Richer's Ghost Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 http://njmg.typepad.com/devilsblog/2008/07...s-sign-lea.html The Devils announced today that they have signed defenseman Jay Leach and forwards Jon DiSalvatore and Chad Wiseman. All three are expected to play in Lowell of the American Hockey League.In addition, defenseman Matt Cohen and forwards Tyler Burton, Eric Castonguay and Brad Mills signed contracts with the Lowell Devils. Leach, 28, played two NHL games last season with Tampa Bay and 75 games in the AHL with Portland and Norfolk. The 6-foot-4, 220-pound Syracuse, N.Y. native has played in four career NHL games (two with Boston in 2005-06) and registered no points and seven penalty minutes. DiSalvatore, 27, notched 22 goals, 24 assists and 46 penalty minutes in 66 games last season with San Antonio of the AHL. The 6-1, 200-pound right wing was drafted 104th overall in 2000 by San Jose. The former Providence College standout got in five NHL games with St. Louis in 2005-06 and did not register a point. Wiseman, 27, played last season for Wolfsburg in Germany. The 6-1, 210-pound left wing played in four NHL games for the Rangers in 2003-04 and scored one goal and has played in nine total NHL games, posting one goal and one assist. Cohen, Mills and Castonguay all played for Lowell and Trenton (ECHL) last season. Burton played six games for Lowell (one goal, one assist) after leading the ECAC with 23 goals and 41 points in his senior season at Colgate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatansDevils Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 OK. Stocking up on Lowell Devils players. Good thing I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunninWithTheDevil Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylbert Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Wiseman became a star player in my NHL 2002 or 2001, or something like that... thats all I got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brodeurrocks Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 OK. Stocking up on Lowell Devils players. Good thing I guess. Yeah, some depth for Lowell. This announcement explains a post from about a week ago about Leach being a Devil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devs4LIFE Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 OMG BRIAN LEACH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmigliore Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 When I first read the title I thought we signed Brian Leetch's brother and Salvador's italian brother from Italy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prucenterrules Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 OMG BRIAN LEACH. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilNurn Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Well this is good, if nothing else, to say that a few Lowell players might get a call up...or not. But they are some good enough players, and Lowell sure as heck needs it. I know we talked about Jay Leach earlier this summer, so I'm glad we picked him up. Pelley might be gone...although they don't figure in for salary, I'm just not sure how it's gonna work with him. This works for the most part though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilsfan26 Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Wiseman became a star player in my NHL 2002 or 2001, or something like that...thats all I got. Wohlberg (guy we drafted in I think the 7th round) become a force in my EHM franchise. Unfortunately I was controlling an AHL team at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Devil Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Got to see DiSalvatore play while he was at Rhode Island and I was living in the Denver area. Small player whose biggest asset is his work ethic on the ice. He was a little buzzsaw. Reminded me a little of Verbeek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overtime98 Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 When I first read the title I thought we signed Brian Leetch's brother and Salvador's italian brother from Italy. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatansDevils Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Out of the three players signed Wiseman has the NHL experience and the Devils may see him during the season if there are some injuries to some of the starters. Wiseman could be called up for a few games or so IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Devil Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Out of the three players signed Wiseman has the NHL experience and the Devils may see him during the season if there are some injuries to some of the starters. Wiseman could be called up for a few games or so IMO. I know DiSalvatore played a few games for the Blues, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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