tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65418731264031579392024-03-12T11:53:03.422-07:00Rink ReportSaratogianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08766916821888056371noreply@blogger.comBlogger276125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-28167527032692409882013-07-15T08:10:00.000-07:002013-07-15T08:31:20.548-07:00Roe to Austria 7/15Another Adirondack Phantom is headed overseas.<br />
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Forward Garrett Roe, who spent the first two seasons of his professional career in Glens Falls, has signed with EC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Hockey League, the team announced Monday. <br />
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"Excited for new opportunity!! Thanks to @NHLFlyers and @PhantomsHockey for the past 2 years," Roe wrote on his Twitter page Monday morning. "Unbelievable fans but time for new chapter."<br />
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Of Adirondack's 12 unrestricted free agents, five have already signed overseas. Only one, center Rob Bordson,
re-signed with the Phantoms. Center Ian Slater went to the ECHL. Five are still unsigned. <br />
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Roe was an eighth-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Kings in 2004, but never signed with the club. After a four-year collegiate career at St. Cloud State, he inked one-year American Hockey League deals with the Phantoms for the 2011-12 and 2012-13, netting 20 goals and 66 points in 129 games.<br />
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Roe had 26 points in 57 games last season, battling with injuries after the lockout ended. By signing in the top hockey league in Austria, the 25-year-old becomes the latest Phantom to cross the pond.<br />
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Defenseman Andreas Lilja and goaltender Scott Munroe have signed to play in Sweden, goalie Brian Boucher is headed to Switzerland and defenseman Jeff Dimmen has signed a deal to play in Asia. <br />
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The new contract comes about two weeks after Roe got married.<br />
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Updated contract statuses are below.<br />
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<table border=".5">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Player Name</td>
<td>2012-13 Contract Type</td>
<td>2013-14 Contract Status</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Jason Akeson (RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Brandon Alderson (W)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">ATO</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED - NHL</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Mark Alt (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">ATO</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED - NHL</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Rob Bordson (LW/C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED - AHL</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Brian Boucher (G)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue;">SWITZERLAND</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Marc-Andre Bourdon (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Tyler Brown (LW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Nick Cousins (C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Jeff Dimmen (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">ASIA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Cullen Eddy (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Zack FitzGerald (LW/D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Kyle Flanagan (C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">ATO</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED - NHL</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Erik Gustafsson (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Shane Harper (RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">TRADED - NYI</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Cal Heeter (G)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Ben Holmstrom (RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Tyler Hostetter (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Andrew Johnston (F)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Blake Kessel (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: magenta;">NOW UFA</span></span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Matt Konan (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">David Laliberte (LW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Oliver Lauridsen (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Andreas Lilja (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">SWEDEN</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Brandon Manning (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: purple;">QUALIFIED RFA</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Matt Mangene (F)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Derek Mathers (RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Tye McGinn (LW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Scott Munroe (G)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">SWEDEN</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Marcel Noebels (LW/C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Garrett Roe (C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">AUSTRIA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Jon Sim (LW/RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Ian Slater (LW/C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">ORLANDO - ECHL</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Danny Syvret (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="color: blue;">TRADED</span><span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="color: blue;"> - NYR</span></span></span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Mitch Wahl (C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;">NOW UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Eric Wellwood (F)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #005000;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white;">QUALIFIED RFA</span></span></span></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com67tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-4605645982600939762013-07-13T15:36:00.000-07:002013-07-13T15:36:10.616-07:00Boucher, Ford moving on 7/13Two players who spent time with the Adirondack Phantoms last season appear to have found new homes, according to postings on Twitter.<br />
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Winger Matthew Ford Tweeted that he was <a href="https://twitter.com/Frdy11/status/355836017372180482">“(e)xcited to be on board with the” AHL’s Oklahoma City Barons</a>, while Nicola Berger, a reporter for Swiss newspaper Neue Luzerner, wrote goalie Brian Boucher will be heading overseas <a href="https://twitter.com/BergerNeueLZ/status/355960907697889280">and joining EV Zug in the Swiss National League A</a>.<br />
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Both Ford and Boucher had been unrestricted free agents.<br />
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Boucher, 36, finished the year with the Phantoms after the Philadelphia Flyers acquired him in a post-lockout trade. He went 6-8-1 in 16 games for Adirondack, but the Phantoms already have three goaltenders – Yann Danis, Cal Heeter and rookie Carsen Chubak – under contract for 2013-14.<br />
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Ford, 28, struggled to score in what was supposed to be his first full season with Adirondack. He had just four goals and 13 points in 35 games before the Flyers traded him to the Columbus Blue Jackets. With their AHL affiliate, the Springfield Falcons, he posted five goals and 11 points in 18 games. <br />
<br />Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-8712863477693254162013-07-10T14:57:00.000-07:002013-07-10T15:19:30.956-07:00Lauridsen, Gustafsson re-signed 7/10The Philadelphia Flyers re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Oliver Lauridsen to a two-year contract extension, it was announced Wednesday.<br />
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Lauridsen finished his second professional season with a 15-game call up to Philadelphia, which included his March 30 NHL debut, after playing 59 games with the Adirondack Phantoms.<br />
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The stay-at-home defenseman, a fixture on Adirondack’s penalty kill, scored one goal and assisted five others with the Phantoms. The 24-year-old had two goals and one assist with the Flyers.<br />
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The $1.2-million contract is a two-way deal in the first year, meaning
Lauridsen will make less money if he plays in the AHL, and a one-way
contract in the second year, <a href="https://twitter.com/AnthonySan37/status/355083429278265345">according to Flyers insider Anthony SanFilippo</a>. In that year, he will earn the same amount of money no matter where he plays. <br />
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The Lauridsen signing came one day after the Flyers announced they re-signed fellow restricted free agent defenseman Erik Gustafsson to a one-year, one-way contract.<br />
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Gustafsson, who had 22 points in 39 games with the Phantoms last season, will earn $1 million regardless of where he plays.<br />
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The numbers suggest Gustafsson, 24, probably won’t be back in Glens Falls this year. A portion of his salary would count against Philadelphia’s NHL salary cap, even if he was in the AHL.<br />
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Gustafsson is also no longer exempt from waivers, which means any other NHL team would have the chance to claim his contract before he got sent to the minor leagues.<br />
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Lauridsen is still not subject to waivers, since he turned pro one year later than Gustafsson, which makes him more likely to return to Glens Falls this season.<br />
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Eric Wellwood and Brandon Manning are Philadelphia's other two restricted free agents. They have been given qualifying offers, an indicator the Flyers want them back, but have yet to sign new contracts.<br />
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Here's an updated look at Adirondack's contract statuses: <br />
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<table border=".5">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Player Name</td>
<td>2012-13 Contract Type</td>
<td>2013-14 Contract Status</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Jason Akeson (RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Brandon Alderson (W)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">ATO</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED - NHL</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Mark Alt (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">ATO</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED - NHL</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Rob Bordson (LW/C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED - AHL</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Brian Boucher (G)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Marc-Andre Bourdon (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Tyler Brown (LW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Nick Cousins (C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Jeff Dimmen (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">SIGNED - ASIA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Cullen Eddy (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Zack FitzGerald (LW/D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Kyle Flanagan (C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">ATO</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED - NHL</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Erik Gustafsson (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Shane Harper (RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">TRADED - NYI</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Cal Heeter (G)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Ben Holmstrom (RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Tyler Hostetter (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Andrew Johnston (F)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Blake Kessel (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: magenta;">NOW UFA</span></span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Matt Konan (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">David Laliberte (LW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Oliver Lauridsen (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Andreas Lilja (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">SIGNED - SWEDEN</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Brandon Manning (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: purple;">QUALIFIED RFA</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Matt Mangene (F)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Derek Mathers (RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Tye McGinn (LW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Scott Munroe (G)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">SIGNED - SWEDEN</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Marcel Noebels (LW/C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Garrett Roe (C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Jon Sim (LW/RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Ian Slater (LW/C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue;">ORLANDO - ECHL</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Danny Syvret (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="color: blue;">TRADED</span><span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="color: blue;"> - NYR</span></span></span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Mitch Wahl (C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;">NOW UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Eric Wellwood (F)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #005000;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white;">QUALIFIED RFA</span></span></span></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
Saratogianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08766916821888056371noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-78454390298911300432013-07-08T16:06:00.001-07:002013-07-08T16:06:41.658-07:00Ian Slater signs with ECHL's Orlando Solar Bears 7/8<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQHBcAQBPxmu-qL5h3XNahUzKq5Kx1ukI14nAUvhXm9X5tSFrX9jkxro3lE8F2GXB_m8GHm6nEn7f6FPsQtBEwlHq_-CTh-x2A-czSz6fQ9cvX5HI9nRVAOb7AZp-zeYpnAiAGZ_8tPY/s1600/Ian+Slater.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQHBcAQBPxmu-qL5h3XNahUzKq5Kx1ukI14nAUvhXm9X5tSFrX9jkxro3lE8F2GXB_m8GHm6nEn7f6FPsQtBEwlHq_-CTh-x2A-czSz6fQ9cvX5HI9nRVAOb7AZp-zeYpnAiAGZ_8tPY/s200/Ian+Slater.JPG" width="133" /></a>Center Ian Slater, who played 32 games for the Adirondack Phantoms last season as
a rookie out of Western Michigan University, has signed an ECHL contract with the Orlando
Solar Bears. Orlando announced the deal Monday.<br />
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Slater, <a href="http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2013/01/22/sports/doc50ff3b6731957652500249.txt">a 25-year-old Florida native</a>, recorded one assist and 73 penalty minutes with the
Phantoms, who used him primarily on the fourth line. He also netted
7-3-10 and 77 penalty minutes in 31 ECHL games with Trenton.<br />
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Signing the
contract does not necessarily guarantee Slater, who was an unrestricted
free agent, will spend the season in Orlando. He is hopeful he might
still secure an AHL or NHL contract before the season begins.<br />
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Minor-league contracts generally have out clauses, which allow contracted players to join higher-level professional teams if one should offer them a contract. <br />
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In a telephone interview Monday evening, Slater discussed the chance of playing in his home state. <br />
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"It’s
definitely the first time in a long time if I am there," he said.
"Getting the opportunity to play in Florida in front of family, in kind
of my old stomping ground, would be a nice opportunity. Obviously I’d
love to be at the next level as long as possible and compete at the
highest level, but at the same time you have to be able to play and you
have to put yourself in the best situation to be successful."<br />
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Signing
an ECHL contract rather than an AHL contract has some benefits. Players
who play well could get called up on a try-out basis to any AHL team,
rather than just the one they signed with.<br />
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Phantoms center Rob Bordson, for example, signed an ECHL contract with the Trenton Titans in 2011-12 after he was traded to Los Angeles and became an free agent. Bordson got an eight-game call-up to the Rochester Americans before signing an AHL deal with the Phantoms later that season. <br />
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Last season, Jeff Dimmen had signed an ECHL contract with the Florida Everblades before he was invited to Adirondack's training camp. After an impressive showing, he signed with the Phantoms.<br />
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Slater, who underwent hip surgery shortly after the 2012-13 season ended, said he had not yet heard from the Phantoms regarding a new contract offer. He still has to go back and get cleared by the team's medical staff, he said. But he is still welcome to receiving offers from any AHL or NHL team.<br />
<br />
"Obviously I’d love to be in Adirondack," Slater said in the brief telephone interview. "But you have to keep your options open and explore your possibilities."<br />
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Slater is not the first Phantoms player to sign with another team this summer.<br />
<br />
Dimmen signed a contract with a team in Asia, while Scott Munroe signed with a team in Sweden. <br />
<br />
At this point, Slater said he is still waiting to determine exactly what his possibilities are. <br />
<br />
"You want to give yourself the best opportunity to be successful and prolong your career as long as you can," he said.Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-13052726351826286512013-07-08T14:20:00.002-07:002013-07-08T14:26:31.927-07:00New start for Newbury 7/8<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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By MICHAEL CIGNOLI<br />
mcignoli@saratogian.com<br />
Twitter.com/MCSaratogian<br />
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GLENS FALLS – In his three-plus seasons in the New York Rangers organization, Kris Newbury<br />
established himself as one of the premier scoring threats in the entire American Hockey League.<br />
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He put up a point per game after New York acquired him at the 2010 trade deadline, then went on to become one of just two players to hit 60 or more points in each of the next three AHL seasons.<br />
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Now that he’s been traded to the Philadelphia Flyers organization, though, Newbury is looking to establish himself as something else. He wants to prove that he’s a National Hockey League player.<br />
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Acquired last week by the Flyers in the trade that sent former Adirondack Phantoms defenseman Danny Syvret to New York, the center wants to earn a spot on Philadelphia’s NHL roster this fall. <br />
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“I’m training really hard right now,” Newbury, 31, said in a telephone interview Monday. “Looking forward for the season to start. The summers are shorter as you go along here. I was able to play in a couple games in the playoffs with the Rangers. I think that helped my confidence a lot. I’m just looking to bring energy, show my skills and bring a tough style of play in training camp.”<br />
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Newbury has done that quite often over the past three AHL seasons.<br />
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In 222 AHL games since joining the Rangers organization, the scrappy forward amassed 66 goals and 205 points – slightly less than half of his AHL career totals – along with 457 penalty minutes.<br />
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But the more he produced in New York’s system, the less NHL time he got.<br />
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Newbury had an 11-game call-up during his first full campaign with the Rangers, 2010-11, but saw that dip to seven games the following season and just six games last year. Meanwhile, others who played the same position as him – but produced far fewer points – got much lengthier NHL looks.<br />
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“That’s why I was a little frustrated here,” Newbury said. “I was putting up decent numbers in the American League and didn’t feel like I was getting the shot that I deserved. I think change is good at this point. I go in with a fresh, clean slate into Philadelphia. I’m really looking forward to it.”<br />
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A possible explanation for Newbury’s lack of prolonged NHL stints with the Rangers can be found in the stark differences between his AHL and NHL numbers, a microcosm of his career at large.<br />
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For all of the offense he produced with the Rangers’ affiliate – first the Hartford Wolf Pack, then the rebranded Connecticut Whale – he had just two assists in his 24 NHL games with New York.<br />
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In his career, he has scored 439 points in 599 AHL games, but just nine points in 72 NHL games.<br />
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Part of that is because he generally plays a very different role when he gets called up to the NHL. In the AHL, he’ll get top-line minutes and power play time. In the NHL, he’s a fourth-line grinder. <br />
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A much larger part of the equation comes down to confidence.<br />
<br />
Newbury said he felt more comfortable playing in the AHL, which helped his statistics markedly.<br />
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“I definitely play with a lot of confidence,” he said. “It’s weird to me that I still go up – when I’m up in the NHL – and get pretty nervous. I think if I can block that out, I’ll have a better shot, obviously. Down in the American League, I play with a ton of confidence, for some reason. That helps me show my skill. I’ve had some great teammates along the way, so that helps out a lot.”<br />
<br />
The three Stanley Cup playoff games in which he appeared last season – including some in which he was inserted into the line-up for 2004 Conn Smythe Trophy winner Brad Richards – was a huge boon for his confidence. But he still entered the offseason expecting a change of scenery.<br />
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That finally arrived a week ago, when the Rangers dealt him to the Flyers. He’ll spend the final year of a two-year contract in an organization whose rough-and-tumble reputation precedes it.<br />
<br />
“I think it suits my game, which is great,” Newbury said in the telephone interview. “Rough, tough style of play. Hopefully (I can) bring that energy into training camp and earn myself a job.”<br />
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If he doesn’t, he’ll probably be placed on waivers. If he clears, he’ll likely be sent to Adirondack.<br />
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Newbury did not know much about his new teammates, but said he had a couple of run-ins with former Phantoms agitator Zac Rinaldo. He also fought Tye McGinn in an NHL game in January.<br />
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“That’s what I play,” Newbury said in the telephone interview. “I play rough and tough. If I need to stick up for a teammate, I’ll do it. Sometimes you have to fight those guys to show your teammates that you care and that you have their back. That’s just part of the business. Once the game’s over, you can go out and have a beer. Talk about what happened to whoever it is.”<br />
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One thing that might hinder Newbury’s chances of sticking with the Flyers is the team’s depth at forward. They already have 10 players on one-way NHL contracts, plus locks Brayden Schenn and Sean Couturier, and 2012 first-rounder Scott Laughton also has a shot at making the NHL roster.<br />
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He ran into a similar logjam in the Rangers system. <br />
<br />
Last season, for example, the team signed four potential bottom-six NHL forwards in free agency. Three wound up sticking in the NHL, while Newbury and another were sent back to the minors.<br />
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“When you see that as a player and you’re looking to make the hockey club, obviously it’s disappointing,” Newbury said in the telephone interview. “But I think I could have had better training camps when I was there. I don’t feel that I earned myself a (NHL) job at those camps.”<br />
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This fall, however, he’s hoping things are different.<br />
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“I think if I come to camp, play my heart out and show the organization what I can do, I’ll have a good shot,” Newbury said.
