I'm not as high on Ryczek as most are. Small type defenseman and he needs to be stronger. I am a bit worried about the Mooseheads D this season. We need to be a bit more physical and force outside shots while also have the ability to move the puck out our own end with possession.
We lost the Islanders cause our team D was bad in my opinion. I like Chainey and Barron. McIsaac needs to be better as a 18/19 year old this year. Then there is a bit of a drop in talent after that? Ryczek needs to be more offensive and produce on the PP if he is going to impress me and be a definite top 4D.
I couldn’t agree more with you. Though Ryczek in my opinion is very well offensively but he and many lack defensively. McIssac needs to work on his physically a bit because I saw many times on the ice where you missed a guy and ran himself into the boards and sometimes he misplays the puck. I have no complaints on Barron and Chainey. Barron’s still a young guy with a huge hockey IQ. Chainey is the underdog no one talks about he’s a great playmaker but needs to stay out of the box. I haven’t really paid much to Patrick Kyte last season he needs to improve. I don’t know what to say about Walter Flower because he keeps missing ice-time from Back-To-Back injuries in his career on the Mooseheads. There is 2 spots open for defense on the team year. Trade Deadline ended today and Cooper Jones and Barrett Dachyshyn are on waivers. As said already. And Ryan Barbosa is gone. The last spots will most likely go to one of the following remaining in camp.
Name/POS/Height/Weight/DOB/Age/
Acquired/Previous Team
Cole Larkin | RD | 6’02” | 174 | 2002-09-13 | 16 | Q Draft 18 | Charlottetown NBPEIMMHL
Zachary Byard | LD | 6’02” | 212 | 2002-05-04 | 16 | Q Draft 18 | Halifax Macs NSMMHL
Denis Toner | LD | 5’09 | 163 | 1999-09-22 | 16 | Q Draft 15 | Woodstock Slammers MHL
Curtis Heffernan | LD | 6’01” | 185 | 1999-12-23 | Free Agent Invite | Truro Bearcats MHL
Jack McGovern | RD | 6’03” | 205 | 2000-01-19 | Saint John -> Halifax 2017 | Truro Bearcats MHL
Size and Age wise I wanna say Curtis Heffernan and Jack McGovern would be the best choices BUT the best performing guys in camp have been Cole Larkin and Denis Toner. I don’t see a huge issue in Larkin other then him being young. But Toner is only 163 pounds. That’s pretty skinny. But hopefully Russell can make a good transaction in the future. I was hoping Mooseheads would try to get a defense in the Import draft but I can’t complain with Barinka because he’s doing very well. But the overage spot is open. We’ll have to see what the Mooseheads do. Thanks for reading this took a long time to write... lol