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Post by joehockey on Jun 6, 2015 18:36:16 GMT -4
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 6, 2015 20:12:50 GMT -4
Problem is we had a 1st round pick and gave it away, for two second round picks, and then gave away the top 2nd round pick, and then we start picking midgets players, I know the smaller players adapt quicker as they are not growing into the larger bodies, but in the end you need more larger players or you are going to be run out of most rinks, I know I am not a scout and don't poses their knowledge, but I truly don't understand all of the smaller players. I think this might be a longer year. In junior you can have some small guys, but like you said, if you have a full team of small guys, you don't go far at playoff time.
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Post by WildcatMapleLeafs on Jun 7, 2015 13:37:19 GMT -4
Maybe the move to not trade for a starting goalie is a strategy to get Petruzzeli to report. When they sit down and talk , it'll be a lot easier to persuade the kid when there's a spot open and ready for him. He's a big game changer for this team moving forward.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2015 14:34:10 GMT -4
Maybe the move to not trade for a starting goalie is a strategy to get Petruzzeli to report. When they sit down and talk , it'll be a lot easier to persuade the kid when there's a spot open and ready for him. He's a big game changer for this team moving forward. Good point. Goaltending a huge question mark right now. Can the Cats rely on Jack Grant at this level? He's only been playing goalie for 2 years. Played defence until Peewee. Adding Petruzelli would be HUGE. He's easily in the conversation as top eligible goalie with Baribeau and D'Orio. Grant will be a good option as a call up. Maybe the Cats' intentions are to use Grant as a d-man.
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Post by ronmac on Jun 7, 2015 20:00:23 GMT -4
Looking for your opinions, how do you think the Wildcats did in this draft, my opinion, unless we are trying to start building next year, I thought this was a weak draft for us. too many smaller players, too many high risk draft picks. just my opinion.
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Post by WildcatMapleLeafs on Jun 8, 2015 5:45:15 GMT -4
Looking for your opinions, how do you think the Wildcats did in this draft, my opinion, unless we are trying to start building next year, I thought this was a weak draft for us. too many smaller players, too many high risk draft picks. just my opinion. It would depend a lot on who reports. What you call a "high risk pick" , Shannon and Company may not. We we're able to pick up a couple of first round talents and a 1st 2016. I'd give it a 7 / 10 as of now.
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Post by jimmy on Jun 8, 2015 8:22:34 GMT -4
According to Hodge this morning:
O'Leary has told the Cats he is open to talking to them. His father is from Moncton, and grandmother still lives here.
Crossman will need convincing, they spoke to him before the draft, and they are going on instinct that he will want to play here.
Waite has options, but is coming to camp.
Pettruzelli has indicated to the team that he has interest in the major junior route.
Dawe has an NCAA commitment, but they will attempt to recruit him.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2015 10:02:36 GMT -4
According to Hodge this morning: O'Leary has told the Cats he is open to talking to them. His father is from Moncton, and grandmother still lives here. Crossman will need convincing, they spoke to him before the draft, and they are going on instinct that he will want to play here. Waite has options, but is coming to camp. Pettruzelli has indicated to the team that he has interest in the major junior route. Dawe has an NCAA commitment, but they will attempt to recruit him. Crossman will report if he's guaranteed ice time. By guaranteed, I mean he has asked to be line-mates with Conor Garland.
