Player Discussion Max Comtois

[lakai17]

when's he back with the Ducks?

 

[duxfan1101]

when's he back with the Ducks?

He is eligible to play 2 more games in SD, which would mean his final AHL game is Wednesday the 21st. They could always call him up before that, though.

 

[lakai17]

He is eligible to play 2 more games in SD, which would mean his final AHL game is Wednesday the 21st. They could always call him up before that, though.

They could bring him up right now after he had a goal in his first game with the Gulls, perhaps just give him some more first line minutes there if anything. He's young it won't take him much to be in top condition.

 

[alcolol]

*Puts on tinfoil hat*

I still think Comtois is down in the AHL primarily to showcase him to Dallas Eakins. Hard to argue that Gibbons is better than Comtois, even with the latter coming off an injury, and particularly in the fourth line capacity that Gibbons has been playing.

Do games in the AHL count towards the number of games needed to burn one season towards UFA status?

 

[Gold Standard]

He's played his 4 game AHL conditioning stint. He needs to be recalled today, yes - no?

I think a stint with the Canadian junior team over the Christmas holidays would be the ideal move.

 

[duxfan1101]

He's played his 4 game AHL conditioning stint. He needs to be recalled today, yes - no?

I think a stint with the Canadian junior team over the Christmas holidays would be the ideal move.

Today is his last day for his conditioning stint (or at least it should be). I imagine we'll hear something either later today or tomorrow morning at latest.

 

[Dirk316]

He's played his 4 game AHL conditioning stint. He needs to be recalled today, yes - no?

I think a stint with the Canadian junior team over the Christmas holidays would be the ideal move.

Why?
He's been better than expected and I can name at least 6 forwards hes already better than. He'll be back with the team expect to see Gibbons or Sherwood gone

 

[MMC]

 

[AngelDuck]

I don’t get the logic in burning the year off his ELC. I hope it doesn’t hurt us expansion wise

 

[ADHB]

I don’t get the logic in burning the year off his ELC. I hope it doesn’t hurt us expansion wise

Lundestrom also. Screams of desperation from the front office and coaching staff to try and ice the most competitive team even though those players don’t move the needle much either way. And this was done as opposed to thinking of the long term health of the franchise.

 

[Paul4587]

The 40 game mark is the more important milestone but yeah why not just send him down after his 9th game??

 

[bsu]

The 40 game mark is the more important milestone but yeah why not just send him down after his 9th game??

Because BM is an idiot when it comes to these things.

 

[Ducks DVM]

I don’t get the logic in burning the year off his ELC. I hope it doesn’t hurt us expansion wise

Because the goals he scored in the first 6-7 games helped his best buddy RC keep his job.

 

[MMC]

This indicates to me that BM has zero confidence in this team

 

[Paul4587]

This indicates to me that BM has zero confidence in this team

Why? This was a poor decision in the fact he should have been sent back a game earlier but it doesn’t indicate zero confidence. It indicates that now that the forward group is healthy he does have confidence in them.

 

[Static]

The injury is the reason he is being sent down. He lost his spot after being out so long, hard to forsee that coming.

Nostradamus doesn't run this team.

 

[AngelDuck]

The injury is the reason he is being sent down. He lost his spot after being out so long, hard to forsee that coming.

Nostradamus doesn't run this team.

I think if you were going to burn the year you should have been damn sure he is your guy until at least the 40 game mark.

Oh well, not a huge deal

 

[Static]

I think if you were going to burn the year you should have been damn sure he is your guy until at least the 40 game mark.

Oh well, not a huge deal

They obviously don't care as much about the 9 games as we do, Murray said as much.

 

[Ducks DVM]

The injury is the reason he is being sent down. He lost his spot after being out so long, hard to forsee that coming.

Nostradamus doesn't run this team.

True. Nostradamus would have seen that the only place for him once the roster was at full strength was on the 4th line.

 

[ADHB]

The 40 game mark is the more important milestone but yeah why not just send him down after his 9th game??

The 10-game mark is important as far as a potential expansion draft.

 

[Lupul1990]

The 40 game mark is the more important milestone but yeah why not just send him down after his 9th game??

It's actually better for us to burn that 1st year, because it's gonna be easier to bridge him in 2021 with pretty much 2 years of experience instead of 2022 with 3 years. And if the bridge contract will be for 2 years, then we will have him for cheap until 2023.

Also, the 40 game mark is related to games on the roster, not games played (at least I think so).

I guess if they were gonna let him play in WJC, then might as well let him go to junior now instead of waiting a couple more weeks.

 

[Static]

True. Nostradamus would have seen that the only place for him once the roster was at full strength was on the 4th line.

His first mistake then.

 

[robbieboy3686]

It's actually better for us to burn that 1st year, because it's gonna be easier to bridge him in 2021 with pretty much 2 years of experience instead of 2022 with 3 years. And if the bridge contract will be for 2 years, then we will have him for cheap until 2023.

Also, the 40 game mark is related to games on the roster, not games played (at least I think so).

I guess if they were gonna let him play in WJC, then might as well let him go to junior now instead of waiting a couple more weeks.

Ding ding ding^ ty

 

[Static]

Also Id love to see those who predicted aberg would make such an impression as to have him play his offwing to keep him in the top six. If I remember correctly everyone on this board wanted him off the planet after game one. That would have been quite the call.

 

[Paul4587]

It's actually better for us to burn that 1st year, because it's gonna be easier to bridge him in 2021 with pretty much 2 years of experience instead of 2022 with 3 years. And if the bridge contract will be for 2 years, then we will have him for cheap until 2023.

Also, the 40 game mark is related to games on the roster, not games played (at least I think so).

I guess if they were gonna let him play in WJC, then might as well let him go to junior now instead of waiting a couple more weeks.

Normally I would agree but the expansion draft changes things in this regard. Although I think we will have enough protection spots anyway at that point and likely one of our D gets taken anyway.