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...bargaining agreement, the New York Rangers organization retained the rights to Reese until one year after he left school, and the blueliner was therefore obligated to sign with them.He was given an ATO, or Amateur Tryout agreement, by the Hartford Wolfpack of the American Hockey League, which is the AHL affiliate of the New York Rangers. Under the stipulations of an ATO, a player does not have to be drafted—although Reese was—only eligible to sign with a team. According to Reese, since he had been drafted four years earlier and had no professional experience...
Meanwhile, Welch was traded to Florida in exchange for veteran Gary Roberts and then promptly sent down to the Panthers’ AHL affiliate in Rochester. Welch had played in 22 NHL games for Pittsburgh this season, scoring once...
...AHL coach delivered the news just after practice on March 23, and Welch had only a handful of hours before he left the Baby Pens behind...
Welch, a second-round draft pick in 2001, was voted a starter in the AHL All-Star game this January, and he and Lannon are a combined + 26 on the season. And the latter, an eighth-round pick in 2002, was just named the team’s 2005-2006 Man of the Year for his contributions to the northeastern Pennsylvanian community, including his “adoption” of a second-grade class...
More than two years into the war, U.S. intelligence sources concede that they still don't know enough about the nearly impenetrable web of what Iraqis call ahl al-thiqa (trust networks), which are at the heart of the insurgency. It's an inchoate movement without a single inspirational leader like Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh--a movement whose primary goal is perhaps even more improbable than the U.S. dream of creating an Iraqi democracy: restoring Sunni control in a country where Sunnis represent just 20% of the population. Intelligence experts can't credibly estimate the rebels' numbers...