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Post by mikeb on Mar 29, 2010 13:36:27 GMT -4
Most people THOUGHT Dido would be back. If you thought he wouldn't be back, you were in the minority. not at this time they didn't and actually I was one of the first posters who suggested he could be back..... thanks for the contribution.... do you think there is 0% chance Adam could be back in the Q next year? because that's kind of the point I was making..... and using some higher profile names who recently have wound up back in the Q as a 20 despite in many cases already proving their worth in the league I said from the get-go he was coming back. And I'm sure I wasn't alone. Everyone knew he was gone until at least Christmas and most of us said it made no sense to play him pro after not skating for over half a year.
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Post by mikeb on Mar 29, 2010 13:39:42 GMT -4
Most people THOUGHT Dido would be back. If you thought he wouldn't be back, you were in the minority. not at this time they didn't and actually I was one of the first posters who suggested he could be back..... thanks for the contribution.... do you think there is 0% chance Adam could be back in the Q next year? because that's kind of the point I was making..... and using some higher profile names who recently have wound up back in the Q as a 20 despite in many cases already proving their worth in the league You're welcome And everyone else pointed out very good reasons why it is extremely unlikely that Adam comes back. Seeing as I agree with them, no sense me just pointing exactly what everyone else is saying.
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Post by bois on Mar 29, 2010 15:23:46 GMT -4
not at this time they didn't and actually I was one of the first posters who suggested he could be back..... thanks for the contribution.... do you think there is 0% chance Adam could be back in the Q next year? because that's kind of the point I was making..... and using some higher profile names who recently have wound up back in the Q as a 20 despite in many cases already proving their worth in the league I said from the get-go he was coming back. And I'm sure I wasn't alone. Everyone knew he was gone until at least Christmas and most of us said it made no sense to play him pro after not skating for over half a year. a year ago he wasn't hurt yet.. i'm pretty sure you didn't predict that ahead of time i agree the chances are he won't be back but stranger things have happened and there is always the possibility
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Post by SteveUL on Mar 29, 2010 15:32:17 GMT -4
I said from the get-go he was coming back. And I'm sure I wasn't alone. Everyone knew he was gone until at least Christmas and most of us said it made no sense to play him pro after not skating for over half a year. a year ago he wasn't hurt yet.. i'm pretty sure you didn't predict that ahead of time i agree the chances are he won't be back but stranger things have happened and there is always the possibility Aren't we talking about pre-season predictions here regarding Didomenico ? Not many people were making predictions on 09-10 when the playoffs were only one round old.
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Post by Murph on Mar 30, 2010 10:22:05 GMT -4
Sure they may not finish last overall two years in a row..... but they could easily finish in the bottom 3rd of the league for 3 or 4 years in a row. To me, that`s much worse. Hfx finished dead last in 08-09, dead last 09-10 and will finish bottom 3rd of the league this coming season.... How is that better than finishing bottom 3rd for 3 (or 4) years in a row? Halifax will be bottom 3rd next year? That's rich. But I guess this is the same guy that said the Eagles would battle for last place in 09-10 this time last season. Foresight has never been your strong suit. Heading into next year as it stands today, Halifax has the best goaltending in the division, and the best defence in the division (though Clarke could be dealt for help up front). They have many short-comings up front (as of today.... and have trade options to address that), but the Goaltending and defence alone should make them a top half team. There's still 1 impact player yet to be added via the euro draft, to offset the loss of Knotek.
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Post by mikeb on Mar 30, 2010 10:28:28 GMT -4
Hfx finished dead last in 08-09, dead last 09-10 and will finish bottom 3rd of the league this coming season.... How is that better than finishing bottom 3rd for 3 (or 4) years in a row? Halifax will be bottom 3rd next year? That's rich. But I guess this is the same guy that said the Eagles would battle for last place in 09-10 this time last season. Foresight has never been your strong suit. Heading into next year as it stands today, Halifax has the best goaltending in the division, and the best defence in the division (though Clarke could be dealt for help up front). They have many short-comings up front (as of today.... and have trade options to address that), but the Goaltending and defence alone should make them a top half team. There's still 1 impact player yet to be added via the euro draft, to offset the loss of Knotek. I'm also the same guy that argued with you and Webber that the Titan would finish ahead of Hfx this past season. You're history of being biased re: Hfx is known and has led you to being wrong more than once. And as of yet no trades have been announced. Everything could change as of the first weekend in June.
