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  1. Well said! I'm outta here too. This is my last post on CDC. It's been a slice y'all. See you on the new forum. As one door closes, another opens my friends. Change is good if you accept it. Cheers everyone. Hope to see you on the other site.
  2. And with bangin old school colours! Sign me up and see you guys there!
  3. Damn, I erased him from my memory. I so badly wanted him to turn out!
  4. He was an amazing mentor. I agree, he was a huge reason our players back then made it to the NHL. Unfortunately they don’t have anyone like that in Abby…then again it’s rare to have a Stanley Cup winner/amazing NHL vet like Keane to play out their final years in the AHL. Hard to replicate a guy like that. Chris Chelios played into his mid 40’s for Detroits farm team back in the day too. These days you don’t see that too much. Abby has a young leadership group for sure. It’s hard to say who leads the pack but guys like Wouters and Bains definitely seem to have the young kids listening to them. As for a saavy vet option, I agree a guy like Irwin would fit that mould for sure.
  5. We like to draft "the other brother" a lot...lol Hello Fedor Fedorov and Steve Kariya...
  6. There definitely is a difference in my opinion. In Utica we could barely turn a 1st/2nd round pick player into an NHLer...so many failed picks. Gaunce, Lind, Gadj, DiPietro, Jasek...the list is quite large. Fast forward to Abby not only are our drafted players trending well but our undrafted players like Bains, Nielsen, Wouters etc are also making noise and will be pushing for NHL minutes. There is a huge contrast in development between the Utica vs Abby teams. I've watched all our AHL clubs back to the Manitoba Moose days and for myself this has been such a refreshing change to see. We haven't had good development of our prospects in the AHL since the Manitoba Moose. A lot of our 2011 cup run players were groomed in Manitoba (Edler, Schnieder, Bieksa, Kesler, Burrows, Hansen). No matter where the prospect was drafted whether 1st round or 7th round they were turning out gems. Abby has similar vibes to me.
  7. They have at least another 2 years to make NHLers out of these 2 kids. Lots of runway left. You signing up for AHL live again Stawns? Was good to have you in the Abby chat group last year.
  8. Someone a while back compared JTM to Iginla, I thought that was actually a pretty solid comparison…major difference between them is the fact JTM can play center too. Prime Iginla was awesome to watch as a hockey fan in general I always wanted him on our team.
  9. Still learning. He’s moving up the depth chart in Utica. His first season was very much AHL role player. Last season he come out in a big way. He is a defensemen first but he performed very well as a 4th line agitator as well. I will be watching him close this year. He misses assignments here and there and can be a bit choppy on plays but as last year went along a lot of that started smoothing out. You could tell he’s found a role on his team and relishes it. It would be a huge plus if he actually ends up being a decent replacement level NHLer. A spare player who can play forward and D…not had to have as a depth guy on your team. As for the Ryp comparison, for sure fighting wise yes. But AKL isn’t as hot headed as him so he’s a bit more trust worthy to play actual minutes than Ryp was. IMO
  10. I’m gonna leave this here for you all to enjoy. We got this kid cooking on the farm and i’d really like to see him on the big club some day. He can play defence and forward too. The kid is awesome to watch and he’s gotten better each year on our farm. Could be a 4th liner in a year or two/spare forward. (Sorry if I didn’t add the videos correctly) https://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/n266677 https://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/n263171 https://m.facebook.com/hockeyrecapnewsletter/videos/-511-alex-kannok-leipert-fights- and-beats-68-adam-klapka/501961558531257/
  11. I think they forgot to add the link. I checked out nhl.com and it’s doing the same weird 404 error thing. That being said it would be sad to see the forum go. I’m not on any social media and I really do enjoy peoples updates here.
  12. Finally a person who can explain NHL salary cap to me without using numbers and such!!...lol, thank you for making this digestible. I get lost in the numbers and find it hard to follow. If this truly is the case then it definitely makes sense why Myers is still around. And I agree, he is still useful to us and could be very underrated this year by our fans. He's going to move back into a lower role than last year. Trim his minutes back, match him against the bottom 9 forwards of a team, simplify his game a bit and he can do good again. I thought he was dynamite for Team Canada this summer. Shows if he plays his game and doesn't play over his head he is still VERY effective. Hopefully Hronek just jumps in and does what we need him to do. That way we won't be forced into using Myers too much.
  13. It’s a very good point to bring up. Although I give our Utica years a bit of a shot in the arm here. They were never given much talent wise to work with…no one major really was sent to them. They got Baertchi and Goldobin at the back end of their NHL careers. A crappy attitude Jake Virtanen. Gaudette here and there…all our prospects were rushed to the NHL and our farm club suffered . They constantly had to bring in ECHL veterans to fill the gaps. It was frustrating as a fan developmentally... Yet they always made it to the playoffs so they were fun to watch in that sense. The only guy I can say right now that Utica helped develop and can call a success is Jacob Markstrom…all the rest of our lower tier prospects that went to the team never made it…Jett Woo is still hanging in but every other guy is now gone basically. It was a dead end road. 2 years in Abby and a big change in philosophy from management to support the kids there has been a huge boon for us. It’s such a stark contrast compared to Utica. I’m really loving it. Plus the fact they are taking in undrafted players and even they are finding some diamonds there too and developing them properly. So fresh to see.
