The Blackhawks granted Brendan Perlini’s wish Monday and traded him to the Red Wings in exchange for right-handed defenseman Alec Regula. Pierre LeBrun of TSN first reported the news.
Perlini recorded one shot on goal in 7:49 minutes in his only game this season back on Oct. 12 against the Jets after he re-signed with the Blackhawks on a one-year deal worth $874,125 in September.
Perlini scored 12 goals and 15 points in 46 games with Chicago last season after being acquired with Dylan Strome last November from the Coyotes in exchange for Nick Schmaltz in a deal involving three former first-round picks.
Regula, a 2018 third-round pick, has four goals and 11 points in 10 OHL games this season with the London Knights after missing Detroit’s development camp and the World Junior Summer Showcase in July with a left knee injury. The 19-year-old American suffered the injury (no structural issues) during a training session with the Grand Rapids Griffins on an AHL tryout agreement in the spring, according to Arthur Regner of DetroitRedWings.com.
Regula was teammates with Chicago defenseman prospect Adam Boqvist (2018 first-rounder) last season with the Knights. Prior to joining London, the 6-foot-4 and 205-pound Regula helped the Chicago Steel win the 2017 Clark Cup championship.
Regula is not signed to an entry-level contract and the Blackhawks must sign him by June 1, 2020, to retain him.
The mobile, two-way blue liner will remain with London as a co-captain alongside Blue Jackets prospect forward Liam Foudy, giving the Blackhawks four prospects in the Canadian Hockey League: goaltender Alexis Gravel (QMJHL Halifax), defenseman Cole Moberg (WHL Prince George), winger Michal Teply (WHL Winnipeg) and Regula.
The Blackhawks and Red Wings, two former Western Conference rivals, will play each other twice this season: Jan. 5 in Chicago and March 6 in Detroit.
Comments
https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/by-the-numbers-prospects-alec-regula/c-308179526
By Anon Amiss on 10.28.19 5:50pm
Kid grew up in the Detroit rink.
Dad was the team dentist for 29 years. That's for taking Cheli.......
By devildog29 on 10.28.19 5:54pm
Detroit fans are not pleased, from the twitters
If this kid turns into a half-Cheli, and actually signs an ELC here, yes, yes
By Anon Amiss on 10.28.19 5:56pm
Good.
By devildog29 on 10.28.19 5:58pm
He's at a PPG, 6'4", smooth skater
Every time I see the term "smooth skater", I think
By Anon Amiss on 10.28.19 6:03pm
Fun Fact.
Sade is the name of both the singer AND the group.
By devildog29 on 10.28.19 6:09pm
Coast to coast
L.A. Detroit to Chicago…
By Anon Amiss on 10.28.19 6:12pm
Fun Fact, Part Deux
Sade is also how some/most DET fans are with this trade.
CHI Front Office has a….smoother operator.
By AlexBayMacs on 10.28.19 7:00pm
Oh! I like Regula when I peer reviewed OHL tracking data (and I watched a loooot of games lol).
He’s a well skating, defense-first type of d-man. They had his paired with Bouchard for a while to balance him out defensively – good positioning, shot prevention, and puck recovery numbers, though just average zone entry prevention (I don’t think that was the Knights thing as much though). Doesn’t carry well but he’s good as helping through the NZ and chip/chase. Got decent hands in terms of passing, has a meh shot.
Projects to top out middle pair but could just as easily not make the NHL – he’s still really too raw to determine which imo. He’s had some injury issues in recent years that could be concerning – one was knee related iirc.
By L_B_R on 10.28.19 6:32pm
He was on his offside when he played with Bouchard jfyi.
By L_B_R on 10.28.19 6:34pm
The knee injury, from what I read, was more about them going for physical therapy when he should have had surgery right away
The doctors opted not to do surgery, instead opting for PT. the knee didn’t resolve with PT, so then he missed more time because they then operated.
By Anon Amiss on 10.28.19 6:50pm
Yes but knees are always tricky so getting surgery on them at such a young age is somewhat concerning.
But like major but something to look out for if he signs with the Hawks.
And something that should probably be in the article above is that the Hawks have to sign him by June 1st, 2020 to retain his rights.
By L_B_R on 10.28.19 6:57pm
Would you say he’s got a Conor Murphy style
And ceiling then?
By Bears, Hire Mike McDaniel as HC on 10.28.19 7:46pm
Stylistically they're similar enough, though Murphy had a shorter development curve, was better at a younger age.
By L_B_R on 10.28.19 9:04pm
Added 2 decent d prospects
And word is Seabrook is being groomed for Coaching to open up future defensive spot. ( I think I’m kidding)
By SuperHaek on 10.28.19 6:57pm
I'm not surprised they went the prospect route with a full forward roster currently but I wonder if Perlini could have been parlayed into Puljujaarvi.
Probably not but I wouldn’t mind them having taken a risk on him either. All the former top 10 picks that aren’t working with other teams to the Hawks, please.
By L_B_R on 10.28.19 7:04pm
I liked what i saw from perlini’s only game with hawks this year
I think he was better defensively and kind of reminds me of nylander’s surprised development defensively. I dont like the idea of trading him away but we have too many forwards now.
By ChiDynasty23 on 10.28.19 8:28pm
Perlini wasnt gonna play so,
Probavly a good move to get anything they could for him. Im familiar with Regula. Big kid, defense first. Can skate a little bit, not much. Hits a little. I think he could develop. Could see him up with Vlasic eventually. Exactly what we could use RIGHT now.
By Doubletee62 on 10.28.19 8:30pm
Rockford can really use Regula right now.
The way I see it, I wasn’t going to see Perlini play for the Hawks again anyway. And I might never see Regula play for the Hawks either. But maybe I do.
Okay, back to work.
By jesterking on 10.28.19 11:57pm
Regula can't play for Rockford until his OHL season is finished (and he was too young to play with them this season anyway).
On top of that, he’s really raw and would not be ready for the AHL imo. He has strong potential but he’s a longer term project.
By L_B_R on 10.29.19 9:43am
LBR, since you've seen a bit of film,
small sample, but to what do you attribute the uptick in scoring this year? Granted only 10 games, but over 1 ppg from a Dman you describe as a "meh" shot so far this year. Overage? Power Play?
By devildog29 on 10.29.19 9:47am
I'm not watching/tracking any games this season so far but I assume Regula is being used more 5v5 and on the PP.
When I say Regula’s shot is meh, I’m talking from farther out – he was pretty decent at in-close shooting which is why PP big body net-front guy is good for him. He might also be partnered with Merkley (Regula plays both sides and London’s top 3 are all RD just like last season a bit).
By L_B_R on 10.29.19 10:18am
So
Who hops on the ROC-CHI I-90 Express to take Perlini’s roster spot?
Wedin
Quenneville
Sikura
Highmore
Johnson
Entwistle
Other
By Thockey on 10.29.19 9:56am
can Sikura play?
I guess it is time to find out if the hype can be justified, but not likely going to see any more time than Perlini did.
By clite98 on 10.29.19 10:36am
hagel might be my choice
I kindof want to see him play in nhl. Although there is not much room for him
By ChiDynasty23 on 10.29.19 10:49am