It really is a toss up. On one hand you'd like to see how we measure up against one of the top teams. On the other you'd like to spread the work load. Yet another factor would be it would be nice to give Schaubel a start against a very good team to see exactly where he is.
It's interesting reading the comments here vs what London fans have to say about the possibility of acquiring Luchanko.
It’s nothing against Luchanko. It’s against buying.
Not worrying about generating an extra round of playoff revenue at the expense of a potential championship run. That’s what.
Oshawa has played pretty well vs London this year, in my own biased and flawed memory
We had very little star power in 2008 until we brought in Steve Mason. No household names. No first round picks. One player in Azevedo who was around 2 PPG. Halischuk and Spaling barely over a PPG as was Boedker. Everyone else was under a PPG.
I haven't done a lot of research but I think that when players get traded to better teams, the results are 50/50. I know with the Rangers last 5 late season trades, that is the case. Maybe a tad under 50%. Arcuri and Savard improved their PPG, Zhilkin, Moore and Sale did not though the latter was almost the same for both teams. Whether these 5 went to a "better team" can be debated. But I do feel that a lot of factors come into play and it's a coin flip whether the PPG goes up or down.
Wasn't looking to upset the Storm fans about Jett. It's just a fact that he actually is 130th in the stat column with 20 points Point per player which would increase in London if they made a deal. The top players are at 60 points.
While some were ranking Luchanko much too low, I don't think I'd put him in the star power category either.
may get some heat for saying this but I think it’s only the real big game changers that usually increase ppg- a player of Luchankos calibre would fall in line with that but not a guy like Owen van steensel (but in van steensels case he is reuniting with wakely and Romani with that terrific line- I can see him being as good or better than last year) if he just got traded to Kingston for example without Romani and Wakely I don’t believe he all of the sudden becomes the main guy and ppg probably either stays the same or very slightly increases- not a big jump such as Jason Robertson, Owen Beck, Shane wright and soon to be Jett Luchanko that really move the needle
No doubt because of this Allen’s ppg will fall. However could see him on second powerplay after Dickinson and playing top 4 minutes for sure. Maybe Dale shuffles the lines and Allen gets top 2 minutes? Regardless I’m sure by the end of the year his ppg will be higher than 0.93 like it was in Guelph
London's second power play unit. That should get him the last 20 seconds
Lol fairLondon's second power play unit. That should get him the last 20 seconds
How about:
I don't know what the cost was to raise the roof and add seats and concourse space, but it wasn't cheap. I'm also too lazy to look it up. I also forget whether they have paid down the debt from adding the boxes.
Owen Sound says no awfully fast to that offer. It's way light. Lam isn't a DeGray type anyways so I don't think that would be of much interest personally. The rumored ask on McCue was an 08 first rounder on his own and Bedkowski is a late birth 06 who could very likely return as an OA. That would basically mean buying 1.5 seasons of McCue and 2.5 seasons on Bedkowski. McCue may move this deadline for the right offer but I don't see Owen Sound having interest in parting with Bedkowski.
I think it’s probably light as well. Maybe tack on a higher pick or two, or another body, or swap out Bedkowski for Petrovski.
