Flint Firebirds 2022 Off-season Thread

[OHL Fan]

Gavin Hayes #66 to Chicago at the start of the 3rd round.

Shocked Amadeus Lombardi #113 in the 4th round to Detroit, did not see that one coming, thought he would be a late 6th/7th round guy or have to earn a contract like Kressler.

Some would believe that Hayes went higher then expected and Lombardi went lower then expected.

 

[FirebirdsFan21]

Piercey will be attending the Red Wings Development Camp with Lombardi.

 

[FireBird71]

 

[MJ5]

Panwar, Bert, and Keppen.

 

[OHL Fan]

Great for kids attending camps.

 

[Savard18]

Vancouver must have released Keppen.

 

[dirty12]

Vancouver must have released Keppen.

Teams lose the right to unsigned CHL players two years after drafted. It’s beneficial for NHL teams to draft NCAA and European players.
Keppen was on some sort of ATO to start last season?

 

[FireBird71]

 

[Savard18]

He is going to toy with teams this year.

 

[FireBird71]

 

[Savard18]

Hell yeah. Finally a top flight 2nd round pick commits. I’m really excited to watch this kid develop. We’ll see how things go over the next couple years but I think they got really good value here.

 

[FireBird71]

Any guesses to whose next? I don’t think it will be both defensemen…probably one and possibly the Center Patterson

 

[OHL Fan]

Welcome Nathan.

 

[Savard18]

Any guesses to whose next? I don’t think it will be both defensemen…probably one and possibly the Center Patterson

They’re pretty thin on D after they shed the extra OA’s, so they’ll need to sign a couple from the 20-21-22 drafts. Right now things look something like...

Deline-Kuzmin
D’Amato-Petrovski
Bertucci-MacLean
????-????

 

[MJ5]

They’re pretty thin on D after they shed the extra OA’s, so they’ll need to sign a couple from the 20-21-22 drafts. Right now things look something like...

Deline-Kuzmin
D’Amato-Petrovski
Bertucci-MacLean
????-????

I'd definitely bring in 2, really curious how MacLean looks this year. If they could find another cheap Mayotte type for the 3rd pairing it wouldn't hurt.

Like Firebird 71 said, probably won't be both Grayden Strohack ad Reed Gee, but I'd expect 1 of them. Would be nice if they could convince Andrew Strathmann to report.

 

[FireBird71]

They’re pretty thin on D after they shed the extra OA’s, so they’ll need to sign a couple from the 20-21-22 drafts. Right now things look something like...

Deline-Kuzmin
D’Amato-Petrovski
Bertucci-MacLean
????-????

Meant from the last draft..hopefully they can get some from the previous draft

 

[TcNorth]

A warm welcome to Nathan and your family! Should be a fun season.

 

[TcNorth]

Hell yeah. Finally a top flight 2nd round pick commits. I’m really excited to watch this kid develop. We’ll see how things go over the next couple years but I think they got really good value here.

6 of 8 of Flint’s 2nd round picks have reported. The only elite top flight 2nd round pick we really missed on was Owen Power.

 

[OHL Fan]

They’re pretty thin on D after they shed the extra OA’s, so they’ll need to sign a couple from the 20-21-22 drafts. Right now things look something like...

Deline-Kuzmin
D’Amato-Petrovski
Bertucci-MacLean
????-????

You forgot Terry

Any guesses to whose next? I don’t think it will be both defensemen…probably one and possibly the Center Patterson

Knowing Flint, I would say Gee dman

 

[MJ5]

 

[MJ5]

You forgot Terry


Knowing Flint, I would say Gee dman

Terry and Deline are OAs,. I don't think both return.

 

[OHL Fan]

Terry and Deline are OAs,. I don't think both return.

D is thin and thus more reason to keep older dmen

 

[MJ5]

D is thin and thus more reason to keep older dmen

You keep both now your front lines are thin if you have to move on from Panwar and Piercey.

 

[FireBird71]

Piercey would be my choice to keep

 

[OHL Fan]

Piercey would be my choice to keep

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