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Post by joehockey on Jun 8, 2015 11:23:34 GMT -4
According to Hodge this morning: O'Leary has told the Cats he is open to talking to them. His father is from Moncton, and grandmother still lives here. Crossman will need convincing, they spoke to him before the draft, and they are going on instinct that he will want to play here. Waite has options, but is coming to camp. Pettruzelli has indicated to the team that he has interest in the major junior route. Dawe has an NCAA commitment, but they will attempt to recruit him. O'Leary - I wonder whether there were only a few teams that he was willing to talk to or that he just hasn't closed the door on junior and would have talked to anyone. It seems like being open to talk to Moncton is not much to go by, he was willing to talk to CB after they drafted him too. I doubt that having family near by is of any significance either, he played in Connecticut for the last 2 years and is planning to play in Iowa next year for Dubuque. The question here is what would Moncton be able to give him that CB couldn't that would convince him to forgo his college eligibility. Cape Breton has recently had some really good students so it's not like Cape Breton are lagging behind in that aspect. Maybe he would want the Wildcats to pay for him to take correspondence classes at the school of his choice (aka Cornell if he admitted). I think The Cats will have to show that they will do everything to make sure he gets the best education he can to get him to show, I don't think it has anything to do really with him only wanting to go to certain franchises. Crossman - I read the Acadie-Nouvelle and they said that the Cats had a "verbal agreement" with Crossman but nothing in writing yet. It seems to be more than what Hodge was willing to say so maybe it was reaching a bit on the part of Paquette or Hodge was just playing it safe and not to get people's expectations up. I tend to think that the Cats have some sort of agreement in the making. If what Hollywood says is true about only coming if he plays with Garland, then I would likely hold off on signing him this year and let him develop a bit more at Notre Dame. I would be surprised if he didn't show up to training camp at all, he lives 45 minutes away so he could stay home and just not play in the games and keep his eligibility so Moncton can get a long look at him. Maybe Dawe comes and visits him for a week too and so neither burn their eligibility but can come to camp. Dawe is supposed to be a really good player but I wonder how his size would affect him. I was kind of surprised to see that Waite was not fully committed but it is nice that he is coming to training camp anyway. Maybe he can bring his Dad and Uncle and let them work with the goalies a bit too haha. What I found amazing is that Grant has only played Goalie for 2 years. Already playing AAA after only two years is a remarkable learning curve for sure. Hopefully he continues and is a goalie that makes the team in a years time. I think having a full time Goaltender Coordinator will help as I assume that they will send him to help work out the prospects even after they don't make the team this year. I think the Americans are more of a wish than any real belief that they show up. Petruzzelli committing to go to college with his brother likely makes him harder to convince to show. Do they invite both brothers to camp like Halifax did with the Moynihan's? I wonder whether Shannon's move away from drafting a ton of American's has to do with the perceived weak class this year or whether it has to do with not being able to get some of them to commit and not wanting to have more kids on the protected list who are unlikely to show and so waste picks. Overall, I think the draft was good but it really depends on who they convince to come. If they get O'Leary to come then I think it already has to be considered a success. I think that maybe one or two of the players crack the line up this year and they send players like Cyr, Crossman, McKenna, Dawe etc. (basically all the forwards and goalies) back even if they all show because there is just not much ice time available to them right now and another year to develop is never a bad thing. There likely is room for at least one defenceman to make the team from this draft since they now likely move either Sweeney or Johnston, maybe Lavoie or Aspirot are the ones to do it. For anyone who has seen Lavoie, does he actually play that mean and if so how is his skating? I think the goaltending situation now breaks down into Fortin and a battle between Dupre/Talbot-Tassi/Free agents for the role of backup
