Marat looking really strong in the WJC. It’s unfortunate that the pandemic lingered and Erie missed out on witnessing this talent. Have to believe that with him, the import goalie, and Saganiuk joining the roster, Erie could have been a top 4 team in the conference with tons of excitement and talent for fans to watch
That said, there probably won’t be an OHL season this year so it’s a wash..
Erie was smart to lock up their 2020 imports and bail on Marat in preparation for 2021-22
You must not know the people I know. I’ll leave at thatThat's a very positive spin zone for the GM, but everything put online has suggested it wasn't Erie's decision to "bail on Marat". he was never coming
That's a very positive spin zone for the GM, but everything put online has suggested it wasn't Erie's decision to "bail on Marat". he was never coming
Erie could have been a top 4 team in the conference with tons of excitement and talent for fans to watch
Chad Yetman signs with the Rockford Icehogs, Chicago's AHL affiliate: Rockford IceHogs | 2020 Blackhawks Draft Pick & OHL Premier Goal…
Unfortunately for us, I don't think we'll see Chad in an Otters uniform ever again. Really happy for Chad though (and Max as well, playing with Anaheim's ECHL team). Sucks that COVID has wrecked the season and taken the chance to watch these guys for one more season away from us but I think this could help add to Erie' reputation of developing players. Turning a 2016 10th rounder (Yetman) and a 2016 13th rounder (Golod) into very good OHL players and now professional prospects is impressive.
I was going a lineup featuring CURRENT players in the NHL. In other words, an actual lineup that could be made right now with active players. Those players you list are all retired ...Erie had some good players before McDavid got here. If you want to include Marchment and Nolan over Brad Boyes, Tim Connolly, Cory Pecker, or even Mike Rupp or Jason Ward, go right ahead. But you also left off players like Chris Campoli and Carlo Colaiacovo on defence. Dansk was good but give me Valiquette or Munro. Jaroslav Janus was really good but seemed to face 40 shots a night on some really horrid teams.
In other news, Aaron Cooney got a job with the San Diego Gulls (Anaheim AHL) as their director of communications and I'm assuming he'll be their broadcast voice. Really cool to see and good for him, but a bummer for us, I really enjoyed him calling the games for the Otters.
Jamie is listed on their roster too.
The one blessing with this is that Erie probably would have been a middle pack team had they had a normal year. But that would have meant they wouldn’t have traded Jamie and we would have been forced to play the “what if” game with trade rumors. Personally I wanted to sell him for high assets but realistically they never would have. Now he will forever be an Erie alum first and last. Like it or not, that makes me feel at ease to not see him in another uniform because Erie never even had the chance/choiceGood catch, hopefully he does well there. Unfortunately I think we have seen the last of him in Erie but always good for the program to have another top talent like that come through, even if he likely would have succeeded with the other 19 teams in the OHL as well.
I actually just watched the video and came on here to comment about it... wow is right!Did you all see the picture of the new chrome helmets? Wow!