Luke Adam wins AHL RotY -- Pirates Three-Peat
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BobbyRyan9
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Well deserved, scoring over a point-per-game in his rookie season. If he was up in Buffalo any longer he may not have won it 
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HarryNealesGarden
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Between Kassian and Brayden McNabb, the Sabres/Pirates organization has a great shot at a four-peat.
If they can retain Dineen, retain Ellis, add in at least one more "professional" vet and make sure all of them have steeltoed boots to kick his butt when he gets unfocused... then yes, there is a possibility.
They vote on it before the end of the year.
Link - http://theahl.com/adam-named-ahl-rookie-of-the-year-p170561
Sawchuk
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Who else was in contention?
From a Canucks standpoint, Eddie Lack? (top 5 in all major goaltending stats as a rookie)
From a Canucks standpoint, Eddie Lack? (top 5 in all major goaltending stats as a rookie)
Figure it was probably the guys named to the all-rookie team, which included Lack in net (who I thought was going to win it, honestly) and Rhett Rakhshani (also a solid candidate with very good production on a weaker team).
http://theahl.com/2010-11-ahl-all-rookie-team-announced-p170384
No way Kassian makes it a 4-peat.
McNabb has a shot though IMHO. Pretty impressive, but just winning the AHL ROY doesn't mean they will pan out to be good NHL players.
A list of the last 20 winners (Green means they produced at the NHL level, orange means "jury is out still", red means "bust")
2009–10 - Tyler Ennis, Portland Pirates
2008–09 - Nathan Gerbe, Portland Pirates
2007–08 - Teddy Purcell, Manchester Monarchs
2006–07 - Brett Sterling, Chicago Wolves
2005–06 - Patrick O'Sullivan, Houston Aeros
2004–05 - Rene Bourque, Norfolk Admirals
2003–04 - Wade Dubielewicz, Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2002–03 - Darren Haydar, Milwaukee Admirals
2001–02 - Tyler Arnason, Norfolk Admirals
2000–01 - Ryan Kraft, Kentucky Thoroughblades
1999–00 - Mika Noronen, Rochester Americans
1998–99 - Shane Willis, Beast of New Haven
1997–98 - Daniel Briere, Springfield Falcons
1996–97 - Jaroslav Svejkovsky, Portland Pirates
1995–96 - Darcy Tucker, Fredericton Canadiens
1994–95 - Jim Carey, Portland Pirates
1993–94 - Rene Corbet, Cornwall Aces
1992–93 - Corey Hirsch, Binghamton Rangers
1991–92 - Felix Potvin, St. John's Maple Leafs
1990–91 - Patrick Lebeau, Fredericton Canadiens
1989–90 - Donald Audette, Rochester Americans
I was pretty lax in my definition of "produced at the NHL level".
Hopefully these three break that trend!
McNabb has a shot though IMHO. Pretty impressive, but just winning the AHL ROY doesn't mean they will pan out to be good NHL players.
A list of the last 20 winners (Green means they produced at the NHL level, orange means "jury is out still", red means "bust")
2009–10 - Tyler Ennis, Portland Pirates
2008–09 - Nathan Gerbe, Portland Pirates
2007–08 - Teddy Purcell, Manchester Monarchs
2006–07 - Brett Sterling, Chicago Wolves
2005–06 - Patrick O'Sullivan, Houston Aeros
2004–05 - Rene Bourque, Norfolk Admirals
2003–04 - Wade Dubielewicz, Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2002–03 - Darren Haydar, Milwaukee Admirals
2001–02 - Tyler Arnason, Norfolk Admirals
2000–01 - Ryan Kraft, Kentucky Thoroughblades
1999–00 - Mika Noronen, Rochester Americans
1998–99 - Shane Willis, Beast of New Haven
1997–98 - Daniel Briere, Springfield Falcons
1996–97 - Jaroslav Svejkovsky, Portland Pirates
1995–96 - Darcy Tucker, Fredericton Canadiens
1994–95 - Jim Carey, Portland Pirates
1993–94 - Rene Corbet, Cornwall Aces
1992–93 - Corey Hirsch, Binghamton Rangers
1991–92 - Felix Potvin, St. John's Maple Leafs
1990–91 - Patrick Lebeau, Fredericton Canadiens
1989–90 - Donald Audette, Rochester Americans
I was pretty lax in my definition of "produced at the NHL level".
Hopefully these three break that trend!
YEGJuniorFan
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toquerasta
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To be fair to "Mergus merganser" Carey was a pretty terrible choice for the Vezina that year, and he did absolutely nothing for the rest of his career, his Vezina year was the only season he played over 40 games, one of just 2 seasons where he hit 30+ games, and one of just 3 season where he hit 20+ games. Other than his Vezina year he was basically not an NHL goalie, but yeah, even still he definitely should have been on the "produced at the NHL level" list, a Vezina is a Vezina after all.
BobbyRyan9
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He's had the chance to move up to the NHL on a few occasions and has declined them all. I'm sure another round of job offers will come his way again this summer too. It's up to him if and when he wants to coach in the NHL.
Kipper933
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it's a pretty subjective list; O'Sullivan has the same number of 50-point seasons as the "proven" Arnason.
Lack should've won it.
No offense meant, of course, to Luke Adam, who did have a great season. But no rookie goaltender in at least the last 5 years has done what Lack has done - coming straight from being a BACKUP in the SEL.
No offense meant, of course, to Luke Adam, who did have a great season. But no rookie goaltender in at least the last 5 years has done what Lack has done - coming straight from being a BACKUP in the SEL.
It is irrelevant. What's not irrelevant is that Lack is doing something that hasn't been done by a rookie goaltender in a really, really long time. In fact, you could make a case for him being the best goaltender in the AHL this year. Luke Adam certainly can't claim that he's the best skater in the league.
Ball1374
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I remember last year he got an offer to coach in Columbus, and interviewed for it, but declined, saying he wants to stay in Portland mainly for his family. IIRC, he has a couple kids in high school and that played into his decisioning.
The best comparison I've seen (and admittedly, it's my own) is Andreychuk. Not that he'll be as good, but he's a big guy (who looks even bigger than the 6'2" that he's listed at) who has a nose for the net and a quick release.
He's gonna score goals, though that might be it (which isn't a bad thing).
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