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

[hockeyfish]

Man, between this and the Tremblay thing you ain't exactly batting .1000 this week

SURELY you heard the Eagles will be the Avs' AHL affiliate starting next year...right?

I knew the Eagles part, guess I missed sharing with the Blues though.

And sorry I didn't know the name of the Canadiens coach from 22 years ago. Yeeesh.

 

[Pokecheque]

I knew the Eagles part, guess I missed sharing with the Blues though.

And sorry I didn't know the name of the Canadiens coach from 22 years ago. Yeeesh.

All good, still laughing at you though.

The unfortunate thing is that Tremblay SHOULD be a forgotten name at this point but he keeps resurfacing like that dead fish at the lake you keep having to throw away.

And yes, Blues got kicked off their previous affiliate (Chicago) because the Boogie Knights took them over. So they're splitting prospects between the Wolves and Rampage until they get the Rampage for themselves in 2018.

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

Husso called up, as assumed.

 

[Avsrule2022]

Eagles leading the league at 6-0.

 

[S E P H]

Rampage are 6-1, best in their division, and it probably kills tigre to see them this good in the early portion of the season.

Granted Avs do not have many top prospects on this year's club, the rebound goaltending of Martin is a good sign. I told you lads that you guys gave up on him too quickly in the prospect rankings.

 

[tigervixxxen]

They are PDOing it but it's better than losing

 

[cgf]

Martin went to the AHL allstar game before having his confidence wrecked at the NHL level, for a reason. The kid has talent when he's feeling himself. With Husso there (most of the time) a to keep him fresh & feisty, they can PDO their way for a while...I hope...

 

[AvsFan2123]

What's going on with Meloche? I haven't seen anything on why he hasn't played the last few games.

 

[tigervixxxen]

What's going on with Meloche? I haven't seen anything on why he hasn't played the last few games.

He was sick

 

[AvsFan2123]

So I feel the question arises, what's the point of the Hammond acquisition given the current situation?

Keeping him as a trade bait for someone else or loaning him elsewhere?

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Trade bait could be a possibility.

It's most likely just some Goaltender insurance that allows Martin to spend the entire year in San Antonio and not have to be called up if we lose a goalie to injury.

Though I do wonder what this means for the plans down in the AHL. Talk about a shitty year for the Avs to have to share an AHL team. We have too many prospects that need playing time right now and wont be able to get it because of the shared team.


Beaudin is already in the ECHL where he probably shouldn't be. I could see a couple more guys joing him now.

 

[Avs44]

Hammond, as I said earlier, was probably just for Ottawa's cap. They are adding Duchene's 6 million, and Turris was only making 3.5.

 

[SaltySkywalker]

Hammond, as I said earlier, was probably just for Ottawa's cap. They are adding Duchene's 6 million, and Turris was only making 3.5.

But the question still remains what do we do with him?

 

[McMetal]

Hell if I know what the plan is for Hammond. Maybe they flip him right away to one of the desperate teams. Wait for Florida to figure out that Niemi is a disaster and come offer them Hammond to ease their pain. Might get a 4th or something for our troubles.

 

[RockLobster]

I think taking Hammond was to help with OTT's actual $ payout (remember, Melnyk cares about actual $ paid) as well as having a bit of G depth to keep from Martin or Cannata playing in the NHL this year. I'd suspect that Hammond is loaned to an AHL team who needs a goalie, and the Avs recall him if he's needed, and he goes to UFA this offseason.

 

[HolyJumpin]

Good to see folks thinking Hammond gets assigned somewhere else or flipped. Husso's the future for the Blues in net and I'd hate to see him get shelved.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

I think taking Hammond was to help with OTT's actual $ payout (remember, Melnyk cares about actual $ paid) as well as having a bit of G depth to keep from Martin or Cannata playing in the NHL this year. I'd suspect that Hammond is loaned to an AHL team who needs a goalie, and the Avs recall him if he's needed, and he goes to UFA this offseason.

Yeah it's not about the actual cap hit, of which only roughly 1/4 of it was actually counting towards the cap, it's about the real life $$$ being saved. 1.3M for a guy in the AHL was too much.

 

[Freudian]

Send Hammond to ECHL. He can play canasta with Cannata.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

He’s staying on loan at Belleville anyhow. Doubt he ever plays a game for us. See if we can dump him for anything by the deadline, otherwise just eat the final year and let him go.

 

[Freaky Styley]

Any word one where Kamenev is heading? Think he get's called up and Greer sent back?

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

Someone posted that he was practicing in SA today.

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

I'm starting to be more open the idea that Andrew Hammond will be here next season. We all expect Hammond to be let go after the season but I don't think that's set in stone or even at a very high chance of happening. When the Avs traded for Joe Cannata at the trade deadline I didn't think for a second the Avs would resign him. Now though here he is filling his role. If the Avs aren't interested in bringing over Werner/Kvaca next season to play in the AHL they'll look at the internal options and one of those will be Hammond just like they looked at who they wanted to be the no. 4 guy this year.

If Hammond is willing to take a pay cut so when the Avs send him to the AHL to start the 2018/19 season he won't count against the cap then I could see the Avs be very interested in him as the no. 3/4 guy on the depth chart depending on how Martin does or if the Avs even bring Martin back. Hammond would be a good depth guy as he's off to a solid start in the AHL (0.750 Q%/2.904 GSAA) and he can be a NHL level back-up/replacement goalie. I'm not saying I want him back however we're currently looking at a situation where we'll need to sign at least one goalie for the AHL next off-season and he's an option now.

 

[henchman21]

I'm in favor of keeping Hammond around. Hopefully Bernier can get hot and flipped at the deadline. Bring up Hammond to replace him as a backup for the rest of the season. Then have an open competition between Hammond, Martin, and a UFA backup (say somebody like Hutton). A player like Hutton would likely win out, but it gives solid depth and competition throughout the organization.

 

[StayAtHomeAv]

I'm in favor of keeping Hammond around. Hopefully Bernier can get hot and flipped at the deadline. Bring up Hammond to replace him as a backup for the rest of the season. Then have an open competition between Hammond, Martin, and a UFA backup (say somebody like Hutton). A player like Hutton would likely win out, but it gives solid depth and competition throughout the organization.

That's what I thought when I first saw his name.

 

[Foppa Frossa]

Kamenev is going to play tomorrow.