Erie Otters 2023-24 Offseason Thread (Part 2)

[Mata]

Edwards is in a boot in his latest IG post. Let's hope it is nothing serious.

 

[Mata]

Here's a start to getting goalies to develop?

https://x.com/i/web/status/1838609515962351855

 

[NOA]

They have had goalie coaches before but they weren’t successful. I guess the hope here is a new voice will be the difference. Not a lot of experience as a coach but not zero either. Worth the shot, and I like his connection to Erie (born and raised). If successful, maybe he stays longer than most would and he’s more true to being “full-time” than some past guys in this position

 

[NOA]

Misiak was officially sent back to Erie. Credit to Zin for reporting this months ago. I would imagine Molnar is the odd man out, but it will be interesting to see if they get anything in a trade, just release him, or try to even shop Misiak. I think it’s clear with the Sova move that they are planning to keep Misiak (maybe to justify taking him #1 overall last year, maybe hide ceiling?), but I wouldn’t dismiss the possibility of shopping him. If I were the GM, I would at least explore what the offers look like for both and evaluate the roster. Trading Misiak would open up an OA spot that could be huge later on. However, with the import/OA tag - Misiak probably has not much of a market

 

[Kingpin794]

Misiak was officially sent back to Erie. Credit to Zin for reporting this months ago. I would imagine Molnar is the odd man out, but it will be interesting to see if they get anything in a trade, just release him, or try to even shop Misiak. I think it’s clear with the Sova move that they are planning to keep Misiak (maybe to justify taking him #1 overall last year, maybe hide ceiling?), but I wouldn’t dismiss the possibility of shopping him. If I were the GM, I would at least explore what the offers look like for both and evaluate the roster. Trading Misiak would open up an OA spot that could be huge later on. However, with the import/OA tag - Misiak probably has not much of a market

We’ll take one Molnar for cheap please

 

[Guy In Burlington]

Any guesses on C’s and A’s? Or did I miss an announcement?

 

[Dhockey16]

Any guesses on C’s and A’s? Or did I miss an announcement?

I haven't seen an announcement. I'd guess some combination of Fimis, Spence, Schaefer, Alfano and Terrance. Terrance probably gets the C.

 

[frontsfan67]

I haven't seen an announcement. I'd guess some combination of Fimis, Spence, Schaefer, Alfano and Terrance. Terrance probably gets the C.

Was thinking this exactly. Prob either fimis or Terrance for the C and Schaefer takes over next year

 

[ZinErie]

Was thinking this exactly. Prob either fimis or Terrance for the C and Schaefer takes over next year

Terrance shared the C with Sova last season, so it's reasonable to assume he'll be the captain. Of course, when you assume...

 

[NOA]

Erie will be without Edwards/Schaefer this weekend and Terrance (still with ANA). Hopefully they can get good goaltending right from the start

 

[7D442]

We’ll take one Molnar for cheap please

Generally speaking - when we trade a player they have a breakout year and production seems to double ..

So there’s that

 

[Kingpin794]

Generally speaking - when we trade a player they have a breakout year and production seems to double ..

So there’s that

I was being a bit facetious about the price of a potential Molnar trade but the Barrie/Niagara trade does kind of set a price.

 

[NOA]

I was being a bit facetious about the price of a potential Molnar trade but the Barrie/Niagara trade does kind of set a price.

Hard to compare given that Eliasson is an NHL pick and younger. Taking that into account and going off nothing but vibes, I don’t think Molnar will get more than a mid round pick. Largely depends on the market, and I’m too lazy to look up how many teams even have an import spot open or could use an upgrade but guess would be it’s only a handful of teams. Then of those teams, how many are even interested in adding Molnar specifically? Its such a small market and if one team is bidding against themselves, Erie will probably sell him for peanuts..