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With the 2025 OHL draft past us now, here are the names added to the Hounds Organization !

All-in-all, the Greyhounds selected 1 goaltender, 7 defensemen and 9 forwards.

Fans will get there first opportunity to see some of the newest Greyhounds next month when the club holds it’s Development Camp 2025 on Saturday, May 3rd and Sunday, May 4th. On-ice events will take place at the Northern Community Centre.

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With the 2025 OHL draft past us now, here are the names added to the Hounds Organization !

All-in-all, the Greyhounds selected 1 goaltender, 7 defensemen and 9 forwards.

Fans will get there first opportunity to see some of the newest Greyhounds next month when the club holds it’s Development Camp 2025 on Saturday, May 3rd and Sunday, May 4th. On-ice events will take place at the Northern Community Centre.

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Nice to see another Hayes in the organization
 
as always, it's very hard to judge a draft until you're a few years down the road but my preliminary analysis will be based on who reports! we need a strong draft this year and the calibre of player chosen means a lot less if you whiff on commitments like 2024. looking forward to dev. camp!
 
I'm hopeful that the lack of defenseman in the top 4 rounds is a signal that a certain someone is coming, but it could just be that we have 6 guys returning.
 
I am assuming all of Croskery, Pangretisch, Ashcroft, Allen, Kyriacou are coming. Raftis said this:

“We got a great mix of guys that have a great chance of being good OHL players,” Greyhounds general manager Kyle Raftis said. “It was that mix of where we were picking and what we were trying to place. We had that luxury that we were returning a lot of young guys. We have some ‘08’s coming in. You could take that extra pace with (the 2025 picks). It’s a good spot to take guys where we wanted them. You didn’t have to step up to take guys.”

We might even see two imports selected in the draft.

www.sootoday.com

Greyhounds avoid reaching for picks in latest OHL draft

Among the players selected by the team on day two were the brother of current Greyhounds forward Travis Hayes
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I am assuming all of Croskery, Pangretisch, Ashcroft, Allen, Kyriacou are coming. Raftis said this:

“We got a great mix of guys that have a great chance of being good OHL players,” Greyhounds general manager Kyle Raftis said. “It was that mix of where we were picking and what we were trying to place. We had that luxury that we were returning a lot of young guys. We have some ‘08’s coming in. You could take that extra pace with (the 2025 picks). It’s a good spot to take guys where we wanted them. You didn’t have to step up to take guys.”

We might even see two imports selected in the draft.

www.sootoday.com

Greyhounds avoid reaching for picks in latest OHL draft

Among the players selected by the team on day two were the brother of current Greyhounds forward Travis Hayes
www.sootoday.com www.sootoday.com
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You think we're adding five 08 defensemen to a defensive group that ostensibly has all 6 spots already filled? I think not.

Croskery makes a lot of sense on the left side with Evans. I could see us adding 2 more after that if we let Holub go and don't sign any of the 09 defensemen.

The real competition is going to be at forward, especially if we add 2 imports and a third OA.

Locks are: Mignosa, Cloutier, Martin, Hayes, Smith, Charron, Andrew, Smith, Laus, and Kaczynski. You add an import, an OA, and perhaps Daley or another youngster, and that's already 13.

That leaves guys like Hilton, Muxlow, Brown, and Vader perhaps without a spot. It's certainly a better position than last year, where we adding waiver claims and dealing picks for depth pieces.
 
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You think we're adding five 08 defensemen to a defensive group that ostensibly has all 6 spots already filled? I think not.

Croskery makes a lot of sense on the left side with Evans. I could see us adding 2 more after that if we let Holub go and don't sign any of the 09 defensemen.

The real competition is going to be at forward, especially if we add 2 imports and a third OA.

Locks are: Mignosa, Cloutier, Martin, Hayes, Smith, Charron, Andrew, Smith, Laus, and Kaczynski. You add an import, an OA, and perhaps Daley or another youngster, and that's already 13.

That leaves guys like Hilton, Muxlow, Brown, and Vader perhaps without a spot. It's certainly a better position than last year, where we adding waiver claims and dealing picks for depth pieces.
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If holub isn't coming back that's one spot, Carlisle is 2. Everyone loves bmb but he's too slow and repeatedly got exposed during the last series. I'd rather that spot go to an 08.


We are in a good spot moving forward.
 
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Yes, I can see all 5 08 D coming to tryouts and us signing 3 of them.

We might only run with 2 x OA this year, if we bring in an import goalie. Otherwise we might use that OA spot on a goalie. I don't think Daley comes this year.
 
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Yes, I can see all 5 08 D coming to tryouts and us signing 3 of them.

We might only run with 2 x OA this year, if we bring in an import goalie. Otherwise we might use that OA spot on a goalie. I don't think Daley comes this year.
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It wasn't at all clear that you were talking about tryouts. I can definitely see any of our draft picks coming to camp.

If I had to bet, I'd say that we don't add a goalie, but it's certainly a possibility. I think we're going to use all of the OA spots and I think we're going to see some trades to move out guys for picks. Brodie McConnell Barker, Charlie Hilton, and Christopher Brown stand out as candidates for me.

Mignosa-Martin-Hayes
? - ? -Cloutier
Smith-Vader-Andrew
Laus-Kaczynski-Charron
Muxlow- ? -Smith

---------Reid
Evans---------Solomon
Croskery-----Gillen

Miller
Tegelaar
Thomas

The blank spots are what I see as our biggest needs and where we should probably allocate some of our import picks and OA spots. I think second line centre is a particularly vital spot to address. A healthy 20 goal scorer there last year would have won us a minimum of 5 more games last season. Andrew and Brady R Smith got absolutely slaughtered defensively at that position.
 
