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Tony Saxon mentioned there are a number of rumoured "already arranged deals" out there. Must be some specific names mentioned as he believes we do not have enough assets available.

Anyone with insight as to some names and or teams these deals are with other than Brantford and possibly Oshawa?

I would expect we should have draft picks and players available to add 5 or 6 based on last year prices and including this year's picks.

The bigger issue is the unknown with the NCAA and AHL options the targeted players will have and may not return to the O.
 
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MidwestStorm said:
Tony Saxon mentioned there are a number of rumoured "already arranged deals" out there. Must be some specific names mentioned as he believes we do not have enough assets available.

Anyone with insight as to some names and or teams these deals are with other than Brantford and possibly Oshawa?

I would expect we should have draft picks and players available to add 5 or 6 based on last year prices and including this year's picks.

The bigger issue is the unknown with the NCAA and AHL options the targeted players will have and may not return to the O.
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I read This article earlier on today, and thought the Generals would be a good trading partner with Guelph, As they will have to load up for the cup run and the Generals are in needs of picks +youth, the Generals have Owen Griffin a player that would fit right in with Guelph, plus The Gen's have the 1st CHL pick also U18 pick, don't know if this would ever be possible. Don't know even if the Generals/Guelph would even be thinking about this.
 
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I agree Griffin should be a target. Are the Gens willing to deal before the draft to add missing picks this year? I would want him this summer and not at the deadline.

Storm may consider flipping 1st round Import
picks depending on who they are targeting.
 
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I agree Griffin should be a target. Are the Gens willing to deal before the draft to add missing picks this year? I would want him this summer and not at the deadline.

Storm may consider flipping 1st round Import
picks depending on who they are targeting.
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I would hope the General's would trade prior to the draft as the cupboard is bare.
 
I think the Storm should be making a coaching change because this team doesn’t play any meaningful system.

If you compare us to Peterborough, they have shown greater gains than us year over year. We only improved by 10 points but the Petes by 39.

I don’t know if it’s drafting or development but we haven’t had a player rank as a 1st round prospect for the last two years.

They should play a system that plays offensively in all situations, 5 on 5, PP and PK, take away time and space and force the opposition to make quick decisions that may cause turnovers.
 
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Further to my previous post, with the Soo moving on from John Dean, the Storm would be smart to act on him fast. He's a smart coach that developed a system that is implemented by a few teams in our league with great success.

As stated earlier, that better than our "no system" we currently employ.
 
thenumbersguy said:
Further to my previous post, with the Soo moving on from John Dean, the Storm would be smart to act on him fast. He's a smart coach that developed a system that is implemented by a few teams in our league with great success.

As stated earlier, that better than our "no system" we currently employ.
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I am not a fan and I am not sure Soo fans will agree he has been successful either based on their recent comments.

Seven years and never past 2nd round.
Went all in again with B Martin, C Reid, and C George plus and only squeaked by London who sold off?

Special teams bottom half of league as well.
 
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I am not a fan and I am not sure Soo fans will agree he has been successful either based on their recent comments.

Seven years and never past 2nd round.
Went all in again with B Martin, C Reid, and C George plus and only squeaked by London who sold off?

Special teams bottom half of league as well.
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Well I wouldn’t want to go into this season with Stillman. He has no system, and our improvement over the previous year was a pitiful 10 points.
 
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Well I wouldn’t want to go into this season with Stillman. He has no system, and our improvement over the previous year was a pitiful 10 points.
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I agree Stillman has been a major disappointment. I would rather S Walker than Dean.

Unlikely but maybe Mark O'Leary is looking for a change and come back home to Ontario. Young guy with a long and successful run with Moose Jaw.
 
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Big blow. Now you’re going to have to use more assets to just replace him when they should be used to add. So much for only 20 year olds will leave, and then it was only going to be supper elites like McKenna, then it was high end 1st round picks like Martone. The bar keeps getting lower . Now it is essentially any NHL draft pick no matter what round no matter if they have showen they are to good for the league .A mid round NHL pick who is good but by no means has showen he is dominating the league and in his team is hosting the memorial cup was not the type of player that should be leaving.
 
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it was posted on here months ago that he was going, i said as much, why is this a shock?
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Yes. Also heard at deadline he was being shopped etc believe you were one of them mentioning that too.

Unfortunate for Guelph they have a big hole to climb. Have to do exceptional in the OHL draft and import draft and then sign a few free agents and a trade or two.

storm should have a busy offseason
 
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Yes. Also heard at deadline he was being shopped etc believe you were one of them mentioning that too.

Unfortunate for Guelph they have a big hole to climb. Have to do exceptional in the OHL draft and import draft and then sign a few free agents and a trade or two.

storm should have a busy offseason
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They knew it was happening, that’s why they shopped him. Not sure what they were doing denying it
 
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what I don’t I understand is if he told them last year he was leaving why didn’t they trade him? Was the thinking they would convince him to come back? That he would accept a trade to a team in the offseason? I just don’t understand why they didn’t move him. Yes you probably won’t have gotten full value, but I’m sure one of the contenders would have given you a decent return for him.
 
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what I don’t I understand is if he told them last year he was leaving why didn’t they trade him? Was the thinking they would convince him to come back? That he would accept a trade to a team in the offseason? I just don’t understand why they didn’t move him. Yes you probably won’t have gotten full value, but I’m sure one of the contenders would have given you a decent return for him.
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everyone knew he was leaving, he was a rental, and they coudlnt find someone to take him as a rental
 
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