Ottawa 67s 2024-25 Season Thread, Part III

[ecraigs]

The math for the 67's to make the playoffs is pretty daunting right now. All North Bay has to do is go 5-8 down the stretch, and it would force us to go 7-4. We have four games left against Peterborough and North Bay, but even if you sweep those you have to find three other wins in those other 7. Good luck. Basically Friday night is an elimination game for Ottawa - lose that one and they are just playing out the string for the final ten games. They need a regulation win to even start registering a faint pulse.

Tough to win games when your offence has a terrible time scoring more than 2 goals a game. Save for 3 and 4 against the Petes and a 6 bagger against a dreadful Ice Dogs defence, we've been offensively impotent.

 

[beastintheeast]

Tough to win games when your offence has a terrible time scoring more than 2 goals a game. Save for 3 and 4 against the Petes and a 6 bagger against a dreadful Ice Dogs defence, we've been offensively impotent.

The scary thing to me is that I really do not see any offensive stars in the near future on this team. Ekbeerg shows promise but will they let him play an offensive game instead of the disciplined game they are now teaching.

 

[OMG67]

Ottawa’s 7th round pick in 2023, Cole McKinney, is rated by many to be a late 1st round NHL pick. He is currently with the USNTDP and is committed to Michigan this coming season.

I don’t think this matters a heck of a lot this year from an Ottawa 67’s perspective. I doubt a late 1st round pick heading to Michigan will sign an NHL ELC the summer he is drafted; however, he is a player to watch if he were to sign his ELC next year. As an American player, he will be eligible to play AHL as a 19 year old but he is one of those players that does fall into the OHL now and then specifically because the NHL team that signs him wants him to play one year of Major Junior before turning Pro at 20. We do see that specific type of player take that path.

So, although I don’t think he would be in Ottawa next season, I do think he’s fits the profile of the one and done 19 year old (like Boucher was). He may be a player to watch.

 

[beastintheeast]

Ottawa’s 7th round pick in 2023, Cole McKinney, is rated by many to be a late 1st round NHL pick. He is currently with the USNTDP and is committed to Michigan this coming season.

I don’t think this matters a heck of a lot this year from an Ottawa 67’s perspective. I doubt a late 1st round pick heading to Michigan will sign an NHL ELC the summer he is drafted; however, he is a player to watch if he were to sign his ELC next year. As an American player, he will be eligible to play AHL as a 19 year old but he is one of those players that does fall into the OHL now and then specifically because the NHL team that signs him wants him to play one year of Major Junior before turning Pro at 20. We do see that specific type of player take that path.

So, although I don’t think he would be in Ottawa next season, I do think he’s fits the profile of the one and done 19 year old (like Boucher was). He may be a player to watch.

I think, if anything, you will see him play a year of USHL, then go to Uni Michigan.

This highlights to me the problem we are going to hve drafting American kids that are top tier as they can stay int the USNDTP and get drafted just as well as play here.