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

[OHLfan200]

Kyle Raftis waking up this morning in the mess he made this past offseason:
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I mean.. They hung with the defending champs for half of the game. Yea it’s not going to be pretty. But Sag will probably win the division. Don’t get me wrong, I’m assuming we’ll come last in the division. But outside of only having 2 real solid lines, our biggest problem is our future in net imo.

 

[DWI Dale]

Yikes. Not the start Miller wanted for sure. It's early in a rebuild year, certainly not time to panic or anything..but they need a lot more from him or Charlie isn't going anywhere lol.

The positive for me was Carson Andrew and Holub chipping in some points. That's a great way to start your OHL career.

 

[Houndzfan20]

I’ll say it now. I hope I’m wrong. Unless we see some major improvement in Landon Miller. I don’t think he’s a great fit for our future #1. You can say the defence let him down in the first period. But that excuse has been used so many times. I can’t remember the last time he stopped the first 10 shots he’s faced.

Same, I know its only game 1 and not pushing the panic button yet, but miller's numbers were good last year because he played the lower tier of teams. I thought charlie deserved this start, mostly for how good he was in the playoffs last year, and maybe some redemption for game 7, but it is what it is.

Martin was on another level. All the rookies played really well. Holub is a truck out there. If allard and nordh get sent back, this could be a fun team to watch till the deadline.

 

[PuckLife]

Allard released by Utah!

 

[JoeSchmo]

Allard released by Utah!

Sent to the AHL lol

 

[PuckLife]

Bummer

 

[staubitz]

Was Coughlan diving all night? Or can he just not skate? I think it may have been a bit of both

 

[DWI Dale]

With no Nordh or Allard, I withdraw my prediction that we make the playoffs. Who's the projected first overall this year? Lol

Caught Saginaw vs Sarnia at the Dow tonight. That barn is quite the maze to navigate. Quite a few empty seats but it was noisy and had a great atmosphere.

Although this small town Canadian was caught off guard having to pass through a metal detector to see an OHL game. God bless America!

 

[JoeSchmo]

THIS IS ALL ON KYLE RAFTIS FOR SETTING THE TEAM UP TO FAIL!

Imagine saying this about your leadership group in the 2nd game of the year? Yikes.

Was Coughlan diving all night? Or can he just not skate? I think it may have been a bit of both

Guy talks the talk but he will literally never walk the walk.

 

[OHLfan200]

THIS IS ALL ON KYLE RAFTIS FOR SETTING THE TEAM UP TO FAIL!

Imagine saying this about your leadership group in the 2nd game of the year? Yikes.



Guy talks the talk but he will literally never walk the walk.

Could Dean have toned it down a bit for the media? Absolutely. But he isn’t wrong.

 

[JoeSchmo]

Could Dean have toned it down a bit for the media? Absolutely. But he isn’t wrong.

How do you want this team to compete? Honestly.. we have junior B kids filling gaps because of our GMs incompetence and then realizing these kids can’t play so they sit on the bench. He moved the “8th” dman from D to F and then sat him.

This after just two games? Just wait… players aren’t gonna put up with it. We’ve already had a TON walk away before the season even started.

Coach should take his own advice and LEAD. Official missed so many calls on the Soo it’s insane then we end up with 3 or 4 in a row, against a rookie official. Gibson spoke up multiple times and then got penalized for it. He was trying to be a leader.