Abbotsford Canucks | Training Camp Edition

[Blue and Green]

I'm clearly overthinking this in my head. Can Brisebois, Wolanin and Twarysnki be classified at "vets" even though they aren't over the 320?

I'll explain it in a little more detail as the language of that stuff that you copied and pasted is a bit confusing/inaccurate.

Among players who are age 25+ prior to the July 1 preceding the season, you can play five skaters that are anywhere over the 260-game mark (based on games prior to the start of the season; games in the current season don't count). You can also play a sixth veteran skater as long as he wasn't over the 320-game mark prior to the start of the season. So if a team has six guys over 320, they can only dress five of them. Abbotsford currently has three guys in the 261-320 range and three that are over 320; they could dress all six of them for any game.

 

[iRageWin]

I'll explain it in a little more detail as the language of that stuff that you copied and pasted is a bit confusing/inaccurate.

Among players who are age 25+ prior to the July 1 preceding the season, you can play five skaters that are anywhere over the 260-game mark (based on games prior to the start of the season; games in the current season don't count). You can also play a sixth veteran skater as long as he wasn't over the 320-game mark prior to the start of the season. So if a team has six guys over 320, they can only dress five of them. Abbotsford currently has three guys in the 261-320 range and three that are over 320; they could dress all six of them for any game.

Yes, this is correct. Or else Brisebois, Wolanin, and Twarynski would need to alternate games until they get to 320 games played, and that would be absolutely silly

 

[VanJack]

I assume the brain-trust in Abbotsford and Vancouver have a plan as how they want to employ their d-men at the AHL level.

But with Mark Friedman now ticketed for Abbotsford, you have to wonder what it is. If he isn't claimed on waivers, the situation on the blueline is bordering on an 'impossibility'. Far too many d-men for the limited available spots.

I suppose this might be only 'temporary', since I figure the Canucks will eventually want to add an either d-man to their NHL roster. And injuries on defense are an inevitability.

But I really hope the situation in Abby doesn't badly compromise the playing time for kids like D-Petey and Kudryavtsev. They represent 'the future'.

 

[David71]

just noticed abbotsford has at least 10 guys that are left handed pretty stacked and 3 righties.

 

[Lindgren]

just noticed abbotsford has at least 10 guys that are left handed pretty stacked and 3 righties.

CanucksArmy has a piece just up on that logjam. The most interesting note for me is that Brannstrom claims to be more comfortable on the right than the left. If so, there's step one.

Step two: I'd like to see management take advantage of the extra numbers by giving Hirose and Brisebois a couple more weeks before putting them into game action. That makes the opening night line-up on the back end something like this:

Wolanin/McWard
Kudryavstev/Woo
Pettersson/Brannstrom

That leaves Felton out of the line-up, and I'm not happy about that. If Felton has looked better than McWard in camp, then swap them.

Where will everyone line up on the Abbotsford Canucks’ crowded left side defence?

Ah, @#$%$. I forgot about Friedman. Who the hell knows what they'll do. If one of the crowd other than the two young guys could get a 7th rounder, that'd be an obvious move, but that's very unlikely.

 

[VanJack]

I know it's been explained on these boards before, but for some reason I'm constantly baffled by the AHL's veteran rules.

I think you can only ice a limited number of players who have over a certain number of games as a pro games in their resume, and are over the age of 25. Is that correct?

If so, won't Friedman, Wolanin and maybe even Wolanin and Brannstrom be affected by that rule?

 

[Lindgren]

I know it's been explained on these boards before, but for some reason I'm constantly baffled by the AHL's veteran rules.

I think you can only ice a limited number of players who have over a certain number of games as a pro games in their resume, and are over the age of 25. Is that correct?

If so, won't Friedman, Wolanin and maybe even Wolanin and Brannstrom be affected by that rule?

You can find more than one pretty thorough explanation if you read back just a few posts.

Read the thread!