Is this true? I have never heard that ever. Once you reach a certain number of NHL games you get put in a pot and only X number can play?
That’s kind of crazy really
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Is this true? I have never heard that ever. Once you reach a certain number of NHL games you get put in a pot and only X number can play?
That’s kind of crazy really
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Racer88
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Looks like he is thinking that anyone thinking these games are important doesn't know a thing.
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Aren’t those games supposed to be important to the prospects hoping to secure a spot?
They are important for development and trying to secure a spot, but winning is unimportant.
I am sure they are more focused on how they play positionally and decision making wise instead of the outcome.
Robertson for example put up zero points but was hard on the puck, I thought he made better decisions that weren't a rushed shot, and looked positionally more comfortable than in the past.
That's far more important to predicting team success than the points someone put up in these single games, Pacioretty is not scoring 164 goals.
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After two games, don't think there's going to be any surprise players making the team this year. Grebenkin has shown flashes of what he can be in the NHL, he needs to polish his defensive side of his game in the AHL for the year.
Cowan hasn't been bad by any means, hustles and plays hard on the wall etc, but I just think when it comes down to the final roster he's not beating anyone out (although, instead of sending him directly to JR, I'd keep him up with the team for awhile, let him play his 8 games, practice with the team etc until it's world JRs time).
A.Nylander is what he is, tweener AHL/NHLER that isn't good enough to be ahead of the likes of Robertson,Patoreitty, Holmberg etc.
Cowan hasn't been bad by any means, hustles and plays hard on the wall etc, but I just think when it comes down to the final roster he's not beating anyone out (although, instead of sending him directly to JR, I'd keep him up with the team for awhile, let him play his 8 games, practice with the team etc until it's world JRs time).
A.Nylander is what he is, tweener AHL/NHLER that isn't good enough to be ahead of the likes of Robertson,Patoreitty, Holmberg etc.
No, the game as a whole is unimportant as I said.
How well a prospect produces is also unimportant.
So exactly what I said about the games being unimportant is true.
You chimed in about prospects and I agreed, I just pointed out it likely has very little to do with how many goals a prospect gets and they are likely isolating instances to see if they can win puck battles, have defensive awareness, make the right decisions, etc.
No roster limits. AHL teams can carry as many players as they like. Some are on the way up. Some are rehabbing. Some are on the way down, and a small number -- like Kyle Clifford, Joe Blindisi and Logan Shaw on the Marlies -- are grizzled vets there to give leadership on and off the ice. Most teams choose those guys very carefully.
The limit is on playing time. In every game, an AHL team can't play more than five players with more than 260 games of pro experience. "Pro" means NHL, AHL, KHL and most upper level European leagues.
This is why players do age-out of the AHL, and many of the better ones go to Europe to finish their professional careers.
Not only that, but AHL pay is generally low -- there are exceptions -- and if you're not on the way up or a well-paid tenured vet it really isn't where you want to be.
The explicit mandate of the AHL is a developmental league.
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Having said that, that mistake with a few minutes left in the game on the PP was one of the most boneheaded any dman can make. A lackadaisacal backpass to the middle of the ice, along the ice, in your own zone? I tell my 10 yr old nephew not to do that EVER. It shows a lack of hockey IQ.
Really disappointed in Cowan these past two games. Grebenkin looked like the inexperienced forward he is. Best players were McMann, Kampf, and the goalies. Once again, the team looked much much slower than Ottawa.
I feel bad for Hunter, he is his last hope of looking even remotely competent.
I was like that was pretty bad for Nylander....... Then it hit me, it's the other Nylander
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I loved it when people were penciling him on the 2nd line or whatever. He sucks, full stop. Not an NHL player
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I thought goaltenders were the only positives in this one. And Holmberg.
Cowan hasn’t been bad and hasn’t stand out to this stage. Remember also he’s played a year and a half in the OHL. He earned more the 5 mins a game in the second half of his 16 year old year. Plenty of kids have been drafted rolled into their first NHL camp and caught everyone’s attention. But struggled or didn’t produce the same in the second one. At this stage give him a couple more games maybe play he where you’d expect if he made the team and if doesn’t produce then it’s ok if he goes back down. Or keep him up till late October give him a few NHL games and see what happens.
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Yeah, save for that #16 guy and the #1 goalie... perhaps even Liljegren
Truth be told, I'm not even his biggest fan either, but the way you chapped-ass KD boys go after him is pathetic at this point.
Mind translating to English?
I'll say that Dubas' drafting strategy was terrible if it turns out to be, but he's already surpassed whatever Hunter and Lou tried to do.
Mattinen will be fine.
He's had success in Europe and might go back there if the NHL thing doesn't work out.
In the meantime, his one-year NHL contract pays him $250,000 in the AHL -- which is not too bad for a minor league salary -- and as a DEL defenceman of the year he has a good future in hockey in Europe.
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I’m not sure I saw any NHL players on that roster last night except for the goalies.
It was a total disappointment. For guys fighting for a job it was meh
Did you not watch?
Holmberg, Robertson, McMann, and Knies were all good and are all NHLers.
Steeves and Rifai were also good and might be first call ups.
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Pontus Holmberg showed a real spine as he drops the gloves.
Sends a message to the new coach Berube who likes a physical heavy style game and play.Who else had P. Myers on their number one Leaf list going into last night's game..?
For a player I havent seen much of, he was the only Leaf I had as consistently making the right play all over the ice last night. Great showing for him!
For a player I havent seen much of, he was the only Leaf I had as consistently making the right play all over the ice last night. Great showing for him!
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I did hear that and that's what I'm objecting to, I may not have been clear on that.
I resent any reporter trying to characterize "this market" and what we are feeling/fearing/ and for players/coaches or management to respond to that. There are far too many members in Leaf Nation to have a consolidating opinion on anything but the most obvious. No one is in panic mode, sure it's Leaf Nation and there's bound to be an idiot or 2 who are "panicked" but overall we really have perspective on pre-season. Questions like this are accumulative and have caused our organization to be too reactionary, and I effen hate it. We deserve better.
