North Bay Battalion 2023-24 Off-Season Thread (Part 1)

[nelli27]

Continued from... North Bay Battalion 2023-2024 Season Thread (Part 2)

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[Samee987]

Probably zero chance Divencentiis or Nelson return to the OHL, but seeing how Saginaw scooped Bloem for free this season, do teams start trading O/A's for conditional picks now?

 

[dirty12]

Probably zero chance Divencentiis or Nelson return to the OHL, but seeing how Saginaw scooped Bloem for free this season, do teams start trading O/A's for conditional picks now?

DelBelBelluz was traded for conditional picks last season

 

[Poster man]

 

[the dog]

Who are your 3 overages going to be?

 

[yacky]

Who are your 3 overages going to be?

hopefully 5 Mathurin 14 Wakeley and 16 Vansteesel

 

[dirty12]

hopefully 5 Mathurin 14 Wakeley and 16 Vansteesel

It’s time for the 2006-07 born D to play? For a team that has been trading away picks and younger players for three straight seasons, the battalion have invested a lot of high picks in the next group of D; there are 2-2nds, 3-3rds, 2-4ths.
‘05 - Ride, Kennedy
‘06 - Turley, Rismond
‘07 - Wilson, Enright
‘08 - Greer

 

[SpezzaNoLookDropPass]

It’s time for the 2006-07 born D to play? For a team that has been trading away picks and younger players for three straight seasons, the battalion have invested a lot of high picks in the next group of D; 2-2nds, 3-3rds, 2-4ths.
‘05 - Ride, Kennedy
‘06 - Turley, Rismond
‘07 - Wilson, Enright
‘08 - Greer

Ride and Kennedy won't be going anywhere and will end up as OA's
Rismond hasn't shown much and I wouldn't expect him back.
There is also '07 Gallivan

 

[dirty12]

Ride and Kennedy won't be going anywhere and will end up as OA's
Rismond hasn't shown much and I wouldn't expect him back.
There is also '07 Gallivan

I don’t know if it will be enough to earn a spot on the battalion D, but Rismond showed he was less likely to make a mistake than Turley and Wilson.
The point was NB probably tries to move OA D because the team invested a lot of draft capital in 2005-08 born D. The team has used 2nd, 5-3rds, 4-4ths on the D. At forward there is an import and 2-1sts, 2-3rds used by round 4 over four draft years. Of those, Romani is a good bet to be moved at some point this season.

 

[Samee987]

Would love to be a fly on the wall in the Detroit Red Wing boardroom when they are giving reasons to NOT sign Tnias Mathurin to an entry level contract!! What am I missing??? Someone sign this guy.

 

[dirty12]

Would love to be a fly on the wall in the Detroit Red Wing boardroom when they are giving reasons to NOT sign Tnias Mathurin to an entry level contract!! What am I missing??? Someone sign this guy.

I’m not sure of how many contracts and protected players Detroit has. Committing and giving $ to a player that has played less than 50% of his scheduled games could be tough.
Though I do think he will be signed during a summer camp somewhere dependant on a clean physical, and returned for another OHL season.

 

[JRHockeyBUZZZ]

BREAKING; Scott Wray has been announced as the Head Coach of the Owen Sound Attack

 

[Millpond]

We , in Owen Sound are extremely excited to welcome Coach Wray (back) to Owen Sound .
He spoke with extreme fondness about North Bay, we could tell how very proud he is, of the entire organization .
Scott is a welcomed addition to the Attack. We cant wait for him to get started. See you for an exhibition game visit in 13 weeks !

BREAKING; Scott Wray has been announced as the Head Coach of the Owen Sound Attack

 

[hardclimate]

Reshuffling the Battalion front office today - Adam Dennis to President - John Winstanley to GM - Coach Ouhlahan adds title of Assistant GM.

 

[yacky]

Reshuffling the Battalion front office today - Adam Dennis to President - John Winstanley to GM - Coach Ouhlahan adds title of Assistant GM.

guess we can take Adams name off for commissiners Job. .......................so so so glad he will be here for long term

 

[SpezzaNoLookDropPass]

Reshuffling the Battalion front office today - Adam Dennis to President - John Winstanley to GM - Coach Ouhlahan adds title of Assistant GM.

Team desperately need a new president. See ya Mike

 

[hardclimate]

Team desperately need a new president. See ya Mike

Don't know if there's any truth to it, but the gossip was that Griffin always shot down the ideas the marketing people wanted to try.

 

[belair]

Would love to be a fly on the wall in the Detroit Red Wing boardroom when they are giving reasons to NOT sign Tnias Mathurin to an entry level contract!! What am I missing??? Someone sign this guy.

It's possible they were only offering him an AHL deal. They've got a handful of guys at LD that are higher up the food chain. He was going to be in tough for opportunities.

 

[Greatger]

Team desperately need a new president. See ya Mike

I never had any good experiences with him. Another one that should be gone is McLellan !

 

[Roger le hare]

Long time drinking buddy of Scott’s…,,grif was always more concerned with getting his booze on instead of doing his job….he was not not the reason the battalion left Brampton but he definitely didn’t help with relations to the fans….mr Abbott was always concerned with the little things that he forgot about bigger things

 

[Section5Petes]

Petes @ Troops September 27th!

Season opener set Sept. 27 - North Bay Battalion

NORTH BAY, Ont. — The North Bay Battalion will open its 2024-25 season at home at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, against the Peterborough Petes, the Ontario Hockey League club announced Thursday.

chl.ca

 

[Poster man]

Troops @ Colts, Saturday September 28 th.

 

[Poster man]

2024/ 2025 Full Regular Season schedule released:
The Battalion plays 34 home games, comprising 17 Thursdays, 13 Sundays and one Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. The Monday is Thanksgiving Day, against the Owen Sound Attack, and the Tuesday is the New Year’s Eve game, against the Kitchener Rangers.

 

[yacky]

I never had any good experiences with him. Another one that should be gone is McLellan !

see that his name as been taken off the list of business operations

 

[HockeyPops]

Natan Teshome selected.