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I think we are ok at 2nd line LW, there are a couple options that should be pushing for that spot. We could use an upgrade at 2nd line C, I would try to get an import there. Also G. We have no plan for G for the next 2 years. Bring in a secomd import if we can find one.
 
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Fischhaber said:
It wasn't at all clear that you were talking about tryouts. I can definitely see any of our draft picks coming to camp.

If I had to bet, I'd say that we don't add a goalie, but it's certainly a possibility. I think we're going to use all of the OA spots and I think we're going to see some trades to move out guys for picks. Brodie McConnell Barker, Charlie Hilton, and Christopher Brown stand out as candidates for me.

Mignosa-Martin-Hayes
? - ? -Cloutier
Smith-Vader-Andrew
Laus-Kaczynski-Charron
Muxlow- ? -Smith

---------Reid
Evans---------Solomon
Croskery-----Gillen

Miller
Tegelaar
Thomas

The blank spots are what I see as our biggest needs and where we should probably allocate some of our import picks and OA spots. I think second line centre is a particularly vital spot to address. A healthy 20 goal scorer there last year would have won us a minimum of 5 more games last season. Andrew and Brady R Smith got absolutely slaughtered defensively at that position.
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Certainly need a goalie for the next two years. I would think next year would be the start of trying to contend. Miller will not cut it.
I am keeping Hilton imo. Need size and toughness to protect our first line, and in the playoffs.
I can’t see anyone jumping on Brown.. BMB would hopefully fetch a mid to low round pick, perhaps a tad bit higher than the Connor Toms deal. Vader does not make the team next year imo.. If a lot of the 08’s and 09’s report.
As for Andrew and Brady R, it was both their first year in the league, and they were tasked to play in and out of the top 6. Of course they would get outmanned defensively. Need to give them more time to age and adapt to their role. But you have reason, centre is definitely an area of need, I’m not sure if either of them can handle it consistently yet.
 
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Certainly need a goalie for the next two years. I would think next year would be the start of trying to contend. Miller will not cut it.
I am keeping Hilton imo. Need size and toughness to protect our first line, and in the playoffs.
I can’t see anyone jumping on Brown.. BMB would hopefully fetch a mid to low round pick, perhaps a tad bit higher than the Connor Toms deal. Vader does not make the team next year imo.. If a lot of the 08’s and 09’s report.
As for Andrew and Brady R, it was both their first year in the league, and they were tasked to play in and out of the top 6. Of course they would get outmanned defensively. Need to give them more time to age and adapt to their role. But you have reason, centre is definitely an area of need, I’m not sure if either of them can handle it consistently yet.
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I should clarify that I wasn't criticizing either of those young players, particularly Andrew. Being asked to play a new position as a rookie is extraordinarily difficult and neither should have been put in that position.

I think both project much better as wingers going forward. There is space for Smith at LW, but we may need to play Andrew at C out of necessity. He had quite a growth spurt throughout the season and he's got to be close to 6'4 now.

I think they believe in the current goaltending duo from what I've heard (we rolled with Schenkel through similarly poor seasons), but I'm sure that there are a couple of 07 imports that would interest them at the right spot. Some of the top names available are Pyotr Andreyanov, Love Härenstam, and Måns Goos.
 
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Fischhaber said:
It wasn't at all clear that you were talking about tryouts. I can definitely see any of our draft picks coming to camp.

If I had to bet, I'd say that we don't add a goalie, but it's certainly a possibility. I think we're going to use all of the OA spots and I think we're going to see some trades to move out guys for picks. Brodie McConnell Barker, Charlie Hilton, and Christopher Brown stand out as candidates for me.

Mignosa-Martin-Hayes
? - ? -Cloutier
Smith-Vader-Andrew
Laus-Kaczynski-Charron
Muxlow- ? -Smith

---------Reid
Evans---------Solomon
Croskery-----Gillen

Miller
Tegelaar
Thomas

The blank spots are what I see as our biggest needs and where we should probably allocate some of our import picks and OA spots. I think second line centre is a particularly vital spot to address. A healthy 20 goal scorer there last year would have won us a minimum of 5 more games last season. Andrew and Brady R Smith got absolutely slaughtered defensively at that position.
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couple things:

1- they will do everything they can to get a better goalie
2- there is no way a first round 08 we traded for who played every playoff game will be on the 5th line.
 
BobbyStokers9713 said:
couple things:

1- they will do everything they can to get a better goalie
2- there is no way a first round 08 we traded for who played every playoff game will be on the 5th line.
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Brady T. Smith will get regular playing time, of course. We're about 7 deep at RW, so I'm just not exactly sure how they will set up the lines. Mignosa played LW after the trade deadline, but even he's a natural RW.

We'll see about the goalie situation. Tegelaar had other good options and didn't sign to be a stopgap like Thomas. I think there's a strong chance that some fans will be disappointed/surprised if the right players don't fall to us in the import draft.
 
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Brady T. Smith will get regular playing time, of course. We're about 7 deep at RW, so I'm just not exactly sure how they will set up the lines. Mignosa played LW after the trade deadline, but even he's a natural RW.

We'll see about the goalie situation. Tegelaar had other good options and didn't sign to be a stopgap like Thomas. I think there's a strong chance that some fans will be disappointed/surprised if the right players don't fall to us in the import draft.
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I think we see Andrew step into the middle nexr year again.

Tegelaar will not be a starter, they need a starter. Miller will likely be gone.
 
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