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Post by WhiteTyAffair on Aug 29, 2018 6:53:34 GMT -4
As per Neil Hodge, Lavallee has won the backup job. Also, the defense has been finalized (Sylvestre, Aspirot, LeCoultre, Spence, Stewart, DeJong and Tucker).
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Post by Arnold Slick on Aug 29, 2018 7:39:13 GMT -4
As per Neil Hodge, Lavallee has won the backup job. Also, the defense has been finalized (Sylvestre, Aspirot, LeCoultre, Spence, Stewart, DeJong and Tucker). As mentioned the other day you can’t trust anything that’s reported by Paquette. Love this decision to keep Lavallee and as Ritchie said they have to make sure he gets 20-25 games. |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Aug 29, 2018 7:57:14 GMT -4
As per Neil Hodge, Lavallee has won the backup job. Also, the defense has been finalized (Sylvestre, Aspirot, LeCoultre, Spence, Stewart, DeJong and Tucker). As mentioned the other day you can’t trust anything that’s reported by Paquette. Love this decision to keep Lavallee and as Ritchie said they have to make sure he gets 20-25 games. My two main concerns with Lavallee... 1-Rumble seems to coach every game like a must win so, will Lavallee get the 22-25 starts he needs to develop? we all remember how he couldn't find minutes for Bellamy but played Auger Weiringa and Arsenault on D. 2-The goalie coach was not a rousing success last year, Waite got worse as the season went along and Gramerbauer also to a certain extent(though he battled an injury and fatigue). I like what they did on D(based on a bad situation)...Dejong should be a good 2 year player, maybe 3, hopefully. Spence should be a future 1st pair guy in 1 or 2 years. I think Stewart could be a #3-4 eventually but at least a solid 3rd pair guy who is still young. Not a fan(at all) of keeping Lecoutre, hopefully they can flip him for a pick at midseason. Aspirot and Sylvestre could be trade chips at midseason depending on where the team is and the landscape of the league. Tucker could develop into a 3-4 guy. I would still like to see a couple of high upside 2001 or 2002's added at midseason in trades(for veterans). |
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Post by rangerfan on Aug 29, 2018 8:07:20 GMT -4
I don't know if it's been posted elsewhere and I missed it. Does anyone know if this tournament in Kitchener will be streaming online? If so. Where?
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Post by Captain Obvious on Aug 29, 2018 8:14:44 GMT -4
I don't know if it's been posted elsewhere and I missed it. Does anyone know if this tournament in Kitchener will be streaming online? If so. Where? I think I read somewhere that it was. It might also be on the Rogers Super Sports pack, OHL games are usually there. |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Aug 29, 2018 8:17:39 GMT -4
Speaking of broadcatsts, has Rogers released it's games lineup yet?
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Post by jimmy on Aug 29, 2018 8:33:03 GMT -4
As mentioned the other day you can’t trust anything that’s reported by Paquette. Love this decision to keep Lavallee and as Ritchie said they have to make sure he gets 20-25 games. My two main concerns with Lavallee... 1-Rumble seems to coach every game like a must win so, will Lavallee get the 22-25 starts he needs to develop? we all remember how he couldn't find minutes for Bellamy but played Auger Weiringa and Arsenault on D. 2-The goalie coach was not a rousing success last year, Waite got worse as the season went along and Gramerbauer also to a certain extent(though he battled an injury and fatigue). I like what they did on D(based on a bad situation)...Dejong should be a good 2 year player, maybe 3, hopefully. Spence should be a future 1st pair guy in 1 or 2 years. I think Stewart could be a #3-4 eventually but at least a solid 3rd pair guy who is still young. Not a fan(at all) of keeping Lecoutre, hopefully they can flip him for a pick at midseason. Aspirot and Sylvestre could be trade chips at midseason depending on where the team is and the landscape of the league. Tucker could develop into a 3-4 guy. I would still like to see a couple of high upside 2001 or 2002's added at midseason in trades(for veterans). If Grametbauer is out any length of time, based on past performance, I would not be shocked if Lavallee steals the starting job from LeClerc ... |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Aug 29, 2018 8:43:12 GMT -4
