Junland an AHL All-Star; Turek in Peoria

by Tomorrows Blues on Jan 8, 2009 4:29 PM CST in Game Time Prospect Department

No, not that Turek...

Blues' prospect Jonas Junland has been named to the AHL PlanetUSA Team for the 2009 AHL All-Star Classic on Jan. 26, 2009 at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Junland, a 6-2, 198-pound rookie defenseman from Linköping, Sweden, was the Blues' fourth selection (64th overall) in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. He is currently among the AHL's leaders in goals and points scored by a defenseman. Junland's eight goals put him in a three-way tie for second place in defenseman goal-scoring, and his 18 points put him in a three-way tie for 19th place in defenseman points and 25th among all AHL rookies.

Also, former Blues' draft pick (94th overall in 2006) Ryan Turek has been signed to a 25-game pro tryout contract by Peoria.

Turek, a six-foot, 185-pound swingman, is capable of playing either forward or defense; he played primarily forward in the USHL with the Omaha Lancers, and has been primarily a defenseman with Michigan State. The junior from Northville, Michigan was recently dismissed from the Michigan State hockey program for "failure to meet expectations," and had amassed 0-9-9 totals, with a minus-8 and 62 PIM, in 80 career games with the Spartans.

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He didnt live up to the expectations of an awful michigan state team this year? I’m surprised he didnt just start out wearing the note…

by bzgea2 on Jan 8, 2009 10:08 PM CST reply actions

I get severely nauseous even looking at the name ‘Turek’ on the back of a Blues uni.

Thanks Owen Nolan.

by Awfrick on Jan 10, 2009 1:48 PM CST reply actions

Well, THAT sure didn't take very long...

The Rivermen have shipped Turek off to Alaska to start his pro career.

Not entirely unexpected; if he goes down there and looks likehe can get the job done, there’s still half a season left for him to get called back up to Peoria.

Meanwhile, speaking of Alaska, our boy Marek Schwarz is sucking rancid canal water up there. Don;t count on the Blues re-signing him this summer; he’ll be back in Mlada Boleslav for 2009-10, as Justin Wilson used to say, “I gar-on-tee.” And that’s a damn shame, because the kid had (and still has) talent…

"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."

-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851

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by Tomorrows Blues on Jan 10, 2009 6:44 PM CST reply actions