Well it should be an incredibly fun group to watch grow & develop together this season. They haven't had this much homegrown young & talented players in awhile. Gonna be many rough nights where they lose because of young mistakes (bad TOs, brainfarts, discipline etc) but I am so excited to see them grow.
Brown/Di Iorio/Edwards/Kostuch/Karimov/Barr/Hurt is an awesome group of U17s. Talking about an incredibly high ceiling for the group if they can keep developing.
Bridgewater, Chamberlain, Andersen are guys who have the talent to be good OHLers. I think Wainwright is primed for a big season. Fischer should be a beast. Young has real breakout potential. Hopefully Doucette & Filak can build off 20+G campaigns & can finish their Sting careers strong. Bodin has been very impressive throughout camp & in his few games.
As we talked about all summer the biggest thing will be goaltending. Surzycia is at least an OK goalie. But can he move up from that? Be a guy who can keep them in games, get them points they don't deserve? Can Chartier or Maillet take a step & push for starts? If none of that happens it'll hurt this team badly because mixing an extremely young team with mediocre goaltending can lead to a disaster.
This season tho is all about patience & growth. Gotta be moving in the right direction which is building the foundation of a team that can compete for it all maybe next year, but definitely the year after.
I'm guessing they battle for 6th/7th in what should be a competitive conference filled with quite a few ok, but not bad teams. Can't wait for it all to get started Friday