My two main concerns with Lavallee... 1-Rumble seems to coach every game like a must win so, will Lavallee get the 22-25 starts he needs to develop? we all remember how he couldn't find minutes for Bellamy but played Auger Weiringa and Arsenault on D. 2-The goalie coach was not a rousing success last year, Waite got worse as the season went along and Gramerbauer also to a certain extent(though he battled an injury and fatigue). I like what they did on D(based on a bad situation)...Dejong should be a good 2 year player, maybe 3, hopefully. Spence should be a future 1st pair guy in 1 or 2 years. I think Stewart could be a #3-4 eventually but at least a solid 3rd pair guy who is still young. Not a fan(at all) of keeping Lecoutre, hopefully they can flip him for a pick at midseason. Aspirot and Sylvestre could be trade chips at midseason depending on where the team is and the landscape of the league. Tucker could develop into a 3-4 guy. I would still like to see a couple of high upside 2001 or 2002's added at midseason in trades(for veterans). If Grametbauer is out any length of time, based on past performance, I would not be shocked if Lavallee steals the starting job from LeClerc ... Leclerc was a pretty solid Q starter last year, I would prefer to see him out there against top teams than a 16 year old rookie. as good as Lavallee has played, regular season is another notch up in caliber of play. |
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Post by Arnold Slick on Aug 29, 2018 10:34:40 GMT -4
As mentioned the other day you can’t trust anything that’s reported by Paquette. Love this decision to keep Lavallee and as Ritchie said they have to make sure he gets 20-25 games. My two main concerns with Lavallee... 1-Rumble seems to coach every game like a must win so, will Lavallee get the 22-25 starts he needs to develop? we all remember how he couldn't find minutes for Bellamy but played Auger Weiringa and Arsenault on D. 2-The goalie coach was not a rousing success last year, Waite got worse as the season went along and Gramerbauer also to a certain extent(though he battled an injury and fatigue). I like what they did on D(based on a bad situation)...Dejong should be a good 2 year player, maybe 3, hopefully. Spence should be a future 1st pair guy in 1 or 2 years. I think Stewart could be a #3-4 eventually but at least a solid 3rd pair guy who is still young. Not a fan(at all) of keeping Lecoutre, hopefully they can flip him for a pick at midseason. Aspirot and Sylvestre could be trade chips at midseason depending on where the team is and the landscape of the league. Tucker could develop into a 3-4 guy. I would still like to see a couple of high upside 2001 or 2002's added at midseason in trades(for veterans). 1 - It's a bit of a concern based on how Bellamy/Crossman turned out. Sounds like there's going to be three 16-year-olds this season and Rumble should be quickly shown the door if he continues to disregard the development of younger players. That said as long as Lavallee is good I see no reason why he shouldn't play. I would hope there's an understanding between everyone in the organization that he needs to get into games if he's going to stay here. 2 - Waite is a Jr A goalie. Perricone was with Rouyn previously and didn't seem to have much issue working with goalies when given capable ones to work with there. Having a young, high-end goalie in Lavallee will be a much better indicator of his skills as a goalie coach. They'll have six 19 year olds on the roster so ideally they can deal at least a couple of the players they don't plan to have back next season for some help on the blueline. Same for the 20-year-olds if you can get fair value for them. |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Aug 29, 2018 10:44:40 GMT -4
My two main concerns with Lavallee... 1-Rumble seems to coach every game like a must win so, will Lavallee get the 22-25 starts he needs to develop? we all remember how he couldn't find minutes for Bellamy but played Auger Weiringa and Arsenault on D. 2-The goalie coach was not a rousing success last year, Waite got worse as the season went along and Gramerbauer also to a certain extent(though he battled an injury and fatigue). I like what they did on D(based on a bad situation)...Dejong should be a good 2 year player, maybe 3, hopefully. Spence should be a future 1st pair guy in 1 or 2 years. I think Stewart could be a #3-4 eventually but at least a solid 3rd pair guy who is still young. Not a fan(at all) of keeping Lecoutre, hopefully they can flip him for a pick at midseason. Aspirot and Sylvestre could be trade chips at midseason depending on where the team is and the landscape of the league. Tucker could develop into a 3-4 guy. I would still like to see a couple of high upside 2001 or 2002's added at midseason in trades(for veterans). 1 - It's a bit of a concern based on how Bellamy/Crossman turned out. Sounds like there's going to be three 16-year-olds this season and Rumble should be quickly shown the door if he continues to disregard the development of younger players. That said as long as Lavallee is good I see no reason why he shouldn't play. I would hope there's an understanding between everyone in the organization that he needs to get into games if he's going to stay here. 2 - Waite is a Jr A goalie. Perricone was with Rouyn previously and didn't seem to have much issue working with goalies when given capable ones to work with there. Having a young, high-end goalie in Lavallee will be a much better indicator of his skills as a goalie coach. They'll have six 19 year olds on the roster so ideally they can deal at least a couple of the players they don't plan to have back next season for some help on the blueline. Same for the 20-year-olds if you can get fair value for them. Not about blowing it up, but having a so so 1st half could be a blessing, then you flip McKenna Aspirot and maybe a couple others to build a strong team in 19-20 and 20-21. |
