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Post by jeeves on Feb 23, 2017 19:47:17 GMT
Colorado....yes thats it thats what cost us points!! " I'd love to see the lights out both teams on the ice then the first line for both teams introduced might liven things up a bit and get the fans going at the start of the game with the hope it carried on through the rest of it"
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Post by zamboni on Feb 23, 2017 19:58:07 GMT
Personally on the whole I have enjoyed our Journey in the EIHL
1st season you went expecting to get beat but it was good to be back in the big time
Season 2 was a good season if only we could have played better away from home
Season 3 that run we went on beating Dundee the Conference winners in the playoffs and matching up with Belfast Giants in the PofW narrowly losing out 1-0, Paul Adeys Giants team was one of the best teams we have seen in the EIHL
Season 4 was a disappointment retained to many of the previous years team
Season 5 pumping the Clan in there own Barn and the two play off games was great but we ran out of steam the following weekend
This season has been dogged with injuries the loss of Stockton and the Follmer escapade and not replacing soon enough it could have been so different with a bit of luck.
This season has been frustrating our poor form against the Clan and the rest of the Gardiner teams I think we have missed Danny Stewart big-time out on the ice. However EPL 1 EPL 2 no thanks I would rather keep what we've got.
Its been said a million times on here but the odd change on recruitment and having the Brits contributing on a regular basis could make all the difference.
There is a core of this team I would like to see back next season Owen , Brooks, Dingle, Schaber, Stockton, Moyer, Haines, Paquet build on that with the right imports and Brit contribution and we could raise the bar
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Post by johndabomb on Feb 23, 2017 22:05:06 GMT
Import limit should be 12. 1 nettie, 4 d-men, two forward lines with a spare import to play with two Brits on a third line. Better than it is just now I suppose but 2 brits in the team, whats the point of having british ice hockey if all the hope we can give young players coming through is a measly 2 places in the line up? Ideally you'd have 2 more Brits on the D and a fourth line of Brits. |
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Post by joestoyanovich on Feb 24, 2017 12:54:51 GMT
There's a few players we would obviously want back next season but I think we have to remember that without Owen we would be a good half a dozen or maybe more points worse off and that would put us right back near the bottom of the pile fighting for the last play off spot again so big improvements needed.
For me the biggest change needed is the coach.
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Post by waterboy on Feb 24, 2017 13:43:37 GMT
Rumours on THF that Simms tweet earlier this week relates to import level dropping and........maximum skaters allowed during games will be 19 dropped from IIHF standard of 22.
So basically banning 4 line hockey and dropping spaces for Brits to 6 per team.
If that is right I haven't seen anything so backwards thinking in a hell of a long time. The import level yeah ok that can be argued about forever but reducing the number of players you can dress is unbelievable. If this is right for me the EIHL just took a massive backwards step or 10.
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Post by swarfiga on Feb 24, 2017 13:52:38 GMT
Rumours on THF that Simms tweet earlier this week relates to import level dropping and........maximum skaters allowed during games will be 19 dropped from IIHF standard of 22. So basically banning 4 line hockey and dropping spaces for Brits to 6 per team. If that is right I haven't seen anything so backwards thinking in a hell of a long time. The import level yeah ok that can be argued about forever but reducing the number of players you can dress is unbelievable. If this is right for me the EIHL just took a massive backwards step or 10. If that's true I think that'll be every non arena team pushing back, it's a step backwards like you said but does it not maybe make it easier for the "other 6" teams in the league to compete? I might be missing your point here though |
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Post by johndabomb on Feb 24, 2017 15:42:36 GMT
Surely that benefits the likes of us?
We'd run import nettie, four import d and seven import forwards and be able to afford a backup nettie as now and two full time Brit d-men and Brit forwards to flesh out three d pairings and three full forward lines. Two spare Brits who could be your current Scoon/Muir level to fI'll the 19 spaces.
Does that make us massively better than now with 14 imports, not massively but it puts the clubs like Nottingham, Sheffield, Belfast and to a lesser extent the Clan who all have half a dozen Brits good enough to roll four lines on a more level playing field?
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Post by swarfiga on Feb 24, 2017 15:43:23 GMT
Surely that benefits the likes of us? We'd run import nettie, four import d and seven import forwards and be able to afford a backup nettie as now and two full time Brit d-men and Brit forwards to flesh out three d pairings and three full forward lines. Two spare Brits who could be your current Scoon/Muir level to fI'll the 19 spaces. Does that make us massively better than now with 14 imports, not massively but it puts the clubs like Nottingham, Sheffield, Belfast and to a lesser extent the Clan who all have half a dozen Brits good enough to roll four lines on a more level playing field? That was kind of my train of thought aswell |
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Post by tackleberry on Feb 24, 2017 15:55:27 GMT
I'm all for less imports, however seeing as we have the worst brits in the league I think it will weaken our team more than others.
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Post by coloradoflyer on Feb 24, 2017 16:00:50 GMT
at last seasons fan forum neil black said they eventually wanting the elite league to be playing 4 line hockey so why now would they want to change away from that, has the other clubs in the league finally turned round and said this ain@ viable money wise playing 14 imports
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Post by swarfiga on Feb 24, 2017 16:45:40 GMT
I'm all for less imports, however seeing as we have the worst brits in the league I think it will weaken our team more than others. I think regardless of what the limit is we need better Brits, higher import limit we are finding we are signings imports not up to it on the cheap, over playing the top guys because we have no brit talent. Lower limit and we will be able to spend the money on higher quality imports but need to find a brit line from somewhere |
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Post by coloradoflyer on Feb 24, 2017 16:58:49 GMT
well if they had put a programme in place from season 1 we might have been reaping rewards about now but naw nae forward thinking at all
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Post by swarfiga on Feb 24, 2017 17:45:14 GMT
well if they had put a programme in place from season 1 we might have been reaping rewards about now but naw nae forward thinking at all Probably the most accurate post ever wrote on this forum, sums it up perfectly! |
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Post by ronniemac on Feb 24, 2017 22:38:48 GMT
Yeah maybe accurate but was on this forum from week 1 of its inception.
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Post by coloradoflyer on Feb 24, 2017 23:42:16 GMT
Yeah maybe accurate but was on this forum from week 1 of its inception.
What does that mean ronnie
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