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<br />Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-63754985898965667272013-07-08T12:27:00.000-07:002013-07-08T12:27:04.434-07:00The cost of doing business 7/8When the Philadelphia Flyers acquired goaltender Yann Danis via free agency and center Kris Newbury via trade last week, they did so to shore up their organizational depth at those two positions.<br />
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But organizational depth can be pretty expensive.<br />
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CapGeek keeps a list of the highest American Hockey League salaries <a href="http://tinyurl.com/myglnys">here</a>, and Danis and Newbury are both right near the top of the board. Danis actually ranks No. 2 at the time of this writing -- his $325,000 trails only sniper Andrew Gordon -- and Newbury is tied for third with a $300,000 salary.<br />
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Phantoms captain Ben Holmstrom is a little further down the list. He ranks No. 8 at $285,000.<br />
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If none of those three play a single National Hockey League game this season, Ed Snider will write them all checks for $910,000. The total cost may even wind up being a little bit higher, since there's a good chance one or two of them might get called up as injury replacements. It might top $1 million.<br />
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To be fair, the Flyers didn't sign Newbury to that contract. He signed a two-year contract with the Rangers last summer, but they traded him to the Flyers for Danny Syvret. However, the Flyers signed Syvret to a pretty similar contract, one that paid him $275,000 in the AHL last year and this year too.<br />
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One thing that immediately comes to mind is the fact that the NHL's new collective bargaining agreement eliminated re-entry waivers, so the old de facto AHL salary cap of $105,000 no longer exists. Before, players who earned above that total had to clear re-entry waivers to be called up to the NHL. Some players accepted less money so they would be exempt from re-entry waivers, hoping it would improve their chances of a call-up to the NHL. Since they don't have to worry about that anymore, they can demand more AHL money. And right now, teams are giving that money to them.<br />
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As Jonathan Bombulie of The (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) Citizens Voice <a href="http://capgeek.com/leaders/?type=AHL_SALARY">notes</a>, there are 14 other players who are set to make at least $250,000 on the AHL portion of their two-way contracts this season.<br />
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Holmstrom, for example, made $105,000 last season. He got a $180,000 raise. That's significant. I think it's not unreasonable to expect other free agents to start seeing more money on their AHL deals.<br />
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One other Phantoms item of note: I spoke to Newbury on the phone this afternoon. He said he's looking to make the Flyers out of training camp. Look for his comments on the blog later today.Saratogianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08766916821888056371noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-76199791955616463672013-07-05T12:04:00.001-07:002013-07-05T12:05:32.694-07:00Danis to the Flyers 7/5Touched on this in the live blog (<a href="http://therinkreport.blogspot.com/2013/07/free-agency-liveblog-day-one-75.html">entering hour four and still going strong</a>), but the Philadelphia Flyers made a big splash in the AHL free agency scene <a href="http://saratogian.com/articles/2013/07/05/sports/doc51d7073939dde259828262.txt">by signing goalie Yann Danis to a one-year contract</a>.<br />
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This is unquestionably one of the biggest Phantoms signings the Flyers have made since the team moved to Glens Falls. He's a veteran goaltender who will be entering his 10th professional season and is one year removed from a career season in which he won the AHL's outstanding goaltender award.<br />
<br />
One of the sticking points from this deal is that Danis is a veteran who has got some legitimate playoff experience under his belt. He has backstopped the Oklahoma City Barons to the Western Conference Finals in each of the past two seasons, including to within a win of the Calder Cup Finals last year. We had him ranked on the big board as the <a href="http://therinkreport.blogspot.com/2013/07/top-300-ahl-free-agents-73.html">No. 2 AHL goalie available this summer</a>.<br />
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There is not a lot of playoff experience on the Adirondack roster, which will inevitably happen when you return a bunch of players from a team that hasn't made the playoffs since moving to Glens Falls. But this signing -- plus the trade for top-line AHL forward Kris Newbury -- sends a pretty strong message that the Flyers are serious about icing a winning team in the minor leagues this season.<br />
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You've now got a center who has scored 60 points in three straight seasons and a pretty good AHL goaltender who could fill in at the NHL level if there was an injury. They didn't have either of those last season. The team started to turn a corner from their old development philosophy by adding some veteran forwards in Jon Sim and David Laliberte, but that wasn't until halfway through the season.<br />
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If Newbury and Danis both clear waivers, they'll have two established AHL veterans on the roster from Day One. Plus a lot of returning players from a team that started to play well down the stretch.<br />
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<br />Saratogianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08766916821888056371noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-83609599041180114642013-07-05T09:04:00.001-07:002013-07-05T11:08:00.085-07:00Free Agency Liveblog (Day One) 7/5This feature may take a moment to load. <br /><br />
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With the dawn of free agency now upon us, there are sure to be some signings that will impact the Adirondack Phantoms and the rest of the American Hockey League's Northeast Division. I thought it might be convenient to create a Twitter list with all the relevant team, media and broadcaster accounts for all of those teams -- Adirondack, Albany, Bridgeport, Hartford and Springfield -- that will auto-update. If you're so inclined, you can sit here all day and watch the transactions come in live.<br />
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Friend of the blog Jason Iacona has another one for the East Division over at <a href="http://chirpsfromcenterice.com/">Chirps from Center Ice</a>. The widget is below (it might take a few moments to load). I'll also have a liveblog up in a little bit.<br />
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In case you missed it, <a href="http://therinkreport.blogspot.com/2013/07/top-300-ahl-free-agents-73.html">here's a list of some of the best players on the market today. </a><br />
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<br />Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-34596114241066844212013-07-03T14:55:00.000-07:002013-07-17T15:02:09.628-07:00Top 300 AHL Free Agents 7/3Friend of the blog Jonathan Bombulie of <a href="http://blogs.citizensvoice.com/penguins/">The (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) Citizens' Voice</a> and I have spent the past few weeks compiling a list of the Top 300 available American Hockey League free agents. With the free agency period set to begin Friday, this is as good a time as any to publish the final product. <br />
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Most fans, I figured, probably aren't going to want to look through all 300 of them. So the first 50 are in the table below, then numbers 51-300 are after the jump. There's a best of the rest listed there too.<br />
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This is the fourth draft of the big board. We've removed a lot of players from the original drafts who have signed elsewhere, but we might have missed a couple announcements. If you see someone here who has already signed somewhere or is not a free agent, please alert me in the comment section.<br />
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You could also Tweet me your comments and corrections <a href="https://twitter.com/MCSaratogian">@MCSaratogian.</a> And be sure to follow Jonathan at <a href="https://twitter.com/cvbombulie">@CVBombulie</a>. He's the absolute authority on the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. <br />
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I plan to keep this updated all summer, so I'll be removing people as they sign with teams. A handful of the listed players signed with teams this afternoon, so this is now actually a list of only 293 or so.<br />
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<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; width: 156pt;" width="208"><strike>KEITH AUCOIN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; width: 45pt;" width="60"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; width: 45pt;" width="60"><strike>TOR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; width: 398pt;" width="531">Signed with St. Louis</td>
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<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">DARREN HAYDAR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHI</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">One of the greatest
scorers in AHL history; now 33</td>
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<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JAMIE TARDIF</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PRO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Career-high 30 goals
in seventh pro season</td>
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<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JEROME SAMSON</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CHA</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Winnipeg</td>
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<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RYAN HAMILTON</strike></td>
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<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>TOR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Edmonton</td>
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<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MARK MANCARI</strike></td>
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<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ANDRE BENOIT</strike></td>
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<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Colorado</td>
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<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>TREVOR SMITH</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>WBS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Toronto</td>
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<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ALEXANDRE BOLDUC</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">POR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with St. Louis</td>
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<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>DAVID LEGGIO</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>G</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RCH</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Washington</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>11</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>YANN DANIS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>G</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>OKC</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Philadelphia</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>12</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ANDREW GORDON</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CHI</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Winnipeg</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">13</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JON DISALVATORE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">First time in 10 AHL
seasons he didn't score 20 goals; still got 18</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>14</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>BOBBY SANGUINETTI</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CHA</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed in KHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>15</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MARTIN ST. PIERRE</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RCK</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Montreal</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>16</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CHRIS MUELLER</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MIL</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Dallas</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>17</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ROSTISLAV OLESZ</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RCK</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with New Jersey</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">18</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MICHAEL LEIGHTON</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">G</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ADK</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Journeyman has been
outstanding in AHL his whole career</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">19</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ANDREAS NODL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHA</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">One-time Flyers
prospect has slumped since 11-goal NHL season in 10-11</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>20</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>BRAD THIESSEN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>G</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>WBS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with HIFK (Finland)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>21</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>NATE GUENIN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>NOR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Colorado</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>22</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JOEY CRABB</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>HER</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Florida</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">23</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHRISTIAN HANSON</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PRO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Glens Falls native is
big body who can score</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>24</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>NICK DRAZENOVIC</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SPR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Pittsburgh</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>25</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CEDRICK DESJARDINS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>G</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SYR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with Tampa Bay</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>26</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ANDREW EBBETT</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CHI</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Pittsburgh</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>27</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>NICK HOLDEN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SPR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Colorado</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>28</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>KYLE WILSON</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>NOR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Dinamo Riga (KHL)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>29</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>TIM KENNEDY</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>WOR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Phoenix</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>30</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>PATRICK MCNEILL</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>HER</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Columbus</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">31</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">STEVE PINIZZOTTO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHI</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Premier agitator,
hitter hasn't really been healthy since leaving Hershey</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>32</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>FRANCIS PARE</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>GR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed in Finland</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>33</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>DEREK MEECH</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>STJ</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Dinamo Minsk (KHL)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>34</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CHRIS CONNER</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>POR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Pittsburgh</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">35</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BRENDAN MIKKELSON</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SYR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Capable depth
defenseman; solid in the AHL, can fill in at NHL level</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>36</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>BARRY BRUST</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>G</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ABB</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Medvescak Zagreb (KHL)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">37</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PHILIPPE CORNET</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">OKC</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Scored 24 goals two
years ago, was on pace to match that after call-up this year</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>38</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>DEREK NESBITT</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>WBS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Oklahoma City</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>39</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>GREG RALLO</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SAN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with Florida</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">40</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JIM VANDERMEER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHI</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Veteran physical
defender spent most of season in AHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">41</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ANDRE DEVEAUX</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Before down year, had
40 points and 150 PIM in three straight seaons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>42</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RYAN CRAIG</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SPR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Columbus</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">43</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BRETT CARSON</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ABB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">NHL depth guy is 6-4,
225, right-handed and can put up numbers in AHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>44</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>NICK TARNASKY</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RCH</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Montreal</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>45</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>NATHAN PAETSCH</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>GR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with Grand Rapids</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">46</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">KRYS KOLANOS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ABB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">101 points in 100
games in Abbotsford last two seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">47</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BRACKEN KEARNS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">WOR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">32-year-old has
posted 43-plus points in four straight seasons, 20-plus goals in three</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>48</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MATT TAORMINA</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SYR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with Tampa Bay</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>49</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>AARON PALUSHAJ</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LE</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Carolina</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>50</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MIKE ZIGOMANIS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>TOR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Rochester</td>
</tr>
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<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BRANDON SEGAL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CT</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Prototypical AHL
power forward</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>52</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>J.T. WYMAN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SYR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Colorado</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>53</strike></td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>BENN FERRIERO</strike></td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LW</strike></td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CT</strike></td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Vancouver</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>54</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>BOBBY ROBINS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>PRO</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Boston</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">55</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">NICK PALMIERI</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CT</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6-3, 220-pounder had
13 goals in 70 AHL games last season; good bottom-six depth</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">56</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TIM WALLACE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHA</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Topped 100 career NHL
games last season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">57</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">AARON GAGNON</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">STJ</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Has been capable
scorer in AHL since 58-point breakout year in 2009-10</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">58</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ZACH HAMILL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MIL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">07 top 10 pick hasn't
lived up to billing but did have 19 goals, 44 pts in AHL last yr</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">59</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>NICK JOHNSON</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>POR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Boston</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>60</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>AARON JOHNSON</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>PRO</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with New York Rangers</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">61</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BRAD WINCHESTER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MIL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">390-game NHL vet couldn't find work after lockout; 27 pts in 37 AHL gms</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">62</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">GRAHAM MINK</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PRO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Veteran power forward
still going strong at age 34</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>63</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JEREMY SMITH</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>G</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MIL</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Columbus</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>64</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JONATHAN MATSUMOTO</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CHI</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Florida</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>65</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>NATHAN LAWSON</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>G</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>BNG</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Ottawa</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>66</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JAN MURSAK</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>GR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with <span class="st">Amur Khabarovsk (KHL)</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">67</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MIKE VERNACE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CT</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">27-year-old coming
off career high 8 goals, 35 points</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">68</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JEFF FRAZEE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">G</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ALB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Minnesota product has
been pretty decent for the last five AHL seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">69</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BEN MAXWELL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">STJ</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Hasn't matched total
from 58-point rookie year, but still good for 40 or so</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">70</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BRYAN RODNEY</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Solid AHL offensive
defenseman with a little NHL experience</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>71</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MATT HALISCHUK</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MIL</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Winnipeg</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>72</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MATT ANDERSON</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ALB</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Spartak Moskva (KHL)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>73</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JORDIE BENN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>TEX</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with Dallas</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">74</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">DEREK JOSLIN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">WOR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Hard-shooting
defenseman has 116 NHL games on his resume</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">75</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SIMON GYSBERS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TOR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Right-handed shot has
80 points in 196 AHL games</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>76</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ALEX STALOCK</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>G</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>WOR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with San Jose</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">77</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JEFF WOYWITKA</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PEO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">278-game NHL vet
consistently puts up good numbers in AHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>78</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JONATHAN BLUM</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MIL</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Minnesota</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">79</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TY WISHART</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BPT</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6-4 offensive
defenseman with some NHL experience</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">80</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PIERRE-LUC
LETOURNEAU-LEBLOND</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">NOR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">20 fighting majors
entirely possible if he plays a full season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>81</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JOEY MORMINA</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>WBS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Syracuse</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">82</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SEAN COLLINS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CT</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">A pretty solid
right-handed AHL D with decent size, skill</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">83</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PAUL RANGER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TOR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Had 25 points in 51
