Now that the American Hockey League has a 30 teams in the league and all of the divisions are unbalanced, there’ll now be a crossover rule in both the East and West Conferences. There will still be 16 teams total making the playoffs. Updated: I had originally said only the Eastern Conference had the crossover …
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It appears as if the going rate for the top free agents around The AHL is a two year two way deal with an NHL team. I’ll hold off for now on making assumptions about why there have not been mor signings for the Amerks. Defenseman Dan Jancevski along with forwards Tim Stapleton and Mike …
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The Florida Panthers have added another name to their front office with the hiring of Brian Skudland. As Gorten says below, he was the Panthers captain for the first four seasons of the organization. Having a front office that believes in the franchise will hopefully trickle down to having players that can create a winner …
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Some of the top AHL free agents like Giroux, Minard, Sterling, Johnson and Stafford have all signed somewhere but there’s still a number of players still available. Monday will probably be a busy one after a quiet weekend and hopefully some of the top free agents left will be signed by the Florida Panthers for …
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On the second day of free agency the Florida Panthers signed Triston Grant and Bill Thomas for the Rochester Americans. When most people heard of the news today in Rochester they replied with, “who?” Both players may turn out to be decent, expectations were just a little bit higher though for the second day of …
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Three players that made an impression in a Rochester Americans uniform last season have now moved on and found jobs with other teams. Jimmy Bonneau signed a one year deal with the Hamilton Bulldogs. Bonneau made headlines in the world of hockey fights last season when he fought Jon Mirasty four times in two games …
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The second day of free agency has started and even though there were not any players signed for the Amerks, the Panthers did hire Mike Santos to be the new assistant general manager. Santos will be overseeing the Amerks and he already spent most his first day working with Jody Gage. A month ago I …
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The Florida Panthers made their first move on first day of free agency by hiring Mike Santos as the new assistant general manager. Santos spent the previous four seasons as the director of hockey operations for the Nashville Predators. Prior to that he was with the Panthers for two seasons — as director of hockey operations …
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The 2010 edition of free agency is set to begin at Noon EST today and we may not see immediate moves by the Florida Panthers and Rochester Americans but there definitely will be. A lot of people still consider the Panthers a “bad parent club” but they did a very good job partnered with the …
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Free agency in hockey is going to be starting in just over 24 hours and while everyone is focused on the NHL, a few hundred dedicated AHL fans are hoping that they’re teams will land some top free agents as well. Jonathan Bombulie (covers the WB/S Penguins) put together this excellent list of the top …
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The Florida Panthers made qualifying offers to five players this weekend and told five others that they would not be coming back. No real surprises with any of those moves. Kenndal McArdle, Jason Garrison, Mike Duco, Jordan Henry and Tyler Plante were all extended offers. Andrew Sweetland, Luke Beaverson, Peter Aston, Dan Collins and Nick …
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On Friday evening the Florida Panthers will begin their process of building (again?) for their future through the draft but chances are it’ll have little impact on the Rochester Americans. It typically takes two years for a draft pick to work his way up through the junior ranks and into minor league systems. Things could …
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