Peterborough Petes 2022-23 Season Thread (Part 3)

[snipes29]

Time for an empty netter Robb lmao

Lmao of course empty netter what a coach?

 

[User13452]

You think Dave Pogue, Dave Lorentz, Rod McGillis etc were telling them to go all in? It's possible but I think Oke and Wilson collectively decided this.

And going all in was not a bad thing at all especially acquiring the names we did, its just tainted right now because of this current play

Was definitely oke and Wilson. They both stated multiple times early and during the season that this was the year

 

[snipes29]

5 and 8 since big trades lmao outworked all over ice , loose all lose puck battles, hey Robb change the lines again? Moron

 

[Section5Petes]

These are the times I wish we were privately owned. Absolutely incompetent 'board of directors' and this cycle of mediocracy just continues on. It's one thing after another with this organization

 

[Section7fan]

You think Dave Pogue, Dave Lorentz, Rod McGillis etc were telling them to go all in? It's possible but I think Oke and Wilson collectively decided this.

And going all in was not a bad thing at all especially acquiring the names we did, its just tainted right now because of this current play

He’s always been vocal about being cautious and always helping the team now and going forward. He’s been the GM a while now and it’s a bit weird that he now goes crazy by trading two top ten picks and setting up a painful rebuild.

Thomas was really the only trade where he brought in a big name that was a true rental and the cost was imo low for bringing a 100 point guy.

I was never in favour of trading Lardis and JVV but oh well. Hopefully the figure it out.

 

[Section7fan]

This team gets flustered easy by soft goals and that’s what happened today. The first and second goals were real bad. At least they didn’t completely collapse in the third like they did last weekend.

 

[User13452]

These are the times I wish we were privately owned. Absolutely incompetent 'board of directors' and this cycle of mediocracy just continues on. It's one thing after another with this organization

Board of directors lol biggest joke in the league.

 

[Square Corners]

Just no words

 

[User13452]

Officially in 5th now

 

[Petesfan8]

You think Dave Pogue, Dave Lorentz, Rod McGillis etc were telling them to go all in? It's possible but I think Oke and Wilson collectively decided this.

And going all in was not a bad thing at all especially acquiring the names we did, its just tainted right now because of this current play

I would bet that Oke had the full backing of the executive to go for it.

 

[Section5Petes]

I would bet that Oke had the full backing of the executive to go for it.

He definitely had the backing of the board but I don’t think he is pressured by the board to make particular moves. The trust is in Oke and he makes the moves he feel necessary.

 

[WillardJFredricks]

The way things are going (and have been going) it'll be hard for any fan to have faith in Wilson or Oke after this season. They may need to clean house.

 

[Section5Petes]

The way things are going (and have been going) it'll be hard for any fan to have faith in Wilson or Oke after this season. They may need to clean house.

absolutely need to clean house. fan feelings or not, this is a disgrace right now and it's time for change

 

[User13452]

He definitely had the backing of the board but I don’t think he is pressured by the board to make particular moves. The trust is in Oke and he makes the moves he feel necessary.

The way things are going (and have been going) it'll be hard for any fan to have faith in Wilson or Oke after this season. They may need to clean house.

They’ll be hard pressed to get 1500 people in the arena next year after they flame out in the playoffs this year and all the top players are gone

 

[NorthernVoice]

These are the times I wish we were privately owned. Absolutely incompetent 'board of directors' and this cycle of mediocracy just continues on. It's one thing after another with this organization

Big time nope to this. Privately owned = leave town first time anyone dangles a bigger market and a pretty arena.

Ownership has absolutely nothing to do with what's happening right now.

 

[User13452]

Big time nope to this. Privately owned = leave town first time anyone dangles a bigger market and a pretty arena.

Ownership has absolutely nothing to do with what's happening right now.

Well let’s be honest they need a new arena and the only way they’ll get one soon is if a owner takes control of the team best thing that could happen unless you want to keep seeing a mediocre team

Well let’s be honest they need a new arena and the only way they’ll get one soon is if a owner takes control of the team best thing that could happen unless you want to keep seeing a mediocre team

Owner wouldn’t put up with this non sense wilson would have been fired and Oke would have never been hired in the first place.

 

[Section5Petes]

Big time nope to this. Privately owned = leave town first time anyone dangles a bigger market and a pretty arena.

Ownership has absolutely nothing to do with what's happening right now.

I’m more so referring to an owner firing coaches/ gms when the team is underperforming or flat out bad. Oshawa does it all the time and other teams with private owners. They expect to win and if it doesn’t happen, changes are made. Not to mention more money for signing bigger name coaches/ gms etc.

