Well right away he would be likely the best player or at very least a top 2 or 3 on the team and you get him for 2 atleast, maybe 3 years if he doesn’t progress enough. Over the next 2 or 3 seasons you guys are going to be a good up and coming team with all your 17 year olds now. It fits the timeline like a glove. And if you want to sweeten the deal I’m sure the fronts would take sztuska if offered in the deal.
What do you think Kingston would want for him? I don’t think the Petes would trade Brayden McCallum, Caden Taylor or Carson Cameron in any deal.
I think you might be surprised. Consider that Niagara is only a couple of trades away from competing. Consider that most of their players are 1-4 round draft picks. That means that there is a lot of potential there. Boudreau has a lot to work with, and most of them are returning.
He is a defensive D. He is not going to set the world on fire with the offence; if you look at his stats, he never has. I will wait and see, but to be honest, I really do not see him here next year. Playing against men in a league that is competitive and somewhere between AHL and ECHL quality to me makes sense. He is not going to make the Pens for a couple of years anyway. He is going to have to play a couple of years to hone his skills. Also, remember, unless the Pens sign him, they have no control over where he plays they can suggest.
I was in the Ottawa thread yesterday talking about the availability of Caden Kelly lol but I’d much rather the Petes acquire Frasca. McCallum and Frasca would be two great ‘06s at the top of the lineup
After looking at the roster I think if not one of those guys. Maybe sztuska. If not one of those 4 I don’t see it happening.
Uens should be no higher than our 3rd line. Chromiak likely won’t be back. Who on their defence is better than burns or pieniniemi?
That would help them for sure. However inevitably Kingston will be making some moves to improve as well.
Been their best d man the past 2 years. (Schmidt was great but he wasn’t here the full year so I’m not counting him.) Bound to improve this year with better defence and team around him. Also another nhl rookie camp and maybe a main camp depending on how well he does. You don’t think that has any value beast??
He might have been the best Defenceman on the Front, but looking at the players you had last year, is that really saying anything?
The Petes are not trading Brayden McCallum he is going to be their offensive leader for the next two couple of years and could be a future captain. Caden Taylor is going to be a goal scorer and Peterborough is not going to trade a 17 year old potential future 40 plus goal scorer for an underachieving 18 year old. Carson Cameron is going to be an elite defenceman in the league there is no way they are going to part with him. Liam Sztuska likely will be traded but he is likely not enough to make the trade.
Niagara probably has little to no interest in MacKenzie and Mayich. They already have five OAs to evaluate in training camp. I suppose an OA swap is a possibility.
Mayich would be an oa for OA He would also add leadership and ability
I’m not sure Mayich fits. If Niagara goes for an OA D, it should be the best defensive D or a brute imo.
Burns and Pienineimi would be legit top 3 D this season. That is all that matters right now.
Yeah I agree, Wilson LOVES him. Petes won’t give up Caden Taylor, Carson Cameron or McCallum so assume it would be just picks or maybe some other players cooper likes. Time will tell I guess but I’d love the for the Petes to somehow add Frasca
I agree on all. However if they traded Sztuska and a bunch of picks for Frasca that would help the pick situation a bit and kingston would get something good in return and they wouldn’t have to worry about salajko so it works out for both teams imo.
'the petes are not going to be trading michael simpson'....
when in windsor i heard that miedema had a few issues but nothing big. his biggest issues where on ice, he has all the tools to be an elite power winger and be more dominant then liam greentree but zero compete and willingness to play the way he needs to be successful. i can see how that would grind on a coach, it did in windsor. he has the ability to be amazing, but seems happy to be a bit better then average.
This is a great summary of Miedema.
In regards to my comment about Michael Simpson. Rob Wilson in a preseason interview on the OHL Network talked about his returning overages and he mentioned three and what their expected contributions were. They were Connor Lockhart, Sam Mayer and Michael Simpson. Somewhere after that the decision was made to trade him. Connor Lockhart got caught in the numbers game with the unexpected strong start Jax Dubois had and the need to play two overage defencemen. As it turned out the Peterborough’s decision to sell was made late in the year (2023). It all depended on whether or not they got Tucker Robertson back as an overage. Rob on the post season interview on YourTV Peterborough said the Petes made the decision to sell when it was determined Tucker Robertson was not returning. If he did return they had a couple of players they planned to add to try to contend. If that happened Dubois, Mayer, Konnor Smith and Owen Beck likely would not have not been traded and they would have used their remaining assets to add a few players.
do you ever think that what they say in the public is not always what they say in private?
Miedma is going to get another wake-up in a couple of months. Buffalo will I am sure tell him that if he wants to get signed he needs to up his game. I think that he will come back and understand from his agent and the Sabres that there is no money in his future unless he improves. Unfortunately, a great many kids think that when they get drafted, they have reached the holy grail. The unfortunate thing is tht that is the start of their journey. It just means that someone likes what they have but does not guarantee that they are going to buy the product.
Burns will probably make the main training camp. Not sure about playing any games though.
He'll probably make main camp but I'm guessing they'll send him back in time for the OHL season to start - he's still not even signed and they have 13 other already signed D, plus I'm guessing at least one or two NHL signings.
