Kent Hormann from NBC33 in Ft Wayne reported last night that the Avalanche and Komets would not be affiliated next season. Other sources, including Justin Cohn at the Ft Wayne Journal-Gazette, have confirmed that this will be the case although Komets GM David Franke denied it. The Avs and Komets agreed to a 2-year agreement late last summer.
During this year’s Kelly Cup playoff run, rumors came out that the Komets were unhappy with how player movement went between them and the Avs AHL team in San Antonio. Basically, the Rampage had a ton of injuries and took all they could from Ft Wayne (which is why they are affiliated, by the way) and only sent them back with very little time remaining before the ECHL playoffs began.