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Originally Posted by Firebot
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/l...047292010.html
Akim Aliu was ranked 8th in goals for the Rockford IceDogs, and was top goal D scorer on the team, while only playing half the games at the age of 20. That deserves a demotion to the ECHL according to Bill Peters.
Akim has a very strong discrimination case. I think this has more to do with his demotion then the actual room incident which was confirmation of prejudice. We only heard the tweet, and the rest was after consulting with lawyers.
We can not say if he ultimately would have made a career in the NHL as scenarios changed, but he clearly was not belonging in the ECHL when he was demoted. Coupled with the hazing incident, this would have certainly taken a toll.
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Top D goal scorer? He was a winger with them as far as I am aware. Perhaps hockeydb inherited his player profile position in its table?
Again, he was in the NHL 2 years later.
Aliu’s 18 points in 48 pro rate to ~28 over 80.
Kyle Greentree was on the team as well. He got 45 points in 64 games.
He got all of 4 games in the NHL. 2 with Philly, 2 with the Flames
Brian Connelly and Peter McArthur had better scoring and never saw the NHL
Nobody is saying Peters is in the right. But this is a guy who 6 times over a 7 year span suited up for three teams in a season.
Again, the Flames gave Aliu two years of reasonable stability, and he was in the NHL twice with them, right in his early twenties. He had a chance, lived his dream of playing in the NHL, didn’t stick and then carried on with the pattern of 3 teams per season more often than not.
About belonging in the ECHL, well, he was sent down the following year as well. Did he not belong there again, in your opinion?