Ontario Reign 2018-2019

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New Reign thread for the upcoming season. Could we get a sticky please?

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[Raccoon Jesus]

yessir!

 

[kingsboy11]

 

[Rekingsfan17]

Potential roster for 2018-2019 season depending on who they resign/bring back and who makes the Kings;

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Brett Sutter, LS, #07	Philippe Maillet, LS, #16	Matt Moulson, LS, #26
Austin Wagner, LS, #24	TJ Hensick, RS, #17	Jonny Brodzinski, RS, #22
Sheldon Rempal, LS,	Brad Morrison, LS,	Matt Luff, RS, #09
Sam Herr, LS, #25	Mikey Eyssimont, LS, #11	Zach Mitchell, RS,
Jamie Devane, LS, #23	Kyle Bauman, RS, #41	Matt Schmalz, RS,
Boko Imama, LS, #18	Keegan Iverson,RS,	Matt Marcinew, RS,
		Spencer Watson, RS,
Left Defense	Right Defense	Goalie
Alex Lintuniemi, LS, #10	Sean Walker, RS, #28	Cal Petersen, RS, #40
Kale Clague, LS, #34	Matt Roy, RS, #03	Peter Budaj, LS, #31
Oscar Fantenberg, LS,	Austin Strand, RS,	Cole Kehler, RS,
Jacob Moverare, LS,	Chaz Reddekopp, LS,
Kurtis MacDermid, LS, #20
Stepan Falkovsky, LS, #33

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[Basilisk]

Moverare was once talked about almost as much as Clague. Did he fall off?

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Moverare was once talked about almost as much as Clague. Did he fall off?

Wouldn't say he fell off, he's just got a quiet game, like Lintuniemi. Excited to see how he develops this year.

 

[KopitarFAN]

Wouldn't say he fell off, he's just got a quiet game, like Lintuniemi. Excited to see how he develops this year.

And it didn't help that missed half the season last year after getting hurt at the WJCs.

 

[Fat Elvis]

Is Moulson still in the picture with Ontario next season? Thought he was basically on loan from Buff and Blake was doing him a favor having him play at home.

 

[Rekingsfan17]

Reign add Maillet & Herr on AHL deals, now have five signed for 18-19 season

Zach Dooley July 19, 2018
Ontario Reign Roster Moves
The Ontario Reign announced today that they have re-signed forwards Philippe Maillet and Sam Herr to AHL contracts for the 2018-19 season. Both players were a part of the 2017-18 edition of the Reign, having spent the entire campaign with Ontario.
Additionally, the team confirmed that forwards Brett Sutter, Jamie Devane and Kyle Bauman are still under contract with the Reign from last season via multi-year deals. Sutter and Devane signed multi-year deals during the summer of 2017 and are still under contract for next season. Bauman signed with Ontario in March of 2017 and his deal also extends to the 2018-19 season.

 

[USE Fi]

Sheldon Rempal-Philippe Maillet-Zack Mitchell
Brett Sutter-Brad Morrison-Matt Luff
Austin Wagner-Mikey Eyssimont-Sam Herr
Jamie Devane-Kyle Bauman-Spencer Watson
Bokodji Imama-

Kurtis MacDermid-Sean Walker
Alex Lintuniemi-Matt Roy
Daniel Brickley-Austin Strand
Kale Clague-
Stepan Falkovsky-
Chad Reddekopp-

Cal Petersen
Peter Budaj
Cole Kehler

Team is starting to form, pretty young group.
Brickley might be with Kings.

 

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Sheldon Rempal-Philippe Maillet-Zack Mitchell
Brett Sutter-Brad Morrison-Matt Luff
Austin Wagner-Mikey Eyssimont-Sam Herr
Jamie Devane-Kyle Bauman-Spencer Watson
Bokodji Imama-

Kurtis MacDermid-Sean Walker
Alex Lintuniemi-Matt Roy
Daniel Brickley-Austin Strand
Kale Clague-
Stepan Falkovsky-
Chad Reddekopp-

Cal Petersen
Peter Budaj
Cole Kehler

Team is starting to form, pretty young group.
Brickley might be with Kings.

