The Bucks announced yesterday that they have signed forward Neil Trimm for the 2009-10 season.
Trimm spent his rookie season with the New Mexico Scorpions last year, and the team suspending operations for the upcoming campaign made him a free agent.
He is just the fourth player with professional experience that the Bucks have announced signing, and the third with playing time in the CHL.
Trimm was 10th in the league in rookie scoring last season, scoring 17 goals while handing out 27 assists for a point total of 44.
The Bucks obviously had a better rookie on their roster in Darryl Smith, and Trimm was even second among rookies on his team to Torren Delforte, but his totals were actually better than or at least equal to those of all but four players who spent time with the Bucks last season.
The players who beat him out were Brent Cullaton (who has since retired), Smith, Jeff Bes (who managed to log 60 points before his season ended in January) and Alex Goupil.
Of the three of those players who haven't retired, Bes is the only sure thing to return for the Bucks, and Trimm's numbers are better than the career highs of the other new players with CHL experience, so this is arguably the biggest signing of the offseason to date.
That fact makes it even worse for me that his signing was announced on a day that I was off work and out of town without access to a computer... but I'll be sure to follow up on Trimm next time I talk to Coach Ruskowski.
Just in case any of you were worried by the fact that I didn't post anything last Friday, rest assured I kept up with all the Sidney Crosby Day festivities, thanks in part to the videos on NHL.com. Fun stuff to watch if you're bored.
Oh, and my only comment on the Patrick Kane situation is that he has inspired some very awesome Photoshop work, haha.
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so this means there could be trimm and gooch on the team this season?
Trimmer was a phenomenal player for the Scorps last season, and his potential makes him just plain scary. If he hadn't lost several weeks to immigration issues, he probably could have made some waves as an all-rookie team member. He's a big guy but had some of the softest hands on the Scorps, making him a very complete package. Put him on a top line in Laredo with either a finisher or a setup man, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Trimm put up a point-per-game. Great pickup!
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