Tag:Alexander Salak
Another Tough Guy, Trevor Gillies Invited to Camp
Last summer at this time we were excited that Steve MacIntyre had been signed over the summer and was going to provide some toughness on the ice. MacIntyre didn’t even make it through half the practice before we learned that the Edmonton Oilers had claimed him off waivers. Once he left the two other tough …
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Panthers Finish Day 1 of Rookie Camp
It was an exciting day for hockey fans on Monday as a number of teams including the Florida Panthers started their first official practices for the rookies. Here’s a couple of reports out of camp, I don’t have plans to post updates often unless something spectacular is reported out of camp so check the links. …
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Florida Panthers Rookie Camp Opens Today
The Florida Panthers open their rookie camp on this morning down in Florida at Incredible ICE, but I prefer to call it the warm up to Amerks training camp on September 24th! A number of players were in Rochester this past week prior to heading down to Florida including David Brine who tossed out the …
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Amerks Summer News Stories, Getting Caught Up
It has been a busy summer for the Rochester Americans with a lot of great news and a couple of stories that have generated some bad press. Looking at the bigger picture it has been a positive summer. Here’s the start of “round up” type posts I’ll be doing once the season gets started. There’s …
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Brine Returning; Larman, Glass and Others May Not
A few familiar faces for Rochester Americans fans will probably not be returning to the Florida Panthers organization next season as the free agency period is about to begin. The only two restricted free agents that were offered qualifying offers were David Booth and David Brine. David Brine finished last season with 31 points (8 …
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Alexander Salak Dreams of the NHL
The recent season that ended for goaltender Alexander Salak of TPS Turku was similar to that of Mike Brodeurs with the Rochester Americans, great goalies playing for bad teams. The Florida Panthers recently signed Salak to a 2yr contract, a goaltender that is called the next Dominik Hasek by many people that have seen him …
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Mike Brodeur Not Returning as an Amerk
The Florida Panthers were willing to spend the money and offer Mike Brodeur a contract to return as the goalie of the Rochester Americans but Brodeur rejected the offer. Apparently the Panthers were willing to offer Brodeur a contract worth $105,000 which is right at the re-entry waiver cap so at least we know money …
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A few notes from Camp
Just wrapping up our second day at the Florida Panthers Development Camp and taking a moment to share a few things. The core group of the players at the camp is who will be playing for the Rochester Americans next season. The camp is a time where players show up to learn, this is not …
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Florida Panthers Sign Alexander Salák
The Florida Panthers signed the undrafted free agent goaltender Alexander Salák to an entry-level contract on Friday afternoon. It’s also noted below that he will be attending the Panthers development camp next week in Canada. Salák may not have been drafted by an NHL team, but he’s considered a legitimate free agent prospect. Some folks …
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2009 Development Camp Roster
The Florida Panthers released the list of players invited to their 2009 Development Camp which starts on Sunday May 31st and runs through June 7th. The core of the players that will be there are essentially ones that will be playing for the Rochester Americans in the 2009/2010 season. Noticeably absent is Tanner Glass and …
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