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Post by bois on Mar 30, 2010 10:35:30 GMT -4
debateable whether Halifax has the best goaltending in the division or not
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Post by elementz on Mar 30, 2010 10:39:59 GMT -4
debateable whether Halifax has the best goaltending in the division or not And defense
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Post by Captain Obvious on Mar 30, 2010 10:46:54 GMT -4
Hfx finished dead last in 08-09, dead last 09-10 and will finish bottom 3rd of the league this coming season.... How is that better than finishing bottom 3rd for 3 (or 4) years in a row? Halifax will be bottom 3rd next year? That's rich. But I guess this is the same guy that said the Eagles would battle for last place in 09-10 this time last season. Foresight has never been your strong suit. Heading into next year as it stands today, Halifax has the best goaltending in the division, and the best defence in the division (though Clarke could be dealt for help up front). They have many short-comings up front (as of today.... and have trade options to address that), but the Goaltending and defence alone should make them a top half team. There's still 1 impact player yet to be added via the euro draft, to offset the loss of Knotek. It's a tad early to proclaim Halifax as the top goaltending and top defense in the division...especially considering those 2 elements were not good enough to carry them into the playoffs this year.
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Post by canucklehead on Mar 30, 2010 10:53:05 GMT -4
debateable whether Halifax has the best goaltending in the division or not I'd prefer a certain Rocket goaltender myself ...
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Post by canbeer on Mar 30, 2010 11:29:10 GMT -4
debateable whether Halifax has the best goaltending in the division or not And defense But the fact that Halifax would be in the debate for both bodes well for them improving next year
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Post by bois on Mar 30, 2010 12:29:16 GMT -4
debateable whether Halifax has the best goaltending in the division or not I'd prefer a certain Rocket goaltender myself ... so would I... I also prefer our best case scenario defense ... but until we see what happens I am not banking on best case scenario happening in PEI lol
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Post by Murph on Mar 30, 2010 13:50:57 GMT -4
Halifax will be bottom 3rd next year? That's rich. But I guess this is the same guy that said the Eagles would battle for last place in 09-10 this time last season. Foresight has never been your strong suit. Heading into next year as it stands today, Halifax has the best goaltending in the division, and the best defence in the division (though Clarke could be dealt for help up front). They have many short-comings up front (as of today.... and have trade options to address that), but the Goaltending and defence alone should make them a top half team. There's still 1 impact player yet to be added via the euro draft, to offset the loss of Knotek. It's a tad early to proclaim Halifax as the top goaltending and top defense in the division...especially considering those 2 elements were not good enough to carry them into the playoffs this year. I worded my quote wrong. Should have said "best goaltending and defence" together, meaning as a group. If you break down the two, I would take Saint John's D over Halifax's D (assuming Despres isn't heading to PEI), and it's a coin flip between Mosher and Corbeil. As a core group though, I think Halifax is ahead.
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Post by Murph on Mar 30, 2010 13:53:16 GMT -4
Halifax will be bottom 3rd next year? That's rich. But I guess this is the same guy that said the Eagles would battle for last place in 09-10 this time last season. Foresight has never been your strong suit. Heading into next year as it stands today, Halifax has the best goaltending in the division, and the best defence in the division (though Clarke could be dealt for help up front). They have many short-comings up front (as of today.... and have trade options to address that), but the Goaltending and defence alone should make them a top half team. There's still 1 impact player yet to be added via the euro draft, to offset the loss of Knotek. I'm also the same guy that argued with you and Webber that the Titan would finish ahead of Hfx this past season. You're history of being biased re: Hfx is known and has led you to being wrong more than once. And as of yet no trades have been announced. Everything could change as of the first weekend in June. If you go back and re-read that thread, you'll see where we acknowledged that a lot can change (anbd it did). Halifax had Stransky and Piette when this debate took place. I also think you'd be hard pressed to find either one of us who said Bathurst wouldn't be better. we just said it would be closer than you were saying (which was that Bathurst would be 3rd or 4th in the division). Same as you didn't say Dido would be back this time last year.
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Post by defresh101 on Mar 30, 2010 14:30:14 GMT -4
Halifax will be bottom 3rd next year? That's rich. But I guess this is the same guy that said the Eagles would battle for last place in 09-10 this time last season. Foresight has never been your strong suit. Heading into next year as it stands today, Halifax has the best goaltending in the division, and the best defence in the division (though Clarke could be dealt for help up front). They have many short-comings up front (as of today.... and have trade options to address that), but the Goaltending and defence alone should make them a top half team. There's still 1 impact player yet to be added via the euro draft, to offset the loss of Knotek. It's a tad early to proclaim Halifax as the top goaltending and top defense in the division...especially considering those 2 elements were not good enough to carry them into the playoffs this year. Very true but alot of maturity and physical growth can take place during the summer. We are debating how good Halifax's defence and goaltending is. Like Canbeer says: to be actually having this debate bodes well. Lets not forget like mentioned already we have 2 Drafts and some trades to get through. You give Halifax the 1st overall Midget Draft pick, and we choose Poulin, and keep Delmas as a 20 Year old. Thats a strong back end to deal with. Anything can happen but if I were to wager like Bois likes to do. I would wager the chances us having the best back end in the division are quite high.
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