Thunderbirds 2024-25

[execwrite1]

(with additions)

Vadim Zherenko
Colten Ellis
Cam Johnson

Scott Perunovich
Tyler Tucker
Leo Loof
Anton Malmstrom
Hunter Skinner
Scott Harrington
Samuel Johannesson
Corey Schueneman
Michael Buchinger
Marc-Andre Gaudet
Jeremy Baikabutuka

Hugh McGing
Nikita Alexandrov
Zach Dean
Mathias Laferriere
MacKenzie MacEachern
Dylan Peterson
Tanner Dickinson
Sam Bitten
Matthew Peca
Drew Callin
Oliver Chau
Tarun Fizer
Aleksanteri Kaskimaki
Reece Newkirk
Simon Robertsson
Marcus Sylvegard

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[SirPaste]

Buchinger? Would imagine that at least one of Peru/Tucker is going to be gone via waivers.

 

[STL fan in MN]

Add Buchinger, Gaudet and Baikabutuka to the mix.

Hard to say how it’ll shake out with guys like Bolduc, Walker, Alexandrov (assuming he eventually signs), Peru, POJ etc.

Obviously, some of these guys won’t make the T-Birds and will end up a Florida Everblade.

 

[Mike Liut]

Where is Dvorsky scheduled to play? I thought it was with Springfield this year.

 

[SirPaste]

Where is Dvorsky scheduled to play? I thought it was with Springfield this year.

Good point, he will be there too unless he really impresses at camp and makes the team

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Where is Dvorsky scheduled to play? I thought it was with Springfield this year.

I have read there is a possibility of him going back to Sudbury as well, but that might just be Sudbury fans hoping.

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

He has nothing left to prove in the OHL. It'll be Springfield (most likely) or St. Louis.

 

[TK 421]

I'm really excited to see what Steve Konowalchuk can do with our top prospects like Dvorsky.

 

[STL fan in MN]

Where is Dvorsky scheduled to play? I thought it was with Springfield this year.

Oh yeah, him too.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

Vadim Zherenko
Colten Ellis
Cam Johnson

Scott Perunovich
Tyler Tucker
Leo Loof
Anton Malmstrom
Hunter Skinner
Scott Harrington
Samuel Johannesson
Corey Schueneman

Hugh McGing
Zach Dean
Mathias Laferriere
MacKenzie MacEachern
Dylan Peterson
Tanner Dickinson
Sam Bitten
Matthew Peca
Drew Callin
Oliver Chau
Tarun Fizer
Aleksanteri Kaskimaki
Reece Newkirk
Simon Robertsson
Marcus Sylvegard

My annual posting of the Thunderbirds theme song.
I remember now why they called it Thunderbird.

 

[execwrite1]

MacEachern Alexandrov Laferriere
McGing Dean Sylvegard
Dickinson Peterson Robertsson
Bitten Kaskimaki Peca

 

[joe galiba]

MacEachern Alexandrov Laferriere
McGing Dean Sylvegard
Dickinson Peterson Robertsson
Bitten Kaskimaki Peca

the sun always shines on the 3rd line

 

[Beauterham]

MacEachern Alexandrov Laferriere
McGing Dean Sylvegard
Dickinson Peterson Robertsson
Bitten Kaskimaki Peca

Probably need to add Dvorsky to that list as I don't see him making the team yet at the start of the season. Drew Callin will also deffo play. Also not convinced Alexandrov will play in NA next season.

I could see something like this:
Peca - Dvorsky - Sylvegard
McGing - Dean - Robertsson
MacEachern - Kaskimaki - Peterson
Bitten - Callin - Laferierre

Dickinson/Chau rotating in at bottom 6.

 

[SirPaste]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1834233140027494713

Another forward signing for the AHL squad, this roster is already looking to be pretty crowded.

 

[Beauterham]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1834233140027494713

Another forward signing for the AHL squad, this roster is already looking to be pretty crowded.

His name sounds familiar. Wasn't he at a development camp for us as an invite a couple of years ago?

EDIT: looked it up! He was in our 2017 Traverse roster.

