Potential could be Corey Perry or just his brother
- gerbe75pts

How good is Corey Perry's brother?

Brady is just as overrated as his brother

Nice to see the positive vibes about the Rochester D right out of the gate. My only concern is how much playing (and development time) are Borgen, Pilut and Hickey going to get with all those AHL vet D ahead of them?

It’s a little shocking that you said that ..

You’re getting a cop contender team to a team That could be someday
- gerbe75pts

How many players from this team would even make the ‘06 team?

Eichel, Sam, Okposo (maybe?), Mittelstadt (maybe? Might get sent back to college or AHL)

Ristolainen & Dahlin on defense is probably it (Tallinder-Lydman & Campbell-Teppo, plus they had Spacek too)

Might even keep Biron as the backup goalie over Hutton, but that’s certainly arguable


That ‘06 team had FOUR guys score 30+ goals, with Vanek topping 40
MAYBE we get ONE 30 goal scorer this year

And they had Stafford scoring 13goals in half a season, Max scoring over a ppg, Hecht & Kotalik scores in the high teens if i remember right, and I’m pretty sure Roy had over 20goals & 60ish points

That team was freaking stacked

How good is Corey Perry's brother?
- Ratsreign

I was referring to Brady’s brother Matthew

Nice to see the positive vibes about the Rochester D right out of the gate. My only concern is how much playing (and development time) are Borgen, Pilut and Hickey going to get with all those AHL vet D ahead of them?
- SabreWest

U can only play a certain number of Vets a night in the AHL
I wanna say u can only play 5 at the most on any given night

Michael Pachla: An early look at the 2018-19 Rochester Americans with Don Stevens
- Michael Pachla

this is exciting

Brady is just as overrated as his brother
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- jcragcrumple

Nice to see the positive vibes about the Rochester D right out of the gate. My only concern is how much playing (and development time) are Borgen, Pilut and Hickey going to get with all those AHL vet D ahead of them?
- SabreWest

when bogo gets hurt or beaulieu gets waived

pilut will be with big club

when bogo gets hurt or beaulieu gets waived

pilut will be with big club
- homiedclown

I think there's a very good possibility of this. He's older, so his showing at dev camp can only be taken so seriously...but he looked damn good.

- gerbe75pts

If his last name were McGiblet instead of Tkachuk, he doesn't go 4OA imo

Owa Odighizuwa must really stink to get released this early

‘06 Forwards
Hecht-Briere-Pominville
(Zubrus)-Drury-Kotalik
Vanek-Roy-Afinogenov
-Connolly missed the regular season, i don’t remember where he played in the playoffs
Did he take a spot on the Drury line & bump someone down?
-we also had: Mair, Stafford, Gaustad, Paille & MacArthur

Defense:
Tallinder-Lydman
Campbell-Teppo
Spacek-Kalinin
Paetsch
Sekera


Who that we have now, slots in where on that team?
Does Eichel take Briere’s spot & push him to LW?
Sam at RW on Drury’s line?
I don’t think any of our other forwards now make it into the top9

Briere-EICHEL-Pominville
Hecht-Drury-REINHART
Vanek-Roy-Afinogenov
*you could argue Mittelstadt over Hecht, but he was a pretty good 2 way player who scored 19-37-56pts that year
Mitts > Hecht in talent obviously
But Hecht might get the nod still bc that line that went up against other teams top lines nightly
As far as talent goes, do we have to find a spot somewhere for Connolly?

4th line
Kotalik-BERGLUND-Stafford
*unless we want to make it another scoring line, then enter Mitts & maybe Okposo

Defense
Tallinder-Lydman
DAHLIN-RISTOLAINEN
Campbell-Teppo
SCANDELLA (over Spacek?)

Goalies
Miller
HUTTON (i guess)


So that’s 7/21 guys from this team would make the ‘06 roster
8 if u need to have Mittelstadt in there somewhere just bc of his talent,
but i think I’d just replace Berglund with Mitts... so it would still be 7/21

when bogo gets hurt or beaulieu gets waived

pilut will be with big club
- homiedclown

Over Guhle?
Or is Guhle already here in this scenario?

That’s an interesting situation as many know I’m a huge tk fan but I believe the cost would be Sam
- gerbe75pts

This is a non-discussion. Ek's title is incredibly misleading. Him not signing after his freshman year at BU means nothing. Heat gets turned up if he's not signed after his junior year.

Owa Odighizuwa must really stink to get released this early
- homiedclown

He went silent, and they picked up a proven NFL DL backup. Standard fare for this regime. Churn the bottom of the roster, collect cheap backup talent best you can.

I think there's a very good possibility of this. He's older, so his showing at dev camp can only be taken so seriously...but he looked damn good.
- RhinoFan

if bogo goes down, could be

scandella-dahlin
guhle-risto
mccabe-pilut


not sure I would like a lineup of 5 lefties on D though

Over Guhle?
Or is Guhle already here in this scenario?
- jdfitz77

I heard one of them earns a spot with big club, other is first call up

Nice to see the positive vibes about the Rochester D right out of the gate. My only concern is how much playing (and development time) are Borgen, Pilut and Hickey going to get with all those AHL vet D ahead of them?
- SabreWest

Vets rotate in and out of the lineup. Only 5 are allowed to dress per game, with one vet exempt. This vet will have played between 260 and 320 pro games. Fedun and Tennyson are the only vets in the lineup that could even play above those prospects. I think it's a non-issue. If you look at some of the pairings last year, you'll see that Fedun and Tennyson weren't ever really paired and that Guhle got much of the top playing time with Nelson

I heard one of them earns a spot with big club, other is first call up
- homiedclown

That means we gotta ship a guy or 2 out then i guess
Interesting

We are in the same spot at forward as well

If his last name were McGiblet instead of Tkachuk, he doesn't go 4OA imo
- jcragcrumple

I’m going to strongly disagree with you but I respect your opinion

No way. We need goal scoring, not trucculence
- jcragcrumple

but this team isnt tough we need dlo and foligno and kaleta back

if bogo goes down, could be

scandella-dahlin
guhle-risto
mccabe-pilut


not sure I would like a lineup of 5 lefties on D though
- homiedclown

Agree
Looks great talent-wise
But even though Pilut & Dahlin are both supposedly comfortable on the right...
that’s a really bad LH/RH ratio

Wouldn’t mind trying it out at some point to see how it works?

Brady is just as overrated as his brother
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His brother is a pretty good player.