SSM Greyhounds 2023-2024 Off-Season Thread (Part 1)

[DWI Dale]

congrats to those fellas! and to travis hayes!

 

[HockeyPops]

congrats to those fellas! and to travis hayes!

What news about Hayes did I miss?

 

[DWI Dale]

What news about Hayes did I miss?

I think somebody shared it already but...

Brzustewicz and Hayes named to USA Hockey's 2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup Camp roster - Ontario Hockey League

Two OHL players have been named to USA Hockey's 2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup Camp roster. The Hlinka Gretzky Cup Camp will place July 26-30, 2024 at in St. Paul, Minnesota.

chl.ca

 

[JoeSchmo]

Ryder Cali with 1 goal and 3 assists

https://x.com/i/web/status/1815203126875734353

 

[DWI Dale]

Ryder Cali with 1 goal and 3 assists

https://x.com/i/web/status/1815203126875734353

MR RAFTIS GET THIS MAN SIGNED!

 

[HockeyPops]

MR RAFTIS GET THIS MAN SIGNED!

Now that is something we can all agree on!

 

[JoeSchmo]

Now that is something we can all agree on!

he’s waiting until August 1st. Junior recruits have to wait until August 1st to visit schools and give a verbal commitment. This is for D1 anyway

Edit: this scenario is only if he’s still considering options. He could also be signed one way or the other right now.

 

[DWI Dale]

i lowkey hope he is signed and they are waiting until he comes for a visit to announce it.

 

[OHL4Life]

players can visit schools, they cant in theory commit until august 1st. kids do get excited and announce things thou. we know jacob xu is heading to harvard and adam valentini are off to michigan becuase they announced it in the last few weeks.

 

[Houndzfan20]

man, Sarnia got DiLorio and Edwards to sign and we can't even get one of the top two lol.

Sarnia's rebuild just leaped a year.

 

[DWI Dale]

a roster comprised of raftis "flyer" picks who didn't report over the last 10 years would win a cup!

 

[JoeSchmo]

David Holub has committed to the Soo and is on his way to North America.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1818992318071906662

Translation:

We have one return and departure towards junior. Matěj Kubiesa returns to @hcocelaricz after one year in the WHL. At the same time, David Holub is leaving Třinec for the OHL, who will play for @OHLHoundPower. #WHL #OHL #Czechhockey

 

[DWI Dale]

has there been any developments with nordh?

 

[HockeyPops]

Nordh and Cali would certainly change the trajectory of this pre-season quickly.

 

[Corso]

Sorry Soo fans....

https://x.com/i/web/status/1819051542621659253

 

[JoeSchmo]

Croserky off to Boston College

 

[OHL4Life]

Sorry Soo fans....

https://x.com/i/web/status/1819051542621659253

he said in December to everyone that he wanted to go to school. cant be that surprised that he followed through for now.

 

[JoeSchmo]

he said in December to everyone that he wanted to go to school. cant be that surprised that he followed through for now.

Pretty sure he told the team before drafting him too that he wouldn’t be coming. Would sure like to know what was going through Kyle Raftis’ brain…

What an absolute mismanaging of assets these last few years.

 

[Corso]

he said in December to everyone that he wanted to go to school. cant be that surprised that he followed through for now.

Strange draft strategy for the Soo....big misses (potentially) with their first two picks, and no pick in the 3rd.

 

[JoeSchmo]

Strange draft strategy for the Soo....big misses (potentially) with their first two picks, and no pick in the 3rd.

And no contract extension for Raftis

Strange draft strategy for the Soo....big misses (potentially) with their first two picks, and no pick in the 3rd.

Strange for sure because Raftis was so excited about saving the picks instead of adding another player or two and putting the Soo Greyhounds team over the top last season….( more specifically the 2nd round pick )

 

[Sakic fan]

Strange draft strategy for the Soo....big misses (potentially) with their first two picks, and no pick in the 3rd.

Yes very concerned with Cali still not signed and I was never a fan of the 2nd rd risk for a player known to be committed to NCAA route, would rather have tried to take a flyer on him with 1 of our 3 picks in the 4th rd. Was still some good talent available in 2nd rd at that point. Let's hope Cali is signed soon.

 

[LDN]

Could Gibson be on the move?

 

[HockeyPops]

Could Gibson be on the move?

At the deadline, yes.

The good news about Cali is that there was no big announcement dropped today, anyway.

 

[Section5Petes]

man, Sarnia got DiLorio and Edwards to sign and we can't even get one of the top two lol.

Sarnia's rebuild just leaped a year.

I mean to be fair it was never really in doubt that Di Iorio was going the OHL route (at least from what I was aware of) so not really much of a swing pick there

 

[frontsfan67]

Pretty sure he told the team before drafting him too that he wouldn’t be coming. Would sure like to know what was going through Kyle Raftis’ brain…

What an absolute mismanaging of assets these last few years.

I don’t speak for raftis but maybe he wanted to claim croskery before another team like London or Kitchener got him first- and if croskery ever does change his mind and doesn’t want to go to soo- they have a trade waiting to happen.

0 chance he de commits from BC though. Also weird to do it in the second round. Would’ve made more sense taking a pick like that after round 6 or 7 when the talent probably drops a little bit.