Saginaw Spirit 2024 - 25 Season Thread, Part I

[crowncarrier]

Saginaw picks up a 2nd in 2025. Nice work

Fantastic trade to speed up turnaround time. Saginaw future looking real good.

 

[Voice from the North]

I disagree. Kingston is better tonight than earlier today. Vellaris was 8/9 dman and Weir struggled to stay in lineup. We have 3 players that can contribute and bring extended playoff experience. Who TF knows what any of those draft picks could have been, personally I don’t care.

Kingston is better today but this is a GM compounding on his original mistakes from this year and last. The improvement is pointless if Cooper doesn't get a better goalie. Saginaw did well in the deals

 

[donjohnson]

I disagree. Kingston is better tonight than earlier today. Vellaris was 8/9 dman and Weir struggled to stay in lineup. We have 3 players that can contribute and bring extended playoff experience. Who TF knows what any of those draft picks could have been, personally I don’t care.

Kingston is absolutely better than yesterday...

Willis is a legit offensive player and he'll play on your #1 or #2 line depending on pairings.

Hay is one of the best faceoff guys in the league and will log a lot of minutes on the penalty kill too. I wasn't sure of his value last year when we gave up a lot for him but when you need that big faceoff win or blocked shot, he came up big.

Bishop is one of those guys who I didn't think would play much last year and all he did was log lots of minutes and rarely made a bad play. He is a traditional defenseman that makes a good first pass and isn't noticed a lot on the ice which when you're playing with Parekh is probably a good thing. He's a #2/#3 defensive pair and you'll be glad to have him.

Did Kingston get Owen Beck in this trade...no but they got 3 players who know what it takes to win in the playoffs and they'll all play a vital role in the success of the fronts. Saginaw "won" this trade IMO but Kingston still got some really good pieces for their team.

 

[Houndzfan20]

Kingston is absolutely better than yesterday...

Willis is a legit offensive player and he'll play on your #1 or #2 line depending on pairings.

Hay is one of the best faceoff guys in the league and will log a lot of minutes on the penalty kill too. I wasn't sure of his value last year when we gave up a lot for him but when you need that big faceoff win or blocked shot, he came up big.

Bishop is one of those guys who I didn't think would play much last year and all he did was log lots of minutes and rarely made a bad play. He is a traditional defenseman that makes a good first pass and isn't noticed a lot on the ice which when you're playing with Parekh is probably a good thing. He's a #2/#3 defensive pair and you'll be glad to have him.

Did Kingston get Owen Beck in this trade...no but they got 3 players who know what it takes to win in the playoffs and they'll all play a vital role in the success of the fronts. Saginaw "won" this trade IMO but Kingston still got some really good pieces for their team.

To be fair, they lost in the playoffs lol. But they did win in memorial cup lol so it evens out haha

 

[donjohnson]

To be fair, they lost in the playoffs lol. But they did win in memorial cup lol so it evens out haha

Even when you lose, you figure out what it takes. Winning a 7-game series against Flint the prior year and then getting whooped on by Sarnia showed young players what it took to win. Some of that is flat out better players but it's also an attitude of blocking shots and doing whatever it takes. Willis, Hay and Bishop are 3 guys who certainly know that and I'm sure will be willing to do it in Kingston.

 

[Kingpin794]

Misa takes over as captain

 

[Kingpin794]

Saginaw adds a depth play as I expected to get us to 13 F’s. If he pans out, great. OA candidate next year. If not, basically cost nothing.

 

[Kingpin794]

Misa also named captain for team west in the upcoming OHL prospects game

 

[Finster8]

Hope we trade a couple more

 

[Kingpin794]

Hope we trade a couple more

I'm good with what we've done. Don't have to move everything that isn't nailed down.

 

[leafs4life94]

How did Weir/Velliaris look? I see Weir had over half his previous season shot total in yesterday's game alone.