2017-18 San Antonio Rampage (AHL) and Colorado Eagles (ECHL)

[Foppa2118]

Somebody has to tell Bednar that Greer can actually be good offensively before he calls him up. For some reason he wants him to play a Cody McLeod style 4th line role.

 

[Pokecheque]

Somebody has to tell Bednar that Greer can actually be good offensively before he calls him up. For some reason he wants him to play a Cody McLeod style 4th line role.

I'm honestly asking here--did Bednar play him like that when he was called up last season? I didn't think he did IIRC. The 4th line grinder role seemed like it was because he had a glut of decent forwards, not necessarily because he envisioned the guy as the next Cody McLeod (which, BTW, let's hope to hell isn't true given how little he liked the first Cody McLeod).

 

[Goulet17]

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[Foppberg]

Whelp.

 

[Congo Jack]

Sounds like they'll both be fine.

 

[Foppa2118]

Man, as if Bigras needed another hurdle between him and the NHL. Hopefully it's not too hindering.

 

[McMetal]

Man, as if Bigras needed another hurdle between him and the NHL. Hopefully it's not too hindering.

At least it wasn't his head.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Bigras is done with the AVs. I have no idea what it is with the AVs and young D-men but if they don't make an immediate jump they are toast. He might become a good player but it won't be for us. I'm more hopeful that Mironov has a career with us than Birgras.

 

[Brett44]

if Sakic think Bigras don't have futur with us trade him for Scherbak (Laval-Montréal) we need some good winger who can score

Bigras to Montreal
Scherbak to Colorado
2 players almost nhl ready who a change can be good for them.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Problem is nobody is trading us something decent for Bigras. He's going to go for a conditional pick or for free at this point. I really don't see him getting anything back at this point. I've really soured on him...I have no idea what folks like about his game...I've just never seen anything from him.

 

[cgf]

Problem is nobody is trading us something decent for Bigras. He's going to go for a conditional pick or for free at this point. I really don't see him getting anything back at this point. I've really soured on him...I have no idea what folks like about his game...I've just never seen anything from him.

Great skating, high end hockey-intelligence, and when he's not terrified of getting benched he makes nice crisp passes up the ice. I still like Bigras a lot, but he needs an organization that believes in him and will let him settle in the way Zads was allowed to after his scratches.

That won't be in colorado, but it's still likely to happen for some team. And if it does, they'll have a nice middle pairing guy for cheap.

 

[Pokecheque]

I’m not at all convinced the Avs gave up on Bigras. Barrie got demoted a couple times IIRC. And hey, Duncan Siemens is still with the organization.

The only guy the Avs have clearly given up on is Joe Colborne.

 

[The Kingslayer]

I’m not at all convinced the Avs gave up on Bigras. Barrie got demoted a couple times IIRC. And hey, Duncan Siemens is still with the organization.

The only guy the Avs have clearly given up on is Joe Colborne.

Joe Colborne gave up on Joe Colborne.

 

[Pokecheque]

Tony Nado with the GWG in a 1-0 barnburner against the Stars. Ville Husso with his third career shutout.

Guess Joly didn't do much, reassigned to the Eagles.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Tony Nado with the GWG in a 1-0 barnburner against the Stars. Ville Husso with his third career shutout.

Guess Joly didn't do much, reassigned to the Eagles.

That was actually a good game, Toni is awesome too. I don't think EV cares much for Joly but he scores every day in the ECHL.

 

[Avsrule2022]

I don't think EV cares much for Joly but he scores every day in the ECHL.

Joly with 2 goals last night including the game winner in OT. 24 goals in 27 games , leads the league in goals and scoring. Fun player to watch at this level.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Eagles lead the ECHL too, damn.

 

[Pokecheque]

Part of me is actually more than a bit sad that the ECHL Eagles are going away. They have been a model minor league franchise from day one.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Part of me is actually more than a bit sad that the ECHL Eagles are going away. They have been a model minor league franchise from day one.

Yeah, they have no idea what's coming. Hopefully they can resurrect the ECHL franchise somewhere.

 

[S E P H]

Yeah, they have no idea what's coming. Hopefully they can resurrect the ECHL franchise somewhere.

Charlotte Grahame is going to ruin and run that organization to the ground.

 

[tigervixxxen]

She already is

 

[Avsrule2022]

Part of me is actually more than a bit sad that the ECHL Eagles are going away. They have been a model minor league franchise from day one.

 

[Balthazar]

She already is

How?

 

[Avsrule2022]

Yeah, they have no idea what's coming. Hopefully they can resurrect the ECHL franchise somewhere.

I don't know. There are some of us that understand and will embrace the step up in quality of play at the risk of player movement. And the fact that the Eagles will own the franchise, I think, will be huge in being able to react to fan issues on their own, outside of players.. And if the Avs continue to draft well there is no reason we cant have a perennial NHL playoff team with some young guns at the AHL level pushing to move up and developing.

 

[Pokecheque]

One big thing that’ll be unavoidable—the demands on an AHL team are far more than that of an ECHL team. An ECHL team is less likely to see its best players called up in the midst of a hot streak or if the NHL parent club gets a rash of injuries.

But what worries me most is that Craig Billington will be the new GM. I get that the Rampage appear to be in fairly good shape at present but he has yet to convince me he truly knows what he’s doing.

It’ll be an adventure to be sure. It’s just been such a fantastic enterprise, survived the demise of an entire league, affiliate changes, and the Budweiser Event Center has been successful as a venue in its own right in every way that the Broomfield/1st Bank/Whatever Center hasn’t been. And I don’t think that’s just an accident of geography either.