The Comets now occupy the fourth and final playoff spot in the North Division (though the teams around them have a few games in hand, so there's considerable work still to be done).
The Gagner/Carcone led Marlies are 3 points back with 3 games in hand.
Oh snap! LolSpeaking of nitpicking, trying to argue that the subtle shuffling around of cheap, <25 year old 7-13 forwards and 4-7 defensemen is some sort of downfall of this organization is absurd.
Relax man. No need to feel shame.
But I didn't take you as someone who is in disbelief easily. Try going out more.
Damn. You seriously got to relax. So you don't think they are good NHL players. That's fine. Like Benning, they really don't deserve you calling them names and calling them turds.
Calgary played Granlund in the nhl mostly. He scored 19 goals in a injury shortened year. He is a nhl player. A good one? maybe no but multiplecoaches and gm's think he is a nhl player. I have not watched Kero. Kero has not got the same love through the difference between top ahlers and bottom nhl players is small. Though i believe you have argued Gaunce is as good as Sutter which I do not agree with so no benefit of the doubt with this comparison.
Speaking of nitpicking, trying to argue that the subtle shuffling around of cheap, <25 year old 7-13 forwards and 4-7 defensemen is some sort of downfall of this organization is absurd.
So yes, you have nothing to contribute as usual.
I’m sure they’re nice people. They’re really bad NHL hockey players.
Really gotta give props to orcatown and MS for giving these game summaries at the AHL level. How you can stomach watching it I will never know but I'm glad you do.
So yes, you have nothing to contribute as usual.
I’m sure they’re nice people. They’re really bad NHL hockey players.
Speaking of Saucer-Man and Gritty, get a load of his Halloween costume:Good gritty win with the team missing their top 2 defenders. PK came up huge in the 2nd period when the Comets took 6 straight penalties.
- Saucerman is hilarious. Looks like a tubby beer league player or fat Christmas elf with a giant beard and stubby Hodgson legs. So distinctive on the ice. But actually played a really solid game and looks like an excellent PTO (unlike Dirk, who is awful). Moved the puck well, put shots toward the net, and defended aggressively and tried to push the play. Cull seemed to have confidence in him and played him a bunch including straight into the PK rotation. Suspect he might be around for awhile.
Another win? what is happening? Demko must be more important than the lack of centers.
Sad about Lind thus far not sure nhl players start this bad in the Ahl. Hopefully OJ can come back strong and progress.
That's awesome. I am so happy there is.a professional hockey player who is basically my height and weight haha.
But without Bulldog's wheels. I forgot how well Biega skated until he came back down to Utica fr a couple games in October. Saucerman has been a fun story and scoring his first goal added to the growing legend but watching him skate told me why he is on a PTO with his sixth AHL team and has never played more than a few games before being released.From the reports it sounds like saucyman plays pretty much just like biega does in the nhl
Blujus couldn't buy a spot on the roster at the beginning of the year. So to compare his +- to the other D isnt really a fair assessment.Finally made it through the much-discussed 7-4 win from Saturday.
The ‘boo boo, wimpy Comets, no toughness’ arguments really need to be put in the proper context, which starts with the November 28 game between these two teams. In that game, Utica was the team running around physically and Zack MacEwen absolutely demolished a couple Devils players (including one on a very dirty charging/boarding play that could easily have been a 5 minute major) with no response from Binghamton. And they obviously heard about it because they came out looking for a pound of flesh.
Game was handled terrible by the refs right from the start where two seemingly legitimate goals were waived off, one for each team. If you’d have asked me yesterday, I would have assumed that in order to work as a referee one step away from the NHL, you’d first spend years in the CHL/ECHL/NCAA honing your craft. But it turns out Carter Sandlak (son of Jim, which is actually kinda cool) could retire as a professional player at the end of the 17-18 season and be working in the AHL as a referee the very next season with absolutely zero experience. Which is just insane to me. And the game looked like it was being reffed by guys who had never done the job before. Ridiculous.
- Sautner will be a huge loss for the team. I’m not sold on any NHL potential because he struggles passing the puck but he is a defensive rock for the team sucking up tough assignments. Awful injury and will be out for a long time.
- best Comet (especially early) was MacEwen. Skated extremely well and was much more direct and precise. Made accurate plays at speed to create chances for himself and his linemates. Should’ve had 3 points but a goal that deflected off his skate was ruled a kicking motion when it wasn’t remotely.
- Dahlen was a bit better. Seemed a bit lighter on his skates and was extremely good on the PP. Still generated zilch at ES and faded out of the game when the physicality ramped up.
- Kero could definitely do the job of Granlund and probably do the job of Beagle, and do it for $600k.
- Jasek really generated nothing despite being on the top line. Doesn’t seem to have great vision of the ice or ability to use his linemates. Goes in fits and starts with an isolated good play followed by a lot of nothing.
- Gadjovich was a bit better, or at least had the puck on his stick a bit more. Does have 3 assists in his last 5 games, but all were very secondary types.
- Brisebois has now played almost 100 AHL hands and is still just ‘getting by’. No confidence with the puck on his stick and you can see he just has no ideas. So tentative. A player who is always reacting and never assertive about taking control of moments and situations. Very hard to ever see him being an NHL regular.
- Blujus the best defender, as he is basically every night. +/- isn’t the best stat, but when you’re playing the toughest minutes on the team and have churned out these results, it’s a bit eye-opening:
Blujus +10
Sifters even
Sautner -1
Graham -7
Chatfield -11
Juolevi -12
McEneny -15
- Lind and Palmu healthy scratches again. Mildly surprised Palmu was out as he had been a bit better in his previous game and was showing some progress.
Another win? what is happening? Demko must be more important than the lack of centers.
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