Stockton Heat 2015/2016 General Discussion

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by EastCoastFlamesFan

Did Arnold get hurt? Not seeing him in the lineup last night. Or is Huska just mixing it up a little bit?

he's been scratched in back to back games, I have to think there is illness/injury

[sureLoss]

One interesting thing to see is if the Flames allow Kylington to go to the WJC (assuming Sweden wants him there).

[Fire]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

One interesting thing to see is if the Flames allow Kylington to go to the WJC (assuming Sweden wants him there).

I don't see any good reason they wouldn't let him go to the WJC. The Flames have a lot of D-men to fill in for him in Stockton.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

One interesting thing to see is if the Flames allow Kylington to go to the WJC (assuming Sweden wants him there).

I would think the Flames would welcome it. Why NOT allow a prospect to compete against the best of his peers

And considering that he is holding his own quite well in the AHL, Sweden would be crazy to ignore him.

[sureLoss]

The Senators did not allow Mika Zibanejad to go to his 2nd World Junior championship, citing they would rather get him acclimated to NA rather than go to the tournament, which was also held in Europe that year.

Sweden was very upset, as Zibanejad wasn't even playing in the NHL and remained in the AHL for the whole tournament. They even went to Bill Daly to complain.

IIRC the Senators did something similar for Erik Karlsson, he was sent down to the AHL near the start of the tournament, but brought back up to the NHL during the tournament.

edit:

Leafs are also leaning towards not letting Nylander and Kapanen attend the WJC:
http://www.tsn.ca/all-star-game-chan...rning-1.395711

The Toronto Maple Leafs haven’t given any thought, at this point anyway, to loaning William Nylander and Kasperi Kapanen to the Swedish and Finnish national junior teams for the 2016 WJC.
So on the sliding scale of Yes-Likely-Doubtful-No, the chances of the two 19-year-olds, currently playing for the AHL’s Toronto Marlies, are in the doubtful category, which is to say the door hasn’t been slammed shut just yet but the mere fact the Leafs haven’t given much thought to the notion is telling.
The Leafs like the progress their young players are making with the Marlies and wouldn’t be eager to disrupt them.

There is a pattern of NHL teams not letting Euro prospects in the AHL not attend the WJC

[Roof-Daddy]

Stockton up 2-0 in the third over San Diego. Out shooting them 38-15 too.

Hamilton and Grant with the goals.

[hockey.modern]

Stockton wins 4-0. Grant with two goals in his first game back

[sureLoss]

[Bandwagon In Flames]

Wow that game looked like a blowout from the highlights. Doubled the shots and if not for Gibson in goal, would of likely been even worse.

Not sure how the hell that Hamilton goal went in, quite the fumble.

Poirier seems to be using his speed now which is a big positive, hopefully he can start generating some more offense.

A couple good fights from Riley and Carroll. No shortage of toughness on this AHL squad.

Poulin gets the shutout, but the highlights didn't include any Poulin saves which I can only assume means he didn't have to make any big saves.

[Caged Great]

Poulin was injured in the shootout tonight. His right knee buckled on a shot and he fell over. It buckled again when he tried to get up. It won't be a short term injury.

[hockey.modern]

Hmm, wonder if they consider waiving Ortio or Hiller now? Or could they call someone up from the ECHL?

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by hockey.modern

Hmm, wonder if they consider waiving Ortio or Hiller now? Or could they call someone up from the ECHL?

Could run with Simpson and Hartzell or waive one of the other two guys.

[kirant]

Originally Posted by hockey.modern

Hmm, wonder if they consider waiving Ortio or Hiller now? Or could they call someone up from the ECHL?

Maybe see if Hiller is willing to do a conditioning stint and hope Gillies recovers/doesn't need surgery in that time?

[sureLoss]

[Da_Chief]

Hoping to see Agostino get a shot soon. The PBP guy is insane.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Originally Posted by Da_Chief

Hoping to see Agostino get a shot soon. The PBP guy is insane.

He's my favourite. He's so awesome.

Every goal is they just won the Calder Cup.

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire

He's my favourite. He's so awesome.

Every goal is they just won the Calder Cup.

He's really great, I also love that he knows the game and clearly is passionate about it and the team.

[sureLoss]

Stockton has recalled Eric Hartzel

[1qqaaz]

This article on Elson praises him for his overall play and development.

"Elson plays a gritty, two-way game where his role on the Heat is that of a defensively responsible forward with tremendous offensive upside."

“Every day I come to the rink, I feel blessed that I’m in pro hockey in the American Hockey League,” Elson said. “I want to just work hard to stay here and keep pushing to try and get to the next level. The NHL is every kid’s dream so I don’t know how you can’t have the motor going every time you step on the ice.”

If he ends up getting a spot on the Flames roster at some point this year, it will have been earned, not given. I'm rooting for the guy, as it would be cool to see an undrafted prospect take the slow and steady route to the NHL.

[sureLoss]

In addition to signing Hartzell to a PTO, Lomberg was returned to Adirondack.