games after returning from three-year break from sport</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">84</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LELAND IRVING</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">G</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ABB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">First-round draft
pick has had ups, downs in four years in Flames org.</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">85</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RAYMOND SAWADA</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">STJ</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Matched career high
with 29 points in 65 games</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">86</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">STEVEN ZALEWSKI</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ALB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Clarkson grad has
been a 20-goal AHL scorer and got a few NHL games</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>87</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JED ORTMEYER</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SAN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with San Antonio</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>88</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LOGAN PYETT</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CT</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Vityaz Podolsk (KHL)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>89</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>BOBBY FARNHAM</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>WBS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Pittsburgh</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">90</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TIM CONNOLLY</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TOR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Has nearly 700 NHL
games to his credit, but that ship may have sailed</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>91</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MATT GILROY</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CT</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Florida</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>92</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>BOYD KANE</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>HER</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Medveščak Zagreb (KHL)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">93</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ZACK FITZGERALD</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D/LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ADK</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Consistent AHL
heavyweight; five straight 200 PIM seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>94</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>THOMAS POCK</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LE</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Klagenfurt AC (Austria)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">95</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ANTHONY STEWART</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Former first-rounder
spent most of last year in AHL, posting 7 pts in 30 gms</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>96</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MAXIME FORTUNUS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>TEX</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with Texas</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">97</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">WARREN PETERS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">WBS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Vetern center
consistently wins face-offs, finishes checks, blocks shots</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>98</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>TYSON STRACHAN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SAN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Washington</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>99</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ADAM PARDY</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RCH</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Winnipeg</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>100</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>BRIAN MCGRATTAN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MIL</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with Calgary</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">101</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">GARNET EXELBY</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PRO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Physical D has 408
games of NHL experience</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>102</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>BRIAN BOUCHER</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>G</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ADK</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with EV Zug (Switzerland)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">103</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TRENT WHITFIELD</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PRO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Veteran scorer will
be entering 16th pro season, numbers not what they used to be</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>104</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CAM JANSSEN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ALB</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with New Jersey</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">105</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ANDREW MURRAY</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PEO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31 points in 51 games
in first extended AHL stay since 2007-08</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">106</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">NATHAN MCIVER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BPT</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Racked up career-high
287 PIMs</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>107</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CHRIS SUMMERS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>POR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with Phoenix</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>108</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MIKE MOTTAU</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>TOR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Florida</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>109</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>TIM SESTITO</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ALB</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with New Jersey</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">110</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TRAVIS RAMSEY</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">STJ</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Shutdown defenseman
entering sixth pro season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">111</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">STEFAN LEGEIN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">A pretty effective
AHL agitator the last four seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">112</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">DEAN ARSENE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">STJ</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Steady defenseman
will be entering 13th pro season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>113</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>DAVID KOLOMATIS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MAN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Washington</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>114</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>BRENNAN EVANS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>GR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Grand Rapids</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>115</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ALEX BIEGA</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RCH</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Vancouver</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">116</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MIKE CARMAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Former Avs
third-rounder has been OK for Hershey last year and a half</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>117</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MIKE McKENNA</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>G</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>PEO</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Columbus</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>118</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CODY BASS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SPR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Columbus</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">119</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BRIAN SUTHERBY</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Veteran of 460 NHL
games captained Lake Erie at end of last season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>120</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>NOLAN YONKMAN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SAN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Anaheim</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">121</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">DARCY HORDICHUK</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">OKC</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Gritty NHL veteran
did first extended AHL stint since 2002-03</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">122</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">COLTEN TEUBERT</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">OKC</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">13th overall pick in
2008 hasn't hit potential in Oilers organization</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">123</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JOE CALLAHAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ABB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6-3, 220,
right-handed stay-at-home D with tons of AHL experience</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">124</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MIKE COMMODORE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TEX</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">33-year-old NHL
veteran helped Carolina win Stanley Cup in 2006</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>125</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MIKE HEDDEN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>TEX</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with Texas</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>126</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MATT PELECH</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>WOR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with San Jose</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">127</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JON SIM</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ADK</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Veteran scorer seems
to be slowing down at age 34</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">128</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">THEO PECKHAM</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">OKC</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Showed up to training
camp out of shape, spent most of year as healthy scratch</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">129</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PHILIP-MICHAEL DEVOS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SYR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Role player who has a
knack for scoring timely goals</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>130</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>BRANDON DEFAZIO</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>BPT</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Vancouver</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">131</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JEAN-FRANCOIS JACQUES</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SYR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Prototypical
fourth-liner had 40-point AHL season in 2011-12</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">132</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ANDREW JOUDREY</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SPR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Two-time Calder Cup
champion is solid bottom-six forward</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">133</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">QUINTIN LAING</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ABB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Quintessential AHL
captain type at age 34</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>134</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>EVAN RANKIN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RCH</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Syracuse</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>135</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JON LANDRY</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>BPT</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Minnesota</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">136</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">DAVID MECKLER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">77 goals in six AHL
seasons with Manchester</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>137</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MIKE MURPHY</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>G</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CHA</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Carolina</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>138</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>GUILLAUME DESBIENS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CHI</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Colorado</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">139</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RYAN PARENT</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">NOR</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">106 career NHL games
for former first-round pick, but none since 2010-11</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>140</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JORDAN HENDRY</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>NOR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Straubing Tigers (Germany)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">141</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">DANNY GROULX</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHI</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Had a 66-point AHL
season as recently as 2009-10</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>142</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MATT ELLIS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RCH</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with Buffalo</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>143</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CHAD JOHNSON</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>G</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>POR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Boston</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">144</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BRETT LEBDA</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BNG</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Pretty good AHL puck
mover at age 32; NHL ship might have sailed</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">145</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BRETT SKINNER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">GR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Returned from Europe
and played veteran role on Griffins D</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>146</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CARTER HUTTON</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>G</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RCK</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Nashville</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">147</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">AKIM ALIU</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ABB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Physical Nigerian had
11 points, 111 PIM in fourth pro season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">148</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RANDY JONES</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">OKC</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Going on 32, 365-game
NHL vertan's numbers not what they once were</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">149</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RYAN RUSSELL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SPR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Had 39 points as
rookie in 2009-10, but dipped to just 16 last year</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">150</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">EVAN BROPHEY</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">POR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Decent AHL
production, but has never matched junior scoring numbers</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">151</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RICHARD PETIOT</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">STJ</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Had 37 points with
Rockford in 2009-10. Next-best total was 15</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>152</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MIKE MOORE</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MIL</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Boston</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>153</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ROD PELLEY</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>NOR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with New Jersey</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>154</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MARK MATHESON</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CHI</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Vienna Capitals (Austria)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>155</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ZACK STORTINI</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>HAM</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Anaheim</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">156</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MICHAEL HUTCHINSON</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">G</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PRO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Pretty good for the
P-Bruins the last two seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">157</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JOSH GREEN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">OKC</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Numbers are declining
at 35, but still good for 20-30 points</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">158</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BRYAN HELMER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SPR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">No AHL D has scored
more points, but Helmer had just two assists last year</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">159</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BORIS VALABIK</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">POR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Giant (6-foot-7,
245-pound) defenseman will drop the gloves with anyone</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>160</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JEFF HOGGAN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>GR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with Grand Rapids</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>161</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MATT WATKINS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>BPT</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Washington</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>162</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CHAD BILLINS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>GR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Calgary</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">163</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">THEO RUTH</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SPR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Solid third-pairing
defenseman in AHL for three seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">164</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHAD WISEMAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ALB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Veteran winger has
been a 20-goal AHL scorer as recently as 09-10</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">165</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JACK COMBS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Prolific scorer in
lower minors, has 33 points in last 40 AHL games</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">166</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PETER MANNINO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">G</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Experienced AHL
goalie had good 20-game showing with Monarchs last year</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>167</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>FREDERICK ROY</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RCH</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with Rochester</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>168</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ERIC NEILSON</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SYR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with Syracuse</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>169</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>TROY BODIE</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>POR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Toronto</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>170</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>HENRIK KARLSSON</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>G</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RCK</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with <span class="notranslate">Skellefteå AIK (Sweden)</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>171</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MATT FORD</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SPR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Oklahoma City</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">172</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TYLER SLOAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TEX</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">32-year-old won
Calder Cup with Hershey in 2009</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">173</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PATRICK RISSMILLER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">W</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RCH</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Former all-star has
bounced around since leaving Sharks organization in 2008</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">174</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MATHIEU BEAUDOIN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RCK</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Totals have tailed
off sharply since 51-point career year in 2010-11</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>175</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JUSSI RYNNAS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>G</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>TOR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed in Finland</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">176</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BRENT REGNER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHI</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">An AHL regular on
defense for the last four years</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>177</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ZACH MISKOVIC</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SAN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with San Antonio</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">178</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">EVAN OBERG</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SYR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">23 points with
Norfolk two years ago, nine with Syracuse last year</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>179</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>TRISTON GRANT</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>GR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Grand Rapids</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">180</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PAUL MARA<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HOU</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">700-game NHL vet had
11 pts, 89 PIMs in 36 games with Aeros</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">181</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JAY LEACH</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ALB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Veteran gritty
defenseman</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">182</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JAROD PALMER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HOU</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Power forward
prospect has been slowed by injury, including concussion</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>183</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LUKE GLENDENING</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>GR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Detroit</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">184</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JARED NIGHTINGALE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SYR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Solid AHL depth
defenseman with physical edge</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">185</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ALEX PLANTE</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">OKC</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Has a hard shot, but
has scored just six goals in four pro seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">186</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CARL SNEEP</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TEX</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Former Penguins
farmhand had six points in 31 games after trade</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">187</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TIM MILLER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHI</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Dropped from 19 goals
two years ago to two goals last year</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">188</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">DAVID MCINTYRE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HOU</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Has been a 15-goal,
30-point guy the last two years</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">189</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHRIS VANDEVELDE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">OKC</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Role player, penalty
killer good for 20-25 points</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>190</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>FREDERIC ST. DENIS</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>HAM</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Columbus</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">191</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">KYLE MACKINNON</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PRO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">28 goals, 52 points
in 142 AHL games for Providence grad</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">192</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SCOTT FORD</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MIL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Prototypical veteran
physical AHL defenseman</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>193</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>DREW BAGNALL</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>HOU</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Buffalo</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>194</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RICHARD BACHMAN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>G</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>TEX</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Edmonton</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">195</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BRENDON NASH</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHA</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6-3 Cornell grad
might have puck-moving potential; missed 11-12 with shoulder injury</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">196</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ZACH MCKELVIE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ABB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">West Point grad is a
rugged defenseman</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>197</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JOHN ALBERT</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>STJ</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Winnipeg</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">198</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">KYLE HAGEL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HAM</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Physical defender had
