Flint Firebirds 2023 - 24 Off-Season Thread
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HockeyPops
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Flint's been great the last 5 years though even with a below .500 year last year! .582 winning % over the last 5 years. Sure they had a rough few years to start as many new franchises do, but you are really trying hard to cling to your narrative there.
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It's HARD to CLING to the NARRATIVE when hockey people really KNOW what the PROBLEM is in Flint.
Bring in respective and proven hockey people into your organization like Devellano and Osgood and look what can happen.
Ask yourself why Saginaw and not Flint? I think you all know why. Until that changes don't go looking for anything MEMORIAL happening in Flint.
Bring in respective and proven hockey people into your organization like Devellano and Osgood and look what can happen.
Ask yourself why Saginaw and not Flint? I think you all know why. Until that changes don't go looking for anything MEMORIAL happening in Flint.
frontsfan67
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You have to have a good team to host the memorial cup. If you guys had any shot of it, it would’ve been with Othmann. Plenty of teams haven’t hosted before.
It’ll be a couple years before we can assess the ‘24 draft but it’s great to see the top 4 signed. Can’t fault McParlan there. Would still love to see Colosimo signed. Someone from a previous draft like Darian Anderson, Dryden Allen, Chase Hull or Cullen Potter ending up in blue and orange at some point wouldn’t hurt either.
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frontsfan67
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Teams could just wait the year and if he does well-sign as a free agent. DY+2’s don’t usually get drafted unless they dominate
I haven’t seen enough of him to have a valid assessment but you’re right. It’s WAY more likely he gets signed after the season by an NHL/AHL club if he looks good this year.
Well fun way to start the season to see if this team will compete right out of the gate.
That was my initial thought also. Thing is, London is likely to be more shorthanded that weekend than Flint with kids still up with NHL clubs.
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Oh 1000%
They might be without a couple, but they also might have a couple in the lineup as well.
We go out and lose 6-1 to half of London, going to throw myself down the stairs and get a refund on my season tickets.
I never really take too much stock in those first 2-3 weekends. It’ll be good to get a couple vs London out of the way right off the bat and assess where they are vs what should be a solid group in the Knights even missing a couple pieces. I could see Flint missing Bertucci. Probably everybody else back. London will be minus Cowan I’m sure, possibly Bonk and Barkey. I’d have to look at their roster to see anymore possibilities. Flint has struggled mightily in the past those first couple weekends though. Of course, we’ve seen coaches dismissed and the ship quickly righted a couple of those years though.Oh 1000%
They might be without a couple, but they also might have a couple in the lineup as well.
We go out and lose 6-1 to half of London, going to throw myself down the stairs and get a refund on my season tickets.
Kingpin794
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No thanksgiving eve game in Flint this year. Kinda sucks. Always looked forward to that on the way back to Freeland from GR.
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