Windsor Spitfires 2022-23 Off-Season Thread (Part 8)

[windsor7]

DeAngelis - Columbus
Dionicio - Anaheim
Harrison - Boston
Maillet - Vancouver
Peer - Calgary
Wright - Seattle

Wonder how Abraham has been recovering as although his smaller stature, I expect him to be a major impact player this year.

Only name I’m surprised isn’t on that list is Christopoulos. He didn’t really start logging numbers until the 22’ playoffs but did had a 49 Goal season. Surprised no one is taking a closer look.

Good for the players to be at camp for a cup of coffee.
Bring the work effort for this coming season..

 

[rve24]

Josef Eichler - RD

Canadian Hockey League

chl.ca

 

[tomschman]

Spits draft Josef Eichler, 05 Defenceman from Czechia. 6 foot 180 pounds. played for U18 team in World U18 tournament. Late birthday, So the coming season will be his draft year.

 

[hockeylegend11]

Spits draft Josef Eichler, 05 Defenceman from Czechia. 6 foot 180 pounds. played for U18 team in World U18 tournament. Late birthday, So the coming season will be his draft year.

Good size, 6-195, not much offense only 12 assists 0 goals in 60 games played total,but 146 penalty minutes,right hand shot,might be a good fit with Dionicio,time will tell

 

[ohloutsider]

Spits draft Josef Eichler, 05 Defenceman from Czechia. 6 foot 180 pounds. played for U18 team in World U18 tournament. Late birthday, So the coming season will be his draft year.

I don't see anything from the Spits or player that he is coming over, time will tell I guess.

 

[OHLTG]

I'm not getting my hopes up until Bowler says something. Gritty kid, good size, but feels like a "let's pick someone" selection right now.

 

[ohloutsider]

I'm not getting my hopes up until Bowler says something. Gritty kid, good size, but feels like a "let's pick someone" selection right now

Feels like a Hebek 2.0 pick. Hopefully GermanSpitfire can give us a scouting report and prove me wrong?

 

[Cherrydon]

One would hope the team has done its homework and at least selected someone best available at that pick that would commit to the team.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Feels like a Hebek 2.0 pick. Hopefully GermanSpitfire can give us a scouting report and prove me wrong?

Know nothing on him, unfortunatey, but this looks and feels like Hebek from last year.

i was hoping we‘d swing for a homerun with the pick. Doesn’t look like we did that.

 

[RayzorIsDull]

Know nothing on him, unfortunatey, but this looks and feels like Hebek from last year.

i was hoping we‘d swing for a homerun with the pick. Doesn’t look like we did that.

If it is then Baisov/Hebek/Eichler strong vibes from the Riolo Era with those imports.

 

[lazyboy]

If it is then Baisov/Hebek/Eichler strong vibes from the Riolo Era with those imports.

What do you have against Vlad Kretchen????

 

[RayzorIsDull]

What do you have against Vlad Kretchen????

Nothing at all. Drinking out of the opposing goalies water bottle and spitting it back at him is a baller move in my book.

 

[Knownothing]

That’s awesome

 

[lazyboy]

Damn I miss the old barn days (despite Riolo)

 

[tomschman]

Know nothing on him, unfortunatey, but this looks and feels like Hebek from last year.

i was hoping we‘d swing for a homerun with the pick. Doesn’t look like we did that.

They picked 45th in a shallow pool. There were probably no home runs to hit. Since he is from Czechia, he probably will sign. However, if Sobolov returns, the Spits will not sign him.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

They picked 45th in a shallow pool. There were probably no home runs to hit. Since he is from Czechia, he probably will sign. However, if Sobolov returns, the Spits will not sign him.

There was definitely some swings they could have taken, Thomas Uronen, Jesse Kiiskanen, Matteo Koci, David Svozil, Tomas Galvas, Dominik Badnika, Aron Kiviharju, Stian Solberg were all selected after us that i hold rather highly.

All these guys I’m more familiar with than Eichler, although as I said in my initial post, I’m not familiar with his game, so I could definitely be ignorant on this, so it’s wait and see for me.

 

[pgfan66]

I heard Eichler would go to whichever team picks him, so I'm 99% sure he'll be there. That said, I really don't like the upside with this kid. Hebek probably isn't a terrible comparison purely in terms of how big an impact (or not) Eichler can have. A bit undersized for the aggressive, physical style he plays, and I don't think there's much there when it comes to puck skills.

 

[OHLTG]

I heard Eichler would go to whichever team picks him, so I'm 99% sure he'll be there. That said, I really don't like the upside with this kid. Hebek probably isn't a terrible comparison purely in terms of how big an impact (or not) Eichler can have. A bit undersized for the aggressive, physical style he plays, and I don't think there's much there when it comes to puck skills.

Just curious to where you heard/read that Eichler will go to any team that picks him.

 

[OHL 17]

It came to them in their dreams!

 

[pgfan66]

Just curious to where you heard/read that Eichler will go to any team that picks him.

I have a couple friends who work with WHL teams and he was offered to them. The fact they work with different teams and not the “high-end organizations” makes me think he was offered to most if not all teams.

 

[OHLTG]

The two things I find very curious about this pick are that... a) there's no comment from the Spitfires... and b) there's almost nothing out there about the player.

 

[Wooren]

I will be honest, the Eichler pick is not great and I doubt he amounts to much. Hebek was actually a fine pick, he still holds some promise thanks to his size, but he moved over to the CHL too early, clearly not ready for that level. Eichler I don't think will contribute much and unlike Hebek, I don't see much room for improvement either unfortunately. 6th/7th defensive D is probably the most you can expect from Eichler, if he lasts the whole season without moving back to Europe, it's a success IMO.

 

[Cherrydon]

Finally it is reported it in the paper tonight but zero comments from management about him.

 

[OHLTG]

Finally it is reported it in the paper tonight but zero comments from management about him.

Parker didn't write it, either. It felt more "let's write something before people ask."

 

[Cherrydon]

It is possible people are on vacation this week. No coach named yet so dependent on Bowler to release a statement.