Windsor Spitfires 2024-25 Season Thread, Part I

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Cherrydon

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Lemieux was the 2nd pick and was signed and he stays all year. Auto A card. Cannot be sent down to B or traded as he was not a 1st rounder. That is why Davis wasn't signed initially and the year before Manzo. Second picks ( not necessarily 2nd round) stick if they signed with the OHL club. Both 2nd picks overall by the Spits signed with Lasalle so they could be sent there. Nothing new here. Just this year with 6 signed with 2 being US born players makes it confusing and highly rare. Garden, Windbiel, Belchetz, Lemieux make the roster based on rules. Belchetz and Lemieux are the 2 regular roster spots and Garden andvWindbiel are the 2 allowed wild card roster spots. 4 total 16 yr olds as per CHL rule book. Hicks and Brocklehurst are Canadian born so they can be sent to Jr B. If Windbiel and Garden were Canadian, Bowler could have assigned any of the 4 to Lasalle etc.
 

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Lemieux was the 2nd pick and was signed and he stays all year. Auto A card. Cannot be sent down to B or traded as he was not a 1st rounder. That is why Davis wasn't signed initially and the year before Manzo. Second picks ( not necessarily 2nd round) stick if they signed with the OHL club. Both 2nd picks overall by the Spits signed with Lasalle so they could be sent there. Nothing new here. Just this year with 6 signed with 2 being US born players makes it confusing and highly rare. Garden, Windbiel, Belchetz, Lemieux make the roster based on rules. Belchetz and Lemieux are the 2 regular roster spots and Garden andvWindbiel are the 2 allowed wild card roster spots. 4 total 16 yr olds as per CHL rule book. Hicks and Brocklehurst are Canadian born so they can be sent to Jr B. If Windbiel and Garden were Canadian, Bowler could have assigned any of the 4 to Lasalle etc.
From what I've picked up on these boards this isn't correct. There were tons of 2nd picks last year that weren't in the OHL all year. Gravelle (Oshawa), Weir (Kingston), Medvedev (London) and Cloutier (Saginaw) all played less than 5 games.

I think all it means is that if you have 4 16 year olds, 2 of them have to be your top two picks. If one of your top two picks isn't ready, then you're stuck with only being able to play 3.
 

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That's true. Great point. I was working on the assumption that the Spits will and plan to carry 4- 16yr olds this year. If they do, then Lemieux will be one of them. Yes, you can assign an affiliate player to the GOJHL as long as they have not played more than 5 games in Major junior in same season. That of course changes after playoffs/season is done for said GOJHL team.
 

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Wish I could go to the Atlas Tube for tonights game but alas I work :( . Im assuming Costanzo starts tonight to prove himself. I forgot who was scratched last game that could play today but I could see one of the older guys like Morneau or Abraham getting a night off. Im also assuming no one is suspended but with all the fights and misconducts im kinda surprised no one is yet. Hopefully we beat Niagara but we'll see how it goes. Curious to see what BB does with all the extra players we got. Go Spits Go!
 

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That's true. Great point. I was working on the assumption that the Spits will and plan to carry 4- 16yr olds this year. If they do, then Lemieux will be one of them. Yes, you can assign an affiliate player to the GOJHL as long as they have not played more than 5 games in Major junior in same season. That of course changes after playoffs/season is done for said GOJHL team.
Not sure if you read other threads or not but it sounds like these rules are about to/ or have already changed.
No limit on games before Jan 10 and after reduced to 10 for the remainder of the season. Also no limit on 16 yr olds assigned to B but that sounds like only the Jrb league. Also who can be reassigned has already been changed?
Ohl4life maybe you can clarify?
 

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Not sure if you read other threads or not but it sounds like these rules are about to/ or have already changed.
No limit on games before Jan 10 and after reduced to 10 for the remainder of the season. Also no limit on 16 yr olds assigned to B but that sounds like only the Jrb league. Also who can be reassigned has already been changed?
Ohl4life maybe you can clarify?
Thanks! I read where they were doing a test model this year with the WHL, but hadn't seen anything recent for the Ontario Hockey Federation.
 

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Lemieux is an automatic A card. How can he be sent to B? It is a OHL rule first 2 16 yr olds selected can be signed with 2 more signed as wild cards regardless of round. All others are eligible to be affiliated . (US born no) if Windsor did nott sign him then yes, he could be put in B but the B club would have to sign him. Example was Manzo. If he signed with the Spits he would have been rostered all year but he signed with Lasalle because he wasn't ready.

nope, its not. how did medvedev play in jr b last year as londons 2nd pick, orielly the year before, cowan the year before that. 2023 kingston send wier down their 2nd pick. its

nothing is automatic.
 

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Been told that forward Kyler Morgan has been sent to his Jr B team of last year.
As well Cole Davis is on his way back from LA Kings.
Woodall said he is doing fine hopes to be in the lineup sometime next week, perhaps Wednesday.

Morgan doesn't surprise me at all. I appreciate what he brought but he's 15th forward at best right now (behind Stewart and Greenwell).
 

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Morgan doesn't surprise me at all. I appreciate what he brought but he's 15th forward at best right now (behind Stewart and Greenwell).
Morgan probably would of the 17 forwards on the exhibition game roster 16th and Stewart 17th,organization depth more then anything, 13,14,15 for me would be Lemieux, Brocklehurst and Greenwell, alot more organizational depth in the organization in all 3 areas, goal,D and upfront since the 3 drafts.
 
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Morgan probably would of the 17 forwards on the exhibition game roster 16th and Stewart 17th,organization depth more then anything, 13,14,15 for me would be Lemieux, Brocklehurst and Greenwell, alot more organizational depth in the organization in all 3 areas, goal,D and upfront since the 3 drafts.
The depth I think is huge. It seems we’ve been plagued with injuries a bit the last few years with not much to bring up.

While I think what will be announced as our top 12 forwards won’t shock many, if we have to bring up guys, it’s going to be a lot more exciting to see what they can do, rather than it just being a body to fill a gap for a weekend.
 

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nope, its not. how did medvedev play in jr b last year as londons 2nd pick, orielly the year before, cowan the year before that. 2023 kingston send wier down their 2nd pick. its

nothing is automatic.
It is automatic if Bowler wants to roster 4-16 year olds. Yes, he could in theory only roster 2 or 3 and send Lemieux to an affiliate. Copied below is directly from the OHL draft guide.

Selected Players in the OHL. OHL Member Teams are permitted to register a maximum of four 16year old players selected in the OHL Priority Selection. Those 16 year old players that are allowed to be signed are the first two 16 year old players selected and a maximum of two additional 16 year old wild carded player signed in any round of the OHL Priority Selection. All other 16-year-old players selected are eligible to be called up as an “affiliated player” or “floating affiliate player” for a maximum of 10 games or for any OHL regular season or playoff games when such player’s team has been eliminated from competition for that season.
 
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