Absolutely. We have to trade Nelson et al next season for these types of returns.
Tbh, I wouldn't say NB and Adam Denis went for it. I think they went half-in with the trades they made earlier in the year and needed to do more at the trade deadline but failed to do so. It takes conviction and a set of big balls to truly commit to an all-in. NB is deep and has lots of talented players but with what the Pete's and Ottawa did I have them third in the East and likely don't have enough to beat Ottawa (who can match their depth and is so well coached). As a fan of the NBB this is disappointing. The owner and GM owed it to the fans to make that commitment. How can a team go without making more moves to counter what the market/competitors are doing?? to me that's inexperience or incompetence.
This team is good not sure what you’re talking about they might even still be better then the Petes and I’m at Petes fan. They just ran out of picks unfortunately but the players they acquired are good
14 hours still on the clock….should wait it out before turning on your team. Your team has made their trades early and did well IMO
Abbott and Adam Denis traded away lots of picks this year to go half-in. I think they should have waited and been more calculated. If they couldn't go all-in then why not trade away Jackson (would have got you a big return) MacDonald and Winslow? This is the problem you create when you don't truly go for it. Your good enough to win a round in the playoffs but due to what the Pete's and 67's did your likely going to fall short in the second round. And trading away three rostered players and 10 draft picks for Bloom, Hislop and Zito seems expensive and is very costly to win a playoff round. Imo, they could have won a round without making any of those moves. I am just not convinced they played this properly.
Your missing my point. All I am saying is NB management should have been more patient and made a decision on the plan moving forward closer the the trade deadline. I never said the NBB aren't good or they couldn't beat the Pete's. I'm an old guy who's been around hockey for a long time and I know the game is played on the ice and not on paper. All I'm getting at is 3 rostered players, 10 draft picks and you lose in the second isn't success imo. That's it, just my opinion. If they waited and joined in on the Wright, Del Mastro, Beck, Haynes Mintuykov perhaps they could have truly gone all-in.
They aren’t half in your team is loaded. They might have the best depth even up there with Ottawa and Peterborough. Good defence and good goaltending this team is deep and has a good mix of size and skill
Not turning on the team. Just stating some perspective on how I may have been more patient and waited to see about getting in on bigger name players. If Adam Denis sits and does nothing while the Pete's and 67's have improved in a big way then he's failed to execute "Going for it" and instead he's "kind of going for it". NBB is a good team with plenty of talented players. Anything can happen...
To be honest you will see many other minor moves tomorrow now that all the Wright stuff is out of the way.
Two different styles for sure. The 67's are structured and positionally sound (more pro like) while NBB plays a unstructured and at times seems out of control (more shinny/chaos like). I'd bet on Dave Cameron over Ryan Oulehen.
But somehow what the Battalion do seems to work...
They play physical enough to slow teams down. Will they get burnt now and then? Sure. But a 7 game series against North Bay is going to be a war. Take that to the bank.
One things for sure, the West and East have there favorites but it's not like last year where everyone knew Hamilton was going to win the OHL (even thou Windsor gave them a series). It's more up in the air this year and that's good for the league.
| Date | Team | Transfers | To | Team | Transfers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9 | KGN | Shane Wright KGN 14 2025* | WSR | Ethan Miedema Gavin McCarthy OTT 2 2023 SOO 3 2023 NIAG 4 2024 NIAG 6 2024 NIAG 4 2025 HAM 5 2024* |
Just a nitpick, but North Bay has 9 drafted players and 2 signed players