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2015 11:35:32 GMT -4
According to Hodge this morning: O'Leary has told the Cats he is open to talking to them. His father is from Moncton, and grandmother still lives here. Crossman will need convincing, they spoke to him before the draft, and they are going on instinct that he will want to play here. Waite has options, but is coming to camp. Pettruzelli has indicated to the team that he has interest in the major junior route. Dawe has an NCAA commitment, but they will attempt to recruit him. O'Leary - I wonder whether there were only a few teams that he was willing to talk to or that he just hasn't closed the door on junior and would have talked to anyone. It seems like being open to talk to Moncton is not much to go by, he was willing to talk to CB after they drafted him too. I doubt that having family near by is of any significance either, he played in Connecticut for the last 2 years and is planning to play in Iowa next year for Dubuque. The question here is what would Moncton be able to give him that CB couldn't that would convince him to forgo his college eligibility. Cape Breton has recently had some really good students so it's not like Cape Breton are lagging behind in that aspect. Maybe he would want the Wildcats to pay for him to take correspondence classes at the school of his choice (aka Cornell if he admitted). I think The Cats will have to show that they will do everything to make sure he gets the best education he can to get him to show, I don't think it has anything to do really with him only wanting to go to certain franchises. Crossman - I read the Acadie-Nouvelle and they said that the Cats had a "verbal agreement" with Crossman but nothing in writing yet. It seems to be more than what Hodge was willing to say so maybe it was reaching a bit on the part of Paquette or Hodge was just playing it safe and not to get people's expectations up. I tend to think that the Cats have some sort of agreement in the making. If what Hollywood says is true about only coming if he plays with Garland, then I would likely hold off on signing him this year and let him develop a bit more at Notre Dame. I would be surprised if he didn't show up to training camp at all, he lives 45 minutes away so he could stay home and just not play in the games and keep his eligibility so Moncton can get a long look at him. Maybe Dawe comes and visits him for a week too and so neither burn their eligibility but can come to camp. Dawe is supposed to be a really good player but I wonder how his size would affect him. I was kind of surprised to see that Waite was not fully committed but it is nice that he is coming to training camp anyway. Maybe he can bring his Dad and Uncle and let them work with the goalies a bit too haha. What I found amazing is that Grant has only played Goalie for 2 years. Already playing AAA after only two years is a remarkable learning curve for sure. Hopefully he continues and is a goalie that makes the team in a years time. I think having a full time Goaltender Coordinator will help as I assume that they will send him to help work out the prospects even after they don't make the team this year. I think the Americans are more of a wish than any real belief that they show up. Petruzzelli committing to go to college with his brother likely makes him harder to convince to show. Do they invite both brothers to camp like Halifax did with the Moynihan's? I wonder whether Shannon's move away from drafting a ton of American's has to do with the perceived weak class this year or whether it has to do with not being able to get some of them to commit and not wanting to have more kids on the protected list who are unlikely to show and so waste picks. Overall, I think the draft was good but it really depends on who they convince to come. If they get O'Leary to come then I think it already has to be considered a success. I think that maybe one or two of the players crack the line up this year and they send players like Cyr, Crossman, McKenna, Dawe etc. (basically all the forwards and goalies) back even if they all show because there is just not much ice time available to them right now and another year to develop is never a bad thing. There likely is room for at least one defenceman to make the team from this draft since they now likely move either Sweeney or Johnston, maybe Lavoie or Aspirot are the ones to do it. For anyone who has seen Lavoie, does he actually play that mean and if so how is his skating?I think the goaltending situation now breaks down into Fortin and a battle between Dupre/Talbot-Tassi/Free agents for the role of backup He's a decent skater. It won't get you out of your seat. He will an effetive two-way defenseman.
