He’s 24 years old and not a prospect after his 3rd pro season this year, and I believe passed waivers.. 7th dman in my opinion and that is not a bad thing.
Prospect Info: Hartford Wolf Pack/Bloomington Bison Thread: Part XV
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jesus christ please fire this f***ing coach. team can't hold a lead.
ruhwedel own goal is just pitiful
17futurecap
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I can’t understand what the organization saw in his CV that made them say “this is our guy!”
Nothing positive stands out in his coaching career. A case can be made for the opposite though.
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Sykora is my dude. I can't wait until he's busting his ass for the Rangers on and off the ice.
If there's some universe where he convinces Laf to try to keep up with him in the gym for a summer, I hope this is the one.
If there's some universe where he convinces Laf to try to keep up with him in the gym for a summer, I hope this is the one.
I'm not here to defend Potulny, to be clear. But Knoblauch didn't exactly inspire much confidence and the Wolf Pack were very close to closing out a third straight season without the playoffs before they kind of randomly caught fire the final month of the season and made it in. And a short time later he's doing a pretty good job coaching the Oilers.
I would imagine coaching in the AHL is difficult since for a lot of guys it's an "in between" league. You have prospects who are just there for a spell before moving onto the NHL and you're asked to help them take that next step. You have 4A guys who really don't want to be there but can still be very productive for you. You have guys who spent a significant amount of time in the NHL and who want to get back but probably don't have it anymore. Random ECHL-caliber guys who obviously don't belong. And everything in between. Seems like a tough task to balance all of that. Most places your job is to win, but in the AHL you're asked to win but also to develop players and keep other guys warm in case they're needed.
I would imagine coaching in the AHL is difficult since for a lot of guys it's an "in between" league. You have prospects who are just there for a spell before moving onto the NHL and you're asked to help them take that next step. You have 4A guys who really don't want to be there but can still be very productive for you. You have guys who spent a significant amount of time in the NHL and who want to get back but probably don't have it anymore. Random ECHL-caliber guys who obviously don't belong. And everything in between. Seems like a tough task to balance all of that. Most places your job is to win, but in the AHL you're asked to win but also to develop players and keep other guys warm in case they're needed.
I agree that coaching at this level can be difficult. And some of the Pack's problems can be attributed to management such as not signing a puck moving defenseman. But I haven't been thrilled with some of Potulny's lineup choices. He seems to think that Jake Lyschyschen is a good offensive player. I hate seeing him with two offensive wings on his flanks. If you want to put him in a third or fourth line center defensive role that's fine. But you're not helping your young wings develop with Jake in the middle. I haven't liked all the playing time for Hillman. He's a perfectly fine AHL player. But he's never going to be more than that. I haven't seen value in having him play forward. It seems that the defensive pairs change every other game. He's finally been giving Roobroeck and Chmelar bigger roles but it's taken a while to get there and until recently he's had BMB stapled to the fourth line playing at left wing.
Ideally you want to see the team do well and develop players. But the team is well out of the playoffs And young player development (outside of Othmann and Berard who were on the brink of the NHL already) has been inconsistent. How much of that is Potulny is impossible for those of us on the outside to stay. But this season's play doesn't scream huge success.
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And then there's all the roster disruption within the season between injuries and trades. Even if the team you start with is pretty good, that can go south very quickly.
And as soon as I criticize Jake L. he scores on a nice pass from Chmelar.
Pack up 2-1 midway in the second period.
Pack up 2-1 midway in the second period.
17futurecap
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Watched first 40 minutes, Domingue has been great, Hartford generates nothing.
Hopefully they can hold, headed to dinner so won’t see last 20.
Hopefully they can hold, headed to dinner so won’t see last 20.
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I have a concern not about Sykora but the roster numbers game (for an undersized middle 6 forward). We already have Edstrom and Rempe on the bottom line. In top 6 it will be Lafreniere, Cuylle and Perrault (and if it’s not Zibanejad then there will be some expensive vet there). That leaves Sykora competing against Othmann, Berard, Schmelar and Laba etc for two remaining spots. I said it before - I don’t see both Berard and Sykora making it as Rangers.
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When the numbers game becomes a problem, you make a trade to address a need. If they all work out it's a good problem to have.
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