Improved Thrashers Depth Evident in AHL and ECHL Rosters

by The Falconer on Oct 2, 2009 10:18 AM EDT in News Comment 8 comments

A look at the Chicago Wolves roster shows a jam packed lineup of Atlanta prospects.

Take a look at this list of 10 defensemen on the AHL roster:

Postma
Buckley
Sipotz
Lehman
Vernace
Oystrick
Hunt
Lewis
Kulda
McCarthy

That includes two guys who have played an entire season in the NHL (Oystrick and McCarthy). I remain concerned about the possibility of McCarthy eating up ice time that should go to Postma. Perhaps a minor league trade is in order to clear out some non-prospects (cough Scott Lehman cough).

At forward the Wolves have a lot of choices as well. Here is a hypothetical lineup (entirely my own opinion here):

Brett Sterling-Jason Krog-~~Anthony Stewart~~ Tim Stapleton
Andrew Kozek-Angelo Esposito-Spencer Machacek
Jordan Lavallee-Riley Holzapfel-~~Tim Stapleton~~ Anthony Stewart
Joey Crabb-Kevin Doell-Matt Anderson

Bench Rylan Kaip, Michael Forney, Johnny Pohl, Matt Siddall

Reading between the lines, it sure looks there could be some roster trickle down to the Gladiators this season. The Gladiators roster page has not been updated yet, but Chad Denny and Drew Paris appear to have been sent down already.

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Looks like the Wolves could have a pretty strong season. With MacIntyre in goal, they’ve got some talent at that position too. It should be interesting to see.

by timmyf on Oct 2, 2009 10:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

interesting to see your lines at forward. I’ve been under the impression that Stapleton was more of a scorer and Stewart’s only chance at advancement to the bigs would be on a checking line. For Anthony’s sake I hope he gets that chance to revive his career on the top line.

by 0vermars on Oct 2, 2009 10:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, probably better to swap Stapleton and Stewart. I didn’t spend a ton of time on the lines, just a quick mental exercise to show just how deep that team will be this year.

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by The Falconer on Oct 2, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How excited is Ben Write going to be

about Chad Denny spending the year within arms reach of him?
As good as my sources are they have not been able to verify that this is NOT his bedroom.
Do you think he dreams of being in a boy band with Denny, Bogosian, and JP Vigier?

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by J.K. Sockey on Oct 2, 2009 11:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Denny isn’t very old, but for a guy who can’t get out of the ECHL he’s getting old. If I was his agent, I’d probably advise him to consider offers in Europe if he can make more money doing that. Looks like unless another emergency call up happens a la Scott Lehman that Denny is never going to play a game in the NHL. Another disastrous pick from the Q.

Like Overmars, I also see Stapleton as being able to take a spot on the Krog line. I see Stewart as a waste and not even as much of an NHL prospect as Sterling.

by Zontar on Oct 2, 2009 11:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Any news to report from the Face Off event other than the captains??

by Whalers on Oct 2, 2009 11:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Is it just my bad memory, or do we not have a lot of size in our forward prospects?

by godsendjen on Oct 2, 2009 11:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I believe for the most part you’re right. Espo is 6’1 and only 20 so he has the potential to fill out. Just hope he stays healthy. Need him to keep progressing as Whitey isn’t getting any younger.

by 0vermars on Oct 2, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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