sorry charlie, im not sure you have the same data i have. your not an idiot, be nice, your just very biased to a 4th line player on owen sound that sometimes blinds you. its human for fans to do that.
oh im well aware, im just poking the bear a bit. either played well, he played 12 shifts, 8:50 in total and was spread out fairly equal among the 4 lines, 1st line a bit less.
Stewart wasn't mentioned in my post, if you look, I was concerned about Ethier playing his shifts with the 4th forward line. I would have liked to see him play with a better line to set him up for success. If Stewart is on the 4th I guess im slagging him too, in my concern for a young defenseman.
Pretty simple actually if you put him out with the top line he is now on the ice with the other teams top players. putting him out with the 4th line he's more than likely playing against the opponents 4th line.
I sit in that end and you saw right. Hookey was on his way to address the hit and as soon as he got close Mcguires gloves came off he was ready and willing. I do give him full credit for not being one of those guys that don't answer the bell and cry about"He started it"
I thought that was pretty basic hockey 101. You play the rookies and D against other teams lower lines.
You are forgetting that on home ice we decide who he plays against. Regardless, just hope the kid succeeds.
So then you play the kid with the 1st line against a 3rd line, but then your 3rd line has to go against the 1st line, and we complain about that.
Still waiting to see what teams like Brantford and Erie are doing and maybe Guelph. Erie is the one to watch in my opinion. They are missing picks for this year's draft that I would assume they want to try and fill out. Maybe they are content standing pat and making the playoffs but that would seem odd. North Bay now has a surplus of D and maybe pry one out of there? Based on current market prices and what Owen Sound has left I'm not expecting a major move but I still think they are trying for something.
i think they are still looking, but also think there may be more to the surface to trading the 1st round pick. may just not have been a fit between player and team.
You're not the first poster to mention Addy may not have been happy and... yes I can accept that it doesn't always work between player and team. But in Addy's case, this raises a few cynical questions for me about the team, its culture, and/or how it's supporting players.
I think he's still looking but I feel with what we have available to offer we likely have to wait for some of the bigger pieces to come off the board, which is now happening, so that some of the other pieces come into play. We don't have the assets to be involved with the players who are moving around currently.
