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All Things AHL 2018-2019
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Jessica
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Holiday Jersey Auction
Evan Fitzpatrick $950
Ville Husso $1600
Niko Mikkola $750
Tyler Wotherspoon $850
Mitch Reinke $850
Austin Poganski $600
Nikita Soshnikov $950
Samuel Blais $850
Joey LaLeggia $900
Chris Thorburn $1600
Trevor Smith $1500
Klim Kostin $1050
Jordan Kyrou $850
Bobby MacIntyre $850
Jakub Jerabek $650
Jake Walman $900
Zach Sanford $1300
Ryan Olsen $650
Conner Bleackley $ 650
Nolan Stevens $650
T-Bone $1300 (Goes to a different charity)
Total: $20,250
This auction was to help the Junior Rampage hockey team.
Evan Fitzpatrick $950
Ville Husso $1600
Niko Mikkola $750
Tyler Wotherspoon $850
Mitch Reinke $850
Austin Poganski $600
Nikita Soshnikov $950
Samuel Blais $850
Joey LaLeggia $900
Chris Thorburn $1600
Trevor Smith $1500
Klim Kostin $1050
Jordan Kyrou $850
Bobby MacIntyre $850
Jakub Jerabek $650
Jake Walman $900
Zach Sanford $1300
Ryan Olsen $650
Conner Bleackley $ 650
Nolan Stevens $650
T-Bone $1300 (Goes to a different charity)
Total: $20,250
This auction was to help the Junior Rampage hockey team.
ScratchCatFever
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Coach Nate
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He has simplified his game and stopped playing high risk defense. Leads to less offense than I was expecting, but he's been quietly good for the last month or so. Very good skater, with good puck skills and a good (but inaccurate) shot.
ScratchCatFever
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Good to know. At this point developing his defensive game and being consistent from shift to shift is more important than producing offense which will come as he matures given his superior skating ability to create space exiting his own zone. Thanks for the feedback.
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Kyrou scores again. Point streak at 8 games.
EDIT: And ends the night with 8 shots on net. He's 100% an AHL superstar. Now he just needs to take that next step.
EDIT: And ends the night with 8 shots on net. He's 100% an AHL superstar. Now he just needs to take that next step.
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He’s performing better than I expected. I’d like to see him stay in the AHL this season, except for maybe a few games with the Blues near the end. Next year he should be ready to really contribute. Would be nice to have Tarasenko, Kyrou, and Perron on the right side for years to come.
Coach Nate
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They pulled him on a delayed penalty. I saw the Twitter post after I got home and just rolled my eyes. I dont know who's running it this year, but in past years, it has been a crapshoot on whether that person has any basic knowledge of hockey.
Husso left the game with a lower body injury when they were 5-2 down in the third, so Fitzpatrick got his AHL debut.
Kyrou had 2 goals, so he is 8-9-17 & +6 in his last 9.
Kyrou had 2 goals, so he is 8-9-17 & +6 in his last 9.
LetsGoBLUES91
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Great to hear about Kyrou. Starting to worry about Husso.
We really need to draft more goalies. Like 6.
We really need to draft more goalies. Like 6.
stl76
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I'm praying we can squeeze a 2nd out of a team at the TDL for Bouw or Gunnar and use it to draft Knight, Jones, or Søgaard.
Those are all very, very good picks. His WJCU20 performance could (hopefully) tank Sogaard’s draft stock, but he has had a very terrific season in the WHL this year. Like, unprecedented for a 17-yo good. Hunter Jones is also getting shelled and holding up well. The good news is that this year is loaded up with goalies; the best I can remember since I started seriously following prospects in 2011. 2017 being the only close challenger, but this goalie class looks to be better in the early going.
We should be going into this draft with the expectation of getting a 1A goalie as a priority. 1A goalie, defensive help, and a swifter corps of forwards. We’ve been trying to thread that needle for years with middling success, but there should really be no excuse this year unless we are giving up yet another top-15 pick. Which imo could be a legitimately fireable offense, but I digress.
With that said... don’t sleep on Hofer. For a guy to be holding onto a .900 sv% in as strong of a WHL class as we’ve seen in a long long time, while seeing 40+ shots a game, not to mention his pro size, we should be excited that we’ve got his rights.
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I wish I had AHL live so I could watch this. When I watch replays of his goals and assists, he's right in the middle of it. He's not getting lucky shots deflected off the pants or secondary assists. He's picking corners and finding guys wide open back door. Close to 2 PPG in the OHL, above a PPG in the AHL despite starting with like 1 point in his first 7 games, Team Canada's leading scorer at the WJCs. He's done pretty much everything a prospect can do. Sending him to the AHL seems like the right decision. I'd still like to see him back up here if we get officially eliminated from the playoffs, but dominating the AHL can't be a bad thing for his development.
Coach Nate
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Colorado kept Rantanen in San Antonio for 52 games his rookie season. I'd say that worked out quite well for them.
He should have started in the AHL, the biggest thing for him this season was learning how to produce against pro players. If he can continue at the better than PPG pace in the AHL for another month or two then there is a legitimate argument for him to get a chance in the NHL, irrespective of where we are in the standings.
I just have no interest in seeing him called up as some sort of "reward". If we don't plan on giving him an extended opportunity on a scoring line, just leave him in the AHL.
LetsGoBLUES91
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I'd love that but don't we own our own 2nd this year? I think Buff has ours next year.
It is the 2021 second rounder we gave up in the ROR deal.
I think Kryou earned his spot fair and square, but that rookie 4th line concept was a disaster. When the team started to struggle, he should have been sent down more quickly to get bigger minutes. I guess they were trying to give him a chance to acclimate, but in hindsight he just needed lots of minutes.
stl76
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We do have our own, but generally I would rather not use such a high pick on a goalie unless we have another.
Wouldn’t necessarily be upset if we did tho...just HAVE to get it right because goalies can be voodoo and there will still be some very good skaters on the board.
LetsGoBLUES91
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I really love what I hear about Spencer Knight. I have a feeling someone might trade up to get him at the end of round 1.
Coach Nate
Angry Rampage Expat
Whatever you do, do NOT go back and watch the 5th goal allowed last night.
Just trust me on this. Let it be.
Just trust me on this. Let it be.
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