22 fights last season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">199</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ALEX BERRY</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">14 goals, 150 PIMs
for Norfolk in 2010-11; slowed by arm injury since</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>200</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>GREG AMADIO</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SPR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Retired, Coaching Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OHL)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>201</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>WADE BROOKBANK</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RCK</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Rockford</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>202</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>DUSTIN SYLVESTER</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ABB</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Vienna Capitals (Austria)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>203</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>GARRETT ROE</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ADK</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>204</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MATT CORRENTE</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ALB</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Carolina</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">205</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MAXIME MACENAUER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">STJ</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Decent size, scoring
for a bottom-six center, though minus-29 rating is alarming</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">206</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">KRIS FREDHEIM</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HOU</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6-2 stay-at-home D
has been a regular for Aeros last three years</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">207</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JORDAN HENRY</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">OKC</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Had 31 points, 104
PIM in 2009-10, but a journeyman since</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>208</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>DARCY ZAJAC</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ALB</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with New Jersey</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">209</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">KEVEN VEILLEUX</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">WBS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Big and talented but
injury prone with an off-ice strike against him</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">210</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MAXIME LEGAULT</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RCH</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Carved out niche as
role player in Sabres organization</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">211</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ANDREW CARROLL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CT</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Physical, no-frills
fourth-liner</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">212</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JON KALINSKI</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">One-time Flyers
prospect limited to 27 games by knee injury</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">213</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">DAN DASILVA</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HOU</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">28-year-old came back
from a year in Russia, put up some OK numbers</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">214</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MICHAEL DAVIES</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHI</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Wisconsin grad with
back-to-back double-digit goal seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">215</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SEAN BACKMAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BPT</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Undersized Yale grad
hit double digits in goals last year</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">216</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">DREW SCHIESTEL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RCH</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Second-round pick has
been an AHL depth player for the last couple of years</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>217</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JARED GOMES</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>C</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SAN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with San Antonio</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>218</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>WILL ACTON</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>TOR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Edmonton</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">219</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHRIS COLLINS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">WBS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Veteran winger can be
effective on any line in AHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">220</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">THOMAS MCCOLLUM</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">G</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">GR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Development has been
slow in four pro seasons for 08 first-round pick</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">221</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CORBIN MCPHERSON</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ALB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6-4 right-handed D
out of Colgate was a regular as a rookie with Albany</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">222</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TYLER RUEGSEGGER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ABB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">25-year-old Denver
grad scored 11 goals in first full AHL season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">223</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MATT CLACKSON</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">POR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Fighter has racked up
833 PIM in 270 AHL games</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">224</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BRADY LAMB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ABB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Nine points in rookie
year out of Minnesota-Duluth</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>225</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>BLAIR RILEY</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>BPT</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with St. John's</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">226</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JASON GREGOIRE</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">STJ</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">43 points as North
Dakota senior, 32 points in two pro seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">227</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PETTERI NOKELAINEN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HAM</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">After four NHL
seasons, ended last year by going -10 in 17 gms with Hamilton</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">228</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BRETT OLSON</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ABB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Undrafted FA out of
Michigan Tech was lineup regular as a rookie</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">229</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">DYLAN YEO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TOR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">For the first time in
his six-year career, spent 2012-13 entirely in AHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>230</strike></td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>WILL O'NEILL</strike></td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>STJ</strike></td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with St. John's</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">231</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MIKE TESTWUIDE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ABB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Colorado College
product has backpedaled since 18-goal rookie year with Adk</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>232</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RAMAN HRABARANKA</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ALB</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with New Jersey</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">233</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TYLER MCNEELY</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">15 goals in 107 AHL
games with three teams</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>234</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JIMMY BONNEAU</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>WOR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with Worcester</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">235</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RICK SCHOFIELD</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RCH</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Improved on rookie
totals despite playing 15 fewer games</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">236</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SAM KLASSEN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CT</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Became an AHL regular
in third pro season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>237</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JOHN LEE</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SAN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Re-signed with San Antonio</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">238</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JUSTIN JOHNSON</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Accomplished fighter
limited to 19 games last season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">239</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SEAN DOLAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHA</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6-3 Wisconsin grad
entering third pro season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>240</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>TIM SPENCER</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>LW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>SPR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Sheffield (UK)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">241</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BRETT SONNE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PEO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">48 goals, 100 pts in
last season in WHL; not much in four seasons with Rivermen</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">242</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CAM REID</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MIL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6-3 forward had 19
pts in 54 AHL gms as a rookie</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">243</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TOMMY GRANT</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">WOR</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Was on pace for
career year with Connecticut, struggled since trade</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">244</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">YANNI GOURDE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">WOR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">11-12 QMJHL scoring
champ struggled to score in AHL before breaking foot</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">245</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LUCA CAPUTI</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">NOR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Stock has fallen
since leaving Penguins organization</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">246</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PHIL DESIMONE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ALB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">UNH grad's put up
some OK numbers in two AHL seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">247</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">GABE GUENTZEL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">NOR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Rookie had 10 points
in 40 games, but was minus-17</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">248</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BARRY GOERS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Wikipedia says his
2012-13 was "affected by injury and indifferent form"</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">249</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ANTHONY NIGRO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PEO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Took step back after
13-goal AHL season in 11-12</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>250</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>MATT POPE</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>HER</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Aalborg (Denmark)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">251</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JOSH BRITTAIN</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">NOR</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">19 points in a little
more than half a season for 6-foot-5 winger</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">252</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SCOTT CAMPBELL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BPT</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">UMass-Lowell grad
became AHL regular in second pro season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">253</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">DAVID LALIBERTE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ADK</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Had 28-goal season
for Phantoms in 08-09 but has wandered since</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">254</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ALEX HUTCHINGS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SYR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">47-goal scorer in
juniors has some skill but hasn't clicked in AHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">255</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BARRY ALMEIDA</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Undersized rookie
from BC split season between Reading, Hershey</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">256</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">STEFAN DELLA ROVERE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PEO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Physical bottom-six
forward has largely struggled as a pro</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">257</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">DUSTIN GAZLEY</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BNG</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Undersized Michigan
State grad got AHL time after huge ECHL year as a rookie</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">258</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SHANE HARPER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ADK</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ECHL scorer, speed
and feistiness in AHL bottom six</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">259</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LUKE PITHER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHA</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">24-year-old was
pretty good after getting call from Wheeling (18 pts in 23 gms)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">260</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BLAKE KESSEL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ADK</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">UNH product has put
up OK numbers in two seasons with Phantoms</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">261</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">NATHAN MOON</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SPR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Scrappy forward with
a scoring touch</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">262</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">NICK PETERSEN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HOU</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Change of scenery
didn't help much; 6 goals, 14 pts in 37 AHL games</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">263</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">VINCENT LOVERDE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Miami (Ohio) grad put
up decent numbers in two ECHL seasons, 51 AHL games</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">264</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LOUIE CAPORUSSO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BNG</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Third-rounder has
been point-per-game guy in ECHL, not so much in AHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">265</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">DEVIN DIDIOMETE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHI</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Agitator on AHL-ECHL
bubble</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">266</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CODY WILD</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">WBS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Solid depth
defenseman at AHL level</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">267</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JOHN MUSE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">G</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHA</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BC grad had down year
after outstanding rookie season in 11-12</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">268</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SHAYNE WIEBE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CT</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">A 44-goal scorer in
his last junior season, bounced around in two years pro</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">269</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ALDEN HIRSCHFELD</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">F</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PRO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Split rookie year
between ECHL and AHL, netted 4-4-8 in each</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">270</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MICHAEL LIAMBAS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MIL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Trouble-making D
split season between ECHL, AHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">271</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JEFF
DROUIN-DESLAURIERS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">G</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HOU</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Ex-Penguins goalie
has been a nomad the last couple seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">272</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">DANNY NEW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BNG</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Providence grad split
rookie year between AHL, ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">273</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">STEPHANE CHAPUT</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HAM</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Played for five AHL
teams in five pro seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">274</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ANTOINE CORBIN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HAM</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6-3 rookie got in 30
AHL games with Hamilton</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">275</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JOEL BRODA</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HOU</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">27-point AHL season
two years ago, just four points in 30 games this year</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">276</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ALLEN YORK</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">G</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SPR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RPI grad markedly
improved numbers, but was stuck behind Curtis McElhinney</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">277</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">EVAN BARLOW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Dominant scorer in
ECHL, but only 12 points in last 40 AHL games</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">278</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">STEFAN SCHNEIDER</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHI</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6-foot-5 stay-at-home
D</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">279</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">KELLY ZAJAC</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ALB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Union College grad
split rookie year between AHL, ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">280</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">GORD BALDWIN</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TEX</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Big (6-foot-5) D
spent first year back from Europe on ECHL-AHL bubble</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">281</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">IAN SLATER</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">C</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ADK</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">AHL-ECHL bubble
bottom-six forward with an edge</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">282</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PAUL DAINTON</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">G</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SPR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Limited AHL duty
yielded best numbers of his career</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">283</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">DAVID MARSHALL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHA</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Solid AHL depth guy</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">284</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MIKE BANWELL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SPR</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Maine grad split
second pro season between Springield and Worcester</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">285</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JAY BARRIBALL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PRO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Hasn't found stride
since 20-goal freshman year at Minnesota in 06-07</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">286</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JORDAN HILL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BPT</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6-2 defender has been
in AHL more than ECHL in three pro seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">287</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHRIS MCKELVIE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ALB</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Bottom six AHL
forward</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">288</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ROB MADORE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">G</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHA</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Pittsburgh native,
UVM grad was excellent in nine-game AHL stint</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>289</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>ADAM COMRIE</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>WOR</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with San Jose</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">290</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HUNTER BISHOP</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Many injuries,
transactions for this Ohio St. product; point per game in ECHL last yr</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>291</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>JEREMIE BLAIN</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>D</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>CHI</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with Vancouver</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;"><strike>292</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>RYAN SCHNELL</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>F</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"><strike>STJ</strike></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Signed with St. John's</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">293</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PETER MERTH</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">D</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">WBS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Penguins are 14-5
all-time with RPI product in line-up</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">294</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">TYLER RANDELL</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">PRO</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Tough guy spent
rookie year on AHL-ECHL bubble</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">295</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JUSTIN VAIVE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">SAN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Big body (6-foot-4),
but won't score many goals</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">296</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BRANDON SVENDSEN</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RCK</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Point-per-game ECHL
scorer is serviceable AHL third liner</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">297</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">CHRISTIAAN MINELLA</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">WBS</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Physical Pittsburgh
native battled through injuries to make AHL debut at 27</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">298</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JACOB LAGACE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">LW</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">RCH</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Fifth-round pick had
two 10-goal AHL seasons, spent last year in ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">299</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">JOHN CURRY</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">G</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">HOU</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Returned from Europe,
was good in ECHL then got hurt</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">300</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">MARC CHEVERIE</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">G</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">BNG</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">ECHL/AHL tweener for
three pro seasons</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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<b>BEST OF THE REST</b><br />
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt; width: 156pt;" width="208">RILEY ARMSTRONG</td>
<td style="width: 45pt;" width="60">RW</td>
<td style="width: 45pt;" width="60">HAM</td>
<td style="width: 398pt;" width="531">Colby's brother had nice year as captain in
Utah of the ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">SCOTT ARNOLD</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>POR</td>
<td>20 points in 32 ECHL games earned rookie 10-game call-up</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MATHIEU AUBIN</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>HOU</td>
<td>6-3 QMJHL, ECHL scorer had had some AHL call-ups</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">ALEXANDER AVTSIN</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>HAM</td>
<td>Fourth-round pick believed to be headed to KHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">ERIC BAIER</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>CHA</td>
<td>Providence grad has played for five AHL teams in two-plus pro seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">NICK BAILEN</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>RCH</td>
<td>Puck-moving RPI grad had three assists in nine-game ATO</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">CORBIN BALDWIN</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>HOU</td>
<td>6-5 stay-at-home D spent most of rookie year in ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">CHRIS BARTON</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>WBS</td>
<td>Merrimack product has 103 points in 116 ECHL games</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JASON BEATTIE</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>RCH</td>
<td>Had assist in one-game ATO out of Niagara</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MATT BECA</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>CHA</td>
