Oshawa Generals 2024 25 Season Thread Part Ii
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Donnie740
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It’s not just this season that’s been a “down year” - - Barlow has been regressing since his draft year. There’s no question he’s been a massive disappointment in Oshawa this year. If you recall, I was one of the few people who strongly opposed the idea of Oshawa acquiring him.
Barlow has a quick release and a powerful shot, but the accuracy just isn’t consistently there. It doesn’t do much good to blast a shot three feet wide of the net. Aside from his shot, there’s not much else to Barlow’s game. Average to below average skater, not physical, isn’t able to create for himself and definitely not able to create for teammates.
So while it’s a very valid question to suggest that Barlow might return to the OHL next year, there’s two reasons why it almost assuredly will never happen.
Leaving Barlow in the OHL as an over age player would be an embarrassing acknowledgment of failure by Winnipeg management. And since Cheveldayoff is the one who drafted him, he’s never going to be willing to admit to making such a massive mistake - - not just by making the mistake of taking him in the mid 1st round, but in compounding the mistake by giving him an ELC.
The other reason why Winnipeg would never leave Barlow in the OHL is because Oshawa’s coaching is so terrible. Maybe if he was in London playing for the Hunter brothers it’d be a different story, but Barlow certainly isn’t going to learn anything from Brad Malone. None of Oshawa’s 1st round NHL picks have progressed at all this year.
In fact, Danford and Ritchie have both regressed. It’s just not quite as obvious as Barlow’s fall off. Sennecke hasn’t taken a step forward either - - his scoring increased but his undisciplined penalties/suspensions and careless turnovers have been painfully evident.
Ritchie and Sennecke really faded badly over the past six weeks. Ritchie has 1 goal and 6 assists over his last 12 games. That prorates to a 40 point season. Sennecke has been marginally better with 2 goals and 9 assists over his last 12 games, but that’s way below what you’d expect from a player of his talent.
