North Bay Battalion 2024 - 25 Season Thread, Part I
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Circling back to hardclimate and 190 from Saturday: reading between the lines (and the lines themselves) it sounds like D-Wake (&/or his representation) is orchestrating his way off the team and out of town. Am I reading this correctly? If so, I am quite disappointed. At least doing so on the down low might give the team some semblance of a chance to obtain fair market value in a trade. Maybe someone can help me understand the situation.
The twins are a package, so one of VanSteensel or Wakley would be traded. Wakley might be the most sought after (available) OA this season.
The trade of Mathurin and likely trade of Wakely will fill all of the NB draft pick voids.
Here's my take. Last year when GM Dennis talked to the veteran players, they all said they wanted to take another run at a championship. He made a few additions/subtraction with the understanding that this year would be different. Wakely's been released by the oilers. I believe he is pursuing his options. No trade will be made until he agrees to return to the OHL. I don't believe we can be angry at Wakely, ohl/chl humanitarian award plus the work he's done in the city. He owes us nothing.
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Released?
Strange thing to do 3 months after drafting him. Released and returned to junior are very different things.
And exactly, he and his team seem to be looking out for what is best for DW14 and there is nothing wrong with that.
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Wakely was most definitely not released. The oilers had a Press “Release” that said 4 players were returning to their junior teams.
RELEASE: Oilers return four players to junior teams | Edmonton Oilers
Nathaniel Day, Connor Clattenburg, William Nicholl and Dalyn Wakely are all headed back to the OHL
www.nhl.com
no, if anything its the organization that has told him to stay home, they have 3 oas and he muddies the waters. everyone thought he would sign and stay until december, north bay has moved quicker then they thought but i think they will get something done for him shortly.
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I heard at the rink on Friday that the Wakely camp had already turned down a trade off that would have sent him to Kingston. The guy that told me is usually very accurate. Take that for what it’s worth but Wakely needs to do what is best for Wakely now.
Odds are that he wants to be in a market where Oiler scouts will have a regular eye on him. He's got a very brief window to wow them and earn an NHL contract.
Flint makes the most sense for him.
*If* Flint makes the most sense for DW14 - what do you think NBs asking price be for a 40 goal, 100 point player in his OA year? It will be interesting to see how this ends up, regardless of where he may get traded to. (I don't know why I'm thinking this, but my gut tells me somewhere in Eastern Ontario - closer to home for his last year of Junior 
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)*If* Flint makes the most sense for DW14 - what do you think NBs asking price be for a 40 goal, 100 point player in his OA year? It will be interesting to see how this ends up, regardless of where he may get traded to. (I don't know why I'm thinking this, but my gut tells me somewhere in Eastern Ontario - closer to home for his last year of Junior
I think the return should be between 2,3,3,4,4 and 2(2,3,5); maybe more if all of Flint, Kingston, Oshawa are bidding for Wakely.
On closer look, I'm not sure that Flint has the space for Wakely though. Two of their OA D wear letters and the other OA is Evan Konyen.*If* Flint makes the most sense for DW14 - what do you think NBs asking price be for a 40 goal, 100 point player in his OA year? It will be interesting to see how this ends up, regardless of where he may get traded to. (I don't know why I'm thinking this, but my gut tells me somewhere in Eastern Ontario - closer to home for his last year of Junior
I personally don't have a great idea of what the market is for OAs. I hear a few people using the Logan Morrison trade as a comparable. And he returned, two 2nds, two thirds and two fourths.
They got a 3rd and a 5th for Pasquale Zito last year. And then got absolutely nothing for Josh Bloom. Markets are weird in this league because the players have a way of dictating where they go.
From the local rag yesterday;
Adam Dennis, then the general manager and now the president and director of hockey operations for the Battalion, says the situation is still far from settled.
“I’ll be honest, and this isn’t skirting the question, we don’t have a lot of information. We haven’t heard from Dalyn, we haven’t heard from Edmonton (the Oilers drafted Wakely in round six in this year’s National Hockey League Draft). We have had some conversations with his representation, and we are trying to sort it out from there,” says Dennis, heaping praise on the player who was a star on and off the ice.
Adam Dennis, then the general manager and now the president and director of hockey operations for the Battalion, says the situation is still far from settled.
“I’ll be honest, and this isn’t skirting the question, we don’t have a lot of information. We haven’t heard from Dalyn, we haven’t heard from Edmonton (the Oilers drafted Wakely in round six in this year’s National Hockey League Draft). We have had some conversations with his representation, and we are trying to sort it out from there,” says Dennis, heaping praise on the player who was a star on and off the ice.
Bit of an interesting note; The Haliburton Huskies of the OJHL announced on September 11 that their head coach was being added to the Battalion as a development consultant. According to the release Ryan Ramsay will be responsible for notifying Battalion management about talent in the OJHL.
Battalion maybe exploring an alternative to the Voodoo's; Of note three current 2007 born draft picks are playing for the Huskies; Carter Nadon 1st round pick u18 Selection. Ryan Fairbairn 6th rounder in 2023 & Adam Smeeton 5th RD in 2023.
Voodoos have a few Battalion prospects as well; 08 Sam Rivet; 06 Caleb Dawson & 07 Reyth Smith.
Be interesting to see how this plays out in future seasons, and to see how the Battalion place their prospects moving forward.
Battalion maybe exploring an alternative to the Voodoo's; Of note three current 2007 born draft picks are playing for the Huskies; Carter Nadon 1st round pick u18 Selection. Ryan Fairbairn 6th rounder in 2023 & Adam Smeeton 5th RD in 2023.
Voodoos have a few Battalion prospects as well; 08 Sam Rivet; 06 Caleb Dawson & 07 Reyth Smith.
Be interesting to see how this plays out in future seasons, and to see how the Battalion place their prospects moving forward.
#6 Green returns to the lineup tonight. I say he gets on the scoresheet in some way. I'm thinking a nice snipe!!
Changes: Out 10 Dylan Richter, 22 Zac Wilson. In 4 Adam Enright, 6 Jacob Therrien. 34 Mike McIvor has the net for 2 in 2.
JT6 is such a wild card that I can't come up with any way to comment on his return from the annual suspension at such an early point in the season. We'll just have to wait to see how it unfolds, hopefully things go well.
JT6 is such a wild card that I can't come up with any way to comment on his return from the annual suspension at such an early point in the season. We'll just have to wait to see how it unfolds, hopefully things go well.
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