But I of course am always hesitant about the thought of an owner buying the team and moving them. It’s a delicate line to walk

 

[NorthernVoice]

Well let’s be honest they need a new arena and the only way they’ll get one soon is if a owner takes control of the team best thing that could happen unless you want to keep seeing a mediocre team

I actually don't think they need a new arena. I think the PMC is a perfect example of keeping the history of a building while renovating and adapting to modern times but I know I'm on an island on this one.

The Petes latest deal with the city doesn't handcuff them like in the old days. The whole new arena/private ownership is a tired notion from people looking for easy excuses.

 

[User13452]

I actually don't think they need a new arena. I think the PMC is a perfect example of keeping the history of a building while renovating and adapting to modern times but I know I'm on an island on this one.

The Petes latest deal with the city doesn't handcuff them like in the old days. The whole new arena/private ownership is a tired notion from people looking for easy excuses.

That’s the first time I’ve ever heard someone say they don’t need a new arena. I’m not even going to get into that it’s clear they do. With all the history don’t you think the Petes would be atop the list to host a memorial cup? Won’t happen unless they build a new rink

That’s the first time I’ve ever heard someone say they don’t need a new arena. I’m not even going to get into that it’s clear they do. With all the history don’t you think the Petes would be atop the list to host a memorial cup? Won’t happen unless they build a new rink

Can only renovate it so many times and there’s not enough space as is for the business and hockey people who work there as well as for the players everything is out of date compared to pretty much every other arena in the league

 

[User13452]

I’m more so referring to an owner firing coaches/ gms when the team is underperforming or flat out bad. Oshawa does it all the time and other teams with private owners. They expect to win and if it doesn’t happen, changes are made. Not to mention more money for signing bigger bake coaches/ gms etc.

But I of course am always hesitant about the thought of an owner buying the team and moving them. It’s a delicate line to walk

Where are they gonna move it? There’s only a few locations in Ontario that would maybe be considered for a team. You build a new arena and ice a competitive team year after year they’ll have no problem selling tickets.

 

[Section7fan]

That’s the first time I’ve ever heard someone say they don’t need a new arena. I’m not even going to get into that it’s clear they do. With all the history don’t you think the Petes would be atop the list to host a memorial cup? Won’t happen unless they build a new rink


Can only renovate it so many times and there’s not enough space as is for the business and hockey people who work there as well as for the players everything is out of date compared to pretty much every other arena in the league

I’m not sure we’d be atop the list to host the Memorial Cup. The Tournament is all about money and arena capacity and I can’t see Peterborough building an arena with a capacity over 4,300-4,500 and we’re a small market.

Unfortunately I don’t see the city making this a priority anytime soon. Imo it would have been a smart move to build a bigger facility with the new twin pad incorporated but we all know the route they went.

 

[User13452]

I’m not sure we’d be atop the list to host the Memorial Cup. The Tournament is all about money and arena capacity and I can’t see Peterborough building an arena with a capacity over 4,300-4,500 and we’re a small market.

Unfortunately I don’t see the city making this a priority anytime soon. Imo it would have been a smart move to build a bigger facility with the new twin pad incorporated but we all know the route they went.

The whole point of building a new arena is to increase overall attendance not just for petes games but for concerts and other events. If they build a new arena eventually they’ll be a minimum 5000 seats. Nobody builds new arenas today with less then that.

 

[Petesfan8]

I’m not sure we’d be atop the list to host the Memorial Cup. The Tournament is all about money and arena capacity and I can’t see Peterborough building an arena with a capacity over 4,300-4,500 and we’re a small market.

Unfortunately I don’t see the city making this a priority anytime soon. Imo it would have been a smart move to build a bigger facility with the new twin pad incorporated but we all know the route they went.

With all the talk about firing Oke and Wilson, does anyone know what is left on both of their contracts.

 

[NorthernVoice]

That’s the first time I’ve ever heard someone say they don’t need a new arena. I’m not even going to get into that it’s clear they do. With all the history don’t you think the Petes would be atop the list to host a memorial cup? Won’t happen unless they build a new rink
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Another hot take here, I could not give less of a crap about the Memorial Cup. It's a tournament of Champions, basically an exhibition challenge to me. The OHL Championship/J Ross Robertson Cup is all that really matters to me.

You go through 4 best of seven series to win it, and I'm supposed to care more about some 4 game round robin tournament than it?

Imagine if Toronto wins the Stanley Cup and people say "wait it doesn't matter unless you beat the winner of the KHL, the Swedish Elite League and some random fourth team that we invited to host it". The Memorial Cup is kind of a joke if you actually think about it.

 

[WillardJFredricks]

I'm going to try to be optimistic and say they bounce back with a win today. Maybe a bit of a tight game. 4-3 Petes.