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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Not necessarily. Remember Vancouver's farm team pretty much owned Adirondack this past season. Take a look at each team's rosters, and you start seeing why. Grenier and Shinkaruk were the top legitimate prospects (3rd and 6th on the team respectively), and loads of AHL vets carrying them. Adirondack was a much younger team, with legitimate prospects pushing that team.
Utica Comets:
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/l...070412015.html
Adirondack Flames:
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/l...073032015.html
Tell me which prospect pool you would rather have. Doesn't always mean it they will be the better AHL squad. Will be interesting to see how Stockton does, however. |
I'm pretty sure Adirondack was a pretty lethal team when they had steady goaltending. After Ortio went down they didn't have any real veteran goalies to keep them in it. Hopefully with the added depth (including in goal) Stockton can become that powerhouse team.
But yes the success of Utica was 100% due to the veteran AHLers, whereas Adirondack didn't really go out for another Kris Kolanos type player and just let the youngsters take the reins.