Owen Sound Attack 2024-25 Season, Part I

[Millpond]

You guys will love him

We do already and he hasn't shot a puck.

They've assembled a large, cranky blueline

Konnor Smith 6'6 217 -20
James Petrovsky 6'3 190 - 19
David Bedkowski 6'5 215 - 18
Brayden Rogers 6' 180 18
Gabriel Smith 6' 3 198 17
Max Bleicher 5'10 189 17
Elliott Arnett 6'1" 198 16

 

[HuntersAreOverrated]

We do already and he hasn't shot a puck.

They've assembled a large, cranky blueline

Konnor Smith 6'6 217 -20
James Petrovsky 6'3 190 - 19
David Bedkowski 6'5 215 - 18
Brayden Rogers 6' 180 18
Gabriel Smith 6' 3 198 17
Max Bleicher 5'10 189 17
Elliott Arnett 6'1" 198 16

This is something I never put into perspective until recently. Yes, the team lost their (arguably) 6 best players in the off-season (3 OA’s, Barlow, Petrovsky, Guindon) but … only 1 of those guys was a defender (Sedley) + Bleicher played men’s 3rd div hockey in Germany last year so realistically they only have 1 guy who hasn’t played some semblance of Jr. Hockey ( Arnett) until now and that has stood out quite a bit to me (in a positive way). 4 returning D, 1 rookie, 1 import who’s played mens / jr. (Bleicher) and 1 young player with quite a bit of OHL experience for his age (Bedkowski). The offence however is a different story but seeing guys like Crawford and Nansi for example take that next step is really the pivotal factor in this team making the playoffs or looking in from the outside come April.

 

[Donnie740]

Delisle has been great for the Attack, today is playing 2C in North Bay.

We can't wait till Bedkowski is ready. The Attack blueline is coming together nicely.

People are finally starting to realize what I was explaining since this fleecing was first rumoured - - that Oshawa made a brutal overpay.

Owen Sound got a 2nd line centre for at least THREE (3) years - - possibly four years - - along with a 2nd pairing defenceman for at least two years, with the slim chance of a third year.

And then there’s a boatload of top draft picks also included. Plus the cash windfall for Owen Sound if and when they get drafted.

Meanwhile, one-and-done Colby Barlow is pointless through five games with a -5 rating and looking like his skates are filled with concrete.

What a fleecing by Owen Sound. Who knew!

 

[Millpond]

People are finally starting to realize what I was explaining since this fleecing was first rumoured - - that Oshawa made a brutal overpay.

Owen Sound got a 2nd line centre for at least THREE (3) years - - possibly four years - - along with a 2nd pairing defenceman for at least two years, with the slim chance of a third year.

And then there’s a boatload of top draft picks also included. Plus the cash windfall for Owen Sound if and when they get drafted.

Meanwhile, one-and-done Colby Barlow is pointless through five games with a -5 rating and looking like his skates are filled with concrete.

What a fleecing by Owen Sound. Who knew!

I can't speak to players who are not part of this team anymore , but absolutely love our new team members, who both seem to enjoy Owen Sound .
The future hasn't been so promising for a very long time .

 

[Greys]

People are finally starting to realize what I was explaining since this fleecing was first rumoured - - that Oshawa made a brutal overpay.

Owen Sound got a 2nd line centre for at least THREE (3) years - - possibly four years - - along with a 2nd pairing defenceman for at least two years, with the slim chance of a third year.

And then there’s a boatload of top draft picks also included. Plus the cash windfall for Owen Sound if and when they get drafted.

Meanwhile, one-and-done Colby Barlow is pointless through five games with a -5 rating and looking like his skates are filled with concrete.

What a fleecing by Owen Sound. Who knew!

Colby Barlow is a great young man with terrific hockey skills and plays with a lot of heart. He was drafted by the Jets for a reason. He will get there. Time to move on.

 

[leafsrdue]

Colby was a great player for the Attack and hopefully will have success in the future. That being said, Dale Degray did a good job under the circumstances and has set the Attack up well for the future. I'd be ok if this trade is a win-win but time will tell.

 

[Stellar29]

We knew George was going to have to be our best player some nights for this Attack squad to have a chance and boy was he great tonight. Got them a key point and the boys nearly finished it off with a couple breakaways in OT. Gutsy effort all around to hang with a very good Barrie team.

 

[Millpond]

This very young upstart Attack team has 6 of 10 pts in their last 5 games.


Key is T-E-A-M

 

[AttackSound]

The team has done a very impressive job early on this season at working on the defensive side of the game.

Even in the games where we didn't have the greatest starts they have competed there way back, and showed that the development has taken massive steps forward early on in the season.

Tonight showed that in a big way, Barrie seemed to carry the play for big stretches and we never seemed to let the Colts pull ahead of us on the scoresheet even though the shot total showed a heavy side in favor of the Colts our defense play as a whole kept the game close seemed to pay off with getting it to extra time. This team buckled down and kept the score tight right to the end, once we got to the shootout it was more of a gamble which isn't an uncommon thing in this league.

Either way will take that point and move ahead into Saturday versus the Spitfires knowing that this team can battle back even when the game looks to be an uphill battle some nights.

 

[Stellar29]

The team has done a very impressive job early on this season at working on the defensive side of the game.

Even in the games where we didn't have the greatest starts they have competed there way back, and showed that the development has taken massive steps forward early on in the season.

Tonight showed that in a big way, Barrie seemed to carry the play for big stretches and we never seemed to let the Colts pull ahead of us on the scoresheet even though the shot total showed a heavy side in favor of the Colts our defense play as a whole kept the game close seemed to pay off with getting it to extra time. This team buckled down and kept the score tight right to the end, once we got to the shootout it was more of a gamble which isn't an uncommon thing in this league.

Either way will take that point and move ahead into Saturday versus the Spitfires knowing that this team can battle back even when the game looks to be an uphill battle some nights.

To your point on "didn't have the greatest starts", with this team those starts have been about execution vs past teams where they come out flat with lower energy/compete. I don't think we've really seen any of those "flat" starts to games this year which is great. Execution issues I think is to be expected at times with a group this young but the compete level hasn't been an issue at all. I'll take that all day long while the team improves on execution over the course of the season.