26CornerBlitz Posted April 16, 2014 Report Posted April 16, 2014 (edited) Elmira Jackals to affiliate with Buffalo Sabres The Elmira Jackals will affiliate with the Buffalo Sabres, team officials announced at a press conference this afternoon at First Arena. Jackals co-owners Tom Freeman and Nate Cook are at the press event now with Chemung County Executive Tom Santulli. The Jackals completed their 2013-14 season Saturday with a 7-0 loss to the Gwinnett Gladiators. Elmira finished 24-40-3-5, dropping 14 of its last 16 games. The Jackals missed the ECHL playoffs for the first time since they joined the league for the 2007-08 season. Look for updates throughout the afternoon. 04/17 – Sabres Affiliate with Elmira Jackals (4/17/14). <1:42> SABRES SIGN AFFILIATION AGREEMENT WITH ELMIRA JACKALS OF ECHL The Buffalo Sabres today announced the team has signed an affiliation agreement with the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL, the professional developmental league for the American Hockey League (AHL) and the National Hockey League. Elmira joins the Rochester Americans, the Sabres’ AHL affiliate, as the chief minor-league development teams for the Buffalo Sabres organization. “Proper development is essential in maintaining a competitive roster at the NHL level,” said Sabres general manager Tim Murray. “Having Elmira as an additional source to develop our young talent will certainly help our entire organization going forward. We’re proud to have the Jackals as part of our organization and, with the Amerks in Rochester, we now have the added bonus of working with minor-league affiliates that are no further than 150 miles from Buffalo.” Edited April 17, 2014 by 26CornerBlitz Quote
X. Benedict Posted April 16, 2014 Report Posted April 16, 2014 Elmira Jackals to affiliate with Buffalo Sabres Good news! Quote
Taro T Posted April 16, 2014 Report Posted April 16, 2014 Yep. Should have been done when they got back w/ the Amerks. Quote
LastPommerFan Posted April 16, 2014 Report Posted April 16, 2014 Good, now terry has 3 teams within Prime Meddlin' Distance. Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted April 16, 2014 Report Posted April 16, 2014 DIdn't TP try to buy the Jackals a while back? Quote
HopefulFuture Posted April 16, 2014 Report Posted April 16, 2014 Good, now terry has 3 teams within Prime Meddlin' Distance. Interesting, Elmira falls right smack dab in the heart of NY's marcellus shale zone. Locking up the pivotal "up state new York triangle of NG". Oh let the conspiracy theories go deeper down the rabbit hole :P Quote
dudacek Posted April 16, 2014 Report Posted April 16, 2014 With all the kids we've got coming, we are going to need another team for them to play on. Look for the Sabres to continue using the loophole of signing players to minor league contracts to get around the 50 contract cap, ie Colton Gillies and Alex Lepkowski. Quote
qwksndmonster Posted April 16, 2014 Report Posted April 16, 2014 No season can be worse than the one the Jackals just played, which was Sabres-esque even by ECHL standards. Colin Jacobs was the only Sabres prospect on the squad, now we can look forward to Christian Isaacson and Logan Nelson in a year or so. Quote
Campy Posted April 16, 2014 Report Posted April 16, 2014 NAILED IT! Not sure what's more impressive: that you posted that article back in January '11 or that you found the post! Quote
pastajoe Posted April 16, 2014 Report Posted April 16, 2014 Now they'll have somewhere for Knapp and Makarov to play instead of Alaska and Fort Wayne. Quote
dudacek Posted April 17, 2014 Report Posted April 17, 2014 ######, it looks like Battista is the point man for the Jackals deal. What's really going on here? Quote
Andrew Amerk Posted April 17, 2014 Report Posted April 17, 2014 ######, it looks like Battista is the point man for the Jackals deal. What's really going on here? Money laundering. Quote
Huckleberry Posted April 17, 2014 Report Posted April 17, 2014 Not sure what's more impressive: that you posted that article back in January '11 or that you found the post! I'd say finding the post :D Quote
