Rochester Americans 2025-26

[Taro T]

46 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

He's too good for echl

Eh, maybe some other team will get into goalie purgatory and will be willing to bring him into their organization on a loan to get him 50% AHL starts and their farm team some W's.  Could be win-win for both organizations.

[pastajoe]

14 hours ago, Taro T said:

Eh, maybe some other team will get into goalie purgatory and will be willing to bring him into their organization on a loan to get him 50% AHL starts and their farm team some W's.  Could be win-win for both organizations.

If that was the case I would rather they loaned or traded Georgiev to another team and bring Ratzleff to Rochester.

[Taro T]

20 minutes ago, pastajoe said:

If that was the case I would rather they loaned or traded Georgiev to another team and bring Ratzleff to Rochester.

Well, yes, it would be good to not have Georgiev around.  But why would you rather have Ratzlaff sitting on the bench in Ra-cha-cha rather than playing in Springfield or elsewhere?  He's in Jacksonville so he can get the bulk of the starts.  That is NOT going to happen if he's paired with Levi.

[DarthEbriate]

14 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Well, yes, it would be good to not have Georgiev around.  But why would you rather have Ratzlaff sitting on the bench in Ra-cha-cha rather than playing in Springfield or elsewhere?  He's in Jacksonville so he can get the bulk of the starts.  That is NOT going to happen if he's paired with Levi.

And if Ratzlaff comes up, how does Leinonen get his necessary starts to keep developing -- swapping to Jacksonville? Or Ellis for that matter (who has now played in 1 game since 10/4 when he got 20 minutes of the final preseason game for STL and who never went to IR for his back tightness, so presumably he's fully healthy)?

 

Tonight: an early battle for first place in the North as the Amerks host Syracuse.

[LGR4GM]

They should have left Leinonen in Finland for 1 more year. 

[K-9]

5 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

They should have left Leinonen in Finland for 1 more year. 

He looked very good against the Monsters in Cleveland last week; better than anything I’ve seen from Georgiev. If they’re not gonna bring up Ratzlaff they should waive Georgiev and let Leinonen remain as backup to Levi. Then again, he isn’t gonna get enough starts with the Amerks to best serve his development, either. 

[Porous Five Hole]

Preview of tonight’s game:

https://www.amerks.com/news/detail/game-preview-amerks-fight-crunch-for-top-spot-in-north-division
 

Something that caught my eye from the preview, “After three straight seasons finishing in the bottom six of the league for penalty minutes, the Amerks enter this week leading the Eastern Conference with 165 through 10 games. A pair of defensemen are accountable for nearly a third of those PIM, with Nikita Novikov (26) and Vsevolod Komarov (25) dealing out punishment.”

 

[tom webster]

44 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

And if Ratzlaff comes up, how does Leinonen get his necessary starts to keep developing -- swapping to Jacksonville? Or Ellis for that matter (who has now played in 1 game since 10/4 when he got 20 minutes of the final preseason game for STL and who never went to IR for his back tightness, so presumably he's fully healthy)?

 

Tonight: an early battle for first place in the North as the Amerks host Syracuse.

They can’t send Ellis down, St. Louis would most assuredly reclaim him. The only real option is to trade UPL but I don’t think that’s likely. 
The goal is, or should be to find the right guy, similar to when they had Miller, Biron and Noronen. Everyone always thought they’d be able to flip that into something substantial and they ended up with a couple of picks but at least they got the guy.

[inkman]

17 minutes ago, Porous Five Hole said:

Preview of tonight’s game:

https://www.amerks.com/news/detail/game-preview-amerks-fight-crunch-for-top-spot-in-north-division
 

Something that caught my eye from the preview, “After three straight seasons finishing in the bottom six of the league for penalty minutes, the Amerks enter this week leading the Eastern Conference with 165 through 10 games. A pair of defensemen are accountable for nearly a third of those PIM, with Nikita Novikov (26) and Vsevolod Komarov (25) dealing out punishment.”

 

The Amerks are not short on toughness.  Between them he rooskies, Joshua, Dunne (when he goes back), Warren, and Kuntar, they have plenty of jam. 

[shrader]

10 minutes ago, tom webster said:

They can’t send Ellis down, St. Louis would most assuredly reclaim him. The only real option is to trade UPL but I don’t think that’s likely. 
The goal is, or should be to find the right guy, similar to when they had Miller, Biron and Noronen. Everyone always thought they’d be able to flip that into something substantial and they ended up with a couple of picks but at least they got the guy.

I had to go and look it up that Noronen pick turned into Enroth. So they got a couple extra years of “decent” goaltending out of that situation. 
 

Marty turned in TJ Brennan, so yeah, less return there. If anyone gets traded now, I’d hope for a bit more of a hockey trade, but who knows if that’s out there.