 

[kimzey59]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1834233140027494713

Another forward signing for the AHL squad, this roster is already looking to be pretty crowded.

Very much a "meh" signing and I'm struggling to see where he really fits.
I think it will be hard for him to find a way into the lineup.
Not that he's a terrible depth piece for them, it's just that Springfield's roster is that deep up front.

MacEachern Alexandrov Laferriere
McGing Dean Sylvegard
Dickinson Peterson Robertsson
Bitten Kaskimaki Peca

1- You're missing Dingo(once Sunny returns) and Dvorsky in that mix.

2- Matthew Peca is pretty darn close to a PPG AHL player(last 3 years he has 136 points in 154 games). He won't be on the 4th line. Right now, unless Alexandrov bolts to Europe, I think you have to assume that Dingo, Peca, McGing and Alexandrov are the wingers on the top 2 lines in some combination(with Dvorsky and Dean at center).
That leaves MacMac and Laf as the 3rd line wingers(C spot is open for competition but most likely goes to Drew Callin) and leaves the remaining kids fighting for the 4th line spots(Sylvegard, Dickinson, Kaskimaki, Robertsson, Peterson) with Bitten and Meireles as the primary bench players.

Really glad we have an agreement with the Florida Everblades in the ECHL. We're going to have to send more than a few guys down to that level.

 

[Celtic Note]

His name sounds familiar. Wasn't he at a development camp for us as an invite a couple of years ago?

EDIT: looked it up! He was in our 2017 Traverse roster.

Damn. Good memory!

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Damn. Good memory!

Thought the same thing. It sounded so familiar.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Very much a "meh" signing and I'm struggling to see where he really fits.
I think it will be hard for him to find a way into the lineup.
Not that he's a terrible depth piece for them, it's just that Springfield's roster is that deep up front.

1- You're missing Dingo(once Sunny returns) and Dvorsky in that mix.

2- Matthew Peca is pretty darn close to a PPG AHL player(last 3 years he has 136 points in 154 games). He won't be on the 4th line. Right now, unless Alexandrov bolts to Europe, I think you have to assume that Dingo, Peca, McGing and Alexandrov are the wingers on the top 2 lines in some combination(with Dvorsky and Dean at center).
That leaves MacMac and Laf as the 3rd line wingers(C spot is open for competition but most likely goes to Drew Callin) and leaves the remaining kids fighting for the 4th line spots(Sylvegard, Dickinson, Kaskimaki, Robertsson, Peterson) with Bitten and Meireles as the primary bench players.

Really glad we have an agreement with the Florida Everblades in the ECHL. We're going to have to send more than a few guys down to that level.

Yes, Peca is a top-line AHL player, all the way. I can't seen Konowalchuk burying Peca on the 4th line. Minimum 2nd line. Dude is good and didn't look completely lost in his handful of games with the Blues. I like it that he was not a one and done AHL mercenary and has been with the org for three seasons. He won't have Gaudette to help him score, but will still put up decent numbers.

I'm also super relieved to have an ECHL team in the tree. Just lookng at the standings, the Everblades haven't been near the top of the League in the last couple seasons, but seem to definitely be a top organization in the E.

 

[STL fan in MN]

Yes, Peca is a top-line AHL player, all the way. I can't seen Konowalchuk burying Peca on the 4th line. Minimum 2nd line. Dude is good and didn't look completely lost in his handful of games with the Blues. I like it that he was not a one and done AHL mercenary and has been with the org for three seasons. He won't have Gaudette to help him score, but will still put up decent numbers.

I'm also super relieved to have an ECHL team in the tree. Just lookng at the standings, the Everblades haven't been near the top of the League in the last couple seasons, but seem to definitely be a top organization in the E.

Yet they’ve won the last 3 Kelly Cups in a row…

Agree Peca will get prime minutes.

We don’t have enough roster spots and quality opportunities for guys! I don’t want to see guys like Sylvegård, Kaskimäki, Robertsson and Peterson buried on the 4th line or routinely scratched.

This logjam may be what sends Kaskimäki back to HIFK for another season.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

And yet they’ve still won. Impressive. We are lucky to have them.