ohloutsider
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Your paying another team 20 draft picks to take Mews?!?!20 draft picks?
Your paying another team 20 draft picks to take Mews?!?!20 draft picks?
Your paying another team 20 draft picks to take Mews?!?!
I'm just here to say that the red Killer Puck jerseys they are rolling out today are straight . Might consider getting one of those!
Looks like the original red version of the Killer Puck jersey to me!Are they the old school ones from 1999? Or, did they change that design?
Looks like the original red version of the Killer Puck jersey to me!
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: we took a dumb penalty and couldn’t kill it off. Mews had been playing without a stick and when he got back to the bench and someone jumped on for him, he just stood there watching the play until they called us for too many men. 1-0 Barrie.
Yeah but as you mentioned above they did a lot of good things. It's a young team but as long as they progress. First period was boring but the rest was entertaining.
The Yanni - Whitehead - Pinelli experiment seemed to last two periods. They had Pinelli back with Foster and Ekberg for the third. Not much else to say about this one. The game could have gone either way but those games seem to never land where we’d like right now.
I have no problem with the Gardiner trade...the problem is what they've done with it. They traded Gardiner to move Foster to Center...which is just stupid. If they're not willing to play Ekberg and Amidovski at Center anyway then they should have kept Gardiner at least for the time being. They should be playing kids at Center or this trade doesn't make any sense. Ekberg is fine on the wing but he'd be much more influential, have much more of an impact playing Center. And by playing Center I don't mean 4C.Question. What would have been the likely outcome of that game had Gardiner been in our lineup instead of theirs?
I think we need to keep some perspective. Losing Gardiner was a big blow to the team and should have been the lightbulb turning on that this team is in need of a light retool.
The other question is, and I’ve already asked this one before, if the 67’s plan to bring back Stonehouse AND they knew he’d return regardless, why would they give Perrier his #17? It seems really odd to me. I had mentioned that a while back when they released the initial roster and we saw the official jersey numbers. It led me to believe that if Stonehouse were returned, he would be traded immediately. However, I would not have expected him to be skating with Ottawa under those circumstances. I’d have thought he’d either be in Edmonton or closer to home skating with a tier II team.
I was wondering about this again today when I saw Perrier was still #17. Feels like we are missing something here.if the 67’s plan to bring back Stonehouse AND they knew he’d return regardless, why would they give Perrier his #17?
I have no problem with the Gardiner trade...the problem is what they've done with it. They traded Gardiner to move Foster to Center...which is just stupid. If they're not willing to play Ekberg and Amidovski at Center anyway then they should have kept Gardiner at least for the time being. They should be playing kids at Center or this trade doesn't make any sense. Ekberg is fine on the wing but he'd be much more influential, have much more of an impact playing Center. And by playing Center I don't mean 4C.
The Petes are as bad as expected, Niagara better than anticipated, and the ‘67s would be better with Gardiner, for sure.
But I’m not sure if there is any indication of Ottawa, NB, and Sudbury being better or worse than expected. Sudbury and NB have had good starts with significant omissions but both already played the Petes twice. Sudbury has played SSM twice.
I don’t think the W% of Niagara holds up, but the team itself will only get better.
Ottawa has had a tough schedule to start when you consider the strength of Niagara in the early going of the season. So, it is sort of tough to tell where Ottawa really is right now, let alone where they’d be if Gardiner were to have not requested a trade. On top of that, their PK has been awful. If they were 19th on the PK instead of a dismal distant 20th, they’d likely have at least 3 more points in the standings. The PK has slaughtered them in the early going.
I like what I have seen from Niagara. They play a lot like Ottawa. They play a very fast paced game with strong puck movement on the breakout. I think we are all waiting on DD to make the team “Better.” The young guys are really friggin’ good. Czars is starting to turn it on. Of course Roobroeck is doing very well. Wasilyn is already impactful. Of course, He is always good. Crete has been fantastic. I thought Boyd was going to take Crete with the 21st pick but he passed on him to take Eshkawkogan which was also a very good pick. I really like the Niagara youth. They are impactful and will remain impactful the remainder of the season. The defence additions have worked well too.