I’m an NHL GM I’m very careful when I put my prospects in the AHL
To me it’s a very physical but moreso dirty League. Many teams are made up of early to late 20’s players who are physically mature and in excellent shape and strong. They are doing everything possible to get to the nhl.
When I see guys like JFK and Lysell especially who look like high school kids go down and targeted and the shit beat out of them I would have rather they played another year in college or CHL
JFK contrary to what is written here was very good in Providence early on but to this day never seen any player in AHL get so openly hunted
Marchand actually was preyed on but he was quick, tough, and I saw him duck a couple of times which I thought was brilliant but apparently you catch crap for it
I was at a Lysell first and third game last year and he didn’t help self cutting across grain with his head down
It’s been 2 months and I’m thinking JFK
He came back was slower to react everything
HopefullyLysell gets over and is more aware and stronger
I’m curious about if he’s been able to work out past 2,months