In my previous piece from training camp, I wrote about my conversations with a trio of potential newcomers to the Utica Comets 2019/20 lineup. Now, after a full day of travelling home, I will share some of my conversations with four players who will likely be returning to Utica for the upcoming season. Let’s start…
The Vancouver Canucks did some nice work this offseason in acquiring some depth for the NHL roster. Today, I will take a look at three newcomers who have two-way deals with the big club but could find themselves in Utica to start the season. As it happens, one of these forwards traditionally plays the left…
Standing at 6’4″ and tipping the scales at somewhere around 215lbs, it’s hard to believe that there was a time when Zack MacEwen was told that he was too small to carve out a career as a professional hockey player. Thanks to a growth spurt when he was 17-years-old, TheBigFella, as he has become known, left…
CanucksArmy Utica Comets Mailbag We only had two questions for last week’s Mailbag and a couple for this week, so we are rolling them together into today’s post. Let’s get after it.
A Look Ahead To The Utica Comets First Month Of The Season September is finally here and the local hockey squad is starting to filter into town with training camp just one week away. The Canucks kicked off their preseason activities with Prospects Camp this week at Rogers Arena before they will head to Victoria…
Guillaume Brisebois will enter the 2019/20 season coming into the final year of his entry-level deal with the Canucks after being selected in the third round, 66th overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. At the time that he was drafted, the Canucks were not exactly overflowing with defensive prospects and the team soon began…
CanucksArmy Utica Comets Mailbag We are back with another edition of the CanucksArmy Utica Comets Mailbag. Let’s get after it… We discuss a lot about the offensive capabilities of players but who are the stand outs defensively this year? Greener loves those two-way players. — Browntown (@bruuntuun) August 27, 2019 If I think about…
A Few More Notes Ahead of Training Camp Today, in the second part of this two-part series, I take a look at a few more notes as we approach training camp. Part-one can be found below. A Little Bit of This and A Little Bit of That heading Into Canucks/Comets Training Camp https://t.co/T3xchEZmX4 #Canucks #NHL…
Some Notes Ahead Of Training Camp As we inch closer and closer to the preseason, I thought I’d take a quick look at a few noteworthy items to keep in mind heading into training camp. Roster Numbers As we all know, teams can carry up to 23 healthy bodies on their roster during the NHL…
CanucksArmy Utica Comets Mailbag We’re back with another edition of the CanucksArmy Utica Comets Mailbag…let’s get down to it. Sascha Silent__C Replying to @CoryHergott @CanucksArmy and UticaComets One thing I found interesting when the Canucks signed Zack MacEwen was his demonstrated ability to play with high-skill players in the Q (e.g. Vitaly Abramov). How has…
CanucksArmy Utica Comets Mailbag Part Two We’re back with the second instalment of this week’s CanucksArmy Utica Comets Mailbag…let’s get after it. You have said that you would like to see the Canucks use Kalamazoo more… so do you know how many NHL teams spend money on developing prospects in lower leagues than the AHL?…
CanucksArmy Utica Comets Mailbag We are back with another edition of the CanucksArmy Utica Comets Mailbag. I only got a couple of questions last week, so I will be rolling them into today’s post. I’m just going to throw this out there, but as this is a Utica Comets Mailbag, could we please keep the…
