The Nashville Predators have officially terminated their ECHL affiliation agreement with the Norfolk Admirals. This news comes on the back of a few roster moves that were head scratchers. There is no longer a mystery as to why Rick Pinkston and Matt O’Connor are Atlanta Gladiators bound. This partnership, which was announced in early-May and is two months into its course during the 2017-18 season, is over.
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The Milwaukee Admirals are about to embark on quite the lengthy spell on the road. They will play nine of their next eleven games away from the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Before doing that they’ve made some roster moves by recalling forward Trevor Mingoia from the Norfolk Admirals (ECHL) and also loaning both Matt O’Connor and Rick Pinkston to the Atlanta Gladiators (ECHL).
The Nashville Predators have recalled Juuse Saros and Pontus Åberg from the Milwaukee Admirals ahead of their home game tonight against the Winnipeg Jets. In addition, the Predators have assigned Anders Lindbäck to the Admirals.
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Ahead of the Milwaukee Admirals road trip to Cleveland they have made a roster move. Joonas Lyytinen has been reassigned to the Norfolk Admirals (ECHL). At this moment it is likely that the Finnish defenseman will only be down for the duration of the road trip. That would mean Lyytinen logging up to three games as Norfolk work a three-in-three on home ice starting Thursday night.
The Nashville Predators have made a trade with the Colorado Avalanche and Ottawa Senators that sees pieces flying between the three organizations. The Predators will be receiving Kyle Turris. The Senators will be receiving Matt Duchene. And the Avalanche will be receiving Samuel Girard, Vladislav Kamenev, and a second round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft from Nashville and Shane Bowers, Andrew Hammond, and a first and third round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft. The Predators have quickly signed Turris to a six-year contract extension worth $36 million.
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This is the first season with the Norfolk Admirals as the ECHL affiliate within the Nashville Predators organization. Their 2017-18 campaign officially got underway the second weekend of October and with a lengthy five-game road trip. They finally open up the Norfolk Scope this weekend, Friday and Saturday, with home games against the South Carolina Stingrays. To prep for that I thought it would be fun to take a look into the start for a lot of names that started out in Milwaukee’s Training Camp, are playing in Norfolk now, and the two defensemen that are teetering between the AHL and ECHL at the moment.
Joonas Lyytinen has been reassigned by the Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) to the Norfolk Admirals (ECHL). This move comes a week after the organization did the same thing to get Fred Allard playing time with Norfolk. Both of the Admirals will be playing Friday and Saturday night. Lyytinen should make his North American professional playing debut in the ECHL as Norfolk travel to face-off against the Colorado Eagles.
The Nashville Predators have officially recalled Frédérick Gaudreau from the Milwaukee Admirals and placed defenseman Yannick Weber on injured reserve. In addition, defenseman Fred Allard has been recalled back to Milwaukee from the Norfolk Admirals after he was assigned to the ECHL last Friday.
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The American Hockey League has officially announced that the Colorado Eagles will be joining the league in the 2018-19 season as the Colorado Avalanche’s new AHL affiliate. The Eagles are currently in the ECHL and have been part of that league since 2011. That left the San Antonio Rampage open to be taken over which the St. Louis Blues have on a newly announced five-year affiliation agreement.
The Nashville Predators have officially set their Opening Night roster. In the process the Predators assigned both Frédérick Gaudreau and Vladislav Kamenev to the Milwaukee Admirals. The Predators start their season Thursday night on the road against the Boston Bruins. The Admirals open of their season on the road this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, against the Iowa Wild.
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