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Post by joehockey on Aug 29, 2018 11:17:13 GMT -4
As per Neil Hodge, Lavallee has won the backup job. Also, the defense has been finalized (Sylvestre, Aspirot, LeCoultre, Spence, Stewart, DeJong and Tucker). Are they still bring Dow to Kitchener? I thought I read they were bringing 8 D and 3 goalies. I'm assuming that Grametbauer is the third goalie being brought in this situation. |
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Post by catzfans on Aug 29, 2018 13:19:46 GMT -4
My two main concerns with Lavallee... 1-Rumble seems to coach every game like a must win so, will Lavallee get the 22-25 starts he needs to develop? we all remember how he couldn't find minutes for Bellamy but played Auger Weiringa and Arsenault on D. 2-The goalie coach was not a rousing success last year, Waite got worse as the season went along and Gramerbauer also to a certain extent(though he battled an injury and fatigue). I like what they did on D(based on a bad situation)...Dejong should be a good 2 year player, maybe 3, hopefully. Spence should be a future 1st pair guy in 1 or 2 years. I think Stewart could be a #3-4 eventually but at least a solid 3rd pair guy who is still young. Not a fan(at all) of keeping Lecoutre, hopefully they can flip him for a pick at midseason. Aspirot and Sylvestre could be trade chips at midseason depending on where the team is and the landscape of the league. Tucker could develop into a 3-4 guy. I would still like to see a couple of high upside 2001 or 2002's added at midseason in trades(for veterans). 1 - It's a bit of a concern based on how Bellamy/Crossman turned out. Sounds like there's going to be three 16-year-olds this season and Rumble should be quickly shown the door if he continues to disregard the development of younger players. That said as long as Lavallee is good I see no reason why he shouldn't play. I would hope there's an understanding between everyone in the organization that he needs to get into games if he's going to stay here. 2 - Waite is a Jr A goalie. Perricone was with Rouyn previously and didn't seem to have much issue working with goalies when given capable ones to work with there. Having a young, high-end goalie in Lavallee will be a much better indicator of his skills as a goalie coach. They'll have six 19 year olds on the roster so ideally they can deal at least a couple of the players they don't plan to have back next season for some help on the blueline. Same for the 20-year-olds if you can get fair value for them. Was Riopel 16 or 17 in his first season? I'm trying to think back to when we last had 16 year old goalie on the team full time. I think it was likely Crawford who played 38 games his rookie season. Lavallee needs to get in plenty of games and they need to make sure Rumble understands that. |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Aug 29, 2018 13:32:43 GMT -4
1 - It's a bit of a concern based on how Bellamy/Crossman turned out. Sounds like there's going to be three 16-year-olds this season and Rumble should be quickly shown the door if he continues to disregard the development of younger players. That said as long as Lavallee is good I see no reason why he shouldn't play. I would hope there's an understanding between everyone in the organization that he needs to get into games if he's going to stay here. 2 - Waite is a Jr A goalie. Perricone was with Rouyn previously and didn't seem to have much issue working with goalies when given capable ones to work with there. Having a young, high-end goalie in Lavallee will be a much better indicator of his skills as a goalie coach. They'll have six 19 year olds on the roster so ideally they can deal at least a couple of the players they don't plan to have back next season for some help on the blueline. Same for the 20-year-olds if you can get fair value for them. Was Riopel 16 or 17 in his first season? I'm trying to think back to when we last had 16 year old goalie on the team full time. I think it was likely Crawford who played 38 games his rookie season. Lavallee needs to get in plenty of games and they need to make sure Rumble understands that. Riopel and Crawford both joined the Wildcats at 17. Rio was drafted at 16 but played a year of MAAA. Damphousse joined at 17. I think guys like Blanchard Flinn and Trudeau also stayed MAAA at 16. Dupre only at 18. Lajeunesse, Davis and LBD are the only two guys I can recall playing at 16. |
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Post by dar on Aug 29, 2018 14:29:38 GMT -4
Blanchard played 3 games at 16... most of his season was played in MAAA however.
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Post by WellDone on Aug 29, 2018 14:34:51 GMT -4
Louis Domingue was 16 when he made the Wildcats.
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