<td>Smallish winger is a two-time 20-goal scorer in ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">KRIS BELAN</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>MAN</td>
<td>ECHL scrapper played eight games with Monarchs</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">ALEX BELZILE</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>HAM</td>
<td>Undrafted rookie put up some numbers in ECHL and in short AHL stay</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JEAN-SEBASTIEN BERUBE</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>ALB</td>
<td>Hasn't produced much in three years in Devils system</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">GABRIEL BEAUPRE</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>LE</td>
<td>Split rookie season between Lake Erie, Central League</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JOSH BIRKHOLZ</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>SAN</td>
<td>Rookie was scoreless in four-game call-up from ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">EVAN BLOODOFF</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>POR</td>
<td>20-goal season in ECHL earned winger nine-game call-up</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">AARON BOGOSIAN</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>PEO</td>
<td>Role player has bounced between four teams in two pro seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">ANDY BOHMBACH</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>ABB</td>
<td>Scored 20 goals in ECHL all three pro seasons; hasn't caught on in AHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">KYLE BONIS</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>NOR</td>
<td>Did six-game ATO after good junior, senior years at Ferris State</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JEAN BOURBEAU</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>BNG</td>
<td>CHL/ECHL journeyman</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">ANDRE BOUVET-MORRISSETTE</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>PEO</td>
<td>39-goal scorer in juniors, had just five between AHL and ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">RILEY BRACE</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>WOR</td>
<td>Posted six points in eight-game ATO stint</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">KYLE BUSHEE</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>BNG</td>
<td>One-time Nailer has been a productive ECHL offensive defenseman</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">BRETTON CAMERON</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>TEX</td>
<td>Top-two line player in ECHL, has struggled to find offense in AHL.</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JOSH CARON</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>HOU</td>
<td>6-4 stay-at-home D got 11 AHL games as a rookie</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">CHRIS CARROZZI</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>STJ</td>
<td>Went 19-7-2 with underwhelming stats in ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MATT CASE</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>MAN</td>
<td>ECHL offensive defenseman got five games with Manchester</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">CHAD COSTELLO</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>BPT</td>
<td>Undersized prolific ECHL scorer</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JUSTIN COURTNALL</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>PRO</td>
<td>Five-game AHL stint for rookie out of Boston U</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MARCO COUSINEAU</td>
<td class="xl65">G</td>
<td class="xl65">NOR</td>
<td class="xl65">Just six AHL games in three pro seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">DEREK COUTURE</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>HOU</td>
<td>29-year-old had 24 goals, 218 PIMs in ECHL, eight-game AHL call-up</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JACE COYLE</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>TEX</td>
<td>Offensive D has put up numbers in WHL, ECHL but not AHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">NICK CRAVEN</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>BNG</td>
<td>6-3 Wesleyan U. grad did ATO with Binghamton</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">PAUL CROWDER</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>MIL</td>
<td>Top Wheeling scorer had AHL call-ups with WBS, Milwaukee</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">PATRICK CULLITY</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>STJ</td>
<td>Vermont product hasn't really found a home since leaving college</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">TRENT DAAVETTILA</td>
<td class="xl65">LW</td>
<td class="xl65">CHI</td>
<td class="xl65">Big ECHL scorer for four years running</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">SCOTT DARLING</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>HAM</td>
<td>Third-year pro spent most of year in Wheeling</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">NATHAN DECK</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>OKC</td>
<td>Split second pro season evenly between AHL, ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">STEVEN DELISLE</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>SPR</td>
<td>Who else can claim they've been part of package deals for Rick Nash and
Marian Gaborik?</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JACK DOWNING</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>BNG</td>
<td>Spent most of second season in ECHL; still has some power forward
potential</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MIKE EMBACH</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>LE</td>
<td>Two-game call-up from ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">ADAM ESTOCLET</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>ABB</td>
<td>Spent most of season as play-making center with Utah (ECHL)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MARSHALL EVERSON</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>PEO</td>
<td>Had 33-point junior season at Harvard, dipped to 16 as senior</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">NORM EZEKIEL</td>
<td>F/D</td>
<td>STJ</td>
<td>Small but fiesty utility player spent most of rookie year with ECHL
Colorado.</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JUSTIN FESER</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>POR</td>
<td>Did six-game ATO after 106-point overage season in WHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">COREY FIENHAGE</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>RCH</td>
<td>Rugged blueliner spent most of year in ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">OLIVIER FORTIER</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>HAM</td>
<td>Third-round pick hasn't found AHL success</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">BRIAN FOSTER</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>SAN</td>
<td>Buried on Florida depth chart, just 19 AHL games since 2010 pro debut</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">PHIL FOX</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>HOU</td>
<td>Central League scorer got one game with Aeros</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">AUSTIN FYTEN</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>TEX</td>
<td>Good numbers in ECHL, two assists in 11-game AHL stint</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">KEVIN GAGNE</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>NOR</td>
<td>Junior teammate of Simon Despres did five-game ATO</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">A.J. GALE</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>LE</td>
<td>26-year-old 46-goal scorer in Central League got four AHL games</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JACOB GERVAIS-CHOUINARD</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>HAM</td>
<td>Three-time 20-game winner in QMJHL did ATO with Hamilton</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">RYAN GINAND</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>HOU</td>
<td>27-year-old has good track record as ECHL scorer</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><strike>JOSH GODFREY</strike></td>
<td><strike>D</strike></td>
<td><strike>STJ</strike></td>
<td>Signed with Landshut Cannibals (Germany)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">RYLEY GRANTHAM</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>HOU</td>
<td>Physical fourth-line forward</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MATT GRASSI</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>HAM</td>
<td>Undrafted stay-at-home D from Michigane State did ATO</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">SCOTT GREENHAM</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>BNG</td>
<td>Second-year pro out of Alaska-Fairbanks has had AHL cups of coffee</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">RYAN GRIMSHAW</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>TOR</td>
<td>Harvard grad split rookie season between AHL, ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><strike>SACHA GUIMOND</strike></td>
<td><strike>D</strike></td>
<td><strike>NOR</strike></td>
<td>Signed with Utica</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">BRIAN HACZAK</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>ALB</td>
<td>Undersized ECHL scorer has a few AHL games to his credit</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MARC HAGEL</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>LE</td>
<td>Did six-game ATO after senior year at Miami (Ohio)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">CONNOR HARDOWA</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>ABB</td>
<td>6-1, 210 right-handed D did two-game ATO after four years at UNH</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">THOMAS HEEMSKERK</td>
<td class="xl65">G</td>
<td class="xl65">WOR</td>
<td class="xl65">Has had really good numbers in extremely limited AHL time</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">ADAM HOBSON</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>RCK</td>
<td>Returned to North America after two years in Sweden</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">TANNER HOUSE</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>OKC</td>
<td>Maine grad, 27, has struggled to replicate college numbers in pros</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">SCOTT HOWES</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>SPR</td>
<td>Elite scorer in lower minors, produced 5-2-7 in 12 AHL games</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">GEORGE HUGHES</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>SAN</td>
<td>37 points in senior year at St. Lawrence, did 11-game ATO</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">ERIC HUNTER</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>OKC</td>
<td>39-point ECHL campaign earned sophomore 11-game call-up</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">ADAM HUXLEY</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>BPT</td>
<td>ECHL scrapper played eight games with Bridgeport</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">CHRIS HUXLEY</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>MAN</td>
<td>Harvard grad got 27 AHL games in second pro season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MARK ISHERWOOD</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>HAM</td>
<td>ECHL offensive defenseman with a couple of AHL games</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">A.J. JENKS</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>CHA</td>
<td>Three-time 20-goal man in OHL hasn't clicked in three pro seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JACOB JOHNSTON</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>TEX</td>
<td>Four-game ATO after four years of Canadian college hockey</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">DOUG JONES</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>TEX</td>
<td>Dartmouth grad had 50 points as ECHL rookie</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">NOLAN JULSETH-WHITE</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>PRO</td>
<td>Five-game AHL call-up for ECHL rookie out of Union College</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">PAUL KARPOWICH</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>PEO</td>
<td>Clarkson grad had rough rookie year</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><strike>ERIC KATTELUS</strike></td>
<td class="xl65"><strike>LW</strike></td>
<td class="xl65"><strike>CHI</strike></td>
<td class="xl65">Signed with Chicago</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">RAY KAUNISTO</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>STJ</td>
<td>Spent first two pro seaons with Manchester, but toiiled in ECHL last year</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MATT KENNEDY</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>NOR</td>
<td>Decent size for bottom-six forward, but has played just 63 games over
past two years</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">PATRICK KILLEEN</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>SPR</td>
<td>Big (6-foot-4), but ECHL numbers haven't been good</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MATTHEW KIRZINGER</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>STJ</td>
<td>Undersized center did two-game ATO out of Ferris State</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">GARRETT KLOTZ</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>NOR</td>
<td>6-foot-6 fighter, but most AHL time has come on bad Adirondack teams</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">KANE LAFRANCHISE</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>HOU</td>
<td>Got some AHL time after two years in ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">ERIC LAMPE</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>NOR</td>
<td>Solid numbers in ECHL haven't translated to AHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">CODY LAMPL</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>GR</td>
<td>Fourth-year ECHL pro with two career AHL call-ups</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MICKEY LANG</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>RCK</td>
<td>83-point year in Central League more than doubled rookie totals</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><strike>THOMAS LARKIN</strike></td>
<td><strike>D</strike></td>
<td><strike>SPR</strike></td>
<td>Signed with Columbus</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">NICK LARSON</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>PEO</td>
<td>Five-game ATO after four years at Notre Dame</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">DAULTAN LEVEILLE</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>HAM</td>
<td>Michigan State grad, 2008 first-round pick spent most of rookie year in
ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><strike>TREVOR LEWIS</strike></td>
<td><strike>F</strike></td>
<td><strike>PEO</strike></td>
<td>Signed with San Antonio</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><strike>ERICK LIZON</strike></td>
<td><strike>RW</strike></td>
<td><strike>OKC</strike></td>
<td>Re-signed with Oklahoma City</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">NATHAN LONGPRE</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>PEO</td>
<td>Robert Morris grad has played for four AHL teams since early 2011</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">ANTHONY LUCIANI</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>SAN</td>
<td>ECHL production dropped sharply after 49-point rookie season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">TREVOR LUDWIG</td>
<td class="xl65">D</td>
<td class="xl65">HOU</td>
<td class="xl65">28-year-old has played for six AHL teams</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">TYLER LUDWIG</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>HOU</td>
<td>28-year-old has played 9 career AHL games, all with Texas teams</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">DAVID MACDONALD</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>PRO</td>
<td>Filled in on depleted blueline in playoffs after solid ECHL rookie year</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">KIRK MACDONALD</td>
<td class="xl65">RW</td>
<td class="xl65">HOU</td>
<td class="xl65">Reliable veteran AHL forward won Kelly Cup with Reading</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MAX MACKAY</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>BPT</td>
<td>Jack Capuano's nephew had six points in eight gms for Wheeling last year</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">WADE MACLEOD</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>SPR</td>
<td>Hasn't played since convulsing on ice in mid-February</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JAMIE MACQUEEN</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>LE</td>
<td>Undrafted Bemidji State rookie played 27 games in Lake Erie's bottom six</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">DANIEL MAGGIO</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>LE</td>
<td>6-3 rookie had 110 PIMs in 25 games with Monsters</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MIKE MARCOU</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>SAN</td>
<td>25 points in 54 ECHL games as rookie out of Umass-Amherst</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">BRANDON MARINO</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>NOR</td>
<td>Gifted scorer in lower minors made AHL debut at 26</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JAMES MARTIN</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>ABB</td>
<td>Big stay-at-home D spent most of last season in Utah (ECHL)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JOEY MARTIN</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>TEX</td>
<td>94 points in 123 career ECHL games, limited AHL time</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MIKE MATCZAK</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>ABB</td>
<td>Smallish offensive defenseman out of Yale entering third pro season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">KENDALL McFAULL</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>OKC</td>
<td>Shutdown D played two games on ATO out of juniors</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">ROB MIGNARDI</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>HOU</td>
<td>Two-time 30-goal scorer in OHL hasn't clicked in pros yet</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">KENTON MILLER</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>CHI</td>
<td>Six AHL games during 30-goal rookie seasons in Central League</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MARK MITERA</td>
<td class="xl65">D</td>
<td class="xl65">GR</td>
<td class="xl65">2006 Anaheim first-rounder won Kelly Cup with Reading last
year</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MIKE MONTGOMERY</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>HOU</td>
<td>6-3 stay-at-home D</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">TYLER MUROVICH</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>HAM</td>
<td>Two-game WBS Penguin from Pittsburgh split season between AHL,ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">PAT NAGLE</td>
<td class="xl65">G</td>
<td class="xl65">SYR</td>
<td class="xl65">Ferris State grad has been OK in ECHL in first two pro seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">KORY NAGY</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>ADK</td>
<td>Double-digit goal scorer in ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JOHN NEGRIN</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>LE</td>
<td>One-time Flames prospect split season between AHL, ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">TAYLOR NELSON</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>WOR</td>
<td>Ferris State grad spent rookie year in ECHL, going 11-20-5 with 3.53 GAA</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">CARL NIELSEN</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>SYR</td>
<td>Michigan Tech captain had two-game ATO</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">IAN O'CONNOR</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>MAN</td>
<td>Scored two goals in 17-game call-up from Reading</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">WES O'NEILL</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>HOU</td>
<td>6-4 D with five career NHL gms has spent most of last two years in ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">DREW OLSON</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>PEO</td>
<td>Five-game ATO out of Minnesota-Duluth</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><strike>DEAN OUELLET</strike></td>
<td><strike>C</strike></td>
<td><strike>HAM</strike></td>
<td>Signed with Arystan Temirtau (Kazakhstan)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">DAVID PACAN</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>SAN</td>
<td>6-foot-3 winger had 52 points in 57 ECHL games as a rookie</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">DANICK PAQUETTE</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>HER</td>
<td>Feisty 08 third-round pick hasn't climbed out of ECHL much in three pro
seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">SCOTT PARSE</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>ALB</td>
<td>Only played 15 games with Albany last year; injured and released in March</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">GAELEN PATTERSON</td>
<td class="xl65">C</td>
<td class="xl65">ABB</td>
<td class="xl65">Seventh-round pick seemed to slide down Calgary's depth chart</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JORDAN PEARCE</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>GR</td>
<td>Notre Dame grad has split four pro seasons between ECHL, AHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MICHAEL PELECH</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>PEO</td>
<td>Near point-per-game ECHL scorer got call-ups to three teams</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">BRETT PERLINI</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>LE</td>
<td>Has floundered since good junior year at Michigan State in 2010-11</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">REID PETRYK</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>LE</td>
<td>Two-game ATO after 16-goal season in WHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">CASEY PIERRO-ZABOTEL</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>CHA</td>
<td>Former Penguins draft pick had huge year in ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MATTHEW PISTILLI</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>CHA</td>
<td>Had real good year in ECHL but only three AHL games</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">SCOTT PITT</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>PEO</td>
<td>Five AHL games during 53-point sophomore ECHL season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">KEVIN QUICK</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>RCK</td>
<td>Spent most of last year in ECHL, but has 176 games of AHL experience</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">PRAB RAI</td>
<td class="xl65">C</td>
<td class="xl65">CHI</td>
<td class="xl65">Has played just 31 games since turning pro in 2010</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">CHRIS RAWLINGS</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>POR</td>
<td>Northeastern's career leader in shutouts did one-game ATO</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">CHRIS REED</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>LE</td>
<td>Ohio State grad got call-ups to three AHL teams last year in second pro
season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">HARRISON REED<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>LE</td>
<td>One-time Carolina prospect had 21 goals in ECHL, 14 games in AHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">CODY REICHARD</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>HOU</td>
<td>Rookie from Miami (Ohio) had solid seven-game AHL stay</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">TY RIMMER</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>MAN</td>
<td>WHL goalie did one-game ATO with Monarchs</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JEAN-MICHEL RIZK</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>NOR</td>
<td>Back-to-back 30-point seasons in ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><strike>JOSH ROBINSON</strike></td>
<td><strike>G</strike></td>
<td><strike>TEX</strike></td>
<td>Re-signed with Texas</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">BEN ROSEN</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>BPT</td>
<td>Did one-game ATO out of BU</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><strike>ADAM ROSS</strike></td>
<td><strike>D</strike></td>
<td><strike>HAM</strike></td>
<td>Signed with Cardiff Devils (Wales)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">ANDREW ROWE</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>NOR</td>
<td>Went to ECHL after two underwhelming seasons in ADK, posted 72 points</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">CARTER ROWNEY</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>ABB</td>
<td>Undrafted forward out of North Dakota with good size did four-game ATO</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MATHIEU ROY</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>LE</td>
<td>38-goal scorer in ECHL got three-game call-up to Monsters</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">DAVID RUTHERFORD</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>CHA</td>
<td>5-9 point-per-game scorer in lower minors</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">LEIGH SALTERS</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>CHA</td>
<td>6-4, 225-pounder has been successful ECHL power forward last two years</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">VINNY SAPONARI</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>STJ</td>
<td>Two points in seven-game ATO out of Northeastern</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JAMIE SCHAAFSMA</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>HOU</td>
<td>Veteran of Dutch league got one game with Aeros</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">NICK SCHAUS</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>NOR</td>
<td>Five pro teams in three years for Umass-Lowell grad</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">IAN SCHULTZ</td>
<td class="xl65">RW</td>
<td class="xl65">HAM</td>
<td class="xl65">Played for three ECHL teams, including Nailers, in third pro
year</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">STEPHEN SCHULTZ</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>BNG</td>
<td>Colorado college grad coming off big ECHL season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><strike>STEVEN SEIGO</strike></td>
<td><strike>D</strike></td>
<td><strike>ABB</strike></td>
<td>Signed in Finland</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">C.J. SEVERYN</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>CHA</td>
<td>Ohio State grad had 20 goals, 100 PIMs in ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JOEY SIDES</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>STJ</td>
<td>Point-per-game scorer in lower minors, 27, earned six-game call-up</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">RUSS SINKEWICH</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>POR</td>
<td>Journeyman has played for eight teams since turning pro in 2008</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">PETER SIVAK</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>WOR</td>
<td>31-year-old Czech had five points in nine-game call up in first North
American season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">ERIK SPADY</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>GR</td>
<td>Second-year pro out of Northern Michigan got first AHL game last year</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">JOE STEJSKAL</td>
<td class="xl65">D</td>
<td class="xl65">HAM</td>
<td class="xl65">Stay-at-home D spent year on AHL-ECHL bubble</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><strike>STEFAN STEPANOV</strike></td>
<td><strike>D</strike></td>
<td><strike>ALB</strike></td>
<td>Signed with Atlant Mytishchi (KHL)</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">DEAN STRONG</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>LE</td>
<td>Undersized 27-year-old from UVM; has some AHL experience</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">GARY STEFFES</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>LE</td>
<td>Central League scorer got 16 AHL games in third pro season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">COREY SYVRET</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>TOR</td>
<td>Scoreless in 11-game call up from ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><strike>MIKAEL TAM</strike></td>
<td><strike>D</strike></td>
<td><strike>WOR</strike></td>
<td>Signed with Lake Erie</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MATT TASSONE</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>LE</td>
<td>Got 13 AHL games in third pro season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">DANIEL TETRAULT</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>PEO</td>
<td>13th-year pro got his first AHL call-up since 2002-03</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">DAINE TODD</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>TEX</td>
<td>Made pro debut at 26 after four years at Canadian college</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MATHIEU TOUSIGNANT</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>STJ</td>
<td>Fallen off a bit since 10-goal, 100-PIM season in 10-11</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">HUNTER TREMBLAY</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>STJ</td>
<td>Lengthy absence from line-up due to concussion-like sysmptoms</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">NICOLAS TREMBLAY</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>PRO</td>
<td>Point-per-game scorer in ECHL got five-game call-up to AHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">NICK TUZZOLINO</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>ABB</td>
<td>One-time WBS camp invitee has put up points, PIMs in ECHL but not AHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><strike>DENNY URBAN</strike></td>
<td><strike>D</strike></td>
<td><strike>WOR</strike></td>
<td>Signed with San Antonio</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MARC-OLIVIER VALLERAND</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>NOR</td>
<td>Has improved ECHL numbers every year, 67 points last season</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">TAYLOR VAUSE</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>TEX</td>
<td>Undersized center had 17 points in 55-game rookie season out of WHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">MITCH WAHL</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>ADK</td>
<td>08 second-rounder has been in ECHL more than AHL last two seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">DANE WALTERS</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>WOR</td>
<td>Had three-game ATO after wrapping up career at Western Michigan</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">SHAWN WELLER</td>
