Niagara Icedogs 2024-25 Season Thread, Part III
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Jawk
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Does anyone know the rule on signing a FA after the trade deadline has passed? Does the player have to pass through waivers or is it simply not allowed?
I KNOW he's not an OHL level goaltender, but he has OHL experience at least.... JJ Salajko is playing right there in Port Colborne, and is having a great year in the GOJHL. Has to atleast protect Humphries a little, no? (again, if allowed)
I KNOW he's not an OHL level goaltender, but he has OHL experience at least.... JJ Salajko is playing right there in Port Colborne, and is having a great year in the GOJHL. Has to atleast protect Humphries a little, no? (again, if allowed)
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We also have goaltender Jeffrey Hayden signed playing for st catharines Falcons jrb.
If this is the level of hockey we see from this team going forward for the rest of the year, we have to hope Ottawa and North Bay run out of games and don't catch us. Everybody trying to do it all by themselves.
Not sure what shot the 5th goal went in on but the first 4 was one goal for every 3 shots I know the teams not scoring but even if they were you aren’t winning much if any giving up goals like that
Another loss tonight in Ottawa 6 to 2 Levin and Assurdorian the goals. 4,175;fans tonight in Ottawa next game tomorrow afternoon at four against Kingston.
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Not really a surprise. He was a journeyman goalie; he bounced between NB and Niagara and never got into a grove or played that many games. Hext yer he will be an OA with 6 OA returning next year it was doubtful that they would keep him.
I think it is simply a case of him seeing what was coming and deciding that he might as well start his post-OHL career now rather than later.
Not surprising.
What is the status of Flores
Flores is out until at least sometime in march Ben said in an article in the paper earlier this week I forget which paper it was but I posted it in here
The problem is they don’t have a #1 goalie for next season. I would have rather they went with Flores and someone younger as a backup who could have developed into a #1 for next season. This seems like bad planning on the IceDogs part. Now they will need to bring in someone, which will cost them.
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Humphries was supposed to be the heir apparent, however, he is not having a good year, and when he came up 5.71 avg
Moffit looks like he has something.
I think they could be the basis, but I agree you are probably looking at another goalie with experience to back them up.
Moffits numbers are good but I wouldn’t read that much into Jr.B # it all depends what type of team those guys are playing on look at Charlie burns for example he was great for Fort Erie and his O stats aren’t the best
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Damn good thing we got all those points in the first 2 months of the season.
Damn straight but backing into the playoffs is not good
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True.
We need to snap out of this slump ASAP. Get our confidence back. Which is going to be difficult with suspect defense and an inexperienced goalie.
The only thing that really surprises me actually, is our scoring slump. These games are not even close anymore.
We need to snap out of this slump ASAP. Get our confidence back. Which is going to be difficult with suspect defense and an inexperienced goalie.
The only thing that really surprises me actually, is our scoring slump. These games are not even close anymore.
I think they were doing so well at the beginning of the year that Ben let them play an offensive game to bag some points. As teams improved after the trade deadline, he knew we needed to add some defensive play to be competitive. The problem being that very few of our players are used to playing a defensive game. When I watch them now they look like they are afraid to make a mistake and are thinking instead of executing.
