dlbalr Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 I'm actually remembering to post this in advance for once. The Bulldogs travel to Rochester to try and sweep their 3-in-3 weekend. Active scoring leaders: Goals: Andreas Engqvist (15) Assists: Frederic St. Denis (19) Points: Andreas Engqvist (29) PIMS: Zack Fitzgerald (182) +/-: Ian Schultz (+5) Active scoring leaders: Goals: Derek Whitmore (20) Assists: Phil Varone (24) Points: Phil Varone (32) PIMS: Joe Finley (85) +/-: Foligno/McNabb (+13) Puck drop is at 5:05 PM EST and can be listened to by clicking this link: http://cham.player.amri.ca/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbp Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Schultz has the highest +/- on the team? How is his development going? I know he was called up, but is it possible that we would see him in a habs uniform next season after training camp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 Schultz has the highest +/- on the team? How is his development going? I know he was called up, but is it possible that we would see him in a habs uniform next season after training camp? After training camp might be a stretch but at some point next year, he could be up. 2-0 Rochester after 1. Hamilton has dressed 8 defencemen and 10 forwards for this one (yes, Slaney is in too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 A 3 goal burst gives Hamilton a 3-2 lead early in the 3rd. Goals by Schultz, Engqvist, and Nattinen (his 4th of the week!), Geoffrion has assists on the last 2 goals, both of which were on the PP. The Bulldogs outshot the Amerks 22-4 in that 2nd period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 Eric Lampe (one of the tryouts) scores to make it 4-2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 Stafford, Berger, and DeSimone also scored in the 3rd as Hamilton crushes the Amerks 7-3! Schultz (1-2-3), Geoffrion (0-2-2), and DeSimone (1-1-2) were the 3 Stars. The Bulldogs are now 12th in the West, 6 points out of 8th with a game in hand. http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1009424 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 These were the lines tonight...how this team scored a goal let alone 7 is baffling... Geoffrion - Engqvist - Nattinen Lefebvre -DeSimone - Schultz Berger - Slaney - Lampe FitzGerald (D) - Haddad - Dame-Malka (D) Currently injured up front are Willsie, Masse, Dumont, Fortier, Avtsin, and Bishop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 These were the lines tonight...how this team scored a goal let alone 7 is baffling... Geoffrion - Engqvist - Nattinen Lefebvre -DeSimone - Schultz Berger - Slaney - Lampe FitzGerald (D) - Haddad - Dame-Malka (D) Currently injured up front are Willsie, Masse, Dumont, Fortier, Avtsin, and Bishop. Nice to see Shultz and Nattinen chipping in and Geoffrion may be a real bonus in Gill trade eh? If Engqvist could just improve on faceoffs, he should be a lock for 4th line centre next year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Per Derek Wills, the AHL added another assist to Geoffrion for Saturday's game. So he scored 1-2-3 on Saturday, and 0-2-2 on Sunday. 5 pts in his first two games as a bulldog is a great start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 Nice to see Shultz and Nattinen chipping in and Geoffrion may be a real bonus in Gill trade eh? If Engqvist could just improve on faceoffs, he should be a lock for 4th line centre next year? I'm not prepared to call Engqvist a lock for anywhere. I think he's a solid organizational piece, one that most teams would be okay with calling up here and there but decent size and positioning alone aren't enough. His offensive game, though good at the AHL level, isn't good enough in the NHL while his skating is also so-so. To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if he goes back to Sweden next season for better money than he could get going back and forth between the NHL and AHL. I suspect the Habs may be picking up another Geoffrion-type tweener (splitting time between the NHL/AHL the last couple of years) that could possibly bump him further down the depth chart. Without giving everything away as the article will be up either tomorrow or Wednesday but Engqvist is around the top of my 'likely to be traded' list for prospects as I think his days with the club are soon to be numbered and they may want to pull a Maxwell with him and get something now for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I'm not prepared to call Engqvist a lock for anywhere. I think he's a solid organizational piece, one that most teams would be okay with calling up here and there but decent size and positioning alone aren't enough. His offensive game, though good at the AHL level, isn't good enough in the NHL while his skating is also so-so. To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if he goes back to Sweden next season for better money than he could get going back and forth between the NHL and AHL. I suspect the Habs may be picking up another Geoffrion-type tweener (splitting time between the NHL/AHL the last couple of years) that could possibly bump him further down the depth chart. Without giving everything away as the article will be up either tomorrow or Wednesday but Engqvist is around the top of my 'likely to be traded' list for prospects as I think his days with the club are soon to be numbered and they may want to pull a Maxwell with him and get something now for him. Interesting, i think way early too give up on him, he is just a 2nd year pro and love the size, compared to year after year 4th line centre rotation, would be nice to just use a prospect like he or Nattenin for the 7-10 minutes /night and he has surpassed his offense in 1/2 the games from his rookie Pro year. You do realize he has played less than 1/2 the amount of games that a Plekanec played in AHL. Who do you see as 4th line centre? White? or another UFA? surely not that Nokalenin guy, what a waste he is, Engqvist is a better choice than that today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Interesting, i think way early too give up on him, he is just a 2nd year pro and love the size, compared to year after year 4th line centre rotation, would be nice to just use a prospect like he or Nattenin for the 7-10 minutes /night and he has surpassed his offense in 1/2 the games from his rookie Pro year. You do realize he has played less than 1/2 the amount of games that a Plekanec played in AHL. Who do you see as 4th line centre? White? or another UFA? surely not that Nokalenin guy, what a waste he is, Engqvist is a better choice than that today. He's really a third year pro as his first ELC year was in Sweden. He needs waivers next year and will be 25 just after Christmas. I think he could possibly be the 4th line guy (as a later resort option) but I think the player who will be the 4th line C isn't currently in the organization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I agree with dlbalr, I havent seen anything from Engqvist that makes me think the Habs will be penciling him into that 4th line centre spot again this summer as we did last year. And if we aren't penciling him into that spot, I think he might go to another organization or to Sweden. I would like to keep him another year in the AHL, but I don't think Engqvist wants that, so I can't see him staying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Engqvist? It's a fair possibility he won't even be tendered a qualifying offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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