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Post by swarfiga on Aug 31, 2018 20:06:49 GMT
I didn’t mind him in his role last year, I don’t think we’ve got either enough strength or speed at the back
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Post by flyersforlife01 on Aug 31, 2018 20:22:20 GMT
I didn’t mind him in his role last year, I don’t think we’ve got either enough strength or speed at the back What speed did we have last year in defence? Moyer and Jorgensen weren’t exactly speed demons. If true about Birzins then I’m happy with that, he proved himself last year as being capable of doing the job.
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Post by swarfiga on Aug 31, 2018 20:40:45 GMT
I didn’t mind him in his role last year, I don’t think we’ve got either enough strength or speed at the back What speed did we have last year in defence? Moyer and Jorgensen weren’t exactly speed demons. If true about Birzins then I’m happy with that, he proved himself last year as being capable of doing the job. We didn’t, and that’s mostly the reason we didn’t finish higher than 7th
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Post by flyersforlife01 on Aug 31, 2018 20:42:55 GMT
What speed did we have last year in defence? Moyer and Jorgensen weren’t exactly speed demons. If true about Birzins then I’m happy with that, he proved himself last year as being capable of doing the job. We didn’t, and that’s mostly the reason we didn’t finish higher than 7th Well that ain’t true as the only reason we fell away was down to injuries to key players.
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Post by swarfiga on Aug 31, 2018 21:13:20 GMT
We didn’t, and that’s mostly the reason we didn’t finish higher than 7th Well that ain’t true as the only reason we fell away was down to injuries to key players. If we want to finish in the top 6 we’ll need a better D than we had last year and if Birzins is the last signing I don’t think we’ll have that. And that’s not a slant on him. Let’s not forget, we won most of our games on the counter last year yes but we spent a huge amount of time penned in our own zone with D struggling to get the zone cleared, that’ll be magnified 10x over this year with the fairer league structure
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Post by mavor1987 on Sept 1, 2018 5:57:29 GMT
Signing announcement this morning.
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Post by silkypaws on Sept 1, 2018 6:58:19 GMT
Didn't mind Birzins last year but I was looking for something better for our last D. Not been impressed by the puck handling of any of the new D so far - in that regard we will miss Moyer and Young
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Post by mavor1987 on Sept 1, 2018 8:18:43 GMT
Birzins Confirmed.
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Post by stewartgibson on Sept 1, 2018 8:22:03 GMT
A like birzins but i dont think hes whats needed, id think about running isaacs as the spare and continuing to look for another top end defenceman
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Post by flyer007 on Sept 1, 2018 8:52:41 GMT
Ricky is a good pick up and I my opinion deserved another year in our line up following his exploits last season. However, you have to think there is some room in the budget now if they were going to sign Moyer.
I hope that money is used to bring in a further D man and then we can run Isaacs as a spare. They banged on about improving the D this year and I just don’t see the upgrades at all. Pinkston will be good and form a solid partnership with Ricky. I think Aarsson will play with Stoflet which is again solid but apart from maybe upgrading on Jorgensen I don’t see the improvement.
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Post by teamshaky on Sept 1, 2018 9:16:20 GMT
Ricky is a good pick up and I my opinion deserved another year in our line up following his exploits last season. However, you have to think there is some room in the budget now if they were going to sign Moyer. I hope that money is used to bring in a further D man and then we can run Isaacs as a spare. They banged on about improving the D this year and I just don’t see the upgrades at all. Pinkston will be good and form a solid partnership with Ricky. I think Aarsson will play with Stoflet which is again solid but apart from maybe upgrading on Jorgensen I don’t see the improvement. If there any money left in the budget more importantly than another D man would be to bring in another import goalie in the new year, I can't see Little or Dougz getting much ice time, could be hard going on Owen, it took its toll on Iles last season, hopefully we have learnt from this. Plus I am sure Grigors will get a contract, as I have said before not the best but a cheap option, better than not having 15 imports. If a forward gets injured I'm sure Isaacs will move up front and Grigors can slot into Isaacs place, if a D man gets injured they can move the D men about to slot Grigors in a role suitable to him.
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Post by tackleberry on Sept 1, 2018 13:51:40 GMT
Balance is all wrong on D for me. Stoflet, Isaacs and Birzins all decent enough in their own end but not great puck carriers or passers of the puck, none of them are capable of controlling the PP and they will all be low on assists. That leaves the onus on Pinkston and Aarssen, last season we had 3 defencemen in Young, Moyer and Jorgensen who contributed offensively, so rather than improving the D I really think it’s a step back.
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Post by flyersforlife01 on Sept 1, 2018 14:22:01 GMT
Balance is all wrong on D for me. Stoflet, Isaacs and Birzins all decent enough in their own end but not great puck carriers or passers of the puck, none of them are capable of controlling the PP and they will all be low on assists. That leaves the onus on Pinkston and Aarssen, last season we had 3 puck defencemen in Young, Moyer and Jorgensen who contributed offensively, so rather than improving the D I really think it’s a step back. How much assists does a defenceman need, birzins has done pretty well on that front. Don’t have a problem with the guys we have, need to give them time to gel and if it doesn’t work then we look at it later.
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Post by flyersforlife01 on Sept 2, 2018 10:37:51 GMT
Anybody heard anything about Aarsen?
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Post by jeeves on Sept 2, 2018 12:03:46 GMT
Visa problems.
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