Obviously a very small sample on Lawrence this year, but I did notice he had an absolute cannon of a shot when he let it fly. He adds a different dimension to the line up with his size and ability to shield pucks. Bit of an unknown going into next year exactly what kind of player he is but I'm excited to see what a healthy Lawrence can do. Fantino finished the year on a high playing his best hockey of the season. He is a player who has a lot of skill and is dangerous when he wants to be. If he comes in to camp prepared to play the way he showed at the end of the year he is definitely capable of some surprises.
DD said at the draft he would likely move down south and play .
As someone who has lived in Thunder Bay for a number of years, I can confirm it is a heck of a long way from Owen Sound lol. Would be great to get him close to the Scenic City.
Most people assume it's near North Bay when I tell them I moved to Owen Sound from Thunder Bay.It's about as close as Winnipeg ?
Most people assume it's near North Bay when I tell them I moved to Owen Sound from Thunder Bay.It's about as close as Winnipeg ?
I love Logan LeSage but in all honesty the team is to good next year to have him as an OA. In my opinion Nick Chenard is our only OA the other 2 will be brought in. I had thought most of this year we would just ride next year and gain experience for 23-24 but with what I saw from this group we need to make a push next season to.
I agree. I think it's likely the team starts the year with only 1 OA in Chenard and could add before the deadline if need be. The contention window for a championship opens this season in my opinion and remains open as long as Barlow is on the team. This is a very high skill and deep forward group. I would think they will have 3 very good scoring lines up front with some nice depth on the fourth line.
I think the new import will be a dman(can only have one new with Petro returning)...as well as an OA dman and a OA forward...all to start the season
I put Import/02 on both D and F because I and see an import D or F drafted, quite aware that they only can carry 2. They probably will also add an 02 D in addition to an Import D, but an 04D would probably have to leave as well if so.
Attack Beacher I agree going with what we know. I wonder if a couple of current roster players won't be moved to a team like Hamilton for example. Going by memory they have I believe 9 players that could potentially return as O/As,some of those may move on but there may be a quality O/A to be had. They also could be looking for players with a little experience which we could provide to them.
Hamilton is a team that makes quite a bit of sense. A few extra 02s that would play top 6F or top 4D for us, and I would think a player would go back, at least with the D anyways
Took a look at the Hamilton roster and that's a good call out by Stevey. They definitely have a surplus of potential OA candidates, beyond the three they can carry next year. I think if Owen Sound is to acquire an OA it needs to be a high end OA player. I don't think there's room for a character/role player OA on next year's roster given the quality of the young talent that needs to play. Hamilton looks to have a few higher end OAs that would fit with the roster in my opinion but acquisition cost is likely a roster player and picks based on recent deals. Would be the year to do it though as they seem pretty set for OA candidates going into 2023/24 season with Goure, Burroughs, Lawrence and Sedley being potential candidates.
I doubt a roster player would be required unless that is Owen Sound's preference.
I'm sure you're right, it could be done without a roster player. If I'm arm chair GM-ing for a team like Hamilton that is set to graduate a significant part of the roster I would imagine they would like to get a roster player back though. Owen Sound has done well in the draft recently and may prefer to keep the picks and add a roster player instead to lower the total amount of picks required in addition to the roster player.
Two of them are imports and only one or two of the nine could fit the high end category. Hardie and possibly Uberti could make sense if Missy is looking to offload. They appear to be bringing back a fairly competitive roster though so not sure a deal makes sense for them. Hamilton looks to have four high end OA candidates, 3 F and 1 D, so they would need to deal one if all of them come back. Flint looks to be in a similar position if their OA candidates return. Could argue they have 4 higher end OA players. Barrie could have 3 high end F OAs returning next year. Oshawa appears to have some possible OA targets as well, depending on who they may make available. Windsor and Soo could have potential surplus options depending on player graduations to the pro ranks that would be of interest.
These guys are for sure not back:
That's about what I figured. The one question mark for me was on Dickinson. If I recall correctly he had a pretty bad leg injury that ended his season. I thought there might be a chance he comes back to regain his strength/form but he's a good player and if his recovery goes well I would expect him to go pro. The Soo always seems to be in the mix in the west every year so it would definitely be surprising for them to sell.