<td>LW</td>
<td>STJ</td>
<td>South Glens Falls native helped ECHL Stockton to Kelly Cup Finals</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">SEAN WILES</td>
<td>RW</td>
<td>BPT</td>
<td>6-3 26-goal scorer in ECHL</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">BEN WILSON</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>LE</td>
<td>Call-up depth for Lake Erie the last two seasons</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">WILLIAM WRENN</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>TEX</td>
<td>Was one of highest-scoring rookie D in ECHL before call-up</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">BEN YOUDS</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>RCK</td>
<td>Was full-time AHL defnseman as rookie, but played on ECHL-AHL bubble last
year</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">TEIGAN ZAHN</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>OKC</td>
<td>Five AHL games for rookie out of U. of Calgary</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Until next time,<br />
MC
Saratogianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08766916821888056371noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-74718127179301957112013-07-03T11:41:00.000-07:002013-07-10T15:03:20.922-07:00Updated Contract Statuses, Depth Chart 7/3With Monday's acquisition of center Kris Newbury, plus the news that four Adirondack Phantoms players received qualifying offers and two more didn't, this seems like as good a time as any to update the contract chart. Here's how everything stands at this hour, days shy of NHL free agency:<br />
<br />
<table border=".5">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Player Name</td>
<td>2012-13 Contract Type</td>
<td>2013-14 Contract Status</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Jason Akeson (RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Brandon Alderson (W)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">ATO</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED - NHL</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Mark Alt (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">ATO</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED - NHL</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Rob Bordson (LW/C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED - AHL</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Brian Boucher (G)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA </span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Marc-Andre Bourdon (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Tyler Brown (LW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Nick Cousins (C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Jeff Dimmen (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">SIGNED - ASIA*</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Cullen Eddy (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Zack FitzGerald (LW/D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Kyle Flanagan (C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">ATO</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED - NHL</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Erik Gustafsson (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: purple;">QUALIFIED RFA</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Shane Harper (RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">TRADED - NYI</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Cal Heeter (G)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Ben Holmstrom (RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Tyler Hostetter (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Andrew Johnston (F)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Blake Kessel (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: magenta;">NOW UFA</span></span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Matt Konan (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">David Laliberte (LW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Oliver Lauridsen (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: purple;">QUALIFIED RFA</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Andreas Lilja (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">SIGNED - SWEDEN</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Brandon Manning (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: purple;">QUALIFIED RFA</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Matt Mangene (F)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Derek Mathers (RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Tye McGinn (LW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Scott Munroe (G)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">SIGNED - SWEDEN</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Marcel Noebels (LW/C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Garrett Roe (C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Jon Sim (LW/RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Ian Slater (LW/C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Danny Syvret (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="color: blue;">TRADED</span><span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="color: blue;"> - NYR</span></span></span></span></td>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Mitch Wahl (C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;">NOW UFA</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Eric Wellwood (F)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #005000;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white;">QUALIFIED RFA</span></span></span></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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*Thanks to @JoshJanet for the tip. <a href="https://twitter.com/37hockey/status/349509385178976256">This went through a couple weeks ago</a>, but I missed it.<br />
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One thing that immediately jumps off the page from that chart is that there's a pretty solid core of Phantoms who are under contract for next season. There are 18 players who have played for the team before already signed to contracts, plus an additional four players who received qualifying offers.<br />
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The Phantoms also have goalie Carsen Chubak under contract for next season, while the Flyers have signed defenseman Maxim Lamarche and forwards Michael Raffl and Peter Straka. Add in Newbury and you're now looking at some 28 players who are candidates for positions in Glens Falls. Here's another few tables, which include everyone the Flyers or Phantoms have under contract for next year.<br />
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NHL LOCKS<br />
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<table border=".5">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">LW</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">C</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">RW</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">HARTNELL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">GIROUX</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">VORACEK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">B. SCHENN</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">LECAVALIER</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">SIMMONDS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">TALBOT</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">COUTURIER</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">READ</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">ROSEHILL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">HALL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">RINALDO</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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<table border=".5"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">D</td><td style="text-align: center;">D</td><td style="text-align: center;">G</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">TIMONEN</td><td style="text-align: center;">STREIT</td><td style="text-align: center;">MASON</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">L. SCHENN</td><td style="text-align: center;">MESZAROS</td><td style="text-align: center;">EMERY</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">GROSSMANN</td><td style="text-align: center;">COBURN</td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">PRONGER*</td><td style="text-align: center;">GERVAIS</td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<br />
NHL BUBBLE<br />
<br />
<table border=".5">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">LW</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">C</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">RW</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">McGINN</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">LAUGHTON</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AKESON</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">RAFFL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NEWBURY</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">HOLMSTROM</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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<table border=".5"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">D</td><td style="text-align: center;">D</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b>GUSTAFSSON</b></td><td style="text-align: center;">BOURDON*</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b>LAURIDSEN</b></td><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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PHANTOMS<br />
<br />
<table border=".5"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">LW</td><td style="text-align: center;">C</td><td style="text-align: center;">RW</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">NOEBELS</td><td style="text-align: center;">FLANAGAN</td><td style="text-align: center;">STRAKA</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">MANGENE</td><td style="text-align: center;"><i>BORDSON</i></td><td style="text-align: center;">ALDERSON</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">BROWN</td><td style="text-align: center;">COUSINS</td><td style="text-align: center;">MATHERS</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b>WELLWOOD</b>*</td><td style="text-align: center;">JOHNSTON</td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table border=".5"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">D</td><td style="text-align: center;">D</td><td style="text-align: center;">G</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b>MANNING</b></td><td style="text-align: center;">KONAN</td><td style="text-align: center;">DANIS</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">LAMARCHE </td><td style="text-align: center;">EDDY</td><td style="text-align: center;">HEETER</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">ALT</td><td style="text-align: center;">HOSTETTER</td><td style="text-align: center;"><i>CHUBAK</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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*Injured<br />
<i>AHL CONTRACT </i><br />
<b>Qualified, but needs to be formally signed. </b><i><b><br /></b></i><br />
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A couple of things. The wings are fluid, since the Flyers have a lot of centers that are also capable of playing on the wings. Take that as you will. Right away, though, you realize that there aren't that many spots up for grabs in Philadelphia's training camp this year. I'd say that eight of their top nine forward spots are set, and you're probably looking for two additional forwards to make the big club. That's where the NHL bubble table comes into play. I'd like to think that McGinn will take one of the spots, based on how well he played when he was down here, but the team said some pretty glowing things about Raffl when they signed him. They think he could be NHL ready. We'll just have to see.<br />
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Laughton is an impressive kid who the Flyers like a lot. I think he gets another spot up top. Then you could take the rest of those players from the bubble table and add them to the Phantoms. The exception is Laughton, who is either going to the NHL or juniors this season. But if Akeson, Newbury and Holmstrom all come down, I think that doesn't look like a bad group of forwards. Still a little bit on the younger side, but it's clear that's been the Flyers preference over the past few seasons.<br />
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UPDATES: The Flyers re-signed Adam Hall Thursday, he's been added to the "NHL Locks" table. That's a good signing for the bottom six, and it now makes securing a spot out of training camp much more difficult for the bubble players. They're now competing for one roster spot, maybe two. They also added one-time Phantom (literally, he played one game here) Ray Emery to play goaltender. Later Friday, they signed former Oklahoma City Baron Yann Danis to a contract. <a href="http://saratogian.com/articles/2013/07/05/sports/doc51d7073939dde259828262.txt">That's a big deal.</a><br />
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What does that say about the free agency prospects? Well, if the Flyers are in the market for a couple of depth players to round out their AHL roster, that will take away ice time from some of their younger prospects. And there are a lot of kids -- as you can see from the tables -- that they're trying to develop this year. There are benefits to signing some veterans, though, and you can see that the Flyers turned a bit of a corner when they brought aboard Jon Sim and David Laliberte in the second half of the season. I think that they could really stand to benefit from another veteran winger come Friday.<br />
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The reality is, though, there aren't a lot of roster spots available within the organization at forward. <br />
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I still think Erik Gustafsson, who is eligible for waivers, has probably played his last game in Glens Falls, unless you account for a conditioning assignment. But Manning and Lauridsen are exempt from waivers, so they've got a pretty good chance to return. Wellwood will have some work to do to get back into game shape once he returns from that Achillies injury, estimated to be in January. He's also eligible for waivers, according to CapGeek, but his situation is a little different given that injury.<br />
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They're also probably going to have to trade one of Braydon Coburn or
Andrej Meszaros up top to give themselves some salary cap relief, which
would increase Gustafsson's chances of sticking in the NHL. Defensive depth really isn't this organization's strength. They could really benefit from picking up one or two guys through free agency when that opens. Some of the best available at the AHL level are Andre Benoit, Bobby Sanguinetti and Nate Guenin, a former Flyers prospect who had a career season with Norfolk. Nick Holden also had a really good season with the Springfield Falcons.<br />
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They're still sort of young at goalie, too. <strike>They need to sign an NHL back-up</strike>, but it probably wouldn't hurt to have another Scott Munroe in the fold. A guy who wouldn't mind being the back-up to Heeter, but would be able to make a spot start or two in the NHL if the Flyers absolutely needed him to. <i><b>EDIT: Danis fits that bill.</b></i> But if you include Laughton, and the four qualifying offers, they're already at 49 contracts. (Updated to include Thursday afternoon's Hall signing and Friday afternoon's addition of Ray Emery from Chicago and Danis). They don't have a lot of room to spare. If Laughton goes back to juniors, his contract doesn't count. They also have goalie Anthony Stolarz under contract, but he'll probably go back to juniors as well. Accordingly, I haven't included him in the 50-contract calculations.<br />
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Jonathan Bombulie of The (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) Citizens' Voice and myself hope to have the list of the top AHL free agents live online later this afternoon, or tomorrow at the latest. We ranked the top 300 and did a brief bio on the rest of them. I'll be sure to Tweet out a link to that when it's live online.Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-74243604024873423482013-07-02T12:58:00.000-07:002013-07-02T13:45:53.567-07:00Syvret speaks 7/2By MICHAEL CIGNOLI<br />
mcignoli@saratogian.com<br />
Twitter.com/MCSaratogian<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScr2zrGP7x1txrs93MCypxTe1iuFY_1imV88XwWNl3YJZPkRCBV9we6Po9T5xtJcFSn1hBJq86UfpjmL1ZqIr88Z-BLfJ9nXLlNXNE61GU6Wo088nEDnmY4O_M0e7cOR54FyHBFupse4/s576/doc508745ab6d071215909720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScr2zrGP7x1txrs93MCypxTe1iuFY_1imV88XwWNl3YJZPkRCBV9we6Po9T5xtJcFSn1hBJq86UfpjmL1ZqIr88Z-BLfJ9nXLlNXNE61GU6Wo088nEDnmY4O_M0e7cOR54FyHBFupse4/s320/doc508745ab6d071215909720.jpg" width="246" /></a>GLENS FALLS -- Adirondack Phantoms defenseman Danny Syvret wasn’t too surprised to hear the news that he’d been traded to the New York Rangers, but he did think that his destination was somewhat ironic.
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Not because the two Atlantic Division rivals had not been trading partners since March 2004, when the then-moribund Rangers had a fire sale, but for something that happened later that summer.
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Syvret, then 19, had just gone unselected in his second National Hockey League entry draft when the Rangers extended him an invitation to their prospect evaluation camp in western Canada.
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That wound up being a pretty good move for Syvret’s professional hockey career. The veteran blueliner said that experience prepared him for Team Canada’s World Junior camp, held days later.
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“It was a month-long thing in Calgary,” Syvret said in a telephone interview Tuesday. “From there, I literally just walked next door to the summer camp for the World Junior team for Team Canada.”
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Syvret made that team and went on to have a career season, winning Ontario Hockey League and Canadian Hockey League Defenseman of the Year honors as his London Knights captured the Memorial Cup. The Edmonton Oilers drafted him as a 20-year-old in the third round of the 2005 draft, and he began an eight-year professional career that’s taken him on a tour of North America.
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His latest stop? Hopefully Broadway.
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The Philadelphia Flyers <a href="http://saratogian.com/articles/2013/07/01/sports/doc51d23aeced0d5811215891.txt">traded the 28-year-old Syvret to the Rangers Monday for veteran forward Kris Newbury</a>, an elite AHL scorer and a viable option as a bottom-six NHL call-up.
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Syvret, one of the premier puck-moving defenseman in the AHL, is poised to either spend the upcoming season with the Rangers or their AHL affiliate, the Hartford (Conn.) Wolf Pack.
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“It wasn’t a huge surprise,” Syvret said of the trade in the telephone interview. “I wasn’t really expecting a trade, but I obviously know near the draft that anything can really happen. Seeing how things ended with the Flyers and bringing up a lot of prospects, I think, for me, it’s sort of a good move.
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“At the end of the day, your goal is to play at the highest level you can possibly play. Obviously, everybody dreams of playing in the NHL and I still obviously want to play in the NHL.”
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It became increasingly clear that that’s something that wasn’t in the cards with the Flyers.
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Syvret signed a two-year, two-way contract with Philadelphia before the start of last season. The contract paid him $275,000 in the AHL, according to CapGeek.com. That made him eligible for re-entry waivers under the terms of the old collective bargaining agreement, so the Flyers risked losing him and having 50 percent of his deal count against their salary cap if they called him up.
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Once the NHL lockout was settled, however, re-entry waivers were eliminated. There was nothing preventing the Flyers from calling him up. But even as their blue line was decimated by injuries later in the season, the Flyers kept him in Glens Falls. The coveted NHL call-ups went to younger prospects like Erik Gustafsson, Oliver Lauridsen, Brandon Manning and rookie Matt Konan.
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“They wanted their younger guys to be playing, which is the right thing to do,” Syvret said. “Obviously, me moving to a different team is hopefully better for me, for my personal status.”
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The Rangers, who fired coach John Tortorella and replaced him with former Canucks boss Alain Vigneault, are in the midst of retooling their defensive corps. At Sunday’s draft, they dealt Benn Ferriero and a draft pick to the Minnesota Wild for Justin Falk. They now have Syvret, who is the lone defenseman to record 40 or more points in each of the past three AHL seasons, in the fold. <br />
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He became the first Flyers player traded to the Rangers since Philadelphia dealt Rick Kozak and a draft pick to the Rangers for Russian blueliner Vladimir Malakhov at the 2004 trade deadline.
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“I know a bunch of guys on the Rangers that I have either played with or played against growing up,” Syvret said in the phone interview. “It was ironic. A bunch of them actually texted me, which was a pretty nice feeling. I’m not sure what to expect. … Maybe it’s good for me to have a fresh start with a new coach that’s coming in. I just have to give myself the best chance possible to make the team out of training camp, and if not just keep playing hard and hopefully my time will come.”
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Syvret was junior hockey teammates with Dan Girardi and played against Rangers captain Ryan Callahan. He played with winger Darroll Powe in the Flyers organization. He said he did not know too many players on the Wolf Pack roster, joking that he’s a little older than them, but welcomed the chance to be a veteran mentor to the younger defensive prospects if he is assigned to the AHL.
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“I like having that role on a team,” Syvret said. “If guys look up to you, I try to carry myself pretty professionally and hopefully that sheds off onto other players. If they gain any sort of experience, skills or knowledge from me, I’m grateful. I enjoy watching young guys succeed, that’s for sure.”
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He said Newbury, who he has played against in both the OHL and AHL, would be a good fit for the Phantoms. The center is one of just two players to record 60 or more points in each of the past three AHL seasons, but he’s also a 31-year-old veteran who can show younger players the ropes.<br />
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Newbury still has to clear waivers before he can be assigned to the Phantoms, however.
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“He’s a gritty player, but in the AHL he utilizes his skills a lot more on puck possession than he does in the NHL,” Syvret said in the telephone interview. “He plays more of a third-line or fourth-line role (in the NHL). Obviously, he has the skill to produce at the AHL level. Playing against him, he’s a hard player to play against because he’s pretty poised with the puck and has good vision. I think he’s going to work very well with a bunch of young players coming in there.”
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Though he’s leaving the Flyers organization, Syvret wished the Phantoms nothing but the best.
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“I had a lot of fun there, met a lot of good people,” Syvret said. “It was sort of disappointing that when we were with the Phantoms in Adirondack, we never really made the playoffs. Hopefully this year for them and for the fans, because they’re pretty supportive despite the type of teams we’ve had.
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“They’re deserving of a pretty good team. Hopefully the young kids play well next year and make the playoffs and give the fans something to be excited about.”Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-59492690410090043652013-07-01T17:28:00.000-07:002013-07-02T08:56:55.835-07:00Reported qualifying offers 7/1Four players who saw time with the Adirondack Phantoms last season have reportedly received qualifying offers, a procedural move that allows the Philadelphia Flyers to retain their exclusive rights before the National Hockey League’s free agency period opens Friday.<br />
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The <a href="http://blogs.courierpostonline.com/flyers/2013/07/01/flyers-extend-qualifying-offers-to-four-players/">Camden (N.J.) Courier-Post newspaper reported on Monday</a> the Flyers issued the offers to winger Eric Wellwood and defensemen Erik Gustafsson, Oliver Lauridsen and Brandon Manning. The newspaper also reported the Flyers did not issue the offers to Phantoms defenseman Blake Kessel and center Mitch Wahl, which will make the two of them unrestricted free agents effective July 5.<br />
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Accordingly, Kessel and Wahl will be free to sign with any team. Wellwood, Gustafsson, Lauridsen and Manning could theoretically do the same, but Philadelphia’s reported action Monday means that another NHL team would have to first sign one of those four players to an offer sheet. The Flyers could then either match that offer, or decide to let the player walk and receive some form of compensation from the other team. However, signing AHL-level players to an offer sheet is a rarity.<br />
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The qualifying offers are based on what the players earned last season, but players do not automatically have to accept that. They could reject them and take the team to arbitration.<br />
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Gustafsson, Lauridsen, Manning and Wellwood all saw time with the Flyers last season. Gustafsson had eight points in 27 games, while Lauridsen and Manning played well filling in for injured players. Wellwood is not scheduled to return until at least January while he recovers from his Achilles injury. <br />
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Kessel spent most of his sophomore season in the ECHL, where he ranked second among all defenders with 41 points, but he had fallen deeply down the Flyers’ depth chart since last year. He was basically only ranked above Tyler Hostetter, who did not get into any AHL games this season.<br />
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Wahl was acquired in the trade that sent Mike Testwuide to Calgary in late February. There was hope that the center might be able to channel some of the prolific numbers he put up in junior hockey, but he only recorded four points in 15 games. The Flyers subsequently assigned him back to the ECHL’s Utah Grizzlies, where he had spent much of the past two seasons, for that team's playoff run.<br />
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Not bringing them back gives the Flyers some room heading into free agency, which begins July 5. Teams are allowed to sign 50 players to NHL contracts. By my count, the Flyers are currently at 44. That includes the four players who were tendered qualifying offers, but have not yet signed them. It also includes Scott Laughton, whose contract would not count if he is sent back to juniors. It does not include Anthony Stolarz, whose contract would only count if he plays professionally this year. It also includes Chris Pronger, who is expected to spend this entire season on long-term injured reserve.<br />
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They still need to sign a goalie to complement Steve Mason, which would give them 45 contracts. They may look to add another three or four players, likely non-goaltenders, in free agency to round out their NHL and AHL rosters. Teams like to have some wiggle room against the 50-contract limit.<br />
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The Flyers had one other player who was due to be a restricted free agent, winger Shane Harper, but they traded him to the Islanders in the Mark Streit deal. Harper did not receive a qualifying offer, <a href="https://twitter.com/StapeNewsday/status/349258117399322624">Newsday reported</a>, and will accordingly become an unrestricted free agent like Kessel and Wahl. <br />
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Stay tuned this week for the revelation of the AHL Big Board, a list of the best available free agents at this level, a joint production between Jonathan Bombulie of The (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) Citizens' Voice and myself. Look for that to go live tomorrow or Wednesday. Ill also have another rundown of the Adirondack and Philadelphia depth charts at some point before free agency opens on Friday.<br />
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<br />Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-59484022445694238592013-07-01T16:28:00.000-07:002013-07-01T16:28:22.688-07:00Newbury acquired 7/1The Adirondack Phantoms lost an elite puck-moving American Hockey League defenseman on Monday, but are poised to receive something they desperately needed in return.
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A bona fide AHL scorer.
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The Philadelphia Flyers traded Danny Syvret to the New York Rangers in exchange for center Kris Newbury, a top-line AHL power forward who has netted 60-plus points in three straight seasons.
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The straight-up exchange was announced by the Flyers on Monday evening.
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Newbury, 31, has amassed 142 goals, 439 points and 1,332 penalty minutes in a 599-game AHL career. The 5-foot-11, 205-pounder is one of just two AHL players to net 60 or more points in each of the past three AHL seasons. The other, T.J. Hensick, has signed a contract to play the upcoming season in Sweden.
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The Phantoms haven’t had a 60-point scorer on their roster since Jon Matsumoto netted 62 points in 2009-10. They only scored 182 goals last season, the lowest total in the 17-year history of the franchise.
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The trade doesn’t necessarily guarantee Newbury will spend the coming season in Glens Falls.
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He still has to clear waivers before he can be assigned to the AHL, but he projects as a bottom-six forward in the NHL. An NHL club would want to keep him on its roster at the start of the season. He has recorded just four goals, nine points and 132 penalty minutes in his 72-game NHL career.
