Jacob Stoller and Patrick Williams discuss the Chicago Wolves potentially going without an NHL affiliate, the dark-horse Admirals, Coyotes prospects and more.
Milwaukee Admirals defenseman Kevin Gravel collides with Tucson Roadrunners forward Hudson Elynuik in a battle for the puck. On this week's episode of The Hockey News On The 'A' Podcast with Jacob Stoller and Patrick Williams:
- Jacob and Patrick start the show off by dissecting the report that the Chicago Wolves are planning to be without an NHL affiliate for the 2022-24 season. Patrick provides some history of the Wolves and the situation, and Jacob explains how they became incompatible as an affiliate partner with a lot of NHL teams. (Note: Patrick is speaking on behalf of himself with his specific views, not those of the AHL.)
- Dustin Wolf is our prospect of the week (again). The 21-year-old goaltender is putting up the best season by an AHL goalie from the past decade. Jacob pulls up some advanced stats to back up why.
- Jacob thinks the Milwaukee Admirals are dark horse Calder Cup favorites. Pat wonders if the teams' impending reinforcements — Phil Tomasino, Luke Evangelista, Kiefer Sherwood, Mark Jankowski — will gel with the teams' current personnel. He's seen it happen both ways, and it's not always a slam dunk that the most "stacked" team prevails.
- The Arizona Coyotes are the team of the week. Patrick points out that Arizona's AHL affiliate hasn't gone on a deep playoff run since 1996-97. He analyzes Coyotes prospects, such as Victor Soderstrom, Michael Kesselring, Vladislav Kolyachonok and Milos Kelemen.
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