On The Farm #1

So I’ll be honest, I haven’t followed the Phantoms as closely this year. It’s kind of hard getting to games when I’m in another state. Oh well. I also don’t think I’m going to shell out my money for AHL Live’s subpar service, so I’m stuck looking at boxscores and relying on beat writers from lovely Glens Falls, NY. As of today, the Phantoms are 5-4-1 for a total of 11 points, good for 3rd in the East Division.

So far, they’ve played the same handful of teams, and are playing Albany a total of 12 TIMES. Yes, 12. The AHL isn’t huge on teams playing outside of their own backyard. This should get old fast. To make matters worse, both teams introduced special jerseys to be worn on the occasion that the two meet, which are visible on their websites and Flickr, because nobody mainstream wants to look at them. From the looks of it, the purple is completely gone, meaning that my sweet purple phantoms third from last year is a waste. Oh, and they got rid of Jeff Szwez too. Sweetastic. I’m sure you’ve seen their current jerseys, but the headshots on AHL.com of the players lead me to believe that they’ve got a retro-themed alternate that mimics the parent club’s current orange beauties. I’ll buy it

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Flyers week in review

As far as activity in the middle of the off-season goes, this week was pretty full of it for the Flyers. On Thursday afternoon, the Flyers signed five players to one year contracts, most of which will see most of their time spent playing in the AHL with the Phantoms. Lukas Kaspar, Krys Kolanos, Mika Pyorala, and Jason Ward were among the forwards signed while Joey Mormina was the lone defenseman signed by the team. Financial terms weren’t announced by the team, though I wouldn’t expect these to be anything more than just minor league contracts. The team also announced that they’ve signed Marc-Andre Bourdon to an entry level NHL contract. The 6 foot, 215 defenseman was drafted 67th overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.

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