AHL points leader local kid from Williamsville, Andrew Poturalski

[matter2003]

Just randomly looking at some of the AHL players and noticed the AHL points leader with 101 is a local product from Williamsville...nice!  Does he project to the NHL or is he an AHL lifer like Gage?  

Edited May 1, 2022 by matter2003

[SDS]

That dude is 28. 

[matter2003]

8 minutes ago, SDS said:

That dude is 28. 

Guess he's an AHL lifer. Must really suck to be an elite AHL player and never really get a chance in the NHL

Edited May 1, 2022 by matter2003

[MBD]

Being any minor-league lifer sucks.

[LabattBlue]

Probably time to go to Europe and make some coin for the next 5 years or so. 
 

That being said, a local product who  is the scoring champ at the highest level of minor league professional hockey in NA is a very nice accomplishment. 👍🏻

Edited May 1, 2022 by LabattBlue

[Buffalonill]

1 hour ago, matter2003 said:

Guess he's an AHL lifer. Must really suck to be an elite AHL player and never really get a chance in the NHL

I'm sure he's unhappy cashing 500,000 thousand a year .

 

[dudacek]

12 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:

I'm sure he's unhappy cashing 500,000 thousand a year .

 

Poturalski made 200,000 this year, 350,000 the 2 previous years and 70,000 each of the 3 years before that.

[Buffalonill]

19 minutes ago, dudacek said:

Poturalski made 200,000 this year, 350,000 the 2 previous years and 70,000 each of the 3 years before that.

He has the easiest job in world that's all i know.

[SwampD]

14 minutes ago, dudacek said:

Poturalski made 200,000 this year, 350,000 the 2 previous years and 70,000 each of the 3 years before that.

That doesn’t really change Buffalonill’s point. 

[Eleven]

2 hours ago, matter2003 said:

Guess he's an AHL lifer. Must really suck to be an elite AHL player and never really get a chance in the NHL

 

2 hours ago, MBD said:

Being any minor-league lifer sucks.

I'm not so sure about that.  I think the cellists at the Buffalo Philharmonic might want to play for the London Symphony, but they're pretty happy with an orchestra job, you know?  In certain fields--and sports is one of them--you've got to be in the top 2% even to get the lower tier jobs.

Edited May 1, 2022 by Eleven

[woods-racer]

How many people get paid good money to do something they would be doing for free anyways because they love it so much?

[MBD]

1 hour ago, Eleven said:

I'm not so sure about that.  I think the cellists at the Buffalo Philharmonic might want to play for the London Symphony, but they're pretty happy with an orchestra job, you know?  In certain fields--and sports is one of them--you've got to be in the top 2% even to get the lower tier jobs.

Yeah, I'm talking sports.  I'm not too familiar with orchestras.

[Wyldnwoody44]

1 hour ago, Buffalonill said:

He has the easiest job in world that's all i know.

Have you ever played hockey? 

Being a semi pro player is a tough gig

[dudacek]

1 hour ago, Buffalonill said:

He has the easiest job in world that's all i know.

Right. That's why so many make a career out of it.

1 hour ago, SwampD said:

That doesn’t really change Buffalonill’s point. 

Maybe not, but it let's people process his point based on the facts. $70,000 is a helluvalot different than $500,000

 

[Buffalonill]

18 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

Have you ever played hockey? 

Being a semi pro player is a tough gig

You can't be serious he gets paid playing the game he loves .

How can that not be the easiest job for him ? 

[MBD]

2 hours ago, dudacek said:

Poturalski made 200,000 this year, 350,000 the 2 previous years and 70,000 each of the 3 years before that.

He made $200K?  Dang!

[Buffalonill]

6 minutes ago, MBD said:

He made $200K?  Dang!

He has a net worth of 1.5m 

[Wyldnwoody44]

3 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:

You can't be serious he gets paid playing the game he loves .

How can that not be the easiest job for him ? 

Do me a favor, go out onto the ice after working out all off season, have a few 200+ lb guys come full speed at you and smack you around into the boards, and while you're at it, take a screaming frozen cylinder of rubber to the face for good measure. 

He may love his job more than other, but it's not easy. 

[SwampD]

“Forget it, he’s trolling.”

[MBD]

3 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:

He has a net worth of 1.5m 

Not bad.

[Buffalonill]

20 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

Do me a favor, go out onto the ice after working out all off season, have a few 200+ lb guys come full speed at you and smack you around into the boards, and while you're at it, take a screaming frozen cylinder of rubber to the face for good measure. 

He may love his job more than other, but it's not easy. 

 Man I respect you but I'm going to disagree try having bullets fly by your face .

10/10 people would pick the puck in the face instead of worrying about coming home the next day .

 

 

[Wyldnwoody44]

35 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:

 Man I respect you but I'm going to disagree try having bullets fly by your face .

10/10 people would pick the puck in the face instead of worrying about coming home the next day .

 

 

I was a combat diver in the Navy for 5 years, trust me I am well aware of that aspect. 

Separating military life from civilian life; I would love to be a hockey player, I think I would enjoy it. But those guys don't get there without continuous hard work.

[SwampD]

37 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:

 Man I respect you but I'm going to disagree try having bullets fly by your face .

10/10 people would pick the puck in the face instead of worrying about coming home the next day .

 

 

So, you’re saying that playing hockey is easier than getting shot at? Ya know?… I think a agree with you.

This is just a stupid argument. Like, beyond stupid.

[Indabuff]

48 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

I was a combat diver in the Navy for 5 years

Damn, that's cool as hell

[Wyldnwoody44]

22 minutes ago, Indabuff said:

Damn, that's cool as hell

It was a sweet job when I did it. I love diving for fun now, but definitley at a leisurely pace and in much prettier waters 😂 it was also much much cheaper while in the service, I didn't have to pay for gear or a boat haha.