OMG67
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Ottawa 67s 2024-25 Season Thread, Part I
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#29 Cooper Foster (6) scores. Assists: #22 Matthew Mayich, #34 Filip EkbergPOWER PLAY
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#29 Cooper Foster (6) scores. Assists: #22 Matthew Mayich, #34 Filip EkbergPOWER PLAY
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OMG67
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With MacK in net and the overall decent defence when they keep out of the box, they proved tonight they can remain competitive even without Pinelli. It was good to see them play without their crutch. They responded fairly well overall. Solid road game against a strong team.
Yanni with his best game as a 67 tonight. HE was under their skin the entire game, helped kill that final Penalty giving his stick to Marrelli and then dumping in front of shots. REALLY impressed with his game tonight.
Whitehead also with a strong game. He wasn’t trying to over-do it. HE found a way to contain his aggressiveness. Pots a SO goal.
I know I have said this a few times already but Eshkawkogan has alligator blood. The kid is unflappable. He plays with such maturity and poise.
Mews was better tonight.
Ekberg with two glorious chances in OT and flubbed both of them.
Yanni with his best game as a 67 tonight. HE was under their skin the entire game, helped kill that final Penalty giving his stick to Marrelli and then dumping in front of shots. REALLY impressed with his game tonight.
Whitehead also with a strong game. He wasn’t trying to over-do it. HE found a way to contain his aggressiveness. Pots a SO goal.
I know I have said this a few times already but Eshkawkogan has alligator blood. The kid is unflappable. He plays with such maturity and poise.
Mews was better tonight.
Ekberg with two glorious chances in OT and flubbed both of them.
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While this is a rebuild year, and the next, it's important to remember that these are also years of potential growth. We may not have star players yet, but that's the natural progression from our early years. As for Boyd and the drafting, I'm still on the fence. DC is learning, but I have some concerns about the older players' receptiveness to his learning.
I still think the sooner they trade Mews the better,
Boyd needs to look around at other junior non-OHL teams and see if he can find players that can play 3rd and 4th line so that they have the bodies.
I agree that mentor wise MacK is good but if we do not have the forward r defence bodies then we need to look at trading him so that we have enough players to ice a team. You can not go a whole season with only enough players to ice a team.
I still think the sooner they trade Mews the better,
Boyd needs to look around at other junior non-OHL teams and see if he can find players that can play 3rd and 4th line so that they have the bodies.
I agree that mentor wise MacK is good but if we do not have the forward r defence bodies then we need to look at trading him so that we have enough players to ice a team. You can not go a whole season with only enough players to ice a team.
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We need to manage player cards as well. We cannot blow cards on temporary players. We don’t know what the future holds right now. We currently are on pace to assign 23 player cards (assuming the existing rookies all play 10 games). A 24th would go to Conway if he actually gets into games. That leaves us 6-7 remaining cards. We cannot afford to waste them on players that will play 5 minutes per game for a short period of time until the deadline moves are made.
There is no reason why they cannot play with 16 skaters now and then. It happens often when a player leaves the game with injury or there is sickness running through the room. It is not ideal but as long as it doesn’t get worse, it shouldn’t be a problem. Heck, there are posters on here that complain about young players not playing. The best way to get them playing is reduce the size of the bench!
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Well. If they wanna stay competitive then they need bodies. As simple as that. If you wanna tank and just give the kids as many minutes as possible then that sort of stuff is cool but if you wanna give this team a fair chance to make the playoffs, and I think that at least used to be the plan heading into the season, then this team is in need of bodies...because at the moment the burn rate is far too high. They're dropping off like flies.
Nice to see Yanni and Whitehead back to playoff form though. I hope they can keep it up. Those two and Barlas played some excellent shifts during playoffs but haven't really been playing on that level this season.
Nice to see Yanni and Whitehead back to playoff form though. I hope they can keep it up. Those two and Barlas played some excellent shifts during playoffs but haven't really been playing on that level this season.
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Again, if they acquire bodies, they cannot be temporary fill ins. They need to be guys that are here for the season.
They burnt a card on Hilton. If they burn two cards or random guys to fill temporary roster spots, that leaves them with no more than 5 remaining cards to play with at the deadline. It really limits their flexibility and options.
If it is about building a team/franchise, the main focus needs to be on allowing the GM to come out of the deadline with the best possible team, whether that is a team that is intended to compete or one that is intending to build for the future. Either way, they cannot just blow cards up because of one or two weekends short 2-3 skaters when DC doesn’t typically play the 4th line much anyway.
