Sudbury Wolves 2023-2024 Off-Season Thread (Part 2)

[agillarda]

signings as well.

I'd imagine one signing will be Henderson one of our U18 picks. Didn't realize how much defence left this off season until I looked at the roster.

 

[I Loveallsports]

I'd imagine one signing will be Henderson one of our U18 picks. Didn't realize how much defence left this off season until I looked at the roster.

Henderson is a forward. Or are you speaking of defensemen in general

 

[agillarda]

Henderson is a forward. Or are you speaking of defensemen in general

Defensemen in general.

 

[Wolfie]

Any report on how the scrimmages are going? any standouts? How are returning players looking... musty, walton, coughlan, villy etc

 

[agillarda]

Any report on how the scrimmages are going? any standouts? How are returning players looking... musty, walton, coughlan, villy etc

I liked Bruce and Smith on D from the Wednesday scrimmage. Henderson looked good too. Villy, Coughlan and McCoy were all frustrated causing post whistle a couple times. McCoy took a dumb penalty that would have gotten a suspension.

 

[agillarda]

Blue and White rosters

 

[djscooter]

No Doucette again, no Kearns or Beites either.

Gaulton not being in the lineup leads me to believe goaltending decision was already made.

 

[agillarda]

No Doucette again, no Kearns or Beites either.

Gaulton not being in the lineup leads me to believe goaltending decision was already made.

No McCoy either, interesting considering the other OAs are in the lineup

 

[I Loveallsports]

No McCoy either, interesting considering the other OAs are in the lineup

Nothing to prove for him. Gives the other on the cusp a better look. Unless he's injured

 

[agillarda]

Nothing to prove for him. Gives the other on the cusp a better look. Unless he's injured

So why play Delic and DeAngelis, I'd imagine they don't have anything to prove.

 

[I Loveallsports]

So why play Delic and DeAngelis, I'd imagine they don't have anything to prove.

Or like I said perhaps slightly injured/ ill.

 

[billoink]

Could a possible trade be in the works?

 

[I Loveallsports]

Could a possible trade be in the works?

Def too early imo. Check back at the trade deadline.

 

[djscooter]

Coughlan just out here headhunting his own teammates. I see he learned nothing from his suspensions last year.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

No Doucette again, no Kearns or Beites either.

Gaulton not being in the lineup leads me to believe goaltending decision was already made.

Beites played well all week by all reports so perhaps he's made it clear to Sudbury that he's heading NCAA direction.

 

[billoink]

Coughlan just out here headhunting his own teammates. I see he learned nothing from his suspensions last year.

If the price is right looks like contenders may be trying to get a jump

 

[I Loveallsports]

If the price is right looks like contenders may be trying to get a jump

True but wolves got some youngsters back there. Can't leave them to the (wolves)

 

[djscooter]

Beites played well all week by all reports so perhaps he's made it clear to Sudbury that he's heading NCAA direction.

I believe he got hurt in one of the earlier scrimmages. Left the net early on Thursday.


As far as camp goes, Barney has his work cut out for him, thought there was a pretty big lack of skill on the ice, and the effort level of most of the veterans was pretty rough.

As far as blue/white performances go, I thought Walton was the best player on the ice. Bruce, and Jackson had their momments. Up front some of the new guys such as Dean and Klinkhammer put in really good efforts.

Overall, I'm really concerned about the lack of skilled up front, as well as a lot of the decision making being shown on the back end, Blonda in particular made some really bad passes in his own zone.

Ultimately, we're going to find out real quickly how good of a coaching staff they have real quickly I think. Will be interesting to see who sticks around in terms of the rookies as well. Definitely felt like some guys played their way on to the top and some vets may have played their way off of it, but we'll see what the new staff decides.

 

[frontsfan67]

No McCoy either, interesting considering the other OAs are in the lineup

From reading on here maybe there’s a chance that since McCoy took a penalty that would’ve resulted in a suspension in league play- they sat him from the rest so he can cool it.

 

[armchaircoaches]

Gonna be a long cold season up here this year

 

[howlman]

Gonna be a long cold season up here this year

Paps gonna stay warm?

 

[billoink]

Paps gonna stay warm?

Dario stated we are going for it this year

 

[agillarda]

Not saying we are going all the way, but sometimes a team unit is better than a couple skilled players.

"Hard work beats hard talent when talent doesn't work hard."

 

[billoink]

I personally am looking forward to a fun year with this team, no real pressure on them to win every game with a loaded lineup like last season. I believe with the new coaching staff and a lot of new faces we can expect a real solid effort through out this season. Looking forward to see how are vets rub off on the new guys especially Musty. Its a new look team who will surprise a few teams with a new and improved goaltending tandem.

 

[agillarda]

I personally am looking forward to a fun year with this team, no real pressure on them to win every game with a loaded lineup like last season. I believe with the new coaching staff and a lot of new faces we can expect a real solid effort through out this season. Looking forward to see how are vets rub off on the new guys especially Musty. Its a new look team who will surprise a few teams with a new and improved goaltending tandem.

Will be for sure. Awaiting the news of signings and the preseason roster.

Not sure who deserves the C this year.