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Post by mooseinfo on Jun 8, 2015 11:51:28 GMT -4
According to Hodge this morning: O'Leary has told the Cats he is open to talking to them. His father is from Moncton, and grandmother still lives here. Crossman will need convincing, they spoke to him before the draft, and they are going on instinct that he will want to play here. Waite has options, but is coming to camp. Pettruzelli has indicated to the team that he has interest in the major junior route. Dawe has an NCAA commitment, but they will attempt to recruit him. O'Leary - I wonder whether there were only a few teams that he was willing to talk to or that he just hasn't closed the door on junior and would have talked to anyone. It seems like being open to talk to Moncton is not much to go by, he was willing to talk to CB after they drafted him too. I doubt that having family near by is of any significance either, he played in Connecticut for the last 2 years and is planning to play in Iowa next year for Dubuque. The question here is what would Moncton be able to give him that CB couldn't that would convince him to forgo his college eligibility. Cape Breton has recently had some really good students so it's not like Cape Breton are lagging behind in that aspect. Maybe he would want the Wildcats to pay for him to take correspondence classes at the school of his choice (aka Cornell if he admitted). I think The Cats will have to show that they will do everything to make sure he gets the best education he can to get him to show, I don't think it has anything to do really with him only wanting to go to certain franchises. Crossman - I read the Acadie-Nouvelle and they said that the Cats had a "verbal agreement" with Crossman but nothing in writing yet. It seems to be more than what Hodge was willing to say so maybe it was reaching a bit on the part of Paquette or Hodge was just playing it safe and not to get people's expectations up. I tend to think that the Cats have some sort of agreement in the making. If what Hollywood says is true about only coming if he plays with Garland, then I would likely hold off on signing him this year and let him develop a bit more at Notre Dame. I would be surprised if he didn't show up to training camp at all, he lives 45 minutes away so he could stay home and just not play in the games and keep his eligibility so Moncton can get a long look at him. Maybe Dawe comes and visits him for a week too and so neither burn their eligibility but can come to camp. Dawe is supposed to be a really good player but I wonder how his size would affect him. I was kind of surprised to see that Waite was not fully committed but it is nice that he is coming to training camp anyway. Maybe he can bring his Dad and Uncle and let them work with the goalies a bit too haha. What I found amazing is that Grant has only played Goalie for 2 years. Already playing AAA after only two years is a remarkable learning curve for sure. Hopefully he continues and is a goalie that makes the team in a years time. I think having a full time Goaltender Coordinator will help as I assume that they will send him to help work out the prospects even after they don't make the team this year. I think the Americans are more of a wish than any real belief that they show up. Petruzzelli committing to go to college with his brother likely makes him harder to convince to show. Do they invite both brothers to camp like Halifax did with the Moynihan's? I wonder whether Shannon's move away from drafting a ton of American's has to do with the perceived weak class this year or whether it has to do with not being able to get some of them to commit and not wanting to have more kids on the protected list who are unlikely to show and so waste picks. Overall, I think the draft was good but it really depends on who they convince to come. If they get O'Leary to come then I think it already has to be considered a success. I think that maybe one or two of the players crack the line up this year and they send players like Cyr, Crossman, McKenna, Dawe etc. (basically all the forwards and goalies) back even if they all show because there is just not much ice time available to them right now and another year to develop is never a bad thing. There likely is room for at least one defenceman to make the team from this draft since they now likely move either Sweeney or Johnston, maybe Lavoie or Aspirot are the ones to do it. For anyone who has seen Lavoie, does he actually play that mean and if so how is his skating? I think the goaltending situation now breaks down into Fortin and a battle between Dupre/Talbot-Tassi/Free agents for the role of backup Just as a baseline, Halifax had 2 picks in that round before Moncton took O`leary and none until the 6th after. Can read what you want into that but would appear there was no yes to Halifax since they had the chance to take him. Of course as a Moose fan I know all those players in your post wanted to come to Halifax instead so may as well sell them all for 2016 5th round picks or later to Halifax!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2015 11:47:18 GMT -4
Early season update on those selected by the Wildcats at the 2015 Q Draft. I've listed where they're playing this season following by games played, goals, assists, points.
Mika Cyr - Dieppe Commandos - 8 3 2 5 Michael O'Leary - Dubuque Fighting Saints - 5 0 1 1 Jeremy McKenna - EC Salzburg U18 - 6 3 4 7 Alex Lavoie - Dieppe Commandos - 10 1 3 4 Adam Dawe - Notre Dame Hounds - 5 3 5 8 Ethan DeStafani - Gunnery Prep - stats unavailable Kevin Gignac - Seminaire St Francois Blizzard - 2 0 0 0 Brodie MacArthur - Kensington Wild - 6 4 11 15 Doug D'Arnall - Halifax Macs - 6 0 1 1
Disappointing start for O'Leary. Maybe he joins the Cats halfway through similar to Conor Garland in 2012/2013.