It’s hard to envision a scenario where Clague is not in the starting line up. Almost no chance of him not starting. I expect Brickley on the Kings unless he is not ready for prime time defense. Fantenberg also will be playing if Brickley is in LA. Reddekopp will have a hard time making this team unless some of these defenders are lost to waivers.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

That's a deep AHL team. No real crazy bluechip standouts unless Clague goes nuclear but every one of those guys has a good deal of skill too and could surprise, like Eyssimont or Rempal among others

 

[Rekingsfan17]

Nathaniel Marx @sparxmarx

July 20, 2018

@bokojr mega today!!

 

[yankeeking]

Can hardly wait for hockey to start backup, I have the 20 game pack for the Kings and a 10 game pack for the reign, Love me some Yankees baseball but the regular season baseball I have to take four naps a game, should be interesting to watch Wagner develop see how good Clague is , Moveare (sp) ,Mikey's e. , and it's only 15 minutes home and cheaper too if I take my wife to a Kings game I have to buy her Phillipes pickled beets with dinner

 

[KingsFan7824]

The forward group finally makes sense since we now know some of those guys were signed to multi-year AHL deals.

Fantenberg and MacDermid make 6 figures even if they're in the AHL, and you figure they promised something to Brickley to get him signed. If 7D make the Kings, 2 of those 3 won't be there, and that leaves 9 fighting for spots in Ontario. That's a lot. Two of them might end up in Manchester.

 

[USE Fi]

Keep tabs on all players signed for next season, plus where all of the 2017-18 members of the #Reign are headed with our 2018-19 Transaction Tracker!

Transaction Tracker - 2018-19 :: Ontario Reign

 

[Butch 19]

OT a bit and maybe not, but where's Gasper Kopitar?

He played 2 years in Manchester, but I can't find any info that he even played last season (2017 - 18)?

Is he injured / out of hockey / went home??...???

 

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OT a bit and maybe not, but where's Gasper Kopitar?

He played 2 years in Manchester, but I can't find any info that he even played last season (2017 - 18)?

Is he injured / out of hockey / went home??...???

Don't really know but he's a fringe ECHL player at best, maybe he hung up his skates.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[Peter James Bond II]

Also add just signed C Drake Rymsha, as a possibility. He can also go back to Sarnia in the OHL. If he cannot make the Reign, that's fine and he should be the top player in Sarnia.

'''''For the 2018-19 season, Rymsha is eligible to begin his professional career or return to juniors for an overage season, similar to Austin Wagner’s situation a season ago. Unlike his other mates from the 2017 draft class, Rymsha is AHL eligible and could spend the full season with Ontario if that is the plan set forth for him'''''

Kings sign forward Drake Rymsha to entry-level contract - LA Kings Insider

 

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Rymsha was mentioned by Emerson the other day. I think they expect him to be really competitive for a spot on the Reign, and that's good. They need a defensively oriented center who is solid on the draw like Rymsha to replace Crescenzi.

 

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Early line up thoughts that rarely come true since the roster will shake out quite a bit. Not a bad team at all though, just lacks a lot of pro experience on the offensive side. Very good D and G.


Rempal-Maillet-Mitchell
Wagner-Morrison-Luff
Etem-Sutter-Eyssimont
Herr-Rymsha-Watson
Imama-Bauman-Devane

MacDermid-Walker
Fantenberg-Roy
Lintuniemi-Clague
Falkovsky-Strand
Reddekopp-Moverare

Petersen
Budaj
Kehler

 

[Basilisk]

Losing both Auger and Mersch all of a sudden creates a smaller Reign team....

 

[Fishhead]

Losing both Auger and Mersch all of a sudden creates a smaller Reign team....

And a faster one. It's fascinating watching how the shift of philosophies in the NHL quickly trickles down to the AHL. It's also fascinating that "right place right time" is hugely significant to players drafted outside the first couple rounds. 10 years ago, size was a very significant factor, with smallish, skilled prospects having very little chance. Obviously the most skilled will make it anyways, but borderline guys would stand a much better chance now.

I wouldn't say that size is considered a detriment right now, but it's much closer to that train of thought than I can ever remember happening.