2025 - 2026 Ottawa 67s Season Thread, Part IV

[44 95 plus tax]

No. At least not one they’ve rostered. Will Cranley is probably the one that worked out but not for Ottawa…

Nathan Todd was a good contributor for a couple of years

 

[OMG67]

Nathan Todd was a good contributor for a couple of years

True. Forgot about that guy.

 

[mianjo]

1st rd 18Ottawa Humphrey, Eli Apr 14, 2009 C 5.10.75 145 Cambridge, ON

 

[mianjo]

2nd rd 38 Ottawa Huang, Andy Oct 8, 2009 LW 5.09.75 184 King City, ON

 

[mianjo]

Only 2 picks taken by Ottawa

 

[sirius67fan]

Makes sense. I should have actually looked at the transaction before posting.

AS BarberPole9 said from my notes we received Windsor 2nd-2026 from Brampton in Amidovsky trade. There is no record we traded it since. So I believe the database is correct and there is a mistake on the league site.

 

[OMG67]

AS BarberPole9 said from my notes we received Windsor 2nd-2026 from Brampton in Amidovsky trade. There is no record we traded it since. So I believe the database is correct and there is a mistake on the league site.

It has now been fixed on the OHL Site.

 

[67sfan1993]

Ottawa 67s announced the home opener for 2026-27 will be September 27th 3pm start time vs Sarnia Sting, it was posted on their Facebook page

 

[armchaircoaches]

U guys and that ridiculous 3 pm Sunday games get teams coming in that played the night before has to change

 

[OMG67]

U guys and that ridiculous 3 pm Sunday games get teams coming in that played the night before has to change

Actually, more often, teams play Peterborough on Thursday night and Kingston on Friday night. Then they get the Saturday off while Ottawa commonly plays on Saturday, quite often on the road.

 

[dirty12]

U guys and that ridiculous 3 pm Sunday games get teams coming in that played the night before has to change

Ottawa and Sudbury definitely have favourable home schedules

 

[OMG67]

Ottawa and Sudbury definitely have favourable home schedules

Ottawa had 12 Sunday home games last season. Of those 12 games, the team they played had the previous day off 10 of those games. Once vs Kingston and once vs Peterborough did the team coming in play the day before.

Of those Sunday home games, Ottawa played 6 times the day before with three of those being on the road.

They also have the Saturday games. 5 of 8 the team coming in played the previous night in Kingston. But Ottawa played the night before 3 times.

In my opinion, Ottawa’s home schedule is not all that favourable. Yes, they play a lot of teams game 3 of their road trip but every one of those Sunday games the team that they are playing has the day previous off.

They aren’t typically at home rested waiting for tired teams to limp in. In many cases, they are coming back home and the opposition is there resting and waiting for Ottawa!

 

[three dog night]

How is the new arena going

 

[dirty12]

Ottawa had 12 Sunday home games last season. Of those 12 games, the team they played had the previous day off 10 of those games. Once vs Kingston and once vs Peterborough did the team coming in play the day before.

Of those Sunday home games, Ottawa played 6 times the day before with three of those being on the road.

They also have the Saturday games. 5 of 8 the team coming in played the previous night in Kingston. But Ottawa played the night before 3 times.

In my opinion, Ottawa’s home schedule is not all that favourable. Yes, they play a lot of teams game 3 of their road trip but every one of those Sunday games the team that they are playing has the day previous off.

They aren’t typically at home rested waiting for tired teams to limp in. In many cases, they are coming back home and the opposition is there resting and waiting for Ottawa!

There is benefit hosting teams on a short change having afternoon home games on Saturdays, Sundays, holiday Mondays. Like Sudbury, Ottawa has a favourable home schedule.

 

[OMG67]

There is benefit hosting teams on a short change having afternoon home games on Saturdays, Sundays, holiday Mondays. Like Sudbury, Ottawa has a favourable home schedule.

Again, not when your opponent is resting and waiting for you. As I demonstrated, the vast majority of teams coming into Ottawa on Saturday and Sunday have the day prior off as a rest day.

It was a much better schedule prior to the redevelopment. We’d play about 2/3 of our home games on Friday nights. That meant we caught a lot of Western Teams doing their Eastern Swing starting in Peterborough on Thursday. Then Ottawa would have the Sunday afternoon games with many Saturdays off when at home. We’d catch a lot of the rest of the Western teams on the Sunday afternoon on a 3 in 3. Back then, I would agree the schedule favoured Ottawa.

However, I cannot see how a schedule favours Ottawa when the team they are playing on saturday and Sunday are better rested than Ottawa is. That seems silly to me.

 

[OMG67]

How is the new arena going

Construction is well underway. Provided there are no delays, it should be open around the start of the 2028-29 season. I could see Ottawa start that season on the road for a couple weeks and be ready for home ice around late October 2028.

 

[beastintheeast]

U guys and that ridiculous 3 pm Sunday games get teams coming in that played the night before has to change

You seem to forget that when we go west, we play the same schedule along with long bus rides

 

[dirty12]

You seem to forget that when we go west, we play the same schedule along with long bus rides

The ‘67s (home schedule) has some extra benefit to it.
Road trips can suck for a lot of teams, Erie and OS in particular I think. NB-SBY-SSM in no particular order over four days including an afternoon game is not ideal. At least the west has Wed-Sunday games.
The unbalanced schedule is a good thing even if it penalizes certain teams every few years.

 

[Larionov]

So I notice that we have made a couple of trades giving away picks in this draft for future ones. Fair to assume that we had a bunch of picks stockpiled for this draft and the club is trying to balance it out for future years?

 

[sirius67fan]

So I notice that we have made a couple of trades giving away picks in this draft for future ones. Fair to assume that we had a bunch of picks stockpiled for this draft and the club is trying to balance it out for future years?

I anticipated that. Makes little sense to make so many picks with little roster space. Better to push some back to use later or use as ammo at trade deadline if we're contending. Wouldn't be surprised if they traded one of their seconds also.

 

[67sfan1993]

OHL and QMJHL announced a series of interleague games for November, Ottawa plays in Gatineau on November 20th and then they head back to TD Place on November 22nd, both 7pm start times

 

[OMG67]

I anticipated that. Makes little sense to make so many picks with little roster space. Better to push some back to use later or use as ammo at trade deadline if we're contending. Wouldn't be surprised if they traded one of their seconds also.

I agree. They have some empty spots on their draft picks page so I fully expect them to fill some of those spots. Whether they end up using them as Ammo or not is a different story but I know they usually like to keep a full cabinet year over year. This is the time of year to easily move stuff around.

The benefit is they get those extra picks as compensation for moving stuff from this draft into the future. Getting a free 5th round pick in 2027 for moving your 3rd in 2026 to 2029 is good pick management. It is precisely that pick management that allows them to make these trades int he first place.

I can see them move the WSR 2nd this draft for a 2nd and 3rd in 2029.

 

[BarberPole9]

Zielinski to Providence this year.

 

[67sfan1993]

Zielinski to Providence this year.

Hrebik possibly leaving Barrie would be interesting since he is a decent goalie

 

[OMG67]

Hrebik possibly leaving Barrie would be interesting since he is a decent goalie

Cali leaving NB is probably the worst of the news for the OHL in that tweet