Fans of an NHL team have only the most tenuous ties to their ECHL affiliate, if they even have one. Usually they harbor a marginal prospect or two and play games far away in both physical distance and relevance to the big club. For the Avs that changed this season with an affiliation with their long time neighbors in Northern Colorado, the Eagles. Thanks to another appallingly unsuccessful AHL campaign under development guru Craig Billington the Eagles had access to several promising prospects in the Avs system along with the fine team that Chris Stewart and the Eagles staff put together over the season.
Time Running Out To Jump on the Eagles Bandwagon
