#24 – Not Sure If Serious or Playing Dumba

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Re: Random Hockey Thread

[(Anonymous)]

How indicative is ECHL success of prospect pool quality though? I can see a close correlation with the AHL, but how many NHL players actually come through the ECHL? It happens rarely enough that there's a list of those who made it on the Nailers' wikipedia page. Maybe the Pens are an exception, I read that they have more players from college hockey than many other teams, but afaik the only one on the current roster who played in Wheeling is Tom Kuhnhackl.

Re: Random Hockey Thread

[(Anonymous)]

There is very little connection between the two leagues.

Re: Random Hockey Thread

[(Anonymous)]

Aside from goalies (who are often sent down to the ECHL if you have a couple of decent prospects, so they can both get starts), usually people are only sent down to the ECHL if they are having trouble making it in the AHL and the coach either wants to get rid of them or is trying to give them a lot of minutes to improve without screwing up the other prospects' development, so it's not a good sign for them, and I'd say there's probably less than five players on each team who are prospects. Usually ECHL rosters are filled out with people who couldn't get signed with NHL teams and are trying to keep their careers alive and get noticed. They sign directly with the the ECHL team. So, it's not a huge indicator of your prospect pool depth, but it can still tell you things.

Re: Random Hockey Thread

[(Anonymous)]

Part of the issue is that per the NHL CBA, only players on entry-level contracts with an NHL team can be assigned to the ECHL affiliate. So as with NHL/AHL situations, sometimes when you're super-logjammed at a position, the person who goes is not the "worse" player necessarily but the one between two relatively equal players who can go per the contract.

Re: Random Hockey Thread

[(Anonymous)]

No? Players not on their ELC can be assigned to the ECHL. They just have to agree to be sent down.

Re: Random Hockey Thread

[(Anonymous)]

That's like saying players with NMCs can be traded. Only even more unlikely. An unhappy player might agree to be moved, but nobody's going to agree to going from a million dollar salary to a couple hundred bucks a week and a provided apartment.

Re: Random Hockey Thread

[(Anonymous)]

They still have their contract, as signed by the team. If it's a two way contract, they would be making as much as in the AHL as the ECHL. A one way contract means they're going to make the same regardless.

Players on a show-me deal want to light up the ECHL to get back whatever confidence might have been lost in the AHL because of injury or the like, as a stepping stone back to the AHL.