Prospect Info: In the System Part III (All Preds minor league and prospect talk)

[kypredsfan]

Originally Posted by AdmiralsFan24

Jani Lajunen traded, Admirals get back former Admiral Scott Ford.

Trying to figure out exactly what the point of that is.

[PredsV82]

Originally Posted by kypredsfan

Trying to figure out exactly what the point of that is.

presumably leadership to the Ads, plus maybe a net decrease in our total number of contracts since it was a 3-for-1

[BigFatCat999]

Playoff time is beginning to shape up in the CHL.

Portland (Leipsic, CHL leader in PTS)
Kelowna (Sissons)
Oshawa (Karlsson)
Halifax (Andrews)

All locks to get into their respective League playoffs.


Kingston (Vainonen)is 8th in the eastern conference with 12 games left, 4 pts ahead of Peterborough. with 2 games with the Petes.

[SLake]

Originally Posted by PredsV82

presumably leadership to the Ads, plus maybe a net decrease in our total number of contracts since it was a 3-for-1

At the NHL level it was only 1 for 1. Ford and Lajunen were the only players involved with NHL contracts. The rest were on AHL only deals.

[BigFatCat999]

Leipsic is starting to pull away in the CHL scoring. His strongest competition is his teammate Petan.


Currently:

58 games, 42G, 63A, 105pts 1.81 pts per game clip.

[PredsV82]

Originally Posted by SLake

At the NHL level it was only 1 for 1. Ford and Lajunen were the only players involved with NHL contracts. The rest were on AHL only deals.

so Zoltan was never actually Preds property, just the Ads??

[BigFatCat999]

Originally Posted by PredsV82

so Zoltan was never actually Preds property, just the Ads??

Zoltan was on an AHL/ECHL contract.

[OurGocIsAnAwesomeGoc]

Originally Posted by PredsV82

so Zoltan was never actually Preds property, just the Ads??

Correct. He came to prospect camp and signed an ECHL/AHL deal, and has platooned in Cincinatti for most of the year.

Lajunen for Ford is strictly an AHL deal in terms of impact. Both were constant scratches leading up to the deal, and neither is likely to ever play an NHL game. Ford is a career AHLer, Lajunen is a marginal player that's likely going back to Europe at the end if the year anyway.

[kypredsfan]

The Ads' game was on fox sports ohio tonight and I caught the 3rd period in a 7-1 thrashing at the hands of the lake erie monsters. I didn't notice much except that Valentine is terrible and the Latta likes to fight. Smith didn't look too good in net either. Kinda disappointing seeing part of my first ever Milwaukee game and it be that bad.

[AdmiralsFan24]

Smith has been horrible lately and you can start to question whether he is going to be a capable backup to Rinne.

Last 4 games he's played he's given up 24 goals and has an 81% save percentage.

[AtlantaWhaler]

Originally Posted by AdmiralsFan24

Smith has been horrible lately and you can start to question whether he is going to be a capable backup to Rinne.

Last 4 games he's played he's given up 24 goals and has an 81% save percentage.

Yikes!

[PredsV82]

is chet Pickard still having a good year overseas?

[BigFatCat999]

Originally Posted by PredsV82

is chet Pickard still having a good year overseas?

40 GP 2.14 .918 (He's 3rd in his league)

[PredsV82]

Originally Posted by BigFatCat999

40 GP 2.14 .918 (He's 3rd in his league)

sounds like he will probably earn himself another chance at the AHL level next season...

will be interesting to see if we bail on Smith.. if so expect Hellburg and Pickard in Milwaukee next year..

[BigFatCat999]

Originally Posted by PredsV82

sounds like he will probably earn himself another chance at the AHL level next season...

will be interesting to see if we bail on Smith.. if so expect Hellburg and Pickard in Milwaukee next year..

I was hinting at trading Smith and bring in Pickard to compete with Hellburg for the Milwaukee starting point.

[PredsV82]

Originally Posted by BigFatCat999

I was hinting at trading Smith and bring in Pickard to compete with Hellburg for the Milwaukee starting point.

doubt that anyone would give us much for him now

is he a ufa this summer?

[BigFatCat999]

Originally Posted by PredsV82

doubt that anyone would give us much for him now

is he a ufa this summer?

RFA this summer

[adsfan]

Originally Posted by PredsV82

sounds like he will probably earn himself another chance at the AHL level next season...

will be interesting to see if we bail on Smith.. if so expect Hellburg and Pickard in Milwaukee next year..

Chet's brother was the goalie for Lake Erie. He seems to be a good goalie. I never want Chet back in Milwaukee. He went an entire calendar year without winning a game!

[Everlong]

Getting my first (live) look at the Ads for some afternoon hockey. Heading downtown to watch them take on the Marlies.

[alexmanu]

The Ads game was shown on ESPN America today so I got a chance to watch it. Magnus Hellberg won the game for Milwaukee, he looks a really nice prospect. Taylor Beck also impressed me with his offensive play.

[AdmiralsFan24]

Sad that people in foreign countries get more Admirals games live on TV than people in the market.

[triggrman]

We really need to trade for a top offensive prospect or take a reach on one in this draft. A pure offensive player.

[adsfan]

Originally Posted by AdmiralsFan24

Sad that people in foreign countries get more Admirals games live on TV than people in the market.

I agree.

[adsfan]

Originally Posted by triggrman

We really need to trade for a top offensive prospect or take a reach on one in this draft. A pure offensive player.

Just one?

[I Will Son]

Originally Posted by triggrman

We really need to trade for a top offensive prospect or take a reach on one in this draft. A pure offensive player.

Not gonna happen... We don't trade for or draft for purely offensive players unfortunately