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However, Newbury didn’t come to the Flyers organization cheap.
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Syvret, 28, is the only defenseman to record 40-plus points in each of the past three AHL seasons. An alternate captain with Adirondack, he was a fixture on the team’s power play, on which he recorded a team-best 25 points. He had 27 total points in the 43 games after the NHL lockout ended.
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There was nothing blocking Syvret from a call-up to the NHL once the new collective bargaining agreement was approved in January and re-entry waivers, which were based on a player’s salary, were eliminated.
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But the Flyers never called the veteran up, even as their blue line was decimated by injuries at the tail end of the season. They instead went with younger options in Erik Gustafsson, Brandon Manning, Oliver Lauridsen and even rookie Matt Konan, who all filled in admirably in the NHL.
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The Rangers, therefore, might offer Syvret a better chance to play some additional NHL games. He has three goals and seven points in 59 career NHL appearances, compared to 46 goals and 252 points in 483 AHL contests.
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Both Syvret and Newbury will play the final year of their two-year contracts this season.Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-38948094629818368722013-06-20T12:15:00.001-07:002013-06-20T12:23:21.024-07:00Who's signed for next year 6/20The Adirondack Phantoms news of this Thursday afternoon is that center Rob Bordson gave up a shot at being an unrestricted free agent to re-sign an American Hockey League contract with the club. This is a good move for the Phantoms, who lock down the player that was their best defensive center and penalty killer last year and also established new AHL career highs with 12 goals and 25 points. I have a call in to Bordson, who was spending the afternoon golfing, and hope to hear back from him soon.<br />
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Now that the Calder Cup finals are over -- congratulations to Albany Academy's Brian Lashoff and the Grand Rapids Griffins, who beat Syracuse in six games -- and the Stanley Cup Finals are winding down, it seems like a good time to hit the reset button and take a look at where this season's Phantoms stand for the coming campaign, at least as far as their contracts are concerned. Below, I've basically listed all of the Phantoms players alphabetically and included some annotations for each of them. <br />
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I didn't bother including players like Brayden Schenn, Sean Couturier or Zac Rinaldo, who did not see any time with the Phantoms once the lockout ended. They have seen the last of these parts. I also did not include Scott Laughton, who is not eligible to play in the AHL until his junior season ends.<br />
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<table border=".5">
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<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Player Name</td>
<td>2012-13 Contract Type</td>
<td>2013-14 Contract Status</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Jason Akeson (RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Brandon Alderson (W)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">ATO</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED - NHL</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Mark Alt (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">ATO</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED - NHL</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Rob Bordson (LW/C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED - AHL</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Brian Boucher (G)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Marc-Andre Bourdon (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Tyler Brown (LW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Nick Cousins (C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Jeff Dimmen (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Cullen Eddy (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Zack FitzGerald (LW/D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Kyle Flanagan (C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">ATO</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED - NHL</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Erik Gustafsson (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;">RFA</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Shane Harper (RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">TRADED - NYI</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Cal Heeter (G)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Ben Holmstrom (RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Tyler Hostetter (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Andrew Johnston (F)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Blake Kessel (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;">RFA</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Matt Konan (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">David Laliberte (LW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Oliver Lauridsen (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;">RFA</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Andreas Lilja (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">SIGNED - SWEDEN</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Brandon Manning (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;">RFA</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Matt Mangene (F)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Derek Mathers (RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Tye McGinn (LW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Scott Munroe (G)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">SIGNED - SWEDEN</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Marcel Noebels (LW/C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Garrett Roe (C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Jon Sim (LW/RW)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Ian Slater (LW/C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">AHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">UFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Danny Syvret (D)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d;">SIGNED</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Mitch Wahl (C)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;">RFA</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Eric Wellwood (F)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">NHL</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;">RFA</span></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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UFA means the player is an unrestricted free agent, and thus free to sign with any team in any league. RFA means the player is a restricted free agent, so the Flyers would have to extend them a qualifying offer to retain their rights. If the Flyers don't give them a qualifying offer, they would become a UFA. Those players who are listed with blue annotations have signed or been traded elsewhere.<br />
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Most of the players listed as "signed" have no change in their contract status from this past season. If they were on an NHL deal, they remain on an NHL deal. The exceptions are guys like Mark Alt, Brandon Alderson and Kyle Flanagan, who spent the end of 2012-13 with the Phantoms on amateur try-out deals after their collegiate and junior seasons ended. Their NHL contracts will kick in this fall.<br />
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The following junior, college or European players have also been signed to contracts for the coming season: D Maxim Lamarche, F Michael Raffl, F Peter Straka and G Carsen Chubak (AHL). Be sure to keep an eye out on this blog, because I'm compiling a list of the best available AHL free agents. That'll probably run a little bit closer to the July 5 start of the NHL's free agency period.<br />
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Until next time,<br />
MCMichael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-40197982896577558352013-06-17T17:45:00.000-07:002013-06-17T20:17:43.921-07:00Report: Munroe heading to Sweden 6/17When the Adirondack Phantoms signed rookie goaltender Carsen Chubak to a contract last month, it appeared to signal the end of Scott Munroe’s tenure with the Phantoms.<br />
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The goaltender formally parted ways with the team on Monday, according to a Swedish report.<br />
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Munroe signed a contract to play for the Swedish Elite League’s Vaxjo Lakers, according to an article published in the Aftonbladet newspaper. The contract’s terms were not available Monday, but Aftonbladet reported he appears to be a frontrunner for the team’s starting job because his predecessor, former National Hockey League goalie Fredrik Norrena, returned home to play in his native Finland.<br />
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Munroe did not immediately return a message seeking comment.<br />
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The 31-year-old has played all but one of his seven professional seasons in the American Hockey League.<br />
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He spent 2010-11 with Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League before signing AHL deals with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in 2011-12 and Adirondack last year.<br />
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He went 12-16 for the Phantoms, recording a 2.76 goals-against average and .913 save percentage. But he appeared in just 11 of Adirondack’s final 45 games and was often a healthy scratch after the Philadelphia Flyers acquired NHL journeyman Brian Boucher in a January trade. With three goalies on the roster, Munroe underwent season-ending knee surgery in April to repair cartilage. It was not expected to impact his off-season training.<br />
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Munroe leaves the Phantoms ranked second in franchise history in goalie saves (4,510), games (165) and wins (76), though most of them came during his three-plus years with the Philadelphia Phantoms.<br />
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Munroe has not had a NHL contract since the end of the 2009-10 season.<br />
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His departure appears to solidify the Phantoms’ goaltending tandem for the upcoming campaign.<br />
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They have Chubak, a Niagara University product who was one of ten finalists for the 2012-13 Hobey Baker Award, signed to an AHL contract. Cal Heeter will be in the second season of his entry-level NHL deal.<br />
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Boucher, 36, will become an unrestricted free agent July 5.<br />
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Munroe isn't the only Phantoms player headed to Sweden.<br />
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In April, defenseman Andreas Lilja signed a two-year contract to play for Rogle BK. Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-58553606539402877132013-06-17T15:59:00.000-07:002013-06-17T18:24:36.414-07:00Report: Streit signed 6/17 (UPDATE)Less than a week after dealing Shane Harper and a draft pick to the New York Islanders for the rights to Mark Streit, the Philadelphia Flyers have agreed to terms with the defenseman, according to TSN.<br />
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The Flyers, meanwhile, say there is "nothing to report" on that front.<br />
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Darren Dreger reported Streit agreed to <a href="https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/346753146439217152">every detail of a four-year, $21 million contract that will pay him $5.25 per season</a>, but he can not physically sign the contract until the Flyers have enough cap space. Dave Issac of the Camden Courier-Post did a pretty good job at explaining their current cap situation in a story that went online this morning, <a href="http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20130617/SPORTS04/306170038/For-now-Flyers-limited-offseason-options">which you can check out by clicking this link</a>. <br />
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But Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren issued a statement later Monday: "We continue to have talks with Mark's agent. Although there is nothing
to report, we remain confident that we will get something done."<br />
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If Streit is signed for that price, it would almost assuredly guarantee a couple of big roster shake-ups in Philadelphia.<br />
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With the salary cap dropping from $70.2 million to $64.3 million next season, it's difficult to imagine a scenario where the Flyers keep forward Danny Briere, who has two years left on a contract with a $6.5 million cap hit, and goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov, who has seven years left on a deal with a $5.66 million cap hit. NHL clubs can use two contract buyouts to help them comply with the lower salary cap, but that window does not open until 48 hours after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. <br />
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If Streit signs and the Flyers don't buy out or move a defenseman, they would have seven NHL-ready blueliners under contract for next season: Streit, Kimmo Timonen, Braydon Coburn, Nicklas Grossmann, Andrej Meszaros, Luke Schenn and Bruno Gervais. That list does not include Chris Pronger, who is expected to remain on long-term injured reserve, or Marc-Andre Bourdon, who has not played since Nov. 30, 2012, while recovering from his second concussion in less than a year.<br />
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Grossman has some health issues of his own, as he is recovering from a concussion that Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren has publicly said led to "vestibular issues."<br />
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Adirondack Phantoms products Erik Gustafsson, Oliver Lauridsen and Brandon Manning, who all finished 2012-13 with the Flyers, are all restricted free agents. Lauridsen and Manning are exempt from waivers, which makes them more likely to return to Adirondack if the Flyers re-sign them. But Gustafsson would not be exempt from waivers next season, according to CapGeek.com. If the Flyers bring him back and try to send him to Adirondack, he could be claimed by another NHL team.<br />
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Bourdon, who is under contract for next season, is also no longer exempt from waivers.<br />
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<br />Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-53731701763319447072013-06-12T11:38:00.002-07:002013-06-12T11:41:20.431-07:00Harper dealt to Islanders 6/12Because he signed a try-out with the Adirondack Phantoms at the end of his junior career, Shane Harper was one of just four players who had suited up for the team in each season of its existence.<br />
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He won't be back for the team's fifth season in Glens Falls.<br />
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The Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday dealt the winger, an impending restricted free agent, and a fourth-round pick to the New York Islanders for soon-to-be-unrestricted-free-agent defenseman Mark Streit, a perennial point-producer and former all-star that can significantly strengthen their blue line.<br />
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Harper was not immediately available for comment, though a message was left on his cell phone.<br />
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Harper was a prolific scorer in his junior hockey career with the WHL's Everett Silvertips, and ranked sixth in that league with 42 goals during his overage season, 2009-10. But he was never able to replicate that success at the AHL level, netting just 41 points in 143 games over four seasons.<br />
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The California native's most productive season with the Phantoms came in 2011-12, when he produced 13-14-27 in 70 games and scored the overtime game-winner in the AHL Outdoor Classic at Citizens Bank Park. But he fell off sharply under Phantoms coach Terry Murray this season, netting just 5-5-10 in 48 games, and was demoted to the ECHL's Trenton Titans on more than one occasion.<br />
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Meanwhile, sources <a href="https://twitter.com/StapeNewsday/statuses/341952704626700288">told Newsday</a> that Streit wasn't planning on returning to the Islanders, that the captain turned down the team's best offer and he was planning on testing free agency on July 5. The Flyers could have pushed for him then, but they now have a few weeks to try and get a deal in place before any team can make their pitch. If they get a deal done, they get an established puck-mover who has produced 65-223-288 in 491 NHL games and can help quarterback the team's power play.<br />
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"Mark is a player we would have had interest in on July 5," <a href="http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=673683" target="_blank">Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren told the Flyers' website</a>.
"We now have exclusive negotiating rights and we are hopeful that we
can get an agreement in place prior to him becoming an unrestricted free
agent." <br />
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If they don't lock Streit up, it's not like they sold the farm to get his rights. Harper was going to be a restricted free agent this summer, so they would have had to tender him a qualifying offer to retain his rights. NHL teams are only allotted 50 contracts, and the Flyers have a bevy of prospects who are turning pro and will begin to count against that limit. Mark Alt, Kyle Flanagan, Petr Straka, Maxim Lamarche and Michael Raffl immediately come to mind. Harper becomes expandable in that case.<br />
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Harper finishes his Phantoms career 10th on the team's all-time games played list with 143. The other Phantoms to play in all four seasons in Glens Falls are Ben Holmstrom, Marc-Andre Bourdon and Erik Gustafsson. <br />
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<br />Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-87436472167848388542013-05-31T14:16:00.000-07:002013-06-09T14:17:10.154-07:00Lamarche, Raffl signedPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Michael Raffl and Ian Lamarche have signed
free-agent contracts with the Philadelphia Flyers, and may be headed to
the Adirondack Phantoms during the 2013-14 season.<br /><br />Raffl, a
24-year-old left wing, has played for Leskands IF in Sweden for two
years. He led the club with 24 goals and 46 points this past season and
helped lead the squad to a regular season championship in the
HockeyAllsvenskan, Sweden’s second-highest professional hockey league.<br /><br />Meanwhile,
Lamarche is a 20-year-old defenseman who last played for Baie-Comeau of
the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He finished with 43 points in 55
games during the 2012-13 season, and also boasted an impressive plus-31
plus/minus rating.Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-42990379515328948102013-05-30T19:59:00.000-07:002013-05-30T20:00:23.134-07:00QMJHL defenseman says he signs with Flyers 5/30One item of note to pass along from this evening. Baie-Comeau (QMJHL) defenseman Maxim Lamarche Tweeted on Thursday that he has signed his first pro contract with the Philadelphia Flyers.<br />
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The Flyers have yet to formally announce the signing. In fact, <a href="http://www.csnphilly.com/hockey-philadelphia-flyers/flyers-deny-signing-defenseman-maxim-lamarche">CSN Philly reported they denied it</a>. But Mikael Lalancette of TVA Sports <a href="https://twitter.com/MLalancette/status/339944637848489987">reported that Lamarche agreed to a two-way deal with the Flyers.</a> <br />
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If Lamarche did sign with the Flyers, he could be headed to the Phantoms. Undrafted, the 20-year-old Lamarche produced 9-34-43 in 55 games and was a plus-30 with the Drakkar in his overage season. All of those were career highs, but that isn't unheard of when you're talking about overage players. <br />
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He was also teammates with Petr Straka, the high-scoring Czech winger who the Flyers signed in April. The former Blue Jackets second-round pick netted 41-41-82 in 55 games with Baie-Comeau.Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-81162567768279246482013-05-14T11:24:00.000-07:002013-05-14T11:28:38.045-07:00Around the league 4/14There are a lot of people who are keenly interested in what will happen to minor league hockey in Glens Falls after the Phantoms leave after next season, so here's something to keep an eye on: The Vancouver Canucks have formally told the Peoria Civic Center that they won't be keeping their AHL team there next season, <a href="http://www.pjstar.com/news/x811437871/Vancouver-tells-Civic-Center-it-wont-operate-AHL-team-in-Peoria">according to a report from Dave Eminian of the Peoria Journal-Star</a>.<br />
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The Journal-Star report notes that the Canucks, who bought the Peoria Riverman franchise from the St. Louis Blues earlier this year, wants to move its AHL team to Abbotsford, British Columbia, a city that's about an hour inland from Vancouver. However, the Calgary Flames have six years remaining on a lease in Abbotsford and are unwilling to relocate their franchise, according to the Journal-Star.<br />
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The Journal-Star reported Monday was the deadline for <a href="http://www.pjstar.com/news/x811437871/Vancouver-tells-Civic-Center-it-wont-operate-AHL-team-in-Peoria?photo=0&zc_p=1">National Hockey League teams to inform the AHL where they plan to locate their farm teams next season</a>, and the Vancouver Sun reported that the AHL gave the Canucks <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Canucks+have+days+save+farm/8380890/story.html">a 30-day extension to decide what to do with the Rivermen franchise</a>. An AHL spokesman did not immediately return a request for confirmation on either of those points.<br />
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However, sources told Eminian that the Canucks were likely to keep the Rivermen franchise dormant next season <a href="https://twitter.com/icetimecleve/status/333957971228893185">and simply loan its prospects to another AHL team</a>. The loaning option, while not ideal for prospect development, was relatively common when the AHL had fewer than 30 active teams.<br />
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That whole situation is still murky, but another item of note is a certainty: <a href="http://theahl.com/the-pack-is-back-p183823">The Hartford Wolf Pack will be returning to the AHL for the 2013-14 season</a>. The team that calls the XL Center home had been named the Connecticut Whale for a little more than two seasons, but will be reverting to its original name now that Global Spectrum will be running the building and non-hockey operations of the team.<br />
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The team changed its name after Howard Baldwin, who was instrumental in bringing the World Hockey Association's New England Whalers to the NHL, where they became the Hartford Whalers, assumed control of the AHL team in 2010 as part of his plan to bring the NHL back to Connecticut.<br />
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The Rangers have since severed their relationship with Baldwin.<br />
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Peoria is poised to join the SPHL next season, the Journal-Star reported.<br />
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Finally, former Phantoms coach Greg Gilbert <a href="http://saginawspirit.com/article/saginaw-spirit-announce-contract-extension-for-head-coach-greg-gilbert">has signed a three-year extension to remain coach of the OHL's Saginaw Spirit</a>. He was the Canadian junior hockey league's coach of the year in 2011-12.<br />
<br />Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-51524671983558781322013-05-05T18:38:00.000-07:002013-05-07T11:53:10.388-07:00Reports: Phantoms sign Hobey Baker finalist Chubak 5/5The Adirondack Phantoms added one Hobey Baker finalist when they signed Canton native Kyle Flanagan to an amateur try-out contract, which will officially become an NHL contract this summer.<br />
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Now, it sure looks like they're adding another.<br />
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Niagara University goaltender Carsen Chubak has signed an American Hockey League contract with the Phantoms, according to multiple reports. The Western College Hockey Blog, citing anonymous sources, <a href="http://www.westerncollegehockeyblog.com/2013/5/5/4304072/niagara-goaltender-carsen-chubak-signs-ahl-contract-adirondack-phantoms-philadelphia-flyers-ahl">reported Chubak will forego his senior season at Niagara,</a> which he led to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2008. Flyers Director of Hockey Operations Chris Pryor <a href="https://twitter.com/billmeltzer/status/331184110137651200">confirmed to Bill Meltzer</a> that the deal is AHL-only. He would have to sign an NHL contract to be called up.<br />
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The Phantoms have yet to formally announce the signing, but <a href="https://twitter.com/ChubsPeterson29/status/330820589952581632">Chubak wrote on his Twitter account the hashtag "goPhantoms," among other things.</a> Seems like it will only be a matter of time on that.<br />
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Chubak, a 24-year-old Saskatchewan native, went 23-7-5 for the Purple Eagles this season, posting a 1.91 goals-against average and .930 save percentage. I take this to mean that Scott Munroe, who missed the final few weeks of the season after he got a nagging knee injury fixed, may not be brought back. The 31-year-old played the role of veteran goaltender excellently, even when the Flyers traded for Brian Boucher in mid-January and he was briefly unceremoniously thrust into the press box.<br />
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Boucher brings some added value to the Philadelphia Flyers in that he has played hundreds of NHL games, and is a valuable insurance for the parent club, though he will also be an UFA this summer.<br />
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Cal Heeter, who wound up being Adirondack's most-played goalie as a rookie, will be in his final year of his entry-level contract next fall. He figures to exceed the 32 games he played this season.<br />
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He and Chubak appear poised to split time, unless the Flyers or Phantoms make another move.<br />
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With this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs not even concluded yet, there is still plenty of time for that. <br />
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Until next time,<br />
MC<br />
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<br />Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-18647015370559898242013-04-28T18:17:00.005-07:002013-04-28T18:17:51.706-07:00A look back 4/28By MICHAEL CIGNOLI<br />
mcignoli@saratogian.com<br />
Twitter.com/MCSaratogian<br />
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GLENS FALLS – The names and faces have changed, but the scene has remained the same.<br />
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One day after the conclusion of the American Hockey League’s regular season, the Adirondack Phantoms gather at Glens Falls Civic Center. They file into the home dressing room, pack up their equipment and bid farewell to their teammates before beginning their trips home for the summer.<br />
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That was how it played out again on Monday evening. The Phantoms, who failed to qualify for the playoffs for a fourth straight year, officially began their summers not even one month into spring. <br />
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This year’s elimination hurts more than the others. They began the year with no shortage of talent and promise, boasting a lockout-bolstered roster that was renowned around the American Hockey League, and proceeded to record fewer points than any of the 16 Phantoms teams that preceded them. It was the single-lowest point total of any Philadelphia Flyers AHL affiliate in two decades.
