Doubtful they keep Jenken. There’s also a 2027 Windsor 5th that is conditional I’m assuming on him playing a OA year here. So you might as well get something back outta that awful trade
Peterborough Petes 2024 25 Season Thread Part Ii
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Petes Nation stay safe -it’s icy and there are power outages everywhere.
Be safe and stay warm
Be safe and stay warm
Keep in mind there will be 2 (or 3) imports added to the lineup.
In an article Friday in the Examiner Oke talks about the need to upgrade the offense heading into next season.
It mentions that Wilson and O'Connor have gone to Europe to do some scouting for the Import draft in July (the Petes have the 2nd overall pick). They will meet with Adam Novotny, his agent and his family while they are there.
I would like to see something like this for next season
Novotny OA Fitzgerald
Taylor mcallum import
Faulkner young murata
Page partridge addy
Gowan Cameron
Ula ladds
Strohack rookie
Hopefully someone in camp can make it interesting and some bodies get moved maybe hage comes up with novotny being here Save some OA room to see what teams do get someone cheap or free at start of season or wait till deadline for a cheap add
Goaltending looks fine whoever they decide to go with
Novotny OA Fitzgerald
Taylor mcallum import
Faulkner young murata
Page partridge addy
Gowan Cameron
Ula ladds
Strohack rookie
Hopefully someone in camp can make it interesting and some bodies get moved maybe hage comes up with novotny being here Save some OA room to see what teams do get someone cheap or free at start of season or wait till deadline for a cheap add
Goaltending looks fine whoever they decide to go with
I like that. I would swap Levac for Patridge though. And Ula beat out Gowan this year. We will see after the offseason.
What do you mean “beat out” ? Both players are huge pieces to the teams future. Ula will play heavy minutes next season but that doesn’t mean Gowan won’t play every night either.
They won’t take Murata. Perimeter player who plays skilled but doesn’t finish checks. Wilson simply would never play him.
It’ll be one of McGregor, Wycisk or Delisle. I’ll be shocked if it isn’t. Those three players offer skill but also two other things that are an absolute must for Rob Wilson… compete level + two way play
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Page isn’t gonna be a OA playing 4th line. Addy should be moved him playing 4th line would just lead to a trade request anyways
Oof that trade was a complete failure then although he wouldn’t have much value if any around the league anyways
Addy didn’t play the last month due to a back injury jury otherwise he would’ve been in the lineup. He was just starting to turn it on. I highly doubt he’s in OJ
In another Examiner article, Rob Wilson is pretty straightforward about where the Petes are at right now and what the expectation is going forward.
Some of the potential returning players have been put on notice, Wilson said, that they’ll be fighting for their jobs at training camp.
“There are no promises to anybody, and we told everybody that. We’ve gone through the most difficult time of this process and now there are no promises to anybody. They had better be ready to come back and earn it and who knows where the summer will take us,” he said.
“Now it’s about building a quality team for the next two to three years.”
discussing the young guys in the lineup and how they may have been a disappointment......
Without a better supporting cast around them, Wilson said it’s premature to make judgments.
“For all our young guys, there is still time for guys to prove they can be really, really good players in this league,” he said.
One of Wilson's standard lines about a player's commitment to the team is: "You are either IN or you are IN THE WAY".
He also discussed the goal for next year.......
“Our goal is definitely to make the playoffs and try to be .500 or better and try to make some noise in the playoffs. What’s going to be interesting for us as a coaching and management group is to see who is going to be able to handle those demands because the demands are going to be high,” he said.
“If that’s not in guys’ DNA or makeup, then they’ll find they won’t be a part of the process going forward.”
Amen to that!
They could sell tickets to camp next year......it should be very competitive.
Some of the potential returning players have been put on notice, Wilson said, that they’ll be fighting for their jobs at training camp.
“There are no promises to anybody, and we told everybody that. We’ve gone through the most difficult time of this process and now there are no promises to anybody. They had better be ready to come back and earn it and who knows where the summer will take us,” he said.
“Now it’s about building a quality team for the next two to three years.”
discussing the young guys in the lineup and how they may have been a disappointment......
Without a better supporting cast around them, Wilson said it’s premature to make judgments.
“For all our young guys, there is still time for guys to prove they can be really, really good players in this league,” he said.
One of Wilson's standard lines about a player's commitment to the team is: "You are either IN or you are IN THE WAY".
He also discussed the goal for next year.......
“Our goal is definitely to make the playoffs and try to be .500 or better and try to make some noise in the playoffs. What’s going to be interesting for us as a coaching and management group is to see who is going to be able to handle those demands because the demands are going to be high,” he said.
“If that’s not in guys’ DNA or makeup, then they’ll find they won’t be a part of the process going forward.”
Amen to that!
They could sell tickets to camp next year......it should be very competitive.
Was he tho? Outside of about a 3 game stretch starting in Sudbury he was one of the worst forwards on the ice most nights. There’s definitely no guarantee he even makes the team next year
Sorry i'll clarify.
By beat out I mean they were sort of splitting time for a while, seeing which rookie was going to take the reigns. Ula gained a confidence and became one of our best defenders. It was great to see. I really like Gowan's game as well though and he will definitely be an important piece for us too. I see Ula on the top line next year with Cameron personally. Gowan is one of our best passers on the back end. Helped us get out of our own end often.
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Totally agree. Great first pass… and that teddy bear toss goal
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Those are an absolute must...except if you're Taylor. Then you don't need to do either. Wilson talks lots but doesn't back any of it up.
Great article by Mike Davies in the Examiner today (we are spoiled to have him writing about the Petes for so many years IMO).
He agrees that the fans have been so supportive and patient with the Petes over the last 2 seasons so the pressure is on Oke and Wilson.
They need to acquire higher end offensive players in trades as well as drafts to add to this core and then put it all together so that this team can score goals and win more 5-1, 6-2 games rather than hoping to squeak out 2-1 or 3-2 games.
To be fair, with such a young team Wilson didn’t have much choice but to play a passive, trapping game to keep games close and hope for some bounces on their few offensive chances to get the win.
Can the Petes be a team who has a top 10 PP, is a force on the forecheck and outshoots the opposition more often than not while still being hard to play against this season?
That’s my hope….we shall see!
We are very lucky to have Davies covering the team. Hopefully the addition of a high end offensive player at # 1 (McGregor might be the one to go with) and a good import forward, maybe bringing in a veteran offensive forward and the team could look decent next year. They're pretty set on the 3rd and 4th lines with lots to choose from, so now it's about finding 3 or 4 guys to add to the top 6.
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And with the 2nd overall selection in the import draft, I assume we have to draft a superstar forward. Need a Dalibor Dvorsky or Matvey Petrov type
It’s gotta be a first round nhl talent has to be. Whoever they draft 2nd overall should come in and be a top 3 player on this team immediately
