I’m the first to acknowledge that Oshawa has a very soft team devoid of any physical presence. In addition to that, their depth is also very thin - - particularly on defense after the misguided fleecing by Owen Sound.
A one-for-one swap of D’Amato for a Connor Punnett type defenceman would help to address the lack of toughness, but it still leaves them with only 4.5 capable defencemen.
Svozil the Euro is still trying to prove that he can be trusted but Rodriguez is unreliable during the regular season and unplayable during the postseason.
As we saw last year, you CANNOT survive in the playoffs with only 2.5 reliable defensive pairings. If there’s an injury, it leaves only four defencemen and they just get worn down logging 25+ mins every game.
Luke Torrance has been a serviceable player for Oshawa and it’s a cute story that he’s a local player, but you cannot keep an injury prone 3rd line plug ahead of a top four defenseman. Having an “A” on his jersey is completely irrelevant - - just as it was last year when long tenured assistant captain Tommy Stewart was traded away for a better OA player.
This should be obvious to anyone assessing the team objectively, but unfortunately pom poms can obscure logical thought.
This is laughable Donnie, gens are as deep on the back end as any team in the league, as Svozil has settled in pretty nicely and has been a net positive for the team. Rodriguez is even a fairly solid #6 D.
I’m the first to acknowledge that Oshawa has a very soft team devoid of any physical presence. In addition to that, their depth is also very thin - - particularly on defense after the misguided fleecing by Owen Sound.
A one-for-one swap of D’Amato for a Connor Punnett type defenceman would help to address the lack of toughness, but it still leaves them with only 4.5 capable defencemen.
Svozil the Euro is still trying to prove that he can be trusted but Rodriguez is unreliable during the regular season and unplayable during the postseason.
As we saw last year, you CANNOT survive in the playoffs with only 2.5 reliable defensive pairings. If there’s an injury, it leaves only four defencemen and they just get worn down logging 25+ mins every game.
Luke Torrance has been a serviceable player for Oshawa and it’s a cute story that he’s a local player, but you cannot keep an injury prone 3rd line plug ahead of a top four defenseman. Having an “A” on his jersey is completely irrelevant - - just as it was last year when long tenured assistant captain Tommy Stewart was traded away for a better OA player.
This should be obvious to anyone assessing the team objectively, but unfortunately pom poms can obscure logical thought.
calling Torrance a 3rd line plug and is just flat out disrespectful, not to mention wildly incorrect. Are we watching the same Generals team, as well as the OHL? Because I don’t think you could find more than 2-3 teams where Luke Torrance isn’t at least on their 2nd line. Elite PK’er as well. If he had slightly better foot speed, I’d be looking at him signing an NHL contract, he’s that well regarded. from where I sit, Svozil has settled in pretty nicely here and is playing good hockey, relatively smart and smooth plays under pressure and a good stick, although he can still be prone to getting walked or lost in coverage down low. But he’s going to be good, a lot of raw elements to his game imo. You don’t think the team has q a physical element to it? Sinivuori, Sennecke, Rogowski, Franssen, Sandhu, Danford, Torrance all play physical games. This isn’t the 90’s anymore lol
