In the System Part V (Preds Prospect/Minor League Talk)

[adsfan]

Milwaukee fell behind Rockford 2-0. Rockford started their old Ted Dent inspired gooning it up. Tristan Grant scored near the end of period one. Tristan Grant scored again about 5 minutes into the second period. Two more goals by Watson and Budish followed to chase Scott Darling out of the Rockford net. This was followed by more goon like play from Labrie who got 12 minutes for attacking Oligny for no obvious reason.

The third period was relatively quiet until the last minute when Ryan Hartman tried to take out Marek Mazanec's knee behind the goal. Ian White proceeded to beat Hartman's face in. Hartman got 2 minutes for tripping plus 5 for fighting.
Mr. Hartman will be a marked man in his next game against Milwaukee.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

Mr. Hartman will be a marked man in his next game against Milwaukee.

Which is tomorrow. Gotta love that AHL scheduling.

Only followed the box score tonight. No way I was driving through that blizzard to get to the game.

 

[adsfan]

Which is tomorrow. Gotta love that AHL scheduling.

Only followed the box score tonight. No way I was driving through that blizzard to get to the game.

Downtown Milwaukee wasn't that bad. The box score said 2476 fans. I think about 50% were no shows.

No funny business tonight. Admirals won 1-0 in OT thanks to Watson.

I meant to say that Hartman was going to get his the next time in Milwaukee.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

Downtown Milwaukee wasn't that bad. The box score said 2476 fans. I think about 50% were no shows.

No funny business tonight. Admirals won 1-0 in OT thanks to Watson.

I meant to say that Hartman was going to get his the next time in Milwaukee.

I wasn't worried about downtown Milwaukee. I was worried about driving in from western Waukesha County and all the idiots on the road that don't know how to drive in this weather.

 

[Montross]

Question for anyone following the Ads closely - any insight on why brendan leipsic has been a healthy scratch the past few games?

 

[vippe]

Absolutely sick goal by Arvidsson

http://gfycat.com/CreativeLeftIvorygull

 

[jwhouk]

That looks like one or two that Crosby did when he was with Rimouski.

 

[Privy]

Absolutely sick goal by Arvidsson

http://gfycat.com/CreativeLeftIvorygull

Absolutely beautiful. I have high hopes for Arvidsson and Åberg. Could go along nicely with Forsberg and Järnkrok in the future.

 

[adsfan]

Question for anyone following the Ads closely - any insight on why brendan leipsic has been a healthy scratch the past few games?

Coach Evason is trying to get the team straightened out. He has rotated healthy scratches in the last few weeks. It seems to be working, 5 goals scored last game, 4 wins in a row, jumping from 9th to 6th place in the Western Conference.

Aberg sat out a game too.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

That was a sick goal

 

[NSH615]

Re: Mikko Vainonen




Where was he at before?

 

[Paranoid Android]

Re: Mikko Vainonen




Where was he at before?

Cinncinati

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

Fun little fact that means absolutely nothing. The Ads are 13-0 when Budish is in the lineup and 9-12-5 when he's not.

 

[NSH615]

 

[adsfan]

Milwaukee has won 8 games in a row. They are now 4th in the Western Conference and one point behind division leader Rockford with 2 games in hand.

Fiala played tonight. He looked good, but you could tell that he was new.

 

[Gnashville]

Fun little fact that means absolutely nothing. The Ads are 13-0 when Budish is in the lineup and 9-12-5 when he's not.

Is he injured again he's not listed on the Admirals' website as active?

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

On the prospect board, they are saying the Saros (the heir apparent?) has been fantastic lately. Back to his old form. Personally, I'm more excited about him than any other prospect, Fiala included.

 

[PredsV82]

On the prospect board, they are saying the Saros (the heir apparent?) has been fantastic lately. Back to his old form. Personally, I'm more excited about him than any other prospect, Fiala included.

I worry about his size. He can scramble and cover against lesser competition but look at the criticisms 303 and others have talked about for Hutton... he's smaller than Rinne so he cant cover the top of the net in the butterfly and cant go post to post as well... and Hutton is 6'1"

Saros is going to have to be incredibly athletic to make it as an NHL goaltender at his size.(have seen others say that 5'10" is "generous" and he's really more like 5'8")

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

I worry about his size. He can scramble and cover against lesser competition but look at the criticisms 303 and others have talked about for Hutton... he's smaller than Rinne so he cant cover the top of the net in the butterfly and cant go post to post as well... and Hutton is 6'1"

Saros is going to have to be incredibly athletic to make it as an NHL goaltender at his size.(have seen others say that 5'10" is "generous" and he's really more like 5'8")

Totally agree, but at the level he's been playing, I'm much less worried. He's been fantastic against top Finnish competition and through a couple of WJC's. So far, his size hasn't been an issue.

 

[nomorekids]

I worry about his size. He can scramble and cover against lesser competition but look at the criticisms 303 and others have talked about for Hutton... he's smaller than Rinne so he cant cover the top of the net in the butterfly and cant go post to post as well... and Hutton is 6'1"

Saros is going to have to be incredibly athletic to make it as an NHL goaltender at his size.(have seen others say that 5'10" is "generous" and he's really more like 5'8")

I would stop short of extrapolating Hutton's deficiencies to any goaltender of that size. A better goalie knows how to compensate.

 

[PredsV82]

I would stop short of extrapolating Hutton's deficiencies to any goaltender of that size. A better goalie knows how to compensate.

I see what you did there...

and Im sure there are successful shorter goalies out there but at some point is is simply geometry. A 5'10" frame cant cover as much of the net as a 6'5" frame. As I saidhe's gonna have to be very athletic.

 

[Enoch]

I see what you did there...

and Im sure there are successful shorter goalies out there but at some point is is simply geometry. A 5'10" frame cant cover as much of the net as a 6'5" frame. As I saidhe's gonna have to be very athletic.

His weakness will always be top shelf. Arturs Irbe comes to mind .

That said, an excellent glove hand and better positioning mitigates size disadvantage.

 

[FinPanda]

Lyytinen 2+1 today.

 

[McGlassbangers]

Lyytinen 2+1 today.

First game back after his injury, too. Was by far the best player on the ice.

 

[NSH615]