Oshawa Generals 2024-25 Season Thread, Part 1

[frontsfan67]

Oster has been solid all season but hasn't necessarily had that "ohhhh yeah that's the OHL goalie of the year" game. Well tonight was that. Gens lose Danford and Griffin in the first half of the game, putting them 3 guys down and Oster stole the show in that 2nd period especially.

Early in the season in Kingston he absolutely stole that game with no sennecke, Barlow or Ritchie if my memory stands

 

[Noddy]

Got the scoop on McDonell. He had off-season surgery and is just now in his first full week of practice

Hopefully McDonell makes a return to the ice soon, and any word on Wang dission?

 

[HUSH10]

Got the scoop on McDonell. He had off-season surgery and is just now in his first full week of practice

Wild. I mean it definitely makes more sense now but weird that the injury was never disclosed until now.

 

[Generalsupdates]

Hopefully McDonell makes a return to the ice soon, and any word on Wang dission?

He's practicing with the Gens this week and then making a decision. Seen a couple people say Danford separated shoulder. Torrance just missed 10 days with that. Lukas Fischer (SAR) missed 5 weeks with the same injury. So depends how severe it is

 

[ScoutLife4]

He's practicing with the Gens this week and then making a decision. Seen a couple people say Danford separated shoulder. Torrance just missed 10 days with that. Lukas Fischer (SAR) missed 5 weeks with the same injury. So depends how severe it is

Hopefully it’s a grade 1 and only a couple weeks as opposed to a grade 3 or require surgery and be out 6 months.
Shoulders can be one of the most frustrating injuries if not handled properly.

 

[noahblake58]

He's practicing with the Gens this week and then making a decision. Seen a couple people say Danford separated shoulder. Torrance just missed 10 days with that. Lukas Fischer (SAR) missed 5 weeks with the same injury. So depends how severe it is

Losing Ben Danford sucks anytime but losing him right now might suck the worst (besides playoffs) you have 5 games left of Ritchie Beckett and potentially Barlow with Canada and potentially Lauri Sinivuori with Finland and David Svozil with Czechia big test for the boys coming up to prove that the front office doesn’t need to add middle bottom 6 forwards and see if the depth forwards of the team can step up in December and start of January

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[Generalsupdates]

Losing Ben Danford sucks anytime but losing him right now might suck the worst (besides playoffs) you have 5 games left of Ritchie Beckett and potentially Barlow with Canada and potentially Lauri Sinivuori with Finland and David Svozil with Czechia big test for the boys coming up to prove that the front office doesn’t need to add middle bottom 6 forwards and see if the depth forwards of the team can step up in December and start of January

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Yeah will get very hairy if Danford is out and Ritchie, Barlow, Sennecke make Canada (I'd assume 2/3 of them do). I don't think Sinivuori will make Finland until next year. A potential lineup if those 4 are all gone would be:

F Lines:
Torrance-Griffin-Buckley
Toms-Sinivuori-Rogowski
Graham-Franssen-Smith
O'Toole-Costello-

D Pairings:
Sandhu-Marrelli
Svozil-D'Amato
McDonell-Rodriguez
Others: Blaseg

G:
Oster
Gravelle


And Marrelli could be invited to Canada camp which would make it even worse. That lineup isn't winning many games lol. There will be 9 games with the WJ guys gone

 

[Chipmunk]

Yeah will get very hairy if Danford is out and Ritchie, Barlow, Sennecke make Canada (I'd assume 2/3 of them do). I don't think Sinivuori will make Finland until next year. A potential lineup if those 4 are all gone would be:

F Lines:
Torrance-Griffin-Buckley
Toms-Sinivuori-Rogowski
Graham-Franssen-Smith
O'Toole-Costello-

D Pairings:
Sandhu-Marrelli
Svozil-D'Amato
McDonell-Rodriguez
Others: Blaseg

G:
Oster
Gravelle


And Marrelli could be invited to Canada camp which would make it even worse. That lineup isn't winning many games lol. There will be 9 games with the WJ guys gone

This is assuming Griffin is ok. Any word on his injury?