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Post by zamboni on Apr 23, 2016 5:17:51 GMT
If it's not Danny,it will be a player assist coach anybody think Bobby Chaumont will be a shoein? Good friend of Todds and with his year at the Stars and still putting up decent numbers, if he was staying at Stars it would have been announced by now but Bobby wants to get in to coaching
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Post by tam on Apr 23, 2016 5:21:08 GMT
if they bring bobby back that is a backward step , stars fans thought he was a waste of space. could he be edinburgh bound though?
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Post by zamboni on Apr 23, 2016 5:56:26 GMT
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Post by Youngblood on Apr 23, 2016 7:49:33 GMT
Yeah I know the imports and paid well that wasn't my point. My point was that after 19 years it's about time the owners stepped up and made changes to take the club forward. I wasn't having a dig at Todd directly. Todd is basically a puppet for the owners and will put up with the same Brits year on year. Basically this year will be a rehash of the last ones with different imports. Let hope he finds the right ones. You call him a puppet, I call him a trusted member of staff, we could maybe get better Brit's but that might be at the cost of a level of quality import, and let's be honest the sport is import dominated, even so this year. Flyers do not make money, the owners subsidise the cost by a fair amount of cash, the hopes that they will break even this year for the first time.I think give it a chance we are moving in the right direction with appointments made, slowly but surely I get what your saying. When it comes to the Brits though surely have less who are paid slightly more. Flyers could've had Craig Moore but offered him £80 p/w, Dundee pay him £250 p/w. We already have other Brits sitting on the bench not playing being paid around £160 p/w. Personally I would approach some of the Edinburgh youth who barely get paid anything. I have nothing against our Brits who have been great servants to the club. But it's about time actual youth were given a chance.
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Post by tam on Apr 23, 2016 8:14:39 GMT
sean beattie would be my shout, fife lad , friend of todd put up some number last year and lots of ice time
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Post by zamboni on Apr 23, 2016 8:25:59 GMT
With exception of season 4 we have made continued improvement last season being the best yet Todd deserves to continue as Flyers head coach I am optimistic about next season and will be re-newing my season ticket before the end of April. The EIHL is getting better press these days that will bring better players to these shores The most satisfying thing last season was our games v Clan especially the last 2, I would say we did let ourselves down a bit at semi finals but we were still there which through premier sports will have been watched by many worldwide. Next seasons team looking for good balance of Skill, Toughness/Grit Good puck moving D men continue our excellent PK form an improvement in our PP a couple of stand out signings and a new Goal tender as I doubt Brownie will be back. I was impressed by Shane Madelora he is looking for a job, I think he could do a job for us knowing he would be our No1. Brit wise Gunny and Tommy deserve their place back on the team Horne had a good second half but is rumoured to be heading west so even two or three new Brits that can be trusted and make a difference as this 4 line hockey is not going away Lastly who do we get to replace Danny Stewart on the Ice he brought a lot more to our team than some realise
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Post by johndabomb on Apr 23, 2016 8:36:36 GMT
I don't think it can be overstated how hard it will be to replace not only Stewart but Caig despite the odd off game as well. For me those two brought much of our grit and hard work and made us tick.
With Steelers signing Davey Phillips it shows the importance of having a competitive group of Brit players so no doubt Muir and Gunn need to be our worst Brits next season and not our best like last. We might well be able to build three good lines with 14 imports but most sides, even Dundee from a Lefebrve quote I read will be striving to put out four competitive ones.
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