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I’m waffling on how I think this Amerks team will be. There’s some good young talent. I think they probably should’ve signed one addition veteran scorer. I think the offense might struggle, especially with Oglevie out, and Rousek out for who knows how long. I like the look of the defense with Prow, Schuldt and Davidson as the veterans. I’m not a fan UPL at all, hope he can take the next step. Dell is historically a very good AHL goalie. Overall I think they’ll be competitive, but probably struggle against a team like Syracuse, who seems stacked again.

This is a guy with a sub .900 save percentage in the AHL, and it’s not even close to .900. Based on his actual play, he hasn’t even earned a backup role in the AHL, let alone a starter. I understand he’s going to get the bulk of the games anyway, and he has a lot to prove.

With young prospects, that’s only a small part of the equation. What’s best for development, contract situations, roster limits, and giving veterans the benefit of the doubt all go into consideration. Not saying you do this, but far too many people think picking a roster in the NHL is like selecting a travel team. There are tons of considerations that go into it beyond on ice performance. That said, I think he may have a chance to make the team still. Adams seems to want to give the young players more of a chance. I think if there’s a year where someone forced themselves onto the roster, it’s probably this year.

Don’t think there’s a spot for him. He’s made a good impression, and now he’ll go to Rochester and play on the first line, and get a lot of PP time.

The LetGoAmerks YouTube page has this game in its entirety, along with the season in review highlight video of the 96 season with all sorts of interviews. They also have the same highlight videos of the Amerks 1983 and 1987 Calder Cup seasons. They’re not too long and really fun to look back on.

I have a yearly tradition to drink this on Christmas Eve. Outstanding beer, if you’re into darker and maltier beers. Wegmans usually sells is, though they tend to run out.

One beer from 2 years ago turned you off from an entire brewery? Seems pretty odd to me. Their strength is their German beers, anyway. I would honestly say your loss, as they release new beers that at are quite good every month.

Genesee literally had 8,000 people a week ago at the brewery for the keg tree lighting. I think some people have pretty outdated views of Genesee.

Genny seasonals are the best bang for the buck out there. Their Schwarzbier for $9 a 12 pack is my favorite. The Genesee Brewhouse is packed every weekend of the year.

Yes, they’ve been great. But Johansson is just now proving he can be an AHL goalie. They’re not going to rush him into the NHL next season. He’s not even the starter on the Amerks. Next season you’ll likely see UPL and Johansson as the Amerks tandem.

No chance that’ll happen. It’ll likely be Johansson and UPL in Rochester next season.

Amerks and Hershey playoff game in 1987. The Bears dressed several extra goons for warmups and attacked Andy Ristau. I think 3 of them had him down on the ice at one point and were kicking him. There’s a video of the brawl on YouTube. Jim Hofford won the game in OT for the Amerks and they went on to win the Calder Cup that year. True story, a couple fans in Rochester tracked down one of the Hershey goons that beat up Ristau in Rochester when he was a scratch and beat him up pretty good.

This team is really impressive. I honestly thought they’d be average going into this season. Thought they lacked top end scoring, but the defense and goaltending have been phenomenal. And they e been winning without CJ Smith, Thompson, Elie and Leier. And maybe Asplund too.

I think they’re aiming for UPL to hopefully be in Buffalo when Hutton leaves. I think they work him in Rochester in the second half of the season. Next season he’s the starter, and if things go well, has a good shot to make Buffalo the following year. Johansson can also get games in the ECHL. If he keeps playing well, he may get qualified and be UPL’s backup next year.

I think he’ll be in Rochester relatively soon. Sexton said they’d reevaluate around Christmas. With the way he’s playing, he’s ready to move up. Johansson has been decent, but he takes a back seat to UPL and Hammond.

Well said. You got to it before me. Who could possibly agree with sitting two AHL players in the NHL while the Amerks are playing 2 D at forward, unless you’re an arrogant ass?

For good reason.

Who’s he playing over? Redmond Pilut Borgen Gilmour Bryson Nelson MacWilliam Fitzgerald All of these defensemen have been very good this season.

I’d take the ECHL team all day. It’s a professional league with older players who are simply better than the kids are the NCAA level. It’s not a knock on college at all, but experience would win out on this one. The ECHL is actually quite a bit better than people seem to believe. Far better than it used to be and more and more NHL teams are starting to utilize it in a AA baseball sort of way.

I’m sure for some that’s the case, but I think what I said is true. I think the best ECHL team beats an NCAA without much difficulty.

I think your average ECHL player is better. NCAA or juniors obviously have high end talent, but the low end can be pretty bad. Usually only the better juniors or college players get a pro contract.

Redmond and MacWilliam are top tier AHL defensemen. They’re not sitting for a low end prospect like Stephens.

Yeah those years were brutal, other than 09-10, when they signed a ton of AHL all star forwards. That team should’ve gone far if not for non existent goaltending. Full strength, they’re a good team, but still lack high end skill. I think Asplund has struggled as a top 6 center without Olofsson to carry him.

What? The late 90s Amerks were some of the best teams of my lifetime. They went to the finals back to back, and the 00-01 team won the division. The 03-04 team was very close to winning the Cup. This teams looks okay, not nearly as good as last year.

They’ve been losing players almost daily for a week and they haven’t done anything. There’s no excuse to have to play two defensemen at forward because you don’t have enough players. Scott Wilson was hurt on Wednesday, when they o my has 12 healthy players to begin with, and they did nothing. It’s inexcusable from a management perspective. They needed to bring in a healthy body or two even before Larsson got hurt.