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TheAppleCorps

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Just going to start a new "general" thread for now.


Tips-Chiefs game yesterday was decent. Tips had a great stretch in the middle of the 2nd and drew some penalties with their speed, but only got one goal out of it. Chiefs had some good stretches as well. Considering the Tips have 3 centers out it was a decent showing by them. These two + Victoria look a cut above the rest of the conference.
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Hurricanes are looking great as well. On a 8 game winning streak. Beat Spokane last week on there long trip. Marques has been out the last two months as well with injury. Think they make it to the finals come playoff time?
 
The Central looks like a bloodbath. I don't pay much attention to the East, so have no idea how Lethbridge / Med Hat / Calgary stack up against each other. Lethbridge and Calgary have already made their US trips (Med Hat is coming next week and I'm planning to go), and neither looked particularly threatening... but that was of course before either loaded up.
 
PG looked like the best team in the WHL for 10 minutes tonight and then the worst for 50. It’s to the point where fans are calling for Mark Lamb to step down as head coach. Great roster yet horrible results, would be shocked to see them make it out of the first round if this goes on.
 
pgcougsfan said:
PG looked like the best team in the WHL for 10 minutes tonight and then the worst for 50. It’s to the point where fans are calling for Mark Lamb to step down as head coach. Great roster yet horrible results, would be shocked to see them make it out of the first round if this goes on.
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Lucky to beat WheatKings on Friday. WK playing 3rd game in 4 nights against a well rested team. Third goal was obviously off side. Then lose to Kamloops at home. Wondering what all the hoopla was about the Cougars???
 
Well their window shuts after this season. Next year no Kmec, Heidt, Ziemmer, Valis, and they'll probably trade Parascak.
 
Post trade deadline, I think I'd be shocked if the last team standing isn't one of:

West
  • Tips
  • Chiefs
  • Royals
East
  • Tigers
  • Hurricanes
  • Hitmen

The tiers seem pretty clear... am I off here?
 
TheAppleCorps said:
Post trade deadline, I think I'd be shocked if the last team standing isn't one of:

West
  • Tips
  • Chiefs
  • Royals
East
  • Tigers
  • Hurricanes
  • Hitmen

The tiers seem pretty clear... am I off here?
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Yes thinking the same here… think the Hurricanes will have the edge in the eastern conference with all there championship experience they brought in.
 
wksfan said:
Lucky to beat WheatKings on Friday. WK playing 3rd game in 4 nights against a well rested team. Third goal was obviously off side. Then lose to Kamloops at home. Wondering what all the hoopla was about the Cougars???
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That’s a lot of words to say that the wheat kings lost to the cougars
 
Hurricanes72279 said:
Yes thinking the same here… think the Hurricanes will have the edge in the eastern conference with all there championship experience they brought in.
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IDK, after last night, I'm still thinking the East is Med Hat's to lose with the Hitmen being second. I personally think, especially in junior, that championship experience is a bit of an overrated factor.

I also just noticed that Price only has 2 assists in 9 games with Lethbridge. I know points aren't everything for a defenceman, and I haven't seen him play, but that appears to me to be a little disappointing, especially compared to Mynio who has 4-4 in 9 games and Molendyk with 1-8 in 10 games since the trades.

Yakemchuk left last night's game with a lower body injury and it might be a serious one, but I don't know if it would be a death blow to the Hitmen's chances because he, from the eye test, hasn't really been the same dominating force as he was last year and the Hitmen aren't nearly as reliant on him this season. It's obviously not good, but I don't think it's the end of the world.
 
pgcougsfan said:
That’s a lot of words to say that the wheat kings lost to the cougars
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Maybe I need simpler words to explain to you that they were very lucky to win that game. Should have smoked the WK given the circumstances but needed a very questionable goal to win. What does that say about the Cougs??
 
wksfan said:
Maybe I need simpler words to explain to you that they were very lucky to win that game. Should have smoked the WK given the circumstances but needed a very questionable goal to win. What does that say about the Cougs??
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Do you get extra points in the WHL for winning by more goals? Either way, glad to see that you’re over it lol
 
What's PG's deal? Being a fan in the Eastern Conference, I just don't really see them that often or follow them besides box scores. They didn't seem to lose too, too much of value from last year (besides Funk) and while they are still doing well enough, they don't seem to be nearly as dominating a presence as they were last year.

Were they just unsustainably riding an entire team of career highs last year and it was only down from there or were they just never as good as thought entering this season? Again, it's not like they're bad, I guess I just assumed they would be a distant second or even first place in the West.
 
Mototik said:
What's PG's deal? Being a fan in the Eastern Conference, I just don't really see them that often or follow them besides box scores. They didn't seem to lose too, too much of value from last year (besides Funk) and while they are still doing well enough, they don't seem to be nearly as dominating a presence as they were last year.

Were they just unsustainably riding an entire team of career highs last year and it was only down from there or were they just never as good as thought entering this season? Again, it's not like they're bad, I guess I just assumed they would be a distant second or even first place in the West.
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Lost Funk (67 goals), Thornton (Captain, 74 pts), Becher (96 pts), Young (.915 Sv% in AHL this year), Pauls (Shutdown D), & Dezainde (25 goals).

Even with all those players leaving I think the roster talent wise is just as good if not better than last year. Main issue in my opinion is the leadership group is way different this year and that is why they are losing.

You hear things in PG about Heidt & Ziemmer being at the casino drinking and gambling after almost every home game. Talking about where they are going to fish this summer etc. When things don’t go right for this Cougars team they throw temper tantrums, this was most noticeable in the 0-5 loss to the oil kings in Edmonton and 3-6 loss to the rockets in Kelowna (the day that Kelowna fired their head coach). I would be shocked if the cougars don’t lead the league in suspensions this year.

It just seems like the leaders of the team aren’t leading by example. The team doesn’t have the depth scoring it had last year and the stars haven’t been good enough. Guys like Parascak and Heidt haven’t taken the step forward that they were expected to. Ziemmer especially has been a disappointment, he should be dominating like Cristall this year, no excuses.

Defensively they have been garbage despite having a projected 1st round starting goaltender and a solid defensive core, this due to a lack of effort from the top guys. There is no way this team should be outshot and beat by any teams in the west other than Spokane and Everett, but it happens again and again.

Of course they could still turn it all around and win the cup this year, they have the talent. But at this rate I would be surprised if they made it past the first round and shocked if they made it past the second.
 
Tips got blown out twice at home to MH and Spokane. They are dealing with four centers out right now (all of whom are pretty important) - MacKenzie is the only one playing center from the opening night roster available today. So that definitely does explain it a bit, but that isn't exactly confidence inspiring.
 
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