Jan 6, Prospect Update:
AHL and ECHL
4-Week Production
Honor Roll Club
Honorable mentions: RW Pastujov, RD Luneau, RW Colangelo
Notes: There is just too many negatives in that plus/minus category. Not enough high end veterans to help out the roster.
Here's a diatribe from
Defend the Nest about the team's roster:
Built To Win? Or Built To Develop?
As we watch another Gulls season go down the drain my broken record speech of “it will get better next year, look at the talent coming in” is wearing thin – let’s just say even I am sick of it. Why don’t the Ducks ever bring back players that have proved to be good pieces for their farm team and organizational depth? Let’s go down the list of the leading scorers in the AHL.
5th (tied) in scoring: Andrew Poturalski – 12 goals, 18 assists and 30 points in 28 games.
10th in scoring: Rocco Grimaldi – 7 goals, 21 assists and 28 points in 25 games.
12th in scoring: Glenn Gawdin – 9 goals, 18 assists and 27 points in 26 games.
13th in scoring: BO Groulx – 9 goals, 18 assists and 27 points in 26 games.
28th in scoring and second among defenders: Trevor Carrick – 5 goals, 19 assists and 24 points in 26 games.
36th in scoring: Andrew Agozzino – 9 goals, 14 assists and 23 points in 25 games.
It is so frustrating to see the constant revolving door of talent coming in and then leaving again while the results each season don’t change.
I get that you need to keep spots available for prospects to get ice and thus develop but at the same time – and I mean this in the nicest way – Rodwin Dionicio should probably be in the ECHL this season. He had some fun moments in this game but his foot speed is not quite up to par and he appears to tire easily in his own zone. Don’t get me wrong – he can be fun to watch with the kind of hits he throws and soft hands in close but his defensive game needs a lot of work.