joshyhockey26
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One thing that hasn't been mentioned yet hahah Rampage play in the pacific division. Hope everyone is ready for some late games!
I hope that's what happens, but JR said the big guns will likely be in Chicago. I hope we load up the San Antonio roster with our best and brightest, although I could see a situation where Armstrong wants to throw them into a highly-competitive environment. There will certainly be no shortage of that in Chicago. However, without control of hockey operations, I don't doubt for a second that they'll just go right back to playing their favorites at the expense of our guys' development.
I also don't have the stats off the top of my head, but I don't think the development rule is a concern in Chicago to the extent that JR apparently does. 200 games or whatever is a lot, I don't think most players on the Wolves projected roster are anywhere close to that right now. So we shouldn't put our eggs in that basket and think it will guarantee our guys spots or anything.
I hope that's what happens, but JR said the big guns will likely be in Chicago. I hope we load up the San Antonio roster with our best and brightest, although I could see a situation where Armstrong wants to throw them into a highly-competitive environment. There will certainly be no shortage of that in Chicago. However, without control of hockey operations, I don't doubt for a second that they'll just go right back to playing their favorites at the expense of our guys' development.
I also don't have the stats off the top of my head, but I don't think the development rule is a concern in Chicago to the extent that JR apparently does. 200 games or whatever is a lot, I don't think most players on the Wolves projected roster are anywhere close to that right now. So we shouldn't put our eggs in that basket and think it will guarantee our guys spots or anything.
One thing that hasn't been mentioned yet hahah Rampage play in the Pacific Division. Hope everyone is ready for some late games!
That should be fixed next season when Colorado is added to The Pacific, and San Antonio and Texas can be moved to The Central.
-Ranford looked good for the rampage last year and was productive. Think he lands on a scoring line to start the year unless you send us all of your best prospects.
-I also expect Girard to be ahead of Beaudin to start the season. JCB will need plenty of time in the AHL if his offensive game is to translate to the pro level; I'm expecting at least two full AHL seasons; so easing him in & letting him work his way up the lineup seems the wiser play. Especially since Girard did a really good job after being traded to the rampage last year.
-I don't know enough about Shaw to guess where he factors in, but probably in place of Nantel in the top 9...if you send two scoring line players...with Nantel playing alongside his former Huskies team-mate Beaudin on the 4th line to start the season, Petryk eating Nachos, and Belzille continuing to be ECHL jesus until injuries hit.
-Rocco Grimaldi can play Center or Wing depending on who you send
Another thing to consider is that with the Avs' ECHL affiliate coming off a Kelly Cup win and likely to join the AHL next year as the Avs AHL team, it wouldn't be surprising to see the team send even more of their players down there to continue building up the local hype about the move...like Boikov, Nantel, Belzille, did during last season cup run. In a perfect world I think they want the Eagles to win another Kelly Cup, with even more Avs properties on the team this year, before coming up to the AHL level and adding Makar, Timmins, Morrison & Smirnov to the guys already playing pro.
I just watched the checkers vs wolves playoff series (man I love the internet in 2017).
1. Despite husso having some pretty bad numbers and total save % for the summation of the playoffs he played really well in this series lot of big saves and frankly kept the wolves in most games because of big saves.
2. Samuel blais is a guy I really like after watching this series. Musil played pretty well also but I felt like blais was in on everything when he was on the ice.
3. Walman and Dunn are studs. Mobile and great passers. Both have a pretty solid shot too. Defensively good at moving the puck but could use some sharpening at defending in their zone. They are gonna make for a great 1/2 pp qb on the left side with parayko and pie on the right.
Moving onto their second series today.
Yup.Was able to watch their entire playoff run/season. Blais by far was the biggest surprise of the season imo. Going to be a great depth player.
As of now, it will more than likely only be the following players from Rookie Camp playing for the Wolves this year:
Duke
Hyka
Bischoff
Kolesar
Tuch
Wong (signed an AHL-only contract)
Ferguson, Glass, Hague, Suzuki, Leschyshyn, and Jones will all go back to Junior. Patera will either be in the Czech Republic or the USHL. Elvenes will be playing in Sweden.
These players were all invited to rookie camp and don't have contracts yet:
Thompson
Bajkov
Coghlan
Barre-Boulet
Warm
Halbgewachs
Brouillard
Osipov
Texeira
If any of them do get signed, they'd probably end up in Quad City (ECHL), since we're sharing the Wolves with St. Louis and spots might be limited.
From the vegas forum
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=135632233&styleid=2
So does this provide enough room for our expected AHLers?
From the vegas forum
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=135632233&styleid=2
So does this provide enough room for our expected AHLers?
Going to be very crowded but that was always going to happen
Vanelli will be stuck in The ECHL. But, he probably belongs there. Same might be true for Bleakley, whose speed probably isn't good enough for The AHL since his major injuries. Looks like his career has been derailed. All the prospects who really matter will be playing in San Antonio or with The Wolves. It's just that they won't all be playing together. Not a tragedy, as next season, The Blues will have San Antonio all to themselves.
I wonder if the lack of spots in the AHL forces the Blues to keep a couple of the borderline guys(Dunn,Walman,Thompson, Kostin) with the Blues until injuries start to pile up on the other teams and space is actually available? Just a thought...
Sergeev and Selman being sent to San Antonio. So the minor pro cuts are finally starting
Any word on these two for avs fans who know nothing about that tier of your prospect pool?