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Welp, see you fine fellows again for another tomorrow
This needs to be the next GDT theme
Welp, see you fine fellows again for another tomorrow
Eh, it was a bad change on his part because the puck was not nearly deep enough in the zone to make a change there. The puck was right near blue line in your defensive zone, you guys had possession with your guys cutting up the ice, some of the fastest in the league so by the time you were already cutting up the ice, Wood was already behind the play.
It's just a bad spot for Henrique to make that decision to change there and unfortunately it's been a consistent stretch of laziness from him now that makes it a bit more frustrating.
And again, what the **** has the Albany Devils done and what prospects has it produced in the past few seasons?
And again, what the **** has the Albany Devils done and what prospects has it produced in the past few seasons?
How many times have we actually kept our young players in the minor league to fully develop?
The only good prospect we've kept in the minor leagues for a full season in the last several years has been Adam Henrique and he's turned into a second line NHL player.
Merrill, Severson, Josefson, Tedenby, Gelinas, Matteau, Urbom, etc. have all been rushed and brought up here during their first year as a pro player when they could have been developing in the minors. How good does that group look right now?
Welp, see you fine fellows again for another tomorrow
i agree with NjDevsRR and disagree with you, Taxman. our AHL team is just fine with developing our guys. the fact that wood and santini transitioned fine to here is bc of our AHL ppl. the trouble is we didn't have a large quantity of quality prospects. albany is performing well, and finally has a bunch of prospects playing.
it's not the kowalsky's fault that lou and conte drafted **** players. the results of our minor league actually winning games is a good sign.
Because the AHL team has done wonders in the past for past prospects yea?
lol horrible logic
JQ is injured so it's moot anyway. He also should not be anywhere near this team right now.
Might want to take Gelinas off that list of players - Gelinas was in Albany for 2 seasons. Sometimes a guy just can't make decisions quickly enough.
Except it's not. I don't really trust the old ways of doing things when it hasn't worked for this team for the past 5 seasons.
Taxman sent me a DM and me I needed to work on my reading comprehension.
My goodness, I don't know whats worse, that or Albany isn't good for prospects.
Good night all. Hopefully tomorrow night will be better.
Except it's not. I don't really trust the old ways of doing things when it hasn't worked for this team for the past 5 seasons.
Santini should have been up here from day one. I don't credit albany with a damn thing regarding him. He was NHL ready since he graduated BC.
Wood still is rough around the edges, but his speed causes a lot of his productivity to happen. Something you can't teach.
So even if Albany is doing a great job, then there is no reason for JQ not to be up here for a few games since the other two transitioned well.
They've hardly done the old ways of doing things the last couple years. Two years ago Santini would have made the Opening Night roster, play 25 minutes a night and then get overwhelmed halfway through the season. Heck Zacha would have been on the team LAST year at the rate things were going a few years back. While I don't think Shero and company should get a free pass forever it's hardly fair to tag the current regime with this.
with a 1-game analysis from the end of last season? chigga pls. at the end of the day, we will never know if player ____ will have developed just fine with our without minor league seasoning. but as zippy said, proof is in the pudding and with our track record.
i don't disagree with you on JQ, but that doesn't take anything away from albany's ability to develop players. nor should it. minor league as a whole is where prospects go to develop, as a transition from juniors/ncaa/europe to the NHL. that's a matter of fact, not up for debate
Taxman sent me a DM and told me I needed to work on my reading comprehension.
My goodness, I don't know whats worse, that or Albany isn't good for prospects.
Good night all. Hopefully tomorrow night will be better.
I can sympathize. I don't think Eberle has scored in like 15 games. Guy just floats all over the ice and if he isn't putting up points he's a total ghost on the ice.
I watch your team and am reminded of my team a few years ago. Endless cycles in the defensive zone by the other team and inability to breakout or break the cycle. I think it will get better as your forwards mature and some of your younger d-men get more experience.
Hall is an elite offensive talent but he plays best when he is the driver on his line so I would caution against getting a "driver" 1C. Hall needs the puck on his stick as much as possible as his game is suited towards his speed and puck possession. Get a 1C who knows how to defer. Someone in the style of Kopitar, Bergeron, Getzlaf, etc. Big body types who might not be the best skaters but know where to go on the ice without the puck.
with a 1-game analysis from the end of last season? chigga pls. at the end of the day, we will never know if player ____ will have developed just fine with our without minor league seasoning. but as zippy said, proof is in the pudding and with our track record.
i don't disagree with you on JQ, but that doesn't take anything away from albany's ability to develop players. nor should it. minor league as a whole is where prospects go to develop, as a transition from juniors/ncaa/europe to the NHL. that's a matter of fact, not up for debate
Hello guys, I come in peace, I didn't get a chance to see your game tonight as I was working, but I saw the box score and saw Karl Stollery played. How did he look? I had the pleasure of having dinner with him last year in San Jose and he is a great person, glad to see he's gotten another shot at "the show".
I can sympathize. I don't think Eberle has scored in like 15 games. Guy just floats all over the ice and if he isn't putting up points he's a total ghost on the ice.
I watch your team and am reminded of my team a few years ago. Endless cycles in the defensive zone by the other team and inability to breakout or break the cycle. I think it will get better as your forwards mature and some of your younger d-men get more experience.
Hall is an elite offensive talent but he plays best when he is the driver on his line so I would caution against getting a "driver" 1C. Hall needs the puck on his stick as much as possible as his game is suited towards his speed and puck possession. Get a 1C who knows how to defer. Someone in the style of Kopitar, Bergeron, Getzlaf, etc. Big body types who might not be the best skaters but know where to go on the ice without the puck.
Hello guys, I come in peace, I didn't get a chance to see your game tonight as I was working, but I saw the box score and saw Karl Stollery played. How did he look? I had the pleasure of having dinner with him last year in San Jose and he is a great person, glad to see he's gotten another shot at "the show".
Hello guys, I come in peace, I didn't get a chance to see your game tonight as I was working, but I saw the box score and saw Karl Stollery played. How did he look? I had the pleasure of having dinner with him last year in San Jose and he is a great person, glad to see he's gotten another shot at "the show".