Final Roster - Any Surprises ?

[dudacek]

7 minutes ago, Ogelthorpe said:

If Mrtka plays in Rochester does It start the3 year entry level deal? I thought it did. Thanks

Nope. Only starts if he plays his 9 games in the NHL.

 

[Ctaeth]

3 hours ago, inkman said:

Aren’t Metsa and Bryson essentially the same player? 

Metsa:  captain of NCAA champion winning team, Amerks assistant captain, and likely Amerks captain this year (it's either him or Dunne)

Bryson:  bench captain

[shrader]

15 minutes ago, Ctaeth said:

Metsa:  captain of NCAA champion winning team, Amerks assistant captain, and likely Amerks captain this year (it's either him or Dunne)

Bryson:  bench captain

Bryson’s final college season, his junior year, he was the captain of Providence, losing in the semi-final. 

[inkman]

22 minutes ago, Ctaeth said:

Metsa:  captain of NCAA champion winning team, Amerks assistant captain, and likely Amerks captain this year (it's either him or Dunne)

Bryson:  bench captain

Let me put it another way. How many 5’9” defenseman do we want? Metsa may be a better player and better leader (idk) but at the end of the day NHL defenseman are rarely that size without an elite offensive talent. Like they wouldn’t even sniff the AHL because they’d score 2+ PPG.  
 

It’s why the Bryson signing was so maddening.  Having more than one mighty mite in the org essentially dooms one of them into permanent AHL status.  Just a moronic signing the second the ink dried.  

[Ctaeth]

14 minutes ago, shrader said:

Bryson’s final college season, his junior year, he was the captain of Providence, losing in the semi-final. 

Good to know!  I just assumed he wasn't leadership material based on KA's insistence that he is fine with sitting for stretches.  

[Weave]

5 minutes ago, Ctaeth said:

Good to know!  I just assumed he wasn't leadership material based on KA's insistence that he is fine with sitting for stretches.  

Being a good soldier is an essential part of being a good leader.

[Ctaeth]

10 minutes ago, Weave said:

Being a good soldier is an essential part of being a good leader.

True to a certain extent.  But KA implies he willingly accepts the position.  He didn't have to sign here again knowing what his role would be... it's like he's comfortable sitting.  That, to me at least, suggests a lack of fire

[shrader]

24 minutes ago, Ctaeth said:

Good to know!  I just assumed he wasn't leadership material based on KA's insistence that he is fine with sitting for stretches.  

Metsa is also only 11 months younger than Bryson. He stuck around college longer than Bryson and was a 5th year COVID senior when he won that championship. The idea floating around in here that they might be very similar players, I think there’s some merit to that. One just happens to have 254 more NHL games under his belt than the other. 

[That Aud Smell]

a return to the 3-goalie platoon is a new level of forehead smacking WTF for this regime.

w.t.f.

[DarthEbriate]

Just now, That Aud Smell said:

a return to the 3-goalie platoon is a new level of forehead smacking WTF for this regime.

w.t.f.

Levi didn't give up a goal in preseason, so he was the best goalie.... We should probably just be happy we don't have four on the roster.

[Weave]

54 minutes ago, Ctaeth said:

True to a certain extent.  But KA implies he willingly accepts the position.  He didn't have to sign here again knowing what his role would be... it's like he's comfortable sitting.  That, to me at least, suggests a lack of fire

I don’t believe a word of anything KA says publicly, so I don’t give that any value at all when deciding if Bryson lacks fire.

[LabattBlue]

1 hour ago, Weave said:

I don’t believe a word of anything KA says publicly, so I don’t give that any value at all when deciding if Bryson lacks fire.

…and frightened by conversations held privately. 😱