carpandean Posted April 17, 2014 Report Posted April 17, 2014 Time to work on a post-slug-era Jackals jersey. Quote
X. Benedict Posted April 17, 2014 Report Posted April 17, 2014 Time to work on a post-slug-era Jackals jersey. No kidding. That logo is fug. I want to look good when we lift the Kelly Cup and parade all the way to Horseheads. Quote
shrader Posted April 17, 2014 Report Posted April 17, 2014 No kidding. That logo is fug. I want to look good when we lift the Kelly Cup and parade all the way to Horseheads. I may have to go looking through the rest of the ECHL jerseys because I get the feeling that there's a lot of those at that level. Hell, we're talking about the league that does crazy themed nights with plaid or tie dye jerseys. Quote
qwksndmonster Posted April 17, 2014 Report Posted April 17, 2014 (edited) I may have to go looking through the rest of the ECHL jerseys because I get the feeling that there's a lot of those at that level. Hell, we're talking about the league that does crazy themed nights with plaid or tie dye jerseys. Nope. Most other teams have better looking jerseys (a lot of them are sharp). Hell, the jackals played in pink jerseys for boobs for a game and they looked much better than our normal white homes. Edited April 17, 2014 by qwksndmonster Quote
shrader Posted April 17, 2014 Report Posted April 17, 2014 Nope. Most other teams have better looking jerseys (a lot of them are sharp). Hell, the jackals played in pink jerseys for boobs for a game and they looked much better than our normal white homes. It's obviously a personal thing, but I'm seeing my fair share of ugly as I go through the ECHL website. To be fair though, the site is difficult to work with, so I'm not going to bother looking at everything. And strangely enough, Elmira isn't even included in the store section of that page. Quote
darksabre Posted April 17, 2014 Report Posted April 17, 2014 It's obviously a personal thing, but I'm seeing my fair share of ugly as I go through the ECHL website. To be fair though, the site is difficult to work with, so I'm not going to bother looking at everything. And strangely enough, Elmira isn't even included in the store section of that page. Yeah, they're all pretty bad. But they're supposed to be. It's AA hockey. Quote
shrader Posted April 17, 2014 Report Posted April 17, 2014 Yeah, they're all pretty bad. But they're supposed to be. It's AA hockey. Yeah, I like it that way. It's almost like if you want to not be embarrassed by wearing a stupid jersey, you better become a better hockey player. You have to earn your way up to not looking stupid. Quote
Campy Posted April 17, 2014 Report Posted April 17, 2014 Yeah, they're all pretty bad. But they're supposed to be. It's AA hockey. Going by the standards set by other ECHL teams, I'm thankful they're not the Elmira Ice Eels. If it was my team, I'd model my sweaters after the Amerks' and name them the Elmira Eagles. Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted April 17, 2014 Report Posted April 17, 2014 Going by the standards set by other ECHL teams, I'm thankful they're not the Elmira Ice Eels. I demand a moratorium on naming any more hockey teams the ice-anythings! Quote
Doohicksie Posted April 17, 2014 Report Posted April 17, 2014 DIdn't TP try to buy the Jackals a while back? Yeah, they turned him down, so he bought the Sabres instead. :rolleyes: If it was my team, I'd model my sweaters after the Amerks' and name them the Elmira Eagles. That would be pretty cool. Quote
26CornerBlitz Posted April 17, 2014 Author Report Posted April 17, 2014 (edited) @RSandersonWHTK [AUDIO] #Sabres VP Hockey Ops. Joe Battista: http://dropthepuckradio.com/files/5213/9770/0992/Rob_Interview_with_Battista_4-16-14.mp3 <3:43> #Amerks VP Business Ops. Rob Kopacz: http://dropthepuckradio.com/files/9313/9770/0987/Rob_Interview_with_Kopacz_4-16-14.mp3 <2:50> 04/17 – Sabres Affiliate with Elmira Jackals (4/17/14). <1:42> Edited April 17, 2014 by 26CornerBlitz Quote
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