2024-25 Utica Comets and ECHL thread

[Call Me Al]

From what I've heard he is likely to be out of the lineup for another month or so. Assuming the Devils are playing well, with a defense corps of say Dougie-Dillon, Siegs-Pesce and Kovacevic with one of the other veterans, why wouldn't it benefit both Luke and the Devils for him to play 6-8 games with Utica until he is back to top condition?

that’s fair - a conditioning stint is completely reasonable but i assumed you want him down for the year. your reputation precedes you, my bad.

 

[Triumph]

From what I've heard he is likely to be out of the lineup for another month or so. Assuming the Devils are playing well, with a defense corps of say Dougie-Dillon, Siegs-Pesce and Kovacevic with one of the other veterans, why wouldn't it benefit both Luke and the Devils for him to play 6-8 games with Utica until he is back to top condition?

Because he's an NHL player and NHL players belong in the NHL. Conditioning stints for position players are exceptionally rare for a reason.

 

[Bad Goalie]

Comets make another cut.
As I said after the last big cut:

Shane Bowers
and
Colton White
and
Nico Daws
would be sent down after the Prague series.

I also said I was thinking we would see
Nick DeSimone. He becomes the 5th VET on the roster.

I hit the nail on
Nolan Foote
if the Devils kept 13 forwards.

So Utica adds
Bowers
Foote to their Forwards list

White
DeSimone
to their D-Corps

Nico Daws
joins Poulter and Brennan

No word yet on PTOs
Zboril or Welinski

Injured Hatakka, Vilen, and Filmon will be sent to Utica, but not until they become game ready.

 

[Bad Goalie]

The AHL has no number limits. The size of the roster is determined by the Head Coach in consultation with his coaches and maybe some input from the GM. The rest are sent to ECHL Adirondack or if not signed either given PTOs or released.

Right now (Injured players included) the roster looks like this.
Forwards:
Justin Dowling (VET)
Joe Gambardella (VET)
Ryan Schmelzer (VET)
Shane Bowers
Brian Halonen
Nolan Foote
Max Willman
Adam Beckman (has been returned)
Mike Hardman
Xavier Parent
Chase Stillman
Samuel Laberge
Nathan Legare
Josh Filmon (is expected to be returned 10/10 according to PuckPedia)
Filip Engaras
Jack Malone
Dylan Wendt
Andre Ghantous
Kevin O'Neil
Tag Bertuzzi
Jace Isley

D-men
Nick DeSimone (Vet)
Colton White (Vet)
Daniil Misyul
Topias Vilen (Is expected to return 10/22 /PuckPedia)
Santeri Hatakka (expected to return 10/10 /PuckPedia)
Mikael Diotte
Will MacKinnon
Jack van de Leest

There were 6 D who played in the Comets only preseason game with Syracuse on Friday.
- Brendan Less (3yr pro all with Adirondack 44GP 23-24)
- Darian Skeoch (5th yr pro with 4 ECHL teams, 46 GP with Adirondack '23-24)
- Ryan Wheeler (3rd yr pro, 61 GP with Adirondack '23-24
-Kurt Gosselin (5th yr pro and he did not play from "20-22, played 145 ECHL games and 8 with AHL Rochester/about to play his 1st season with Adirondack.
- The other 2 will,be rookie Pros this season

I don't see a lot of help from that lineup. Either up front or on D and right now it's not like Utica is going to be sending them much beyond maybe van de Leest.

 

[My3Sons]

The AHL has no number limits. The size of the roster is determined by the Head Coach in consultation with his coaches and maybe some input from the GM. The rest are sent to ECHL Adirondack or if not signed either given PTOs or released.

Right now (Injured players included) the roster looks like this.
Forwards:
Justin Dowling (VET)
Joe Gambardella (VET)
Ryan Schmelzer (VET)
Shane Bowers
Brian Halonen
Nolan Foote
Max Willman
Adam Beckman (has been returned)
Mike Hardman
Xavier Parent
Chase Stillman
Samuel Laberge
Nathan Legare
Josh Filmon (is expected to be returned 10/10 according to PuckPedia)
Filip Engaras
Jack Malone
Dylan Wendt
Andre Ghantous
Kevin O'Neil
Tag Bertuzzi
Jace Isley

D-men
Nick DeSimone (Vet)
Colton White (Vet)
Daniil Misyul
Topias Vilen (Is expected to return 10/22 /PuckPedia)
Santeri Hatakka (expected to return 10/10 /PuckPedia)
Mikael Diotte
Will MacKinnon
Jack van de Leest

There were 6 D who played in the Comets only preseason game with Syracuse on Friday.
- Brendan Less (3yr pro all with Adirondack 44GP 23-24)
- Darian Skeoch (5th yr pro with 4 ECHL teams, 46 GP with Adirondack '23-24)
- Ryan Wheeler (3rd yr pro, 61 GP with Adirondack '23-24
-Kurt Gosselin (5th yr pro and he did not play from "20-22, played 145 ECHL games and 8 with AHL Rochester/about to play his 1st season with Adirondack.
- The other 2 will,be rookie Pros this season

I don't see a lot of help from that lineup. Either up front or on D and right now it's not like Utica is going to be sending them much beyond maybe van de Leest.

No Grahame or Melovsky?