Niagara Icedogs 2024-25 Season Thread, Part IV
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After completing 5 “first day on job” trades and then issuing the statement below, all the knowledgeable IceDog fans knew immediately this franchise was going to be a train-wreak with an OHL clueless owner/GM and that’s exactly what he accomplished.
“Never want to rebuild. I don’t believe with this facility, in this location, in this region we should ever have to rebuild. I don’t think we ever need to be in a rebuild.”
- July 19, 2022.
“Never want to rebuild. I don’t believe with this facility, in this location, in this region we should ever have to rebuild. I don’t think we ever need to be in a rebuild.”
- July 19, 2022.
DD, you should have known better. Teams owned by you are perpetually in a rebuild.
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Yet all he did was engage in the sort of Hail Mary trades where you try to snag that one single player who later turns out to be a hero - overpaying in the process and never realizing the results he expected. It's kind of like having "buy lottery tickets" as your investment strategy.
I wouldn't call it that.
People offers Wayno millions all the time to use his name as soon as that team is attached it has a brand and is usually gold.
Unless someone like DD ruins it!
OHL should have knew better everyone knew how he ran that Brantford JR A team into the ground.
I know the Hunters love him!
303 GA! The d making the same bad reads in the last week as the first week. Same selfish individual play. These aren’t DD’s issues, they’re on BB’s head. Where’s the development, where’s the leadership? Where’s the commitment to team defence? There’s more than enough issues off ice that everyone is aware of but I think with everyone focusing on those you’ve missed a significant problem on ice. Changes have to happen.
Who assembled this team for the coach? Plenty of blame to go around.
Agree! Plenty of blame to go around.
You only have to look at the difference in the make-up of these two team’s D-Core to see the problem is as much the owner/GM as it is the coach
DD traded away draft picks (overpaid) and youth to assemble a sub-par defence, that does not feature a single IceDogs’ drafted player over his three seasons.
ICEDOGS D-CORE
6.02. Van Vliet
6.01. Blair
6.00. Brauti
6.00. Cheynowski
5.11. Virgilio
On the other-hand, Marty drafted three of his core players and traded (with Niagara) to acquire two NHL drafted players:
BARRIE D-CORE
6.07 Eliasson NHL Drafted (2nd rd)
6.04 Passmore {NHL 3rd rd Prospect}
6.02 Bertucci NHL Drafted (2nd rd)
6.01 Akey NHL Drafted (2nd rd)
6.01 Aitcheson {NHL Top 10-15 Prospect}
Two d-cores not even close in talent
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This is because bringing in cash in deals is more important to him then improving the team.
There is no fixing this as long as he is behind the wheel.
not that this matters to us if DDD is still running the team this summer which I’m betting he will be but
I like this idea, especially if the league expands to more teams. Many are worried that expansion will water down the league so adding an extra import player could help.
But if DD is still running the team, it won’t be a good thing for the IceDogs.
knowescape
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Triple bypass, and the heart of Niagara will suffer.
knowescape
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Just once I'd like to see a GM in Niagara build a team from the net out. I'd also enjoy seeing a HC focus on team defense rather than trying to outscore the leaky back end.
Believe it or not, I believe Ben's focus since Christmas has been the defensive side of the game. I have watched this team be in a trap most of the second half but once the puck gets in our end things devolve into chaos...players afraid to make mistakes stop skating.
knowescape
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This is a day one decision, not something you try on at the end of the season. Not entirely his fault given the players he has on the back end, but it's something you have to promote at the start.
knowescape
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Correct. I've said from the start, he isn't a builder - he is a tinkerer. A builder has a plan and follows it. A tinkerer has no plan but "tries" different things hoping one of them works.
Ok...so, he isn't a builder, he might be a tinkerer but I know what he is for certain...but I can't say it on here!
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“If” there are some mysterious scratches tonight, there’s a reason.
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NIAGARA LINEUP
Pos No. Name
G 35 Flores, Owen
G 82 Humphries, Matthew
A 5 Van Vliet, Noah
A 6 Brauti, Jack
7 Cheynowski, Callum
8 Assadourian, Alex
C 11 He, Kevin
12 Czata, Ethan
16 Levin, Mike
17 Scott, Blair
18 Arrowsmith, Blake
23 Crete, Max
24 Dewachter, Darcy
A 25 Roobroeck, Ryan
27 Loshko, Andrei
44 Doherty, Sean
48 Virgilio, Matthew
54 Paris, Mathieu
66 Wassilyn, Braidy
RES 74 Hotles, Charlie
92 Galiyanov, Ivan
Theres your game one line up.. So not @the dog worst fear anyway.
