Gotta know what we have before cutting ties with Surzycia. He's at least an OHL level goalie who showed flashes of being a solid starter last yr.Seca in the Observer today. Says the Sting will start the season with are 3 OAs. Doesn't make much sense to me to keep Surzycia especially when we need to know what we have in Chartier and Mallliet, who hasn't even played a game yet.
So many options now... dynamic skill all over the place... imagine trying to stop the speed of wainwright and Doherty on a line. I'd love to see Doherty on L1.. The power play will be absolutely filthy. I don't think I've been more hyped for the future since like Stamkos and back then I didn't really follow the team that much.Brown-Wainwright-Karimov
Kostuch-Filak-Doucette
Edwards-Di Iorio-Doherty
Luecke-Gaughan-Moses
Certainly wouldn't hate ADI or Edwards on line 2, but apparently they played together at youth Olympics & had good chemistry so be fun to see if they could build on that + with Doherty that could be such a fun trio. Starting them L3 to start also allows them to ease in at the beginning.
Really does reinforce though how young this unit is. 7Fs will be 16 or 17. Filak will be the only F with more than 2 seasons of experience. So while it's such a fun, promising group we will have to remember to be patient haha. They will have their slumps/bumps.
Also really puts Sim/Lominac/Hall in an awfully tough spot. If they can't take a rather substantial step not sure they stay around. If one can might make Moses expendable, though I absolutely love his effort, grit, physical play & that is nice to have with our youth.
Kitchener and Niagara should bid too.I know ppl probably over me mentioning it, lol, but I seriously wonder if they will put a bid in for the 2027 memorial cup.
Brown, Kostuch, Barr, Hurt, Bridgewater, Andersen, Luecke all gonna be 19.
Di Iorio, Edwards, Gaughan all 18 (& whoever else from the class)
That could be such a great crop of vets & I'm sure they'd add more by then if it were there intention to host.
Even if they don't they are setup to be a damn good team in 2026-2027. But really starting to believe in them also being damn good in 2025-2026.
Kitchener already announced their intention I think in 2022 or 2023 they’re definitely way ahead of the gameKitchener and Niagara should bid too.
Looking forward to camp going to be the most competitive camp we've seen in long time. There will be some players who if haven't improved their games, will be left outside looking in.I know ppl probably over me mentioning it, lol, but I seriously wonder if they will put a bid in for the 2027 memorial cup.
Brown, Kostuch, Barr, Hurt, Bridgewater, Andersen, Luecke all gonna be 19.
Di Iorio, Edwards, Gaughan all 18 (& whoever else from the class)
That could be such a great crop of vets & I'm sure they'd add more by then if it were there intention to host.
Even if they don't they are setup to be a damn good team in 2026-2027. But really starting to believe in them also being damn good in 2025-2026.
A wild Ferda appears! Lmao. Doherty easily flashed the most out of Sim/Lominac/Hall/Moses/Doherty so hoping he builds off how he ended the season. With Omeri being a yr older than Andersen I'd say unless he takes a sizeable step he's likely the one gone. Andersen is a better "7th" D too with his chippy style. Unfortunately idk how Kapageridis fits into this.Holy things appear to be on track for a quick turnaround in Sarnia all off a sudden. Very tidy work by Seca and crew. It's a weird feeling being on the positive end of getting a highly touted US commit to come play in Sarnia instead. No doubt as mentioned by many that Legwands connection with the LC program had much to do with Edwards coming. A nice luxury to have connections across the border.
Kinda crazy to think we essentially got two top 10-15 picks from this past draft in Di Iorio and Edwards. Add two other top 20 picks from the year prior in Brown and Kostuch and all of a sudden you've accelerated rebuild by 1-2 years. You caught my interest that's for sure lol.
