beastintheeast
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It is very possible if DiPietro doesn't go down, the momentum would not have shifted. That said, the team in front of Andree really wasn't prepared for the shift in effort the Storm gave Ottawa either.
It is tough to say what the reason was.
The only thing we know for sure is Guelph traded players for Suzuki and Ottawa didn't. Guelph won and Suzuki was the mvp of that series.
If Ottaw ahd have traded Tolnai in a deal for Suzuki last year, we'd still have the same team (relatively speaking) this year and possibly a championship banner. Not only would Ottawa have had more talent, they'd have kept that player away from Guelph.
I am fine with their approach last year BTW. We had open OA spots that needed to be filled and were 9 forwards deep. No one quite expected Guelph to push that hard. london was out of cards, saginaw had made their moves and it looked like SSM weren't going to do anything. Sudbury was young and Oshawa was pushing assets forward. I read the market the same way Boyd did. It is unfortunate but it happened.
All we can do is learn from that and apply what we have learned.
If we want to look at differences you also have to look at the fact that goaltender injuries seemed to coincide with Guelph getting through.
Ottawa has a good team this year and even if they trade a Keating or Bahl or possibly Hoesch they will still be a good team,
Next year we can be a great team if we make the trades. Also imagine what we would get if we traded Rossi this year if he is not coming back to Ottawa?
Yes we can make trades for players to make this team better but the problem is that we do not have that much to trade as far as a youth.
People have said that Tolnai is not a big chip neither is Belanger. The only player that has any value is Matier and he is only going to get us, one star player.