2025 - 2026 Sarnia Sting Season Thread, Part III

[OHL4Life]

So ummm… James Barr is eligible for the draft… anyone got an explanation? Should we take him?!?! Jkjk

he was delted from the sarnia protected list, anyone deleted from that list automatically goes on the list, you should see alot of random 09, 08 and 07s on there.

 

[StingUpdates]

Three interesting names that are back in the draft according to the OHL draft guide:

Shane Neusteter (former 4th round pick in 2024), Max Grovestine (10th round pick in 2024, .903 SV% in the OJHL last year), and Damiir Cherniavskii (10th round pick in 2025, 20 points in 39 games in the OJHL last season)

First 2 make sense, but I don't quite get Cherniaviskii. .50 ppg as a late round pick isn't all that bad. Why not at least wait to see him at camp to see what improvements he's made?

 

[Grizzly Pete]

Three interesting names that are back in the draft according to the OHL draft guide:

Shane Neusteter (former 4th round pick in 2024), Max Grovestine (10th round pick in 2024, .903 SV% in the OJHL last year), and Damiir Cherniavskii (10th round pick in 2025, 20 points in 39 games in the OJHL last season)

Where did you find that info? It doesn't look like the media guide has been published yet on the OHL site.

 

[StingUpdates]

Been watching quite a bit of the top guys who we may take (keep hearing Sgro) at 4 but a few forwards have really stood out that I'm hoping we are looking at in the 2nd round.

Finley Butler, 6'5" winger on London. Usually ranked 18-25 range, but with all the Americans maybe he could slide just far enough.

Finn Ellery, 6'3" Centre on Central Wolves. Elite skater, elite motor. Very physical & has legit skills they are just a bit inconsistent.

AJ Moore, 6'1" winger on Little Ceasers. Good size & a really powerful player. Went semi high in the ushl draft so potential he won't come.

Ryker Kesler, 6'0" Centre on Little Ceasers. Ryan Kesler's son & he plays just like Ryan did. Total pain in the ass/agitating player with real skill.

Evan Fitzgerald, 5'10 F for Vaughan. Super energetic, pesty F with some skill to go with it. (Might be more of a 3rd round pick)

Seca & Co keep talking about wanting players who are hard to play against but that have skill & all 5 check those boxes. Ellery is my favorite of the bunch, but would quite happy if we got any of them.