Kolanos reassigned to Houston; other stuff

Aeros new offensive stud, Krys Kolanos, is returning to the fold as Marek Zidlicky and Pierre Marc Bouchard look to be healing up from their injuries.

Also, it seems the Emmerson call-up from yesterday was to facilitate loaning him to the Rochester Americans.

Andrew predicts doozies against Manitoba Friday and Saturday, and after looking at their roster, I agree. I don't follow other AHL team's players, but boy, I recognize a lot of names. Particularly Zach FitzGerald, who sucker punched Reitz last season and then got completely schooled by a truly angry John Scott. Rawr!

I just ordered up the AHL Live package so I can watch the away games. You can watch the archives for free (so I don't have to watch away games in real time, which is fantastic) so I've pulled up Sunday's game in San Antonio... Looks pretty good! There are obvious compromises in quality, but it's better than not seeing the games at all. Exciting!

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Further Aeros Schedule Analysis

Turns out the Aeros have 15 instances of 3 games in 3 days. Which sucks even in a vacuum (no pun intended). But then when you add up the 3-in-3s our main opponents are dealing with, it's clear that the boys in the Bombers done been screwed, and not in a good way.

Here's the 3-in-3 rundown for the teams we play the most (and therefore have the most difficult travel schedules... eastern conference teams have relatively easy travel in comparison):

Manitoba Moose - 5
Milwaukee Admirals - 7
San Antonio Rampage - 7
Chicago Wolves - 8
Peoria Rivermen - 8
Rockford IceHogs - 8
Iowa Chops - 10
Quad City Flames - 11
Houston Aeros - 15

Holy crap! Who'd we piss off?

Not to mention the fact that NONE of those 15 are all at home! Plus, the Aeros were notoriously lacking in pep after having more than 3 days in a row off last season. Hopefully the extra rest between ball busting weekends will work to our advantage this year rather than against us.

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