Just thought I'd start a thread listing the potential goaltending tandems we might see in the AHL this coming season. Please fill in the blanks and/or correct some of my assumptions (updates in bold)...
Hartford - Steve Valiquette / Al Montoya
Lowell - Frank Doyle / Jordin Parise
Manchester - Barry Brust / Yukata Fukufuji
Portland - Michael Leighton / Nathan Marsters or David McKee
Providence - Brian Finley / Jordan Sigalet
Springfield - Gerald Coleman / Jonathan Boutin
Worcester - Dimitri Patzold / Taylor Dakers
Albany - Craig Kowalski or Justin Peters / Tyler Wieman
Binghamton - Kelly Guard /
Bridgeport - Billy Thompson /
Hershey - Frederic Cassivi / Maxime Daigneault
Norfolk - Corey Crawford / Adam Munro
Philadelphia - Martin Houle / Rejean Beachemin
WB/S - Dany Sabourin / Andrew Penner
Grand Rapids - Jimmy Howard / Stefan Liv
Hamilton - Cedrick Desjardins / Yann Danis / Jaroslav Halak
Manitoba - Wade Flaherty / Julien Ellis
Rochester - Craig Anderson or Jean-Marc Pelletier /
Syracuse - Tomas Popperle /
Toronto - J.F. Racine / Justin Pogge
Chicago - / Michael Garnett / Fred Brathwaite
Houston -
Iowa - Dan Ellis or Mike Smith /
Milwaukee - Karl Goehring / Pekka Rinne
Omaha - Curtis McElhinney / Brent Krahn
Peoria - Chris Breckford-Tseu /
San Antonio -
Last edited by pelts35.com: 08-22-2006 at 04:13 AM.
Pekka Rinne will be the starter in Milwaukee with Karl Goehring backing him up. This is pretty much a lock now that Vokoun has been cleared to return to action and Mason is under contract to backup Tomas again in Nashville.
Syracuse will probably be Tomas Popperle and Ty Conklin, if he passes waivers.
And Adam Dennis to Rochester as well. Buffalo will sign him, eventually.
I was going to put Dennis as Rochester's 2nd goalie, but since he hasn't signed yet I decided not to. Not to mention that it wouldn't surprise me if Buffalo signs a vet to play in Rochester and assign Dennis to an ECHL or CHL team.
Won't Conklin be the backup in Columbus?
Last edited by pelts35.com: 07-27-2006 at 02:32 PM.
Hmm. My guess would be Weiman from Colorado and either Justin Peters (hopefully) or Craig Kowalski from Carolina. If I'm lucky maybe I'll get to see a rematch of the Peters-Dennis fight sometime this season.
As it stands right now, Fredrik Norrena, who was acquired from Tampa in the Modin/Denis trade, is slated to be the backup in Columbus. If he schits the bed in training camp or struggles early in the season then he will most likely return to Europe, opening the door for Conklin to back up Leclaire.
The Thrashers have Hedberg to backup Lehtonen, so Brathwaite will probably be with the Wolves. Tarkki, if he is still under contract, will probably end up in the ECHL.
been looking around...where does it show that the isles signed thompson?
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The New York Islanders, NHL parent club of the AHL's Bridgeport Sound Tigers, have signed defensemen Allan Rourke and Ryan Caldwell along with goaltender Billy Thompson to one-year contracts. Link
Manitoba will have Wade Flaherty and Julien Ellis playing on their squad next year. Unless something changes in the next month and a bit, as they don't have anyone else signed, besides Centomo who was on PTO's constantly last year.
Albany - Justin Peters / Tyler Wieman
Binghamton - Kelly Guard /Jeff Glass
Bridgeport - Billy Thompson / Wade Dubielewicz
Chicago - Michael Garnett / Fred Brathwaite
Grand Rapids - Jimmy Howard / Stefan Liv / Drew MacIntyre
Hamilton - Yann Danis / Jaroslav Halak
Hartford - Steve Valiquette / Al Montoya
Hershey - Frederic Cassivi / Maxime Daigneault
Houston - Nicklas Backstrom or Josh Harding / Miroslav Kopriva
Iowa - Dan Ellis / Tobias Stephan
Lowell - Frank Doyle / Jordin Parise
Manchester - Barry Brust / Ryan Munce
Manitoba - Wade Flaherty / Julien Ellis-Plante
Milwaukee - Karl Goehring / Pekka Rinne / Jeff Deslauriers
Norfolk - Sebastien Caron/Corey Crawford
Omaha - Curtis McElhinney / Brent Krahn
Peoria - Marek Schwarz / Chris Breckford-Tseu
Philadelphia - Martin Houle / Rejean Beachemin
Portland - Michael Leighton / David McKee
Providence - Brian Finley / Jordan Sigalet
Rochester - Craig Anderson/Jean-Marc Pelletier / Buffalo goalie
San Antonio - Phil Sauve / Mike Morrison or David LeNeveu
Springfield - Kari Ramo/Gerald Coleman
Syracuse - Tomas Popperle / Ty Conklin
Toronto - J.F. Racine / Justin Pogge/ J-F Racine
WB/S - Dany Sabourin / Patrick Ehlechner
Worcester - Thomas Greiss/Dimitri Patzold