As many are saying, camp will be the most competitive we've seen in a long time. You would think there will be moves to come before the season starts. There will be guys who should be dressed most games that won't be because of the recent signings and competitiveness for roster spots. I believe Letang needs his vets around but I'd be a bit worried if I were someone like Doherty and Lominac and maybe even Moses. I expect Filak, Docuette and Wainwright to be here for the year. I like the idea of keeping Surzycia. Be a bit risky going with Chartier off the go as starter at this point imo. Market prices for OA goalies the last few years have been trash, so if we are winning games while finding a way to get Chartier decent back up minutes to develop further then that's great. Chartier will be this teams starter 25/26, 26/27. Sting love their OA goalies.
Brown - Filak - Doucette
Kostuch - Wainwright - Karimov
Di Iorio - Edwards - Moses
Luecke - Gaughan - Doherty
Is what I imagine the forward group to look like potentially. Sim/Hall/Lominac will be chomping on the heels of guys like Moses and Doherty who will likely have a shorter leash when it comes to making their impact on the game and maintaining a regular roster spot.
Fischer - Bodin
Young - Barr
Hurt - Bridgewater
Omeri/Anderson on the outside looking in. You would think we try to move at least one guy on D....think they really want Kapageridis here but he will need some minutes too. Not a horrible problem to have I guess lol.
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See what this team can do off the start and I'm sure Seca will make the required adjustments within the first few months of the season. Exciting news no doubt but certainly a team full of players with lots to learn and to prove still. Ya'll certainly have the right to be excited though! Couple fun years ahead it looks like!
not gonna lie it’s tough keeping tabs living out of the city and not attending as many games as I use to. The love for the team is there but the motivation is hard to find sometimes. Hope to be more present this season. Having a good team to watch always helps hahaha.A wild Ferda appears! Lmao. Doherty easily flashed the most out of Sim/Lominac/Hall/Moses/Doherty so hoping he builds off how he ended the season. With Omeri being a yr older than Andersen I'd say unless he takes a sizeable step he's likely the one gone. Andersen is a better "7th" D too with his chippy style. Unfortunately idk how Kapageridis fits into this.
Nice to see u back on here though. Totally right at the end. Very exciting team but not one that won't have its bumps in the road this year. Still significant youth everywhere in the lineup.
Yah I imagine it is. Last year's team, as much as I really like the U17 talent was painfully boring. Painfully. Fingers crossed we are in for 3 seasons here of fun, exciting hockey & maybe, just maybe two decent cracks at a miracle.not gonna lie it’s tough keeping tabs living out of the city and not attending as many games as I use to. The love for the team is there but the motivation is hard to find sometimes. Hope to be more present this season. Having a good team to watch always helps hahaha.
I wonder if he will get overlooked for the world jr team since being in the O ... we'll see.Fischer scored today in USAs world junior showcase game vs Sweden. Played 3rd pair.
If he can have a good first half might get himself an invite. Still gonna be hard at 18 to make the team, but the USA defence doesn't look to great this year past 2-3 guys.I wonder if he will get overlooked for the world jr team since being in the O ... we'll see.
Makes sense with them going for it- Parekh, Misa, oke all will all make leaps probably and then they still have a bunch of other great players like Willis, Mangone and the import guy just to name a fewLooks like Saginaw is getting their 1st RD import pick who was SJS 33rd pick. Really good player that played in the KHL. Huge get.
Heard from somebody that they wanna go for it again, not sell off. Have very little to offer pick wise but they do boast a really solid top-9 & Oke returns in net who I don't love but did win a mem cup. Will have to get really creative to fix a really weak Dcore. But what they have already should make them a top 5 seed.
Probably add them to teams (LDN, ER, FLT) I'd feel comfortable putting ahead of us this season.
I think they would have guaranteed him playing time over most of our defenceman since he is a top prospect. His dad played for michigan state so I think that’s why he is going there11th rounder Nicholas Bogas commits to Michigan State. Was surprised he attended rookie camp with all indications he was NCAA. If he had any interest the crazy logjam on D would've probably hurt our chances at signing him.
hope soI wonder if we will see any trades starting tomorrow. With training camp just over 3 weeks away. I'm Starting to get really amped.