Barrie Colts 2024 - 25 Season Thread, Part I

[tjziel]

This is what Windsor said 3 years ago when they went and got Shane Wright, "this team chemistry will be fine"

I don’t recall them saying that. That’s purely speculative….

 

[StormWatcher]

I don’t recall them saying that. That’s purely speculative….

Kind of like you saying Luchanko would force a trade to London and refuse to go elsewhere...

 

[tjziel]

Kind of like you saying Luchanko would force a trade to London and refuse to go elsewhere...

Fair enough! Touché lol!

 

[Fastpace]

In theory, maybe but a GM would be doing a disservice to his team if he allowed a NTC clause to effectively chop the trade value in half or worse. It sets a precedent. It would be strategically better to keep the player and forego the return in order to maintain respect in the league for future trades and players holding NTC’s.

There is also a courtesy offered by reputable GM’s that when these sorts of issues arise, the GM of the receiving team does offer a comparable deal to market value otherwise they simply decline which allows the holding team to make an alternate appropriate deal.

I would also add, the league front office keeps a close eye on imbalance trades between teams, all deals must be approved by the league before making them official

 

[StormWatcher]

I would also add, the league front office keeps a close eye on imbalance trades between teams, all deals must be approved by the league before making them official

This is why even if a "part two" were agreed upon between Guelph and London it would have to look right on paper, it can't/won't be Luchanko to London for scraps and no picks.

 

[JetsColts13]

Going to be interesting how Marty runs the powerplay. Colts have 10 forwards who have are worthy of PP time.

 

[Jimmy582]

Going to be interesting how Marty runs the powerplay. Colts have 10 forwards who have are worthy of PP time.

My opinion on the pp would be
First unit keep the nb line together but play Romani on the point with akey
So it’d be Romani with akey then Wakely OVS and Jelsma up front. Then second unit go Beaudoin Patterson hemming up front with Aitcheson and Bertucci on the point. The 3 guys that would lose a lot of ice will be Gardiner Stewart and lowe but all 3 should be penalty killers and in the top 9 other than Lowe who will be a 4th line guy now that can bump into the top 9 in case of injury instead of Derbidge. Still wouldn’t shock me if Marty try’s to bring in a better d man than tiller to really make the top 6 lights out. Is it overkill for sure could be but at the right price I think it’s worth it. If someone goes down do we really trust Passmore or tiller to play top 4 mins vs a team like Oshawa or Brampton not sure if Marty does or not. Eilasson has gotten better as the year has gone on but he might be better fitted on the 3 D pair as a shutdown pair with Passmore.

 

[CanadienColt]

Looking forward to seeing this team play the 2nd half of the season. We all know who the top 6 is going to likely be. The biggest question is who is bumped down to the 3rd and 4th lines.

My guess is:
- Wakely, Romani and Van Steen
- Jelsma, Beaudoin, Patterson
- Hemming, Stuart, Newton, Gardner, Derbridge???

 

[Jimmy582]

Looking forward to seeing this team play the 2nd half of the season. We all know who the top 6 is going to likely be. The biggest question is who is bumped down to the 3rd and 4th lines.

My guess is:
- Wakely, Romani and Van Steen
- Jelsma, Beaudoin, Patterson
- Hemming, Stuart, Newton, Gardner, Derbridge???

It’ll be Stewart Gardiner hemming 3rd line and Lowe on the 4th I would assume. Unless they wanna flip Stewart and Jelsma to give the 2nd and 3rd lines more balance

 

[dirty12]

I could also see;
Hemming-Beaudoin-Patterson
VanSteensel-Wakely-Romani
Stewart-Jelsma-Gardiner
Lowe-Newton-Derbidge

 

[Jimmy582]

I could also see;
Hemming-Beaudoin-Patterson
VanSteensel-Wakely-Romani
Stewart-Jelsma-Gardiner
Lowe-Newton-Derbidge

Could do that too I think the only set line is the NB line and that Lowe will probably play 4th line minutes unless there’s a injury.