The affiliate thread

Do know all Philly teams like to keep their minor leaguers close by. That's good for the organization when you can pull it off.

Buffalo has Rochester in the AHL and now Elmira in the E. Obviously this makes it easier and cheaper to call up players.

 

well..they had the maine mariners in the 80's so that's not that close. hershey was real close and then the philadelphia phantoms was as close as you can get!!

 

The Phillies have their affiliates in Allentown and Reading. The hockey team from Philadelphia will have both of their minor league teams in the same cities this season.

The Phillies once had their AAA team in Portland, ME, just like the hockey team from Philadelphia, but that was a long time ago. Both teams want their prospects very near by for quick call-ups and reduced travel expenses.

Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and as mentioned earlier Buffalo, are a few teams that come to mind that have their entire system close by. There may be some other teams, but I cannot think of them off the top of my head.

 

Dan, don't forget the professional hockey team from Providence.

 

the phils have a low end rookie league in florida too so once they get drafted they go to A ball and then I think Clearwater or Tampa? Something like that. They're called the Thrashers?

 

(F)! Boston, and (F)! Providence, too. (I do not have anything against the Boston Red Sox, so Pawtucket is o.k.) I did not forget the hockey team from Boston, but their ECHL team is in South Carolina (I think) so they don't make the efficiency cut.

LA has their ECHL team in Ontario, CA, but AHL players have to travel to New Hampshire. Dallas has their AHL team just outside Austin which is just down the road by TX standards, but their E team is in Boise. Two western Canadian teams (VAN & CGY) have their AHL clubs in small Upstate NY cities.

Give it a year or two, and I think you'll see the AHL spread to larger cities around the continent by moving into ECHL towns such as Cincinnati. The ECHL is likely to add another two clubs; after absorbing the Central Hockey League they already have a continental footprint.

 

Yeah, but players do not called up from the true rookie leagues very often, that's less important from a cost & travel perspective.

 

true dan. the phillies never call anyone up unless it's from AAA.

 

DEREK LALONDE - HEAD COACH - TOLEDO WALLEYE

 

Derek Lalonde looks like a Russian gangster.

 

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFiw5K-TSXU[/video]

 

Thanks skinny, I was going to post that clip to the Ditch last night but my computer went on strike

Just what is a goalie to do when he has two unimpeded forwards racing towards him?

I am surprised he did not get a penalty for that stunt. David Leggio is from Buffalo, went to Clarkson (that may be where he learned to think decisively), and went undrafted. He did have one very good season for the Rochester Amerks.

 

that is total horseshit! a penalty shot isn't sufficient for that. can you give a penalty shot and a minor? thats blatantly screwing w/ the game.

 

That's making a mockery of the game, agreed, I would even go as far as a double minor. Anyone catch the bettman mini-me at the 41 second mark of the clip lol.

 

Are the AHL rules that much different than the NHL rules?

This season's NHL Rule 63.2 calls for a two minute penalty when any player deliberately displaces the goal post from its normal position.

Perhaps what they should have done is to award a penalty shot and a penalty on the goalie, making Leggio responsible for trying to stop the penalty shot while consigned to the box.

 

They have to do something punitive, maybe a fine at least but a major should get it done.

Credit the goalie. He knew the rules and exploited them. 2 on 0 or a PS, smart goalies kick the net every time.

While it made a mockery of the game, that's on the rule makers not the players. They tweak and fuck with the rules all the time and the players adjust and they expect the players to adjust. It's on the league to fix it imo, I buy the goalie a beer to drown his shame.

 

Well, that's that. AHL cleaned up that mess.

 

In future, (*) the goalie will get ejected if he pulls this stunt in the AHL. It seems to clearly be a penalty per NHL rules, so I do not expect to see this tried at that level.

Leggio - from Buffalo, NY - went to Clarkson which is a pretty serious school so I expect that's where he learned to think decisively. He went undrafted and has bounced around a lot, but it must be for the love of the game since an engineer probably earns more than he does.

(*) "In future". The Irish like to inexplicably drop "the" from this phrase, and the recent chat about Harp and Guinness has got me thinking about Ireland.

 

Dropping words seems efficient. If there aren't any "the"s we don't have to worry about reading "teh"s. I like it.

 

Dropping seems efficient. Yeah, that works! But, just do not embellish while going to the floor.