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Post by stewartgibson on Aug 27, 2022 10:58:02 GMT
This is my take on the roster:
Goaltending - No brainer to bring Owen back. Going into this season probably the most comfortable out of all teams with our starting netminder because we know what we’re getting. Need to reduce the number of shots he takes on a nightly basis and i think we will. Obviously a worry if any injury occurs.
Defence - Probably the most excited I’ve been about a defensive group since the Rioux season. Think we might have absolute studs in Harsch and Sherbinin. Hausinger hopefully turns out good and clearly has offensive upside. Emmerdahl i feel for a bit, to me he’s clearly capable of playing a top 4 role but the 2 seasons he’s been here we’ve not exactly recruited well defensively. Fernholm I’ve read up a bit and by the sounds of it his past two seasons have been marred by concussion issues which is obviously a worry. Signing Page and Cochrane gives good depth something we severely lack in the past, one of them is going to take each others ice time so they’re gonna have to be good every night.
Forwards - I dont think we’ve recruited a bad forward. What I will say is i think we might be missing one proper high end forward that we can rely on to put points up every night. My main concern is the quality of our depth and thats why i think its so so important to run the spare forward. 2 injuries to any import forwards and not having a spare, the drop off in point production is just too big from our brits, thats not to say Jamieson or Spence can have a break out year but it’s unrealistic to expect that.
Overall - In my opinion we run the spare we can challenge Glasgow and Guildford, and that has to be the bench mark to start the season. Im excited for the season, we’ve recruited well and looks like a significant upgrade on last season.
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Post by cannat on Aug 27, 2022 11:10:38 GMT
I think we are already better than Guildford on paper.
I also think our D unit is better than Clan. We have a proven net minder,I think we will get a lot more offence from our D than they will. The forward department they are ahead as they have proven players and a little bit more experience of this league but I don't think they will have the points depth we potentially have. Now if we run with a spare, as Hutchins seems to be suggesting on Twitter, this will be an exciting season
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Post by greyhound on Aug 27, 2022 13:42:56 GMT
I think we have a good squad, and if I was Dundee and Manchester I would worry as they look more like we have last two seasons, Coventry and Gukldford not much better, Clan similar to us. We must be aiming to compete with these teams, and winning against all teams at home, or at least having the chance to. And I've not looked at all the rosters but am I right in saying actual tougher players have not bee as much of a priority. I see Louis at Cardiff and Gagnon at Notts, but are there others?
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Post by greyhound on Aug 27, 2022 13:59:12 GMT
I just hope Upon hope they play Page and Jamieson tbh. They both have the size and skating skills for this league. Reece has already shown he can take shifts, and James has to get more of a chance, if not if I was them I'd be away down south to the NIHL for the sake of their careers.
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Post by zamboni on Aug 27, 2022 15:07:27 GMT
who gets the credit for team? hutch or dutes dutes seems 2 hae been awol again this summer You should listen to the Flyers podcast You will here what Dutes has to say when asked.
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Post by zamboni on Aug 27, 2022 15:10:01 GMT
Yeah On paper looks good, let's hope they gel and produce, nothing can worse than last year and the before that. I will do as I normally do give them a chance see how it goes if they are not good fine t doesn't get my money. Let's hope for a good season Your contradicting yourself as you are poo pooing the signings as they are being announced. Give them a chance glass half full till mid October 👍
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Post by zamboni on Aug 27, 2022 15:13:48 GMT
This is my take on the roster: Goaltending - No brainer to bring Owen back. Going into this season probably the most comfortable out of all teams with our starting netminder because we know what we’re getting. Need to reduce the number of shots he takes on a nightly basis and i think we will. Obviously a worry if any injury occurs. Defence - Probably the most excited I’ve been about a defensive group since the Rioux season. Think we might have absolute studs in Harsch and Sherbinin. Hausinger hopefully turns out good and clearly has offensive upside. Emmerdahl i feel for a bit, to me he’s clearly capable of playing a top 4 role but the 2 seasons he’s been here we’ve not exactly recruited well defensively. Fernholm I’ve read up a bit and by the sounds of it his past two seasons have been marred by concussion issues which is obviously a worry. Signing Page and Cochrane gives good depth something we severely lack in the past, one of them is going to take each others ice time so they’re gonna have to be good every night. Forwards - I dont think we’ve recruited a bad forward. What I will say is i think we might be missing one proper high end forward that we can rely on to put points up every night. My main concern is the quality of our depth and thats why i think its so so important to run the spare forward. 2 injuries to any import forwards and not having a spare, the drop off in point production is just too big from our brits, thats not to say Jamieson or Spence can have a break out year but it’s unrealistic to expect that. Overall - In my opinion we run the spare we can challenge Glasgow and Guildford, and that has to be the bench mark to start the season. Im excited for the season, we’ve recruited well and looks like a significant upgrade on last season. According to Hutch tweet there could be more announcements But I agree with you 👍
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Post by zamboni on Aug 27, 2022 15:18:36 GMT
The getting to know the players is a good touch also There is defo signs of improvement
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Post by thebluewellies on Aug 27, 2022 15:34:22 GMT
You said the same thing this time last year!
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Post by zamboni on Aug 27, 2022 16:47:08 GMT
You said the same thing this time last year! Anything in particular 🙄 I say a lot of things 👍 I think we do have a good team this year Last year there was the bare bones We gave them a chance and it was a tough season However they did beat a few teams But history now so nothing to be gained by trawling back through it . To many nightmares ☹️
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Post by coloradoflyer01 on Aug 27, 2022 17:02:15 GMT
Yeah On paper looks good, let's hope they gel and produce, nothing can worse than last year and the before that. I will do as I normally do give them a chance see how it goes if they are not good fine t doesn't get my money. Let's hope for a good season Your contradicting yourself as you are poo pooing the signings as they are being announced. Give them a chance glass half full till mid October 👍 I will give them a chance I always do recent seasons don't fill me with confidence though
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Post by boschman76 on Aug 27, 2022 17:15:51 GMT
To many Europeans not enough physicality in the side to many older imports that will as always get way to much ice time.yes everything looks great on paper but sadly the game doesn't get played on paper and I'm sure after a month the players will get fed up listening to the same c*** every night and getting thrown under the bus when things don't go well. I really hope I'm proved wrong but I somehow don't think anything will change at this disfunctional club I have followed for the last forty years
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Post by joestoyanovich on Aug 27, 2022 21:34:10 GMT
Certainly looks to be a better squad on paper than those of the last two best forgotten years.
Let's give them a chance, we'll see soon enough how good or bad they are.
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Post by newyorkflyer on Aug 28, 2022 17:38:57 GMT
Owen, Emmerdahl, Sandstrom and Hausinger have arrived in town
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Post by thebluewellies on Aug 28, 2022 18:32:16 GMT
Owen, Emmerdahl, Lundstrom and Hausinger have arrived in town A lot of the other teams around the league were playing last night or tonight. We’re still getting off the bus
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