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Embrace the tank
- May 28, 2007
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Josh Nicholls JUST scored his first AHL goal? Yeesh, but hey, good for him. Him turning into a decent AHL player wouldn't be the worst thing
I can see why people had hope for him, but it was mistaken hope based on people not getting how vast the NHL-Juniors gap is. Sure people say they know there's a gap, but it's a matter of degree that people often don't recognize. He's a good all-around player with a good shot, so he was very solid in the Juniors. The juniors get more respect than ECHL since they produce more NHLers, but it's inferior level of play because it's just kids. So if you assumed that Juniors were at least even with the ECHL, you assumed that he'll move smoothly to the AHL. But instead, he wound up in the ECHL, improved there by about as much as people thought and wound up in the AHL. At this point, solidifying himself as a good AHLer is the most he can hope for. I don't think he has any dreams of the NHL anymore.