When the Milwaukee Admirals kick off their long push in the Calder Cup playoffs, the Parents Nashville Predators ensure their AHL membership will be a well-stocked member.
Nashville returns to defender after missing the Stanley Cup playoffs Marc del Gaizo and Spencer Stastney And the forward Fedor Svechkov and Kieffer Bellows To the Admiral. These four have spent quite a long time in the NHL this season. David EdstromThis is the first round pick in 2023, and he was also reassigned to Milwaukee as part of the deal to send Yaroslav Askarov to San Jose.
There is no doubt that getting regular opportunities with NHL clubs is a big step forward for any player. For Bellows, who signed an AHL contract with Toronto Marlies last season, came back and found some NHL persistent strength, which marked a significant career. But the key now is to do a great job in the Calder Cup playoffs, based on that. Rockford Icehogs held their first test tonight in the first game of the team’s best central division semifinals.
Bellows was the New York Islanders’ first round pick in 2016, scoring 31 points (15 goals, 16 assists) in 44 games, and held 2 goals and two assists for the Admiral, scoring 2 assists in 19 games in Nashville. Back to Milwaukee represents his best chance for a seventh-year professional to win a professional championship.
“We play the game,” Bellows said of the Admiral’s game plan for the playoffs. “We played all season and just improved a little bit. Every single man, every player… you see it in the NHL. They took their game to the next level, and I think that’s something you really have to focus on. You still stick to the system. You still stick to your game. You still stick to the game, but every player takes their game to a higher level and lets you play there.
Bellows is also working to win another contract after signing a one-year deal with Nashville last July. If not a predator, there are other NHL organizations looking for someone to help.
“I’m lucky to have the opportunity for me. It’s a privilege whenever you play in the NHL,” Bellows said Wednesday. “But here, we have a job to do, that is to win the championship.”
A victory over Rochester Americans tonight will achieve multiple goals.
First, it will eliminate rival Syracuse crunch and end their North Semi-finals. This will prevent a long series of drawings. It will also pay off after Syracuse entered Rochester and won a decisive Game 5 in this round last year. This means rest.
All of this also means that Amerks can look forward to the toughest fight tonight’s austerity battle. goalkeeper Devon LevithHe stopped 60 of 62 goals in the first two games of the series, and he expects more net pre-traffic tonight in Game 3 at Syracuse.
“I think they might be more intentional about these things in the next game,” Levi said Wednesday. “They are very good at it, too. Our ‘D’s do a great job on boxing and sticks. It’s one of their staples and we’re ready for it. They know everything about us, we know everything about them.”
This is playoff hockey, and people with invisible emotions will also have an important say.
“The system only helps,” Levi stressed. “Like our system, we still know that in Syracuse, it’s not the system’s work. It’s the heart, it’s the competition, it’s the willingness to win, so it’s the point of going to the next game.”
– with from Patrick Williams