As for the goalies, only Jack Grant's season has started. Matthew Waite and Keith Petruzelli get started this weekend. I have his states listed as games played, minutes played, wins, losses, goals allowed and goals against average.
Jack Grant - Fredericton Caps - 4 239 1 3 13 3.26 Matthew Waite - Chicago Mission Midget Minor Keith Petruzelli - Selects Hockey Academy U18
Wasn't able to find anything on Jonathan Aspirot.
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Post by WHEELsnipePARTY on Oct 17, 2015 14:33:18 GMT -4
Early season update on those selected by the Wildcats at the 2015 Q Draft. I've listed where they're playing this season following by games played, goals, assists, points. Mika Cyr - Dieppe Commandos - 8 3 2 5 Michael O'Leary - Dubuque Fighting Saints - 5 0 1 1 Jeremy McKenna - EC Salzburg U18 - 6 3 4 7 Alex Lavoie - Dieppe Commandos - 10 1 3 4 Adam Dawe - Notre Dame Hounds - 5 3 5 8 Ethan DeStafani - Gunnery Prep - stats unavailable Kevin Gignac - Seminaire St Francois Blizzard - 2 0 0 0 Brodie MacArthur - Kensington Wild - 6 4 11 15 Doug D'Arnall - Halifax Macs - 6 0 1 1 Disappointing start for O'Leary. Maybe he joins the Cats halfway through similar to Conor Garland in 2012/2013. As for the goalies, only Jack Grant's season has started. Matthew Waite and Keith Petruzelli get started this weekend. I have his states listed as games played, minutes played, wins, losses, goals allowed and goals against average. Jack Grant - Fredericton Caps - 4 239 1 3 13 3.26 Matthew Waite - Chicago Mission Midget Minor Keith Petruzelli - Selects Hockey Academy U18 Wasn't able to find anything on Jonathan Aspirot. www.usphl.com/roster_players/9372449?subseason=236958Petruzelli has 2 gp, his team looks loaded but still has put up stellar numbers everywhere hes played
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Post by SteveUL on Oct 18, 2015 12:21:40 GMT -4
Early season update on those selected by the Wildcats at the 2015 Q Draft. I've listed where they're playing this season following by games played, goals, assists, points. Mika Cyr - Dieppe Commandos - 8 3 2 5 Michael O'Leary - Dubuque Fighting Saints - 5 0 1 1 Jeremy McKenna - EC Salzburg U18 - 6 3 4 7 Alex Lavoie - Dieppe Commandos - 10 1 3 4 Adam Dawe - Notre Dame Hounds - 5 3 5 8 Ethan DeStafani - Gunnery Prep - stats unavailable Kevin Gignac - Seminaire St Francois Blizzard - 2 0 0 0 Brodie MacArthur - Kensington Wild - 6 4 11 15 Doug D'Arnall - Halifax Macs - 6 0 1 1 Disappointing start for O'Leary. Maybe he joins the Cats halfway through similar to Conor Garland in 2012/2013. As for the goalies, only Jack Grant's season has started. Matthew Waite and Keith Petruzelli get started this weekend. I have his states listed as games played, minutes played, wins, losses, goals allowed and goals against average. Jack Grant - Fredericton Caps - 4 239 1 3 13 3.26 Matthew Waite - Chicago Mission Midget Minor Keith Petruzelli - Selects Hockey Academy U18 Wasn't able to find anything on Jonathan Aspirot. www.usphl.com/roster_players/9372449?subseason=236958Petruzelli has 2 gp, his team looks loaded but still has put up stellar numbers everywhere hes played 3 gp now ... but if you look at his numbers it appears he plays on a loaded team and doesn't face many shots. Hard to say how good he is from that.
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Post by Hockeyguy24 on Oct 18, 2015 14:23:11 GMT -4
Macarthur having a great start to his season in the NB PEI Major midget league
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