SSM Greyhounds 2022-23 Season Thread
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feel free to fact check. take a look at all my
past postings and what happened after. what was I wrong about?
ballard can play in the ohl and he can skate, he can fill out the bottom of a roster. doesnt make him a bad player, just not the player you paint him to be. if the soo was as good as some of their past teams, they would have also passed on trading for him like other teams did. he can play in the ohl but hes a depth guy.
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i think the soo gave up an 8th in 2026 if he plays a game, but dont quote me on that, havent confirmed.
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he got pushed back a year, usually a sign the team no longer is interested in you
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Hmmm, nobody tell @Devin, but we just signed kept an 8th rounder, 10th rounder, 13th rounder, a kid drafted in the U18 draft, and a Free Agent on the exhibition roster.
EDIT: Kristina corrected me, they are not yet signed.
EDIT: Kristina corrected me, they are not yet signed.
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It’s been pretty obvious he’s knowledgeable, intelligent and as far as I can tell still has solid contacts. I’ve seen posters like that just get frustrated arguing with other posters who lack those attributes and just quit posting which sucks for all of us in the OHL community who never get much real inside info or reporting. It doesn’t take a genius to realize many teams have one or two posters that know their stuff and you don’t want to argue with. I mean I might question or disagree with guys like dirty12, GeneralUpdates, HockeyPops, DWIDale etc occasionally but I respect their opinion and consider it and it becomes a discussion not some overblown argument where we carry around animosity like children. I can assure you OHL4Life will be right much more than he will be wrong.
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Ah yes, good point. I am used to the Greyhounds making all their signings after red and white. Let me fix it.
I said it before...We aren't fighting... it's passionate banter between passionate fans who all want the same in the end haha.
I have a feeling some of the kids on this roster are only there because of the injuries..
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There was no secret that going into this year we were in a bit of a bind with the forward group. We had many graduations, which in and of itself does not automatically cause an issue. But when you looked down our list of forward prospects that we had drafted, there were not many good options waiting in the wings. On top of those graduations, we also have a 19 year old who was a healthy scratch in the playoffs last year (Anselmini). And you have an OA who couldn't crack the top 6 last year (McMullen).
I said it before, but the trade for Ballard was a nice piece of work. Not because he was a lock for the roster and teams were falling over themselves trying to trade for him (I don't believe they were). But because we needed more forward prospects going into camp, and he gave us a real viable option. In addition, training camp had 56 players which might be some kind of Greyhound record. They managed to bring in a lot of FAs including 6 forwards. In comparison we had 0 defense FAs. All of this managed to pull together enough scraps to have a competitive training camp in the forwards.
I said it before, but the trade for Ballard was a nice piece of work. Not because he was a lock for the roster and teams were falling over themselves trying to trade for him (I don't believe they were). But because we needed more forward prospects going into camp, and he gave us a real viable option. In addition, training camp had 56 players which might be some kind of Greyhound record. They managed to bring in a lot of FAs including 6 forwards. In comparison we had 0 defense FAs. All of this managed to pull together enough scraps to have a competitive training camp in the forwards.
It's possible, and yet we have had years where we sent a whack of kids to NHL camps and ended up playing exhibition games a few short of a full bench. I think the reason for keeping so many is that management hasn't yet decided which way to go. They have a goaltending decision. They have a 16 year old decision. They have a defense decision. And most importantly, the have to decide which forwards they want to go with. I certainly don't expect them to start the regular season with all of Ballard, Clattenburg, Good, Moses on the roster. But, it is possible they are looking at Anselmini's roster spot, McMullen's roster spot, Kostov's roster spot, and deciding who stays and who goes.
Can someone make me a Venn diagram outlining the differences and similarities between the Sault Ste. Marie greyhounds and a game of European roulette?
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That's funny because I would bet money at least one ends up on the final roster.
Holy. Preseason roster shows us having 9 right wingers. Yes I know Ballard and Brown will play C. That's wild though.
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And in an even more exciting development, the club has successfully mastered the art of cloning players. I look forward to seeing two Justin Cloutiers playing in tonight's game.
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Weird that they would have Brown in particular as a RW. He's a left shot centre on a team lacking left shots. He will spend exactly 0 minutes playing RW this season.
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You've never been wrong before. I know better than to argue with a person like that.
I'm not painting Ballard to be any kind of player. I hadn't even seen him play before this week. I just know that he wasn't willing to sign with Kingston and that they received offers from multiple teams when they made him available. I also know that the Greyhounds have negotiated with him this week. None of this is shocking or a secret, which is why it was openly shared with several people.
Ballard wont sign with Kingston.
DelMonte vetos trade to Kingston.
Is there something we should know about Kingston?
DelMonte vetos trade to Kingston.
Is there something we should know about Kingston?
Didn't they have a solid team last season? What's happened over the summer if this is true..?
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