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

[DWI Dale]

it's obviously difficult to draw any conclusions in the pre-season with our top guys still absent. clearly we have some holes in our lineup but i don't think anybody would be too surprised by that. but is one of our big holes in net?

we've been assuming that schenkel could be moved but in a limited sample size Reid Thomas has not exactly performed like a player who's ready for the CHL. i'm basing this on his 15 goals against in 2 games but admittedly wasn't able to catch either game. for those that watched the games, are we playing that bad defensively or is Thomas struggling to adapt to the OHL game?

p.s. stings a little to see hometown kid H.Chitaroni light us up but i'm happy for him.

 

[Kristina Hazzard]

it's obviously difficult to draw any conclusions in the pre-season with our top guys still absent. clearly we have some holes in our lineup but i don't think anybody would be too surprised by that. but is one of our big holes in net?

we've been assuming that schenkel could be moved but in a limited sample size Reid Thomas has not exactly performed like a player who's ready for the CHL. i'm basing this on his 15 goals against in 2 games but admittedly wasn't able to catch either game. for those that watched the games, are we playing that bad defensively or is Thomas struggling to adapt to the OHL game?

p.s. stings a little to see hometown kid H.Chitaroni light us up but i'm happy for him.

I thought he did okay to be honest made 32 saves

 

[JoeSchmo]

 

[DWI Dale]

A couple hounds and a Soo local. It's a good feeling to know Dubas will never forget where he came from.

 

[JoeSchmo]

Just in case CHLTV acts up again and the game goes missing, here’s the direct link to the game at 5:30

CHL TV

CHL TV

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[Fischhaber]

That makes alot more sense. Did not know that about the WHL ... I mean any kid who passes through waivers and changes leagues is likely a long shot regardless.

I recall a former Greyhound named Adam Chapman that passed through waivers and became a very effective player in the Q, being traded for high picks on multiple occasions.

 

[DWI Dale]

i feel like I just saw a ghost

 

[DWI Dale]

On Mike Farwell's podcast this week he alludes to there being some "strategy" behind our disappointing 2024 draft, and has specifically to picking no-shows in order to intentionally receive a compensatory pick. He doesn't elaborate but seems to think it was done intentionally. I was curious if anybody wanted to speculate on how he might think having 2 first rounders next season helps our 2007's competitive window, or if this is a long game strategy to build a team around 2009's?

 

[PuckLife]

Heedful Hounds high on newbies - Soo Greyhounds

by Peter Ruicci (Independent Media) | Photo by Bob Davies To say the Soo Greyhounds are impressed by Carson Andrew would be an understatement. And the emergence of the 16-year-old (2008 birth year) winger, if he justifies the club’s faith in him, couldn’t come at a better time. Taken in the...

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