American Hockey League
AHL division semifinals opponents comparison: Coachella Valley Firebirds vs Colorado Eagles
Colorado has to rely on their experience if they want to win this series. Coachella Valley is younger, faster and having a higher rate, especially this is noticeable by forwards group.
AHL division semifinals opponents comparison: Calgary Wranglers vs Abbotsford Canucks
AHL division semifinals opponents comparison: Syracuse Crunch vs Rochester Americans
Syracuse has several skilled players with a good NHL experience and a high Estimated Cap Hit for the AHL like Balcers, Myers, Barre-Boulet. But they can be called to the Tampa very soon and will not affect the result of this series.
AHL 1st round opponents comparison: Springfield Thunderbirds vs Hartford Wolf Pack
Hartford's goalies line has almost no experience. At the same time Thunderbirds forwards Estimated Cap Hit is more than $5.5M. It's rather high for AHL in the regular season. Springfield should score a lot.
AHL 1st round opponents comparison: Iowa Wild vs Rockford IceHogs
Estimated Squad Cap Hit of IceHogs is well above than Wild one. Probably Rockford will be better in best-of-3 series.