I mean the only thing I can think of at this point is that they had the basic breakdown of divisions in place before Binghamton officially decided to play in Newark and was approved to do that. They probably had the divisional framework in place (I had heard about the Northeast thing a couple days prior so it may have been in place for days or weeks) and were just waiting to see who would officially opt-out. One would assume that Springfield would have been the fourth team in the Northeast had they not opted out.
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so the divisions are weird but not going to go crazy until i see the schedule and how the playoffs will work with 5 divisions. i'm assuming they will only play within the division like the nhl but maybe not which makes the unbalanced divisions less important
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If the AHL was able to come so far and get 28 teams to play a season in these difficult and trying teams, I believe it would have been peanuts to get the Devils to switch over to the Atlantic. It is what it is, I sure hope it wasn't for a lack of trying or "we forgot". Bummer on Springfield really...
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yes, there are many ways to see these AHL schedule approaches as suboptimal
but worse, for all concerned, would a completely lost season
but worse, for all concerned, would a completely lost season
now you're hearing about the variant COVID Strain, which will make u pause a bit.....
Yup, for sure. Which is all the more reason for me to believe that there was a legitimate issue with moving them. Who knows, though. And yeah, Springfield is the big bummer. They were the easy, natural fourth in our division. Unfortunately, as hard as it is on all teams (playing without gate revenues), it's even harder on independent teams like Springfield since they don't have an NHL team/owner bankrolling them.
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joining these guys at HWP are players who weren't in NYR Camp
Ronning, Elmer, Newell (NYR contracts)
Schneider (AHL contract, NYR draftee)
Thompson, McBride, Whelan, O'Leary (AHL signed Fs)
Loverde, Geertsen, Giutarri (AHL signed Ds)
14Fs, 7D(Schneider only til Feb maybe), 2G
FYI 2 F's from last year's HWP team remain unsigned, per EliteProspects
Nick Jones 61 games w Pack, Ryan Dmowski 31 HWP games
Is there anyway to watch Hartford Wolf Pack games online? Kind of like how MILB has their own streaming service like MLB Extra Innings, or well MLB.tv? Also the taxi squad really helps the Rangers with Adam Huska & Tyler Wall being in Hartford, with Keith Kinkaid being the Taxi Squad Goalie.
As for watching, I'm interested in seeing Schneider play, and Tarmo as well. Plus some of the other younger guys like Khodorenko, Rueschhoff, & Richards.
As for watching, I'm interested in seeing Schneider play, and Tarmo as well. Plus some of the other younger guys like Khodorenko, Rueschhoff, & Richards.
Correct if I'm wrong, but the current Wolf Pack roster should look like this right?
12 Players Optioned by Rangers:
Justin Richards
Patrick Khodorenko
Austin Rueschhoff
Anthony Greco
Tim Gettinger
Jonny Brodzinski
Gabriel Fontaine
Tarmo Reunanen
Brandon Crawley
Darren Raddysh
Adam Huska
Tyler Wall
Then other Rangers players
Jacob Elmer
Patrick Newell
Ty Ronning
Braden Schneider
Non Rangers Affiliated Players
Shawn McBride
Mike O'Leary
Alex Whelan
Paul Thompson
Vincent LoVerde
Mason Geertsen
Zach Giuttari
Is Robertson now allowed to go to the AHL ?
Read w the WHL season delayed they were giving exceptions
Read w the WHL season delayed they were giving exceptions
I think that is unclear. it sounds like they will be allowed if there is no WHL season but not sure about if there is a delay. the whl said they are planning a 24 game season but no start date. if they start in feb then the quarantine rules returning to canada might not allow him to spend much if anytime in hartford before that.
of course with only a 24 game season, the rangers could just opt to keep him with the taxi squad all year if they don't need the extra spot and you don't burn a year of his contract if he doesn't play 7+ games
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Yes, he can go to the AHL until the WHL starts. That's what Schneider is doing. He signed an AHL deal so he can play in the AHL until the WHL season starts.
Robertson is already under NHL contract, so the Rangers are keeping him on the taxi squad for now so he can keep practicing with the team and maybe get some NHL games. Maybe they send him to the AHL at some point, but more likely he'll just be with the Rangers until the WHL starts. Both the AHL and WHL are going to play a very low amount of games, so there probably won't be much opportunity to play in both leagues in any case.
Pretty sure if he plays an nhl game the contract can’t slide so AHL makes sense to me if he’s allowed
With robertson I think the rangers will send him to the ahl as soon as they start games. having both him and Schneider there will be great for their development.
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Robertson can play 6 NHL games and still slide. 7 or more games and the contract starts.
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I thought it was 8 + 9 - or am i thinking of Bitetto and his expansion eligibility.
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Normally, the ELC starts to count for slide eligible players once they have played their 10th NHL game of the season. Due to the shortened schedule, that number is now 7. So Robertson can play 6 games without triggering it.
The numbers for expansion are 27 and 54. Players need to play 27 games this year, or 54 games over this year and last year, to meet the requirements. Teams have to expose 2 forwards and 1 dman who meets those requirements.
Bitetto played 51 games last year, so he only needs to play 3 games this year to qualify.
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Awesome thanks for clearing that up! I'm gonna make a sticky note with that info so i don't have to ask again
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FYI bookmark these
Entry-Level Slide Candidates - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps
Seattle Expansion Draft Simulator - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps
Expansion Draft FAQ - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps NOTE - the FAQ page does NOT reflect the reduced games-played threshold due to shortened length last season and upcoming
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Holy crap you weren’t kidding !
Atlantic Division
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Hartford Wolf Pack
Providence Bruins
meanwhile the Canadian division is loaded.
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