  14. I think he’s a bit chippier than Granlund. But that’s a good comparison. For his size he is a bull in the corners and has lots of jam to his game. Which I think if Granlund had he may have stayed longer. I don’t see top line potential but he’s a bottom 6 glue guy for sure. He scores lots of goals in close too, kinda has a knack for it. Just not sure he can do the same against NHL defenders. Definitely will be excited if he can tho!
  15. As for Linus, I think he's gonna make the team this year. He is ready IMO. Detailed defensively, has a very quick stick, even when he isn't scoring he's doing something positive on the ice like always. I think he starts the year as a spare/4th line guy but I think he can work his way up to the 3rd line for some regular minutes once Toc trusts him more.
  16. I have hope Podz can play that big guy role for Petey. He obviously isn't there yet, but he's got my vote. Would love to see Kuz Petey Podz in the preseason to see if there is anything there.
  17. Well said, he is absolutely captain material…I got so sick of Horvat shrinking away to our media. JT will say it like it is. I think this team and this city needs that. For too long our media has pushed their BS on the players and they’ve all just taken it. I think JT is a great counter balance to all of it. I think he can handle the distraction too and still play good hockey. Where Petey and Huggy it may still throw them off…we need those 2 performing at their best. JT is our captain America deflecting all medias BS with his shield lol.
  18. It’s tough travel in the ECHL. The Alaska Aces just couldn’t survive although pretty cool to have a team way up there. Victoria Salmon Kings were great to watch. Very physical hockey, lots of fights. So yes a bit of a goon league. But these guys still have skill. Lots of young lower level Canucks prospects have played in the ECHL. But honestly most don’t make it too far beyond the AHL. Carson Focht played most of the season with the K wings last year. Silovs the year before. Every season we have a few young rookies that can’t get minutes on the AHL squad so they send them to the ECHL to stay ready and play meaningful games. The K wings themselves are mostly a mix of older pro players who still get part time work in the AHL. We usually have a couple of young players each season that go down and try to make their way back up. Most don’t pan out. One of the Kwings big successes for our AHL club was reforming Darren Archibald. He played 2 part time seasons with them before he came a monster for our Utica Comets club. Darren didn’t do much in the NHL but he sure helped out on the AHL squad. Best ECHL success I recall for our team is Burrows…aside from that just part time role players. But in my mind it all counts. These guys in the ECHL are only making like 30 k a year or less (American), so all have second jobs etc. So I give props to any player willing to gut it out every year for that kind of money…you gotta really love hockey to do that.
  19. I’d sure love to see our ECHL club closer. The Victoria Salmon Kings were a blast to watch back in the day. Maybe they’re up to something because they haven’t re upped long term with the K Wings. Each year they only extend one year at a time. After the Salmon Kings folded we moved our ECHL affiliate to the Alaska Aces then they folded and since then we’ve been with the Kwings…would love something closer. And honestly I like ECHL hockey better than any junior league. It’s still really good pro hockey in my opinion. Would be fun to have it in BC again!
  20. Thanks for mentioning this Bounce. A lot of people don’t know that it was him that got all the players rounded up to start helping. Out of all the present and past farm team tough guys Vinny has been one of my favourites. Rypien is my all time favourite since I started watching AHL hockey back in early 2000… but Vinny and Archibald are #2 and #3 respectively.
  21. If we let him walk I’ll be pissed. This kid played his heart out this season. He’s like Stetcher but a forward. Hustles and never gives up. I’m sure it’s poker at this point. He had a good season, his party is probably pushing for an NHL contract where Vancouver is probably pushing for another AHL deal…that’s a tough divide. I’m scared a team might scoop him on us. We don’t have any rights on him….different management but I still get sour thinking about how we lost Tofolli.
  22. No man, I’m shocked. But he definitely is closer to home now. I read back in the day that he goes back home every summer to work and help his family. So makes a lot of sense. His departure is kind of a passing of the torch to AKL I think. Vinny inherited his torch from Darren Archibald. I was crushed when we didn’t bring Archy back, but seen Vinny was there and it made me relax. And years before that Ryper on the Moose protecting our young team…this tough guy title comes in waves from one to the next. You can almost track the “development years” by them lol. Most farm teams have that guy still, maybe not so much in the NHL. But every AHL team has a couple of throw back guys on the squad. Dying breed unfortunately. Vinny I tip my hat to you, it’s been a pleasure watching you stick up for the kids for all these years. Cheers mi amigo.
  23. If we were to forecast next season, for sure I think you’re close on your assessment. I’m curious about Lockhart and Jurmo. Both would be great adds to the team. I’d love to see Jasek back…but he’s maybe still pissed at us. Although with new management maybe they check in on him? I also think they will sign another couple euro free agents this summer, Alvin seems to have a good pulse on talent overseas. Fill in the gaps with that kinda “show me what you got” talent. It worked well with Aman, he was a great depth add this year for our big club. One thing we haven’t touched on yet (and it’s a shame we didn’t see this line in the post season)…is the swedish line of Aman, Karlsson, and Hogz…they were absolutely dynamite in the AHL. And i’d love to see that line form again next season. Even as a 4th line on the big club. They were a VERY good line.
  24. As far as I know he is only signed to this season. I did some digging and not much info out there on his contract. Just says he signed this season to coach our farm team. He has a great AHL coaching record. I hope we retain him asap if he doesn’t.
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