One of the unsigned college prospects to hit the open market earlier this week was defenseman Jack St. Ivany after Philadelphia opted not to sign him to a contract but it appears he’ll get one before too long. Dave Molinari of Pittsburgh Hockey Now reports that the Penguins are among the teams that are interested in signing him to an entry-level deal.
The 23-year-old was a fourth-round pick of the Flyers back in 2018 (112th overall) back when Ron Hextall was in charge. Hextall, of course, is now the GM in Pittsburgh so he has a fair bit of familiarity with St. Ivany’s game already.
St. Ivany split his college career between Yale and Boston College, spending two seasons with each school. Last season, he picked up four goals and 20 assists with the Eagles, setting new benchmarks in goals and points. While he was eligible to play a bonus season, St. Ivany instead decided to turn pro and while he didn’t get a contract from the team that drafted one, it appears as if one will be coming his way soon enough.
Classic Hextall
Hextall & Burke should be fired since the ending of their last playoffs run just because they didn’t planned well their playoffs last year with a championship window closing and the last contract year for Malkin and Letand. How could you end up in playoffs with Casey DeSmith in front of the net when Fleury was available and Jarry was excecrable in playoffs since the beginning of his carreer??? For two experienced GM like them, its totally inaceptable that they didn’t do an risk managagement action for their goltending in the case of a Jarry injury, they didn’t manage it and it was a beginner mistake, no excuse, those guys should be fired.
While not being the biggest Hextall fan, I don’t think there was much he could’ve done. He signed Domingue to help in case of a sh!t show, unfortunately the Sid injury was more of there demise in the playoffs I believe. The McGinnis and Rutta signings bother more than the goaltending situation. Jarry is a legit middle of the pack starting goalie. DeSmith is a decent back up. We need a healthy season & playoffs.