mavor1987
Junior
Posts: 704
EIHL Team: Fife Flyers
NHL Team: New Jersey Devil
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Post by mavor1987 on Aug 12, 2016 10:05:43 GMT
So ladies and gents we have 1 import D left to sign...any rumours or inklings to who it may be?
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nm1
Rookie
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Post by nm1 on Aug 12, 2016 10:10:09 GMT
A top signing could really swing it for us. We've gone to far down the non physical road to get a goon. Im a little bit underwhelmed by our D so far, the best we can hope for is a Kuznik type who can play and won't be out muscled.
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Post by madras on Aug 12, 2016 10:31:54 GMT
Looking at what the other Gardiner teams have brought in including Edinburgh today I would think that you will being in a toughie.
Exciting times for Flyers. You have 3 good scoring lines and with some muscle to add I'm terms of final D man I reckon you'll do well.
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Post by xroads90 on Aug 12, 2016 11:41:43 GMT
I'm thinking it will be Delahey which I would be very pleased with although it means we are going without any serious grit on the team.
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Post by harlan on Aug 12, 2016 12:38:29 GMT
It needs to be a very, very specific signing.
Someone who is a top line D man and can play in all situations, can clear the crease, help defend the team and has lots of grit but be smart about it and not be an out and out knuckle dragger and unfortunately for me that isn't Delahey.
Don't get me wrong, I thought Delahey turned out to be our best player last season and I said when we signed him last summer that I thought he would be our gem and I would have loved him to return but I don't think that there is room for him on this team now.
I don't think he is a first line D man with what we have signed. If it does turn out that it is Delahey then I really worry about our D but if it turns out to be someone with size who can play, look after themselves and be defensively sound then we will have a very good looking team
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Post by zamboni on Aug 12, 2016 12:56:57 GMT
It needs to be a very, very specific signing. Someone who is a top line D man and can play in all situations, can clear the crease, help defend the team and has lots of grit but be smart about it and not be an out and out knuckle dragger and unfortunately for me that isn't Delahey. Don't get me wrong, I thought Delahey turned out to be our best player last season and I said when we signed him last summer that I thought he would be our gem and I would have loved him to return but I don't think that there is room for him on this team now. I don't think he is a first line D man with what we have signed. If it does turn out that it is Delahey then I really worry about our D but if it turns out to be someone with size who can play, look after themselves and be defensively sound then we will have a very good looking team The likes of a Mike Rowe ,Grieg Kuznick would do fine |
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Post by xroads90 on Aug 12, 2016 13:06:27 GMT
Logan stephenson would do a good job. Although very unlikely
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Post by tackleberry on Aug 12, 2016 15:49:20 GMT
I had hoped that Delahey would have returned, and would have had him before any of the other D men we have signed so far,but now we are in real need of some toughness back there, a no nonsense leftie for me.
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Post by sparkymark75 on Aug 12, 2016 16:56:45 GMT
As far as I'm aware, Delahey isn't returning.
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Post by joestoyanovich on Aug 12, 2016 17:09:43 GMT
I had hoped that Delahey would have returned, and would have had him before any of the other D men we have signed so far,but now we are in real need of some toughness back there, a no nonsense leftie for me. I agree, best D-man from last year for me, but with who we have signed so far in defence our last signing needs to be a real tough guy, hopefully our marquee signing of the close season held back till the last announcement. |
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Post by zamboni on Aug 13, 2016 7:40:44 GMT
I don't think Delahey will be back otherwise he would have been announced long before now, a fan favourite and players player of last season.
I think Touron was Delaheys replacement, or when we announced that Sacchetti and Kyle Haines were not coming back the Club would have said then we have retained the services of Delahey to soften the announcement.
The icing on the cake for this years recruitment would be our next Nickerson, team protector would put another 300+ bums on seats every home game, make other teams review their tactics rather than go out and Bully us.
For me we have upgraded on previous seasons we have a balance of youth and experience ,Brooks, Fullmer and Schaber will also drop the Gloves along with Muir and stand their height against similar type players but its the recognised heavy weights that we need the counter for.
But here we are again last signing to be declared its that last D position again, from last weeks announcement that Jackman had signed we have had Thinel and Owen announced so could that much desired big no nonsense D man be the final piece of the import Jigsaw followed by perhaps one or two upgrades in our Brit core, if that happens we have much to be excited about, there is a lot of fire power and speed in this years team with a good Goalie it would be a shame to just fall short of that all important last D man, not long till we find out.
Other teams are playing pre-season games tonight in preparation for the new season we still have potentially 7 players still to declare
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Post by Dirty Lyle on Aug 13, 2016 8:29:19 GMT
That is the most accurate and best post I have read on here in a long time
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Post by flyer007 on Aug 13, 2016 9:13:25 GMT
Totally agree Zamboni. We need a big intimidating defensive D man for the last space. The difficulty is he needs to be able to skate because we need some speed to play with Jackman.
That is the problem a guy with size, toughness and skating ability do not come around at this level too often. i think it will either be someone in the Delahey mold or in the Nickerson mold. In my opinion we really need a combination of the two to get the balance right on D and I would question whether that player even exists within our budget.
The balance is just wrong on D and unless this guy is out of this world it is going to be difficult to achieve the required balance and chemistry back there.
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Post by sterlingarcher on Aug 13, 2016 10:02:38 GMT
Its an absolute no brainer to bring in a big tough guy.
Playing wise to protect the other players and even though the hockey purists dont like it there are people who come to watch if theres more chance of seeing a scrap.
even just for the extra gate money alone,say 300 extra bodies @£15 = £4500 extra each home game.
More than enough to pay a couple of players wages for the week
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Post by Dirty Lyle on Aug 13, 2016 12:23:09 GMT
Its an absolute no brainer to bring in a big tough guy. Playing wise to protect the other players and even though the hockey purists dont like it there are people who come to watch if theres more chance of seeing a scrap. even just for the extra gate money alone,say 300 extra bodies @£15 = £4500 extra each home game. More than enough to pay a couple of players wages for the week Lol try 7 players wages, this is the Fife flyers not Philadelphia Flyers |
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