Wow, a part II for a non-Tarasenko thread? We are moving on up!!
I'm worried about that.
McRae doesn't seem to be developing at all up there. Outside of Polak, what core player spent time developing in Peoria?
Backes spent a little time down there, but other than that, I can't think of anyone.
One reason for that is that The Blues were rebuilding from scratch, and needed to get most of their young, talented draftees into their NHL lineup as soon as possible.
McRae doesn't seem to be developing at all up there. Outside of Polak, what core player spent time developing in Peoria?
Pietrangelo played for Peoria's last playoff team, after his final season in junior had ended.
Do we consider Reaves a "core" player? He's as solid a fourth-liner as anyone in the league, and is not likely to be moved off of the NHL lineup any time soon.
Peoria is brutal this year. I hope this isn't stunting our prospects' development.
They fired their head coach last year at the end of the season. IMO, with a fair number of injury call ups he missed key players for large portions of last season - I was a little shocked to see him go. Who ever they have in their now just plain can't get anything going.
Their roster has a decent amount of talent, but seems to be short on dependable veterans, as compared to many other AHL rosters. Still, I'd have expected them to have more wins than losses.
Sooo.... How about that Anthony Peluso?
Uhh ok. Nobody said he was going to be a scorer....Dont think so, never has been a scorer, never will be. Even when he was on a line with Duchene and Grachev in the OHL he only has 22 points in 27 games.
Cundari is a +5, while almost ALL of the regulars have double digit minus numbers (except a couple at -8 and -9). I don't watch the games, so I don't know what defensive shift he's on. But, that stat seems to indicate that he's been somewhat effective. Granted, he's probably not playing against the best forwards on the opponents.It's good to hear that McRae has been heating up a bit. I've only been following the twitter feed, but it seems like Cundari has been picking up his game lately as well, at least offensively.