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I suppose they could mutually terminate his contract, but both parties would need to agree. And he's getting NHL money regardless. Would he get that in Europe, or in any other NHL organization? He should just come down, play well and parlay that into another NHL opportunity here or elsewhere.

Putting a player in the appropriate league based on their ability is not rushing them. Whether he's 18 or 22 is irrelevant if he can play in the AHL.

He's shown an ability to play with pros. I don't understand why playing 30 minutes in a lesser league is better for his development instead of 20 minutes in a better league with better coaching

This is not true. He was on loan from Europe when drafted and, thus, not bound by the NHL - CHL agreement.

Geertsen Savage Kuntar Joshua Looks to me like they agreed that the team was a soft and too easy to play against last year. They've re-built the bottom 6 into a much more physical group. Meyer and Leschyshyn are also more complete players and not as one dimensional as the guys they've had previously.

7400 for game 1 last season. Tonight appears to be tracking for around 6500-6800. A little behind last year but not terrible. People forget that for decades, the first round of the AHL was very poorly attended in general. Even back in the 90s when I'd argued the Amerks were more popular, they'd get 3000 or 4000 for early round games routinely.

Amerks very well may have more talent on their 4th line than Syracuse does on their 1st line. But Syracuse is big, plays great defense, and is well coached to that Tampa system. They're good no matter who they throw out. It's going to be a very hard series.

Amerks have been very inconsistent and poor for about 2 months now. Every time a player goes up to Buffalo and comes back, they're measurably worse. Rosen and Murray being two example.

It's all preference. The quality isn't any better in Buffalo. I grew up in Rochester and went to college in Buffalo and found the pizza sauce too sweet and the pizza too doughy in many cases. People generally like what they grow up with.

Carbones is good but it's not even close to the best in Rochester or even in Greece.

Leone killed them in the post game interview. I love his honesty.

The makeup of the team is similar to last year. If anything, they're younger and less experienced because they lost Mersch, Weissbach, Biro. I honestly think it's Leone. He's a much better coach than Appert.

Levi didn't make a single big save. Very disappointing game from him.

I'm sure some of it is due to different systems, but I like how Leone has them playing. The only issue is special teams, which have been abysmal. Mostly the power play.

I have to say, I really like Leone so far. This is a very young team, with several call ups and injuries, and the Amerks play a better, more structured game than any Appert coached team ever played. They lead the league in shots per game, and give up the 3rd fewest. With Appert it was always the opposite, routinely giving up the most shots in the league. I also like his general attitude towards coaching. This isn't a practice team or a Sunday skate. Appert forced ice time to the prospects regardless, but Leone plays the guys who have earned it. As an example. Riley Fiddler Schultz was playing in OT, after he had payed a really solid game.