SSM Greyhounds 2024 - 25 Season Thread, Part I

[JoeSchmo]

I can absolutely see the fronts wanting Allard if the price isn’t too steep. After missing out on Wakely they may want another good centre and Allard could be looking to redeem himself in his OA season after slowing down in the second part of last season.


Bingo. Things stay quiet lots of times regarding trades etc would make perfect sense. No point in another musty or even Barlow situation

I’ve been hearing Kingstons name involved with the Soo since the off season in some capacity..

Bingo. Things stay quiet lots of times regarding trades etc would make perfect sense. No point in another musty or even Barlow situation

Soo has been aware of Allard not being happy and wanting out since last season. I’ve heard there’s a serious effort from within to cap all negativity surrounding the team including the failed draft, etc.. hence why we don’t have questions asked about it in the Sault Star, etc…. No real pressure

I’m sure they’d like to hold him until deadline….somehow

 

[Houndzfan20]

nice to see the boys reel off 3 wins in the last 4 games. other than the windsor game where they easily outplayed us, every other game was winnable. First game against Saginaw, we start charlie i feel we win that game. up in the 3rd against sudbury and fall apart. the sarnia game was close and could have went either way.

nice to see them not mailing it in and giving it everything each game.

 

[DWI Dale]

Charlie has been a great stabilizing force, and I can't imagine the sh..show we'd be in if he had been moved already. And to think there was people who already thought miller was ready for starting duties LAST YEAR! The grass always seems to be greener with goaltending... he's the first guy to get blamed and his backup playing sheltered minutes can be anointed a saviour without any rational thought about the consequences.

Certain posters have made an HF career out of throwing our starter under the bus, always eager to throw the backup to the wolves. I'm glad they don't run the team, we'd be up Schitt's creek right about now!

Martin/Hayes look great. I suspect we will need to see more from our depth guys in order to keep winning hockey games but for now our "vets" are as dominant as you could ask this early in the season.

Still on Allard watch... I guess the org. is just going to pretend he hasn't been sent back to junior and hope none of us noticed?

 

[DWI Dale]

hence why we don’t have questions asked about it in the Sault Star, etc…. No real pressure

If only we could see a one-time only return of "Tuesdays with Montague"... I'm sure old Bill would have something to say about the last few months in Hound Town.

Brad Coch seems far too cozy with the organization to ever ask any tough questions about anything and that's unfortunate. Accountability is lost under the current parachute regime.

 

[Houndzfan20]

Charlie has been a great stabilizing force, and I can't imagine the sh..show we'd be in if he had been moved already. And to think there was people who already thought miller was ready for starting duties LAST YEAR! The grass always seems to be greener with goaltending... he's the first guy to get blamed and his backup playing sheltered minutes can be anointed a saviour without any rational thought about the consequences.

Certain posters have made an HF career out of throwing our starter under the bus, always eager to throw the backup to the wolves. I'm glad they don't run the team, we'd be up Schitt's creek right about now!

Martin/Hayes look great. I suspect we will need to see more from our depth guys in order to keep winning hockey games but for now our "vets" are as dominant as you could ask this early in the season.

Still on Allard watch... I guess the org. is just going to pretend he hasn't been sent back to junior and hope none of us noticed?

For real. In a year that you know you're rebuilding, you absolutely need a stud goalie to at least keep the scores close. Getting blown out 7-0 every game is too much to much to handle for a team of youngsters.

If nordh doesn't report, and it looks like he won't, Maybe we try to get the import goalie to come over?

 

[DWI Dale]

Noel Nordh has played 2 games, is pointless and a -1. I think they have up to 9 games with him before they have to make a decision so there's always a chance right?

It will be interesting to see how our roster evolves by January.

 

[Houndzfan20]

Noel Nordh has played 2 games, is pointless and a -1. I think they have up to 9 games with him before they have to make a decision so there's always a chance right?

It will be interesting to see how our roster evolves by January.

tbh i'm not sure about ahl and the number of games...i know that they can only play 9 games in the N, but not sure about the A....

didn't bloom play half the season before coming back to the O? i can't remember lol

 

[JoeSchmo]

tbh i'm not sure about ahl and the number of games...i know that they can only play 9 games in the N, but not sure about the A....

didn't bloom play half the season before coming back to the O? i can't remember lol

Nordh is also an European player and likely has something different in his contract? I don’t know

I think the most likely situation is that Allard is awaiting a trade to another OHL team. I’m sure Utah won’t be happy with him not playing hockey at all..

 

[DWI Dale]

I think the most likely situation is that Allard is awaiting a trade to another OHL team. I’m sure Utah won’t be happy with him not playing hockey at all..

Then Utah should tell him to suck it up and report imo.

As far as I'm concerned he's choosing not to play hockey if he's sitting at home. And we can't afford to trade him for pennies on the dollar just because he's feeling entitled.

 

[Houndzfan20]

Then Utah should tell him to suck it up and report imo.

As far as I'm concerned he's choosing not to play hockey if he's sitting at home. And we can't afford to trade him for pennies on the dollar just because he's feeling entitled.

agree 100%, but so many people here are all about not pi****g off the NHL teams...man we have to worry about our team. oh well, Utah won't draft any of our kids anymore...well they already messed up Hayton and Lutz so who cares lol?

too many babies nowadays.

