Roman Červenka committed to an NHL future

Earlier in the week, the Calgary Flames signed unknown Czech forward Roman Červenka to an entry-level contract. The deal is comes with a standard base of $925 K with the ability to earn $2.85 million in performance bonuses. Simply put, the Flames are taking a risk by signing an untested player, but Červenka might just be what this team needs.For most of his life, the 26-year-old played for Slavia Praha HC of the Czech Extraliga. NHL teams didn't show interest in his earlier years due to questions of his size and readiness, but Červenka remained determined to play against the best competition in the world. To find out more information on Červenka, we enlisted the help of Russian hockey expert Alessandro Seren Rosso who writes for Hockey's Future, Russian Prospects, McKeen's Hockey and several other outlets."He is a lot more ready now. Firstly, he has physically developed a lot. Sure, he's not a heavy weight, but he got much bigger and stronger," Rosso expla...