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Kitchener Rangers 2024-25 Season Thread, Part I
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Krangers08
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Barring any injuries. Could be in Saturday if parsons doesn’t go back to back
More than likely Antsis only signs an OHL card and not a JR. B one because it was promised to him if he came to Kitchener. It’s not posted anywhere or no confirmation but in this case it’s an assumption from SQ88 which I fully agree on that assumption.
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I believe there's some sort of OHL agreement with USA Hockey that any 16 yr old American needs to signed to an "A" Card and can't be assigned to Jr B.
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Swick-Ellinas-Arquette
Missile--Romano-Lam
Bottineau-Mercer- Cameron
Pug-Labrash-Vermeulen
Andonovski-Dirracolo
Reid-Bilecki
Campbell-Stark
Missile--Romano-Lam
Bottineau-Mercer- Cameron
Pug-Labrash-Vermeulen
Andonovski-Dirracolo
Reid-Bilecki
Campbell-Stark
i thought so too, there was at one point, but there seems to be more and more americans going to jr b. sarnia just sent one this year as well.
if you plan on playing him, i beleive he probably is already on a b card, just depends on when he comes back and what the plan is. i wouldn't worry about it, 90 percent of teams dont get that close to the 30 cards that they are given.
Wierd…..I would think Parsons deserve the start in the 1st game of the season.
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Are these predicted opening night lineups or “your” opening night lineups?
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EvenSteven
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Fair enough.
Well, based on who’ll be available, here’s my lineup opening night:
Swick. Ellinas. Miseljevic.
Bottineau. Romano. Lam.
Vermeulen. Mercer. Arquette.
Labrash. Hlacar. Cameron.
Andonovski. Dirracolo.
Reid. MacNiel.
Campbell. Stark.
Parsons.
Edwards.
Scratches:
Pugliese
Bilecki
Schneider
Schaubel
Injured
Headrick
Anstis
-I’m loading up the top line. After that, I’m throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks.
-I have Pugliese as one of our three OA’s this year. However, until Swick is dealt, I have him 4th among our current OA’s.
-I have Bilecki as a scratch, but I really don’t want to scratch him. I feel I need to put Stark in but long term, Bilecki just might trump him as a defenseman. I have to wonder if Stark didn’t shoot himself in the foot by wanting to switch to D. He may be in no man’s land now. As a LW, he’s probably in my top nine Friday night.
-Parsons is easily my starter. With our young inexperienced D, we’ll need a veteran presence in net to even things out. Barring injury or trade, I expect him to play around the same amount of games this year as he did last year (51 appearances) if not more.
Well, based on who’ll be available, here’s my lineup opening night:
Swick. Ellinas. Miseljevic.
Bottineau. Romano. Lam.
Vermeulen. Mercer. Arquette.
Labrash. Hlacar. Cameron.
Andonovski. Dirracolo.
Reid. MacNiel.
Campbell. Stark.
Parsons.
Edwards.
Scratches:
Pugliese
Bilecki
Schneider
Schaubel
Injured
Headrick
Anstis
-I’m loading up the top line. After that, I’m throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks.
-I have Pugliese as one of our three OA’s this year. However, until Swick is dealt, I have him 4th among our current OA’s.
-I have Bilecki as a scratch, but I really don’t want to scratch him. I feel I need to put Stark in but long term, Bilecki just might trump him as a defenseman. I have to wonder if Stark didn’t shoot himself in the foot by wanting to switch to D. He may be in no man’s land now. As a LW, he’s probably in my top nine Friday night.
-Parsons is easily my starter. With our young inexperienced D, we’ll need a veteran presence in net to even things out. Barring injury or trade, I expect him to play around the same amount of games this year as he did last year (51 appearances) if not more.
Is Swick healthy and cleared to play? Has he been sent back by Vegas? I know Josh Brown mentioned last week that he was nursing an upper body injury at Vegas’ training camp and I hadn’t seen anything about him been sent back. Just wondering if anyone had heard anything about him.
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I was also curious about this as I thought he may stay there a little longer since he is an OA. I haven't heard either way though.
Don’t disagree with the lineup, but just wishing we had someone with a bigger offensive toolbelt to play with Romano and Lam. Guess that’s part of a rebuild pain.
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Yeah, I really agree on your Stark comment. With lack of scoring up front, I just have to think he would be more valuable up there. If / when Andonovski gets moved, this D is really vulnerable in my mind, and maybe already is a bit. Comparatively, there are some really big, experienced D-corps in this league - even pre-deadline.
IMO, Stark up front and acquiring a big inexpensive 05 D-man would at least help this team a bit. Not sure if there is one out there. Not sure how much it would cost, but I have to admit that this concerns me......a lot. In the 2nd half, and even now a bit.
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Rangers don't televise the game it is Rogers. Most of the crew are volunteers and if there isn't enough and not enough cash to do it they won't. Last I looked there are still tickets available
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Good thing I blamed Rogers and not the Rangers then, eh?
Maybe they should take some money out of the cooking lady shows, Giovanni Pettiti's show, the dog crap news discussion shows, and the car cruising shows to give to the tv crews for the same amount of Ranger games as we used to get. If they can't afford to do the one thing the channel is actually good for, maybe it should just fold. I guarantee there aren't enough viewers of any of their other programing to make it any more sustainable.
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CC, I still see the game shown on the Rogers guide. Did you see this cancellation somewhere else ?
If this is true, it must be a first....at least I can't recall the opening game not being televised. For me, Ranger broadcasts are the one and only reason I get Rogers in the first place.
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I just looked it up on the TV guide on my tv, and I don't see it listed (just shows regular weeknight programming), or on the Rogers website guide. I hope I'm wrong though.
Edit: I am wrong. I misread the schedule and thought the game was tonight. Ignore my previous posts.
