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Post by hockeyfanatic on Apr 2, 2019 22:24:13 GMT -4
2018-06-02
Moncton
RD_3, 2019
RD_7, 2019
Baie-Comeau
Dickner, Samuel
(1999-12-10)
King, Ozzