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If Marchenko does in fact come over from Russia next season, it will be to play with the Wings or Griffins. I suspect he'd bump either Nicastro or Nedomlel to the ECHL.

Griffs may also decide to keep Billins around after the solid season he had.

Jensen is a good puck moving RHed shooting Dman. he will be in GR for at least 1 year, maybe both.  The griffins are going to have a very talented, but very young blueline next year: Nicastro, Sproul, Oullet, Jensen, big Ned. 3 of those 5 are RHed shots! Add in Almqvist and keep Evens for leadership, looks very good!

 

of course this also provides us with lots of parts for trades if needed-which it is.......

Don't forget about Marchenko! All signs point to him coming over from Russia to play NA hockey. Oh, and he's also a righty. 

...and then Backman coming over the following season.

I'm guessing guys like Nedomlel, and Nicastro will likely be pushed to the ECHL to make room for these guys.

Sproul Ouellet

Marchenko Backman

Almqvist Jansen

Nicastro Nedomlel

De Haas McKee

Solid looking defensive prospects.

how big is he? is there anymore info on this kid?

6'1 195lbs

Was recently named the Western Collegiate Hockey Association defensive player of the year.

Was named a NCAA West First-Team All-America.

Signing a pro contract means he will forego his senior season at St Cloud, and likely play for the Griffins next year.

For anyone who was wondering about Jarnkrok coming over to play in NA since his SEL season has ended, he stated he will be coming to Detroit for 5-6 days to get to know the organization. He will not play for GR or DET, rather, he is now focussing on making the Swedish World Championships team.

as per @DRWProspects feed on twitter

edit: spelling

So what's the over/under on the amount of shifts Nyquist gets on Pavel's line before Babs replaces him with Cleary?