* Schrock signing should be announced later this week. The Komets had to out-bid Toledo for him.
* The players who live in town are already skating, which is about the earliest I can remember.
* Supposedly, every free agent wants to go to Fort Wayne, Rapid City, Allen or Missouri, and those four teams are negotiating for every big-time player out there. Right now, everybody is pretty much talking to all the same players.
* Colin Chaulk is doing a lot of recruiting for the team, and he, Al Sims and David Franke are on the phones every day. Sims said he has made more than 250 calls to teams in juniors, colleges and Canadian universities so far.
* Komets have four spots in AHL camps with Worcester, Chicago and two in Hershey.
* Besides their protected list of Tab Lardner, Artem Podshendyalov, Dustin Molle, Craig Cescon, Frankie DeAngelis and Schrock, the Komets are also interested in signing Tom Mele. He's not on the protected list because he was a college-signee at the end of the season.
* They are also hoping to be able to talk to Dustin Molle's brother Bryant.
* I heard Matt Krug signed with Toledo, but I'm checking it.
* Nothing definitive yet on an affiliation with Columbus.
* Some of the players the Komets left unprotected have received interest from Evansville.
Might have more later.
Comments
Thanks mightbite. Can't wait to see who the third one is. If its DeAngelis-great!!!
just to clear the air Toledo was intrested in schrock
So is Y2K announcing Delory a Komet?
Hit Somebody's Updated lines:
Chaulk, Schrock, Drouin
Mele, &&&&, &&&&
&&&&, &&&&, &&&&
Frankie D, Cescon
&&&&, &&&&
&&&&, &&&&
Boucher, &&&&
Note: If read from the information Blake provided, fair assumption is FD is a Komet again. Also at least a Molle maybe 2? If true so far that would make 7 former komets on the roster.....that is more than the 4-6 that was cited by Mr Franke.
Before I comment on Delory.....let me say this first...I know fighting isnt everything....but a guy who is 6-5 225 that only scores 2 or 3 goals and has 6 or 7 assists and everytime he fights he gets his arse handed to him for the most part ( goto youtube type in James DeLory and watch them all) He better be the best stay at home defender that there ever was....or I might say this guy is alot like, dare I say the name:
BLAIR STAYZER
DeLory had 7 goals in 36 games.
Was there question that Toledo was interested in Schrock? Wasn't that stated in the very first part of this thread? "The Komets had to out-bid Toledo for him?" Or am I reading it wrongly and teams commonly get into bidding wars for players they have no interest in? I'm not a hockey expert, but common sense would make one think otherwise.
K's are announcing 3 signings on thier website; but I cant get the press release they have linked to open. I'm sure Blake will post something soon, they have 2 returning in the headline; but the third is a mystery since I cant get the link opened...
Anyone else get it to open?
Delory stinks.
I'd like to see Nick Tuzzolino come to the Komets. He's worthy of a AHL camp spot. Big defenseman who can actually move the puck. He'd be good for about 10 goals and 35 points from the blueline with 135 PIM's... Thats pretty close to Guy's production last year from a guy thats 6'5" and can be much more physical in front of the net.
FearTheSpaceman.Com!!!
Good to see Cescon back along with Schrocky!!! The team just got some work ethic and toughness.
I like the signings so far, but I am hoping we are about done seeing people coming back from last year's team.
JR1..it won't open for me either. Assuming the webmaster didn't mean to add this to the site just yet.
And Hit no i am not saying Delory is going to be a Komet. Just reminding everyone that he fought Mirasty.
Y2K....I could fight Mirasty. I'd get whooped, but still. I could still say I fought Mirasty. I just could not say I won a fight against him...LOL...
RunningKomet, I think we are still gonna see Molle, DeAngelis and Podshendylov sign