BertCorbeau
F*ck cancer - RIP Fugu and Buffaloed
This would be great new for Robertson .. Accessibility to the Marlies training facilities will really help his physical development
Keep it coming, great contribution.We dont have a 1st (again) so I've been paying a good amount of attention at the college UFA crowd. These are my current top 5 guys.
Mitchell Chaffee - snarling tenacious Acciari type who is having a good (ppg+) season with UMass
Josh Dunne - 6'4 C, near PPG and a pest. Playing with Clarkson. Needs to fill out, but he is solid.
Zach Giuttari - 6'2, RHD. Captain at Brown, potentially best D free agent. All situations guy who has a bomb. Solid defensively and throws huge hits.
Connor Mackey - 6'2 LHD. Maybe top UFA at start of the season, struggled a bit but still a great prospect.
Greg Printz - 6'3 LW. Huge shot, tons of speed, needs to work on two way play.
This is kind of my mentality. Sign college guys and let them fit into the ECHL/AHL where they do. It helps insulate the younger guys coming from junior, and every once in a while you find a Bozak type. Even if that's 1 in 25 'high end' college guys becoming a decent top 4/6 d or top 9 f, thats alright with me. Sign 4 or 5 a year, pay them well, pay for the best trainers. Give them 3 years to show something, and if they dont no harm no foul.
I feel like if that ever happens it's going to be limited to 1st round picks only, at least when it first happens. We'll see I guess. I doubt the CHL would ever be ok with a mass exodus of any 19 year old with NHL affiliation. It'd basically become an 18 year old league.
According to the CHL website, “The Canadian Hockey League is the world’s largest development hockey league (and)…supplies more players to the National Hockey League than any other league”. That may be true, but they are now being challenged by new and improved player development programs like the USNTDP, and vastly improved hockey models in European countries. The result was a record low number of CHL draft picks this year in favor of US and European prospects.
I feel like if that ever happens it's going to be limited to 1st round picks only, at least when it first happens. We'll see I guess. I doubt the CHL would ever be ok with a mass exodus of any 19 year old with NHL affiliation. It'd basically become an 18 year old league.
I feel like if that ever happens it's going to be limited to 1st round picks only, at least when it first happens. We'll see I guess. I doubt the CHL would ever be ok with a mass exodus of any 19 year old with NHL affiliation. It'd basically become an 18 year old league.
Imo problem with this is it would be pretty bad for league attendance.
Take the stars out of the league and folks may opt to stay home
Forward core filled with size instead of talent. Thats one big thing.What happened to the Marlies this year? I’m use to seeing them near the top of the standings.
Meh the team has been awful for most of the year, a good chunk even when Keefe was still there.I can't put 3.71 GAA and .885 SV% all on the team. Woll has really hurt the team with some of these goals. He's still young though, but this has been a bad start to his pro career. He's made big saves but it doesn't outweigh the rest of his performance.
Was hoping Gord Dineen was hanging around somewhere. He had a couple great years with the Marlies before we hired Keefe. But maybe we asked and he said no.Forward core filled with size instead of talent. Thats one big thing.
Losing Keefe also hurts.
Dineen was awful the one year as head coach. Do you mean Spott? He was terrific and took a roster to the conference finals that had no business going there. It's too bad he got hired by Vegas.Was hoping Gord Dineen was hanging around somewhere. He had a couple great years with the Marlies before we hired Keefe. But maybe we asked and he said no.
Not a fan of Moore so far but I'll give it time.
Agree on the forward group. Really we should be trying to cycle in some of the skilled guys from the Growlers a little better. We're kind of wasting them right now. Good to see Pooley up but we should see what guys like Luchuk or Estephan can do in an extended look.
Has any one seen Rasanen play this year?
I see he got loaned from the khl to the Danish league and is still putting up pretty dismal numbers.....
They were 40-27-9 when Dineen was the head coach and they were up 2-0 in the first round before losing 3 straight to Grand Rapids. They didn't go far in the playoffs but that was a good team.Dineen was awful the one year as head coach. Do you mean Spott? He was terrific and took a roster to the conference finals that had no business going there. It's too bad he got hired by Vegas.