 

[DWI Dale]

it's a weird sense of entitlement that the OHL (and CHL) has fomented by letting kids/parents/agents manipulate the draft and where they play season to season. if Utah or any other franchise expects us to kiss the ring while getting taken to the woodshed in trades by the Hunters et al, they can kick rocks as far as i'm concerned. there is no OHL or CHL without league parity, and nowhere for most of the players to play if there's only 4 teams.

and once a kid shows that kind of selfishness, it tends to re-appear throughout their professional career. they end up being the kid that plays for 4 franchises in 4 years, never meets expectations, and blames everyone else under the sun that their career fizzles out - coaches, GM's, etc.

 

[tjziel]

Hey Soo fans, what’s going on with Owen Allard?? Is he gonna be traded? Or is he gonna play for Soo??

Seems like an easy candidate to play for Brampton.

 

[OHLfan200]

The only info we’ve gotten so far is our GM saying he’s injured and he remains in Tucson. Even though he has been presumably sent back to junior. I’d expect he’ll heal up pretty quickly once he’s dealt

 

[DWI Dale]

Hey Soo fans, what’s going on with Owen Allard??

We know about as much as you!

 

[DWI Dale]

Our powerplay (or lack thereof) is really bad. 0/5 again tonight. Can't decide if it's tactically poor, we lack scoring depth, or both.

But 3.6% is the worst in the league. Can't blame that one on the goalies either lol.

 

[Houndzfan20]

Man brown is so soft in everything he does. Passing is so slow, shot is mediocre, gets knocked off the puck constantly. What a disappointment the 06s we drafted are, other than gibby.

Brown cannot be on the powerplay. He can't think the game fast enough and he gets bounced around constantly.

 

[Kristina Hazzard]

Man brown is so soft in everything he does. Passing is so slow, shot is mediocre, gets knocked off the puck constantly. What a disappointment the 06s we drafted are, other than gibby.

Brown cannot be on the powerplay. He can't think the game fast enough and he gets bounced around constantly.

I don’t see your ass out there lol

 

[DWI Dale]

I don’t see your ass out there lol

That's rude lol!

The PP has been bad, and I'm sure the players would be the first to admit that. Imo throwing around ideas/observations about why it stinks seems like totally reasonable discourse.

 

[JoeSchmo]

I don’t see your ass out there lol

Relationships over championships is our motto

Give it up lol brown is not good.. and if my ass was out there I’d give a better effort and wouldn’t be afraid every shift lol.


How about our powerplay? 3.6% dead last in the OHL. Hounds went 0/5 last night and I didn’t see a single adjustment made.

Our powerplay (or lack thereof) is really bad. 0/5 again tonight. Can't decide if it's tactically poor, we lack scoring depth, or both.

But 3.6% is the worst in the league. Can't blame that one on the goalies either lol.

Sorry didn’t see this before I posted haha

 

[Houndzfan20]

I don’t see your ass out there lol

but i pay good money to watch, so i can voice an opinion. if that's okay with you i mean....

 

[Houndzfan20]

Relationships over championships is our motto

Give it up lol brown is not good.. and if my ass was out there I’d give a better effort and wouldn’t be afraid every shift lol.


How about our powerplay? 3.6% dead last in the OHL. Hounds went 0/5 last night and I didn’t see a single adjustment made.



Sorry didn’t see this before I posted haha

didn't you listen to Kristina Joe? she doesn't see your ass out there either. we can't comment until we get out there lol.

but i agree. in no world do we have him on the PP. waaaayyy too soft. why hayes isn't on the first pp is beyond me. why are you wasting him on the second unit when the first doesn't get off the ice for the whole 2 minutes.

but i'm not the coach (or a player, or the GM) so i don't know if i'm allowed to say anything about the powerplay. except it's terrible

 

[DWI Dale]

but i'm not the coach (or a player, or the GM) so i don't know if i'm allowed to say anything about the powerplay. except it's terrible

I mean, technically you ARE a greyhounds coach!

Brown has 1 point this year. Not great. And nobody is saying he's single handedly ruining the powerplay. That's a collaborative effort lol.

But considering even our top guns aren't scoring on the PP it makes me wonder if it's a systems problem?

 

[DWI Dale]

I'm admittedly speaking from the perspective of a guy whos only watched 2 periods of hockey this year. Between work and coaching I'm kind of a hot mess tbh.

 

[Kristina Hazzard]

didn't you listen to Kristina Joe? she doesn't see your ass out there either. we can't comment until we get out there lol.

but i agree. in no world do we have him on the PP. waaaayyy too soft. why hayes isn't on the first pp is beyond me. why are you wasting him on the second unit when the first doesn't get off the ice for the whole 2 minutes.

but i'm not the coach (or a player, or the GM) so i don't know if i'm allowed to say anything about the powerplay. except it's terrible

Last night they were together on 5on 3

Would you rather have two balance power, please or one good one?

 

[Houndzfan20]

I mean, technically you ARE a greyhounds coach!

Brown has 1 point this year. Not great. And nobody is saying he's single handedly ruining the powerplay. That's a collaborative effort lol.

But considering even our top guns aren't scoring on the PP it makes me wonder if it's a systems problem?

hahaha fair point!

agreed, he's not the only problem with the PP....but the spot they have him is a huge problem. he can't be at the side wall on the dominant side. he's not strong enough, quick enough, or urgent enough to play that spot, and not big and tough enough to be in front of the net...i'm not sure what they can do, at least until mignosa gets back to help out a bit. guys like Cloutier and maybe Hilton could be in front of the net though causing a ruckus3

IMO