since the Flames 03/04 Stanley Cup run, where the club experienced a multitude of injuries on the back-end, Sutter has made a point of acquiring some nominal depth blueliiner at or around the deadline every year. Last season, it was Jim Vandermeer. The year before, David Hale.

And this year, it's former Sen/Canuck Lawrence Nycholat.

Make no mistake, this guy slots in at around 8 or 9 on Calgary's depth chart. Nycholat is 29 years old and has 45 NHL games to his credit. He's put up decent numbers in the AHL, but never really done anything in the big league. His 14 games this year is too small a sample for his underlying ES stats to tell us anything, but that's not really here nor there with this kind of acquisition. Let's call him "Brennan Evans insurance".

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With Bertuzzi now out, one can almost guarantee that Nycholat isn’t the only player we pick up. I wonder if we grab any of the many forwards who appeared on the waiver wire today?

by Resolute on Mar 3, 2009 10:35 AM PST reply actions

Satan would be a natural Bert replacement, assuming he’s available by the time the Flames get their turn. Morrison has always looked good against the Flames too, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Sutter is tempted to pick him up (even though he’s been pretty much horrible otherwise this year).

by Kent Wilson on Mar 3, 2009 10:37 AM PST reply actions

Actually…I can see Sutter liking Aaron Voros as well.

by Kent Wilson on Mar 3, 2009 10:39 AM PST up reply actions

Nycholat was a really strong junior defenceman … much better than Brennan Evans, so I think he’s a bit above that. He’s got some skill, kind of a poor man’s Giordano, really. But based on what I’ve seen, I’d at least be comfortable putting him into an NHL game. Which wasn’t the case with good ol’ B.E. back in 04.

by duncan on Mar 3, 2009 3:36 PM PST reply actions

Well, that’s why he’s insurance against another Brennan Evans making an appearance.

by Kent Wilson on Mar 3, 2009 5:20 PM PST reply actions

Ah, now I get it. I thought you meant Brennan Evans-style insurance. OK. Back to drinking now.

by duncan on Mar 3, 2009 7:21 PM PST up reply actions

To be fair, I wasn’t very clear.

by Kent Wilson on Mar 3, 2009 7:33 PM PST reply actions

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