OHL Tier Lists Thread
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As a Flint fan, I think most people here have it a bit right. They’ll be ok, maybe pretty good and they do have assets but until I see how the group comes together and how management USES those assets I wouldn’t rank them much higher. I really like dirty12’s list. Flint should contend for the Division title vs Saginaw. They have more assets and if Saginaw hits a rough patch pre-deadline I could see Drinkell doing a soft sell. I think some people might have them ranked a bit high. They are returning some nice pieces but they are losing A LOT. Same with Erie, they’ve got a nice group of forwards a couple high-end D but goaltending is a question mark for now and they don’t have the assets to acquire much if they need it or injuries hit. Although it wont shock me if they blow every last pick they have and put themselves right back in the hole they were in coming out of the pandemic. Flint’s biggest advantage is Sarnia, Soo, Owen Sound, Kitchener all look to be in full rebuild, Windsor is super young and Guelph might sell off a bit too. It looks to be the softest Western Conf and Division I’ve seen in a decade.
The CHL has just released the CHL Top-10. Pre Season Edition. Brampton is 2nd, London 3rd, Oshawa 8th and Brantford 9th.
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Why not? If they’re the best teams they’re the best teams. I would 10000% put them over Brantford atleast right now
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No reason to have Brantford over Barrie at this point. I’ve been critical of the Fronts and I think the Fronts are ahead of Brantford.
Brantford will score a lot when Vanacker returns (to full strength). But the D...
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I agree I'd put them in over Brantford. At this point, its doesn't matter. It'll sort itself out in time.
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As I explained numerous times, Brampton is the clear favourite in the east ahead of Oshawa so there’s ZERO surprise they’d be ranked so high.
Barrie is developing a nice young team, but they’re nowhere close to being ready to challenge for a championship. They’re where Brampton/Mississauga was at this point last year.
Barrie is developing a nice young team, but they’re nowhere close to being ready to challenge for a championship. They’re where Brampton/Mississauga was at this point last year.
The colts defence and goalie are definitely ready to challenge for a championship. And the colts are deep at forward; there are 2-‘05s, 2-‘06s, ‘07, ‘08 vying for 4th line minutes.
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If Barrie Fan is happy with the team this year, then I’m happy for Barrie Fan.
The reality is, they don’t have nearly enough talent and nowhere close to enough experience to be championship contenders.
Jelsma getting hurt ensures that he’ll be back as an OA - - albeit not until mid November. York is a third line plugger and as an OA, that’s not good enough for a championship contender.
The other OA spot has two no-talent hacks to choose from - - Wiggle or Jodoin. Those are 4th line scrubs, not what you want to be wasting an OA spot on.
Aitcheson is only 17, Patterson and Beaudoin are only 18. They’re a year away from being legit front line pieces on a championship contender.
