That’s a big hesitation for sure. I would only entertain it at the right price. Flints last 5 lineups, Martin has been the 4th line LW three times and the other two was 3rd line LW. a project might be the only thing we could acquire at a lower cost but to your point, would the team be any further ahead?
I’d flip Addy for Martin if that was something Flint would entertain.
Both probably need a change in scenery. 1 for 1 would be interesting.
This hurt in this rebuild is more a product of losing the 20-21 season and not being able to recoup assists from 19-20. The haul from trading nick Robertson alone would have filled the cupboards which those players would be on the team now.
It's not like they had a ton of picks. In 2022, JVV may have been a bad pick but it doesn't matter, he served his purpose in getting the Petes a star via trade. McCallum is a very good 4th round pick, Rye in the 5th the jury is out but those were the first three picks because of trades.
So 2023 looks like they got 2 good players with the other 2 on the roster debatable Parish is a depth piece and Marentette I don’t get but whatever. 2022 I’d say the jury is still out on McCallum he’s got zero goals this year and spends the majority of time in the box instead of on the ice. 2021 they got 2 lardis and McCue both good picks outside of that Guo and Page are just depth guys. Outside of McCue they haven’t found much success in finding I’d call them top 6 players more just depth pieces in the later rounds. Imo they need to have more success in the middle rounds you definitely need to hit on third and fourth round picks
I think you should check your expectations. McCallum has more points in the OHL than all but one player (Lukas Fischer) selected after him, the top six guys from the later rounds are unicorns, not the norm.
Those 3 drafts after rounds 5 they’ve really only got McCue to show for. Page, partridge and Parish are 4th liners or borderline ohl players
That is why this coming draft is VERY important for the future sustained success of this organization. Five picks in the first three rounds. Oke could flip one of the 2nds and/or thirds into the future but either way there could be a lot of high end talent available to the Petes in these pick ranges and they need to get it right. Good chance the Petes will land one of Keaton Ardagh/ Charlie Murata/ Camryn Warren with their first pick, which will be another franchise type of player like Colin Fitzgerald was last year. Last time the Petes had two second round picks was the 2020 draft where the Petes selected Donovan McCoy (1st rd, 15th overall), Sam Alfano (2nd rd, 23rd overall), Justin DeZoete (2nd rd, 35th overall), with no 3rd round pick that year. The 2020 draft was the last time the Petes had a 2nd round pick until this most recent OHL draft where Blake Gowan was selected 32nd overall. They need to get some high end talent in this draft and even if they deal some picks to future drafts (which they may) because this is a great pick base to work with.
I personally would not put that loss on Rye
Petes played an excellent game tonight, they deserved better, a tie game with 10 minutes left in 3rd. I disagree with your comment on Rye. Which of the 4 goals that Brantford scored on him do you think he should have saved?
I thought Easton Rye was fantastic last night. Not sure what you’re talking about…
He was in a walking boot last night ... I've heard he's considered week to week
I noticed Crombie's celebration as well, I thought he might actually get an unsportsmanlike penalty but in typical OHL fashion, instead of calling the actual penalty, the referee went over to him and told him not to do it again... I thought the officiating was worse than usual in general last night (Reid, so no shocker) but not in either team's direction or any way that impacted the outcome of the game.
