2024-25 Utica Comets and ECHL thread

[Bad Goalie]

With the arrival of Nemec, MacKinnon can sit.
The left side has:
Misyul
Vilen
White

The right side:
Casey
Nemec
DeSimone

Diotte was sent back to Adirondack upon the reassignment of Nemec.
Extras will be MacKinnon on the left side and Welinski on the right side. The first time all season that the D doesn't have a weak link.

As to who plays with whom Casey has been paired with White and Misyul has been with DeSimone. That would leave Nemec with Vilen. There is nothing to say that's how it will play out, but that's not exactly a weak setup.

Parent ran his first practice as the Comets new head coach. The Comets ran a promotion of $10 tickets for Friday's game and the seats are reportedly sold out but standing room is available.

There are no changes in the forward group which is where the major problem has been. Time for those guys to get their heads out of their asses, make some passes as well as learn how to take them, play much better defense, and score some goals.

Looking forward to watching both Nemec and Casey on the Comets roster. There is no telling how long that will last, but I plan on enjoying every minute of it for however long it will last.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Haven't seen Adirondack discussed much here but what is the atmosphere there like? I'd assuming that since they had a successful season last year the Comets were hoping some of those players would be AHL-ready this season. Or are they elsewhere now?

 

[Bad Goalie]

Haven't seen Adirondack discussed much here but what is the atmosphere there like? I'd assuming that since they had a successful season last year the Comets were hoping some of those players would be AHL-ready this season. Or are they elsewhere now?

For the best info on Adirondack @Guttersniped is the one to seek out (sorry GS if you didn't want the intrusion). Follows them much more than I do.

Their 2024 playoff roster listed these players who had played some regular sesason games in Utica:
Tyler Brennan - NJ draft selection did not play a game with Utica last season. He was injured for most of last season and didn't play well when he was available. He is on the Thunder roster and will be 1 of 3 with Brodeur as the unquestionable #1.
Will MacKinnon - Last season MacKinnon played 40 games with Utica and 29 with Adirondack. He then played 17 playoff games.
Colin Felix - Played 23 games last season for the Comets. He is currently playing for the AHL Rockford IceHogs.
Jackson van de Leest - Played 6 games for the Comets.
Timur Imbragimov - Played 35 games for the Comets last season. He has returned to the VHL (Russia's AHL level farm system)
Filip Engaras - He played 53 games with the Comets last season and 6 with the Thunder. He then played 17 playoff games with the Thunder.
Andre Ghantous - Ghantous was signed to an AHL PTO at the end of the season and played 3 games. He then played10 regular season games and 14 playoff games with the Thunder.
Erik Middendorf - Played 24 games with the Comets and 36 games with the Thunder. He played 12 playoff games for the Thunder. He is currently a member of the AHL Hershey Bears.
T.J. Friedmann - He played 3 games for the Comets last season. He played 26 regular season games and 14 playoff games with the Thunder.
Isaac Poulter - He was Utica's top keeper statistically in 28 GP. He played 15 playoff games taking over for Brodeur and posted a 1.86 GAA and .939 SV%. He is sharing this season's net once again with Daws.

They currently have Will MacKinnon, Filip Engaras, Tag Bertuzzi, and Kevin O'Neil on 1-way AHL contracts.
Jace Isley, Andre Ghantous, Jackson van de Leest, and TJ Friedmann are on AHL 2-ways.

Will MacKinnon has been on the Comets roster since opening night and has been on the game night roster for all 9 games . With the arrival of Nemec, I would suspect he gets his first night off.

Due to the number of centers DiNeen had on opening night Filip was the #4 center. He played the 1st 4 games and started game 5 in Laval where he suffered a bad upper body injury when crashing head/shoulder first into the end boards. No idea on when he might return.

Bertuzzi was recently called up and has played inthe last 2 games and is a-2 without a point.

O'Neil has not played a game here.

Of the 2-way contrract players only van de Leest has played for the Comets. 2 games and a -1 with no points.

That's the best I can do for you. hope hat gives you an idea. The Comets don't have any of the top point getters from last season's Thunder playoff team on their roster except for Poulter, MacKinnon, and Engaras. All 3 had basically become Comets last season and went down at the season's end to play well for the Thunder as should have been expected. Except for Poulter the other 2 are a bottom 3rd pair D-man and a #4 center. They hold their own, but will not be the catalysts for the Comets to become a better team.

 

[My3Sons]

For the best info on Adirondack @Guttersniped is the one to seek out (sorry GS if you didn't want the intrusion). Follows them much more than I do.

Their 2024 playoff roster listed these players who had played some regular sesason games in Utica:
Tyler Brennan - NJ draft selection did not play a game with Utica last season. He was injured for most of last season and didn't play well when he was available. He is on the Thunder roster and will be 1 of 3 with Brodeur as the unquestionable #1.
Will MacKinnon - Last season MacKinnon played 40 games with Utica and 29 with Adirondack. He then played 17 playoff games.
Colin Felix - Played 23 games last season for the Comets. He is currently playing for the AHL Rockford IceHogs.
Jackson van de Leest - Played 6 games for the Comets.
Timur Imbragimov - Played 35 games for the Comets last season. He has returned to the VHL (Russia's AHL level farm system)
Filip Engaras - He played 53 games with the Comets last season and 6 with the Thunder. He then played 17 playoff games with the Thunder.
Andre Ghantous - Ghantous was signed to an AHL PTO at the end of the season and played 3 games. He then played10 regular season games and 14 playoff games with the Thunder.
Erik Middendorf - Played 24 games with the Comets and 36 games with the Thunder. He played 12 playoff games for the Thunder. He is currently a member of the AHL Hershey Bears.
T.J. Friedmann - He played 3 games for the Comets last season. He played 26 regular season games and 14 playoff games with the Thunder.
Isaac Poulter - He was Utica's top keeper statistically in 28 GP. He played 15 playoff games taking over for Brodeur and posted a 1.86 GAA and .939 SV%. He is sharing this season's net once again with Daws.

They currently have Will MacKinnon, Filip Engaras, Tag Bertuzzi, and Kevin O'Neil on 1-way AHL contracts.
Jace Isley, Andre Ghantous, Jackson van de Leest, and TJ Friedmann are on AHL 2-ways.

Will MacKinnon has been on the Comets roster since opening night and has been on the game night roster for all 9 games . With the arrival of Nemec, I would suspect he gets his first night off.

Due to the number of centers DiNeen had on opening night Filip was the #4 center. He played the 1st 4 games and started game 5 in Laval where he suffered a bad upper body injury when crashing head/shoulder first into the end boards. No idea on when he might return.

Bertuzzi was recently called up and has played inthe last 2 games and is a-2 without a point.

O'Neil has not played a game here.

Of the 2-way contrract players only van de Leest has played for the Comets. 2 games and a -1 with no points.

That's the best I can do for you. hope hat gives you an idea. The Comets don't have any of the top point getters from last season's Thunder playoff team on their roster except for Poulter, MacKinnon, and Engaras. All 3 had basically become Comets last season and went down at the season's end to play well for the Thunder as should have been expected. Except for Poulter the other 2 are a bottom 3rd pair D-man and a #4 center. They hold their own, but will not be the catalysts for the Comets to become a better team.

MacKinnon has a lot of plot armor

 

[Slapshottothehead]

Comets facebook page is touting tonights game as "Epic"... not really how a winless team can have an epic game at 0-8... but whatever works for them...