Re: Maine Recruit Updates: Monarchs and More......
I said to compare him to Moore and Leveille in the AHL.
you don't consider that "very well"?
I bet Michel would... compare Sill's pro career to every forward that he played with at Maine
Purcell's in the NHL
DeKastrozza was called up for 7 games in the AHL, also on a top team
Levs, Johnson, Ryan, Bells, soares Hahn, are in europe
hamilton, shepheard, clark all could not cut it in the ECHL
in my opinion, that puts Sill in second place I bet every forward he played with at Maine would consider playing for WBS in the AHL "doing very well" in the AHL.
A) It ain't about the pros. Matt Cassell is a better pro than Matt Leinart, does that mean USC should give back the national title? Levs is too small and too slow,r elatively, to play in the NHL, and he's making more money overseas than he would as a non 2-way guy in the AHL. He's worlds better than Sill (in temrs of college hockey).
B) Did you really think I wouldn't look it up? With hockeydb.com it takes less than a commercial break.
Greg Moore's played 352 AHL games, scored 83 goals and 106 points. That's 0.54 ppg.
Michel Leveille played 64 AHL games, had 21 points. That's 0.33 ppg.
Zack Sill's played 106 games with 24 points. That's .22 ppg. So in 42 more games than Levs he's managed to put up 3 more points. Congrats.
Listen I don't watch the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Dunder Miflin's or whatever they are, maybe this guy has some grit to his game that translates to the pro level on a fourth line basis. Neither Moore nor Levs have stats in the AHL worth bragging about, however I wouldn't be bragging about Zack Sill's numbers either. But to say he would've been better than Moore and Levs in college hockey is laughable.
Also on another topic, there's no way O'Neill's going anywhere. He's a 7th round choice and as a defenseman, he's got work to do to make an AHL roster. Can't see Atlanta making a push for a seventh round guy...