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What went wrong? How did this team finish where it did, last in the AHL’s Eastern Conference and 12 points out of a playoff spot? The discussion has to begin and end with the team’s offense.
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They scored six impressive goals on opening night, but an abysmal 176 the rest of the way. Their 182 total goals shattered the franchise record for the fewest in a season. They were also the least ever recorded by a Flyers AHL affiliate, dating back to the NHL club’s 1967 inception. Two of their top four scorers, Brayden Schenn and Sean Couturier, have not set foot here since mid-January.
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“We work a lot on defending the game rather than going out and taking hold with our offense,” Phantoms defenseman Danny Syvret said Monday evening. “We rely on our defense a lot, which, in some cases, might hurt you when you’re willing to defend more than you’re willing to attack.”
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It would be easy to point the finger at first-year Phantoms coach Terry Murray in this situation, as the system he implemented before the start of the year is one that preaches checking above all else, but the team’s inability to score goals is one that predated Murray’s arrival to the Phantoms.
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Excluding shootouts, the Phantoms have not scored 200 goals in a season since they moved to Glens Falls in 2009. Most of this season’s AHL playoff teams have lit the lamp at least 230 times.
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An exception is the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, who only scored 178. But they also allowed the fewest shots in the league, and goaltending duo of Brad Thiessen and Jeff Zatkoff took home the league’s Harry “Hap” Holmes Memorial Award for allowing the fewest goals among the AHL’s 30 teams. The Phantoms allowed 219 goals, which placed them well in the league’s bottom third.
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And the Phantoms were 18-15-3-4 in one-goal games, while the Penguins went 23-9-2-2 in them.
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“We could have won more games,” Marcel Noebels said after Adirondack’s season-ending win Sunday evening, echoing Murray’s comments from the day before. “We had so many one-goal games. I think if we won even half of those, we’d play next week probably and make the playoffs.”
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So why didn’t they win more than 18 of their 40 one-goal games? Why didn’t they score more?
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“I think sometimes we just hurt ourselves with turnovers that we made, that (opponents) didn’t really force,” center Garrett Roe said as the Phantoms parted ways Monday. “That always hurts you. Just little things. Not creating enough traffic in front of the net, or coming in on the rush and you miss the net instead of getting an extra opportunity or making the goalie make a save. It’s just little things like that. Whenever you find yourself struggling, it kind of reverts back to the basics.”
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The power play was also an issue. It accounted for 35 percent of Adirondack’s total goals (64 of 182), the largest percentage since the team moved to Glens Falls, yet finished atop the bottom half of the league with a 16.5 percent success rate. Most teams shoot to hit the 18 to 20 percent range.
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“It was like hot and cold,” Syvret said of the unit. “Pieces came in and out, more so near the end. About a month ago, we had a consistent five-man unit. We were pretty comfortable with knowing each player’s tendencies and what they like to do with the puck, or where they are on the ice.”
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Scoring too few goals and allowing too many of them was the root of several other problems, each damning for Adirondack’s playoff chances: They twice had stretches where they lost seven of eight games. They did not win more than three consecutive games all year. They lost 10 straight games on the road, and dropped eight of their 12 games with the Albany Devils, who only won 31 times. The penalty kill, while a strength, was perhaps asked to play too much. They were the eighth-most penalized team in the AHL, committing nearly a period's worth of infractions every night.<br />
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“I think a lot of guys had tough years,” Roe said Monday evening. “You can learn a lot. You can see where things weren’t as good, maybe, as they used to be. Maybe you did some good things. It’s kind of read and review and go over how you played. Evaluate yourself honestly. You’re not going to give yourself 10s for everything. Evaluate yourself honestly, and kind of work from there.”<br />
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Injuries also took a toll throughout the organization, and neither the Flyers or Phantoms had their full varsity squads for an entire season. Phantoms captain Ben Holmstrom went down with a season-ending ACL injury in December. But injuries and illnesses are expected to be part of a season.<br />
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Teams must adapt to them, and the Phantoms did.<br />
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Jason Akeson led the team with 20 goals and 53 points, finishing as the team’s No. 1 scorer for the second year in a row. He earned a call-up to Philadelphia last week and scored in his NHL debut Saturday. Tye McGinn had a breakout season with 14 goals and 26 points, improving on his 12-6-18 totals from last year despite playing 17 fewer games. Danny Syvret hit the 40-point mark again, becoming the only AHL defender to accomplish that feat in each of the past five seasons. He and Rob Bordson played in all 76 games, and Bordson emerged as a legitimate fourth-line prospect as he anchored a penalty kill unit that finished seventh in the league at 85.6 percent. That was the team’s best percentage since they moved to Glens Falls. Marcel Noebels scored 13 goals in a little more than half a season, and was on pace to score 22 as a rookie. Another rookie, Matt Konan, wowed the coaches with his size and speed on the blue line, and has since debuted with Philadelphia.<br />
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The Phantoms have used inexperience as a crutch, repeatedly pointing out that they have one of the – if not the – youngest teams in the league, when it comes to professional experience. They have a point. Of the 15 players who dressed in more than half of Adirondack’s games, only one of them had more than three years of pro hockey experience on their resume. Nine had two or fewer.
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But some of Adirondack’s better hockey was played down the homestretch, when their line-up was the youngest it had been. They started to ice a team filled with contracted junior players and amateur try-outs whose pro games were in the single digits, and went 10-8-1-2 since March 8.
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“You have a philosophy as a team or as an organization,” Phantoms coach Terry Murray said after Sunday afternoon’s victory over the Devils at Times Union Center. “Are you a development team? Are you a team that wants to go out, add a bunch of veteran players so that you’re going to be one of the better teams in the league and try to win the Calder Cup at the end of the day? And you’d like to have, ideally, your young players step up and play well and give you the Calder Cup at the end of the day. I look at us as a team that’s a development group. We’re feeding the parent club. That’s what’s most important. That’s our priority. We’re aware that the fans are coming and paying their dollars and we have private owners that want to get extended runs into the playoffs so that they can recoup a little bit of their investments too. We’re trying to accomplish both, and it’s not always easy. But when you have a feeling of a pretty solid foundation coming out of this (season) with a young group of guys, I’m hoping there’s many better days ahead for this group.”
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The question now becomes how many in this group will return to the Phantoms next season?
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Virtually all of the team’s veterans, with the exception of Syvret, are going to be free agents. AHL-contracted players like Jon Sim, David Laliberte, Zack FitzGerald, Jeff Dimmen, Bordson and Roe are free to sign anywhere. NHL-contracted Erik Gustafsson, Oliver Lauridsen, Brandon Manning, Mitch Wahl, Shane Harper, Eric Wellwood and Blake Kessel are restricted free agents, and the Flyers have the first priority for re-signing them. Two other players – Brian Boucher and Andreas Lilja – are unrestricted free agents, and could sign anywhere. Lilja has already signed in Sweden.
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Realistically, not all of them can be brought back. The organization, riddled from injuries from top to bottom this season will become healthy, and there needs to be roster spots for many of the players who arrived on amateur try-out contracts. One of them, former University of Minnesota defenseman Mark Alt, has been impressive early. Lilja, Alt’s defensive partner, sung his praises.
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“I think he’s going to be something special,” Lilja said. “I think he’s really, really good.”
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Statements like that give hope that the future will be better, that the talent pool is deeper and that a last-place finish in the conference will not be replicated. Because next season is the Phantoms’ last in Glens Falls before they leave for greener pastures in the form of a new arena currently being constructed for them in Allentown, Pa. For the fans in Glens Falls who have endured four years of non-playoff hockey, the old sports adage “There’s always next year” will no longer apply.
Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-72534237078186886112013-04-25T12:44:00.001-07:002013-04-25T17:16:17.696-07:00Heeter goes international 4/25<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Adirondack Phantoms’ season is over, but Cal Heeter’s isn’t.<br />
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The rookie goalie was one of the first 15 players named to the roster of the U.S. Men’s National Team bound for the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships next month. <br />
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Heeter, 24, was the most-played goaltender on the Phantoms this season, and posted a 12-16-3 record with a 2.92 goals-against average and a .908 save percentage in 32 appearances. He also backed up Ilya Bryzgalov during a one-game call-up to the parent Philadelphia Flyers this month.<br />
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Heeter is in both the minority and the majority on the red, white and blue’s roster.<br />
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He has never played in an NHL game, and he is one of just two players (along with Montreal Canadiens prospect Danny Kristo) who can say that. But Heeter is also one of three players on the team from St. Louis, Mo., the city that has produced the most national team players this year.<br />
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Other players from Heeter's hometown include Colorado Avalanche center Paul Stastny, who won a silver medal with the U.S. at the 2010 Olympics, and Calgary Flames defenseman Chris Butler.<br />
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Some of Heeter’s other teammates announced Thursday are Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop, Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jamie McBain, and former Albany Devils winger Bobby Butler, who is now a member of the Nashville Predators.<br />
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USA Hockey is expected to name more players to the national team’s roster in the coming days, potentially as the NHL concludes its season and more teams are eliminated from the playoffs.<br />
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The roster selection committee includes, among others, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren.<br />
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The U.S. Men’s National Team is set to begin its seven-game tournament schedule May 4, when it takes on Austria in Helsinki, Finland. The tournament’s semifinals and medal games, if the United States advances that far, will be played May 16-19 in Stockholm, Sweden.<br />
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<b>UPDATE: </b>The Phantoms also announced Thursday that rookie forward Marcel Noebels is being considered for the German squad in the same tournament, though that country’s roster has not been finalized.<br />
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Noebels, 21, had 13 goals and 10 assists in 43 games with the Phantoms after he was called up in January from the ECHL’s Trenton Titans. Michael Cignolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09031382180466530217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541873126403157939.post-87529881375141972492013-04-24T12:45:00.001-07:002013-04-24T12:45:20.654-07:00Notes 4/24Some notes to pass along:<br />
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The Phantoms Flyers called up goaltender Brian Boucher this morning, making him the sixth Adirondack Phantoms player to be called up since the team concluded its regular season on Sunday.<br />
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You know the original four: <a href="http://therinkreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/akeson-laughton-mcginn-konan-called-up.html">Jason Akeson, Scott Laughton, Matt Konan and Tye McGinn</a>. Then Andreas Lilja was called up yesterday after it was announced Kimmo Timonen will miss the remainder of the season with a compression fracture in his foot. He played last night against Boston.<br />
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Speaking of last night, Oliver Lauridsen was credited with his first NHL goal on this fluky play:<br />
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They don't ask how, they ask how many. And Lauridsen not-so-subtly hinted at that in his post-game media remarks, when a reporter asked if he was pissed his first NHL goal came on a play like that.<br />
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"<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Why
would I be pissed? I just scored a goal! In 20 years or a week from now
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going to ask me how that went in<span style="font-size: small;">," the Flyers quoted him<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> as saying.</span></span></span> "It’s a bounce; it wasn’t a well
calculated snipe or anything. It’s not much different from when you take
a shot from the point and it hits three different shin pads and goes
in. Hockey is a game of inches and bounce; you see
it all the time."</span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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The Trenton Titans <a href="http://www.trentontitanshockey.com/trenton-ceases-operations/10034/">have formally announced they will suspend operations for the 2013-14 season</a>, as The Saratogian's Journal Register Company affiliate <a href="http://therinkreport.blogspot.com/2013/04/report-phantoms-echl-affiliate-to-cease.html">The Trentonian first reported on Monday night</a>.<br />
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The post-season recap, with an outlook on the Phantoms for next season, has been pushed back to this weekend. The plan is to run it as a kind of centerpiece Sunday, but it may be online here before then.<br />
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Until next time,<br />
MCSaratogianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08766916821888056371noreply@blogger.com0