SSM Greyhounds 2024 - 25 Season Thread, Part I

[SoupNazi]

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

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[HockeyPops]

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[DWI Dale]

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Beer holder!

 

[JoeSchmo]

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He’s allllllliveeeeee

 

[HockeyPops]

Lol, I am here. Been lurking, you guys have summed up everything so well I haven't felt the need to post (well, that plus I haven't really had time).

Raftis has had to cut really deep this season, fielding a team that can barely be considered OHL calibre, and it's nobody's fault but his own. However, at least he recognized (better late than never) that wasting assets on this season would be an even worse decision.

It will be painful, and there will be dark days this season, but hopefully by cutting this deep it is a quick turnaround. But it absolutely did not have to get to this point, and asset management needs to be much better moving forwards. I would not be against a change of direction for the team at this point.

Now, if he doesn't end up restocking picks this season by moving graduating players of value, then buckle up because it's going to be years of fighting just to make the playoffs.

 

[DWI Dale]

Restocking is a must. I just wish someone else that was humble enough to realize the mess we're in was in charge of the rebuild.

 

[OHL4Life]

Restocking is a must. I just wish someone else that was humble enough to realize the mess we're in was in charge of the rebuild.

you can move allard and gibson?

 

[scotty171]

you can move allard and gibson?

Hopefully yes, but Raftis has not shown he is willing to sell off and rebuild in the past.

 

[JoeSchmo]

It appears Barlow will be off the table very soon, setting up Sault Ste. Marie for some serious success at trade deadline, putting Andrew Gibson at the top of the list in my honest opinion. We cannot drop this ball.

In attempt to get more for Charlie at deadline I wonder if they package Charlie with his best pal
Gibson? Or as someone else mentioned to me it could be possible that Soo packages Mignosa with Gibson. Either way there is NO doubt about it, Gibson is the big fish at deadline!

 

[DWI Dale]

we can move allard if he is returned! and i assume gibson has already told he'll be moved. it's all too little too late for me. y'all know where i stood throughout all of this, and my worse fear has occurred and then some.

 

[JoeSchmo]

Lol, I am here. Been lurking, you guys have summed up everything so well I haven't felt the need to post (well, that plus I haven't really had time).

Raftis has had to cut really deep this season, fielding a team that can barely be considered OHL calibre, and it's nobody's fault but his own. However, at least he recognized (better late than never) that wasting assets on this season would be an even worse decision.

It will be painful, and there will be dark days this season, but hopefully by cutting this deep it is a quick turnaround. But it absolutely did not have to get to this point, and asset management needs to be much better moving forwards. I would not be against a change of direction for the team at this point.

Now, if he doesn't end up restocking picks this season by moving graduating players of value, then buckle up because it's going to be years of fighting just to make the playoffs.

The issue I find is that we have to trust the exact person(or people ) who have put us into this situation to now get us out. Definition of insanity. Haha.

we can move allard if he is returned! and i assume gibson has already told he'll be moved. it's all too little too late for me. y'all know where i stood throughout all of this, and my worse fear has occurred and then some.

I wonder if we can move his rights to a contender for him to return similar to what Josh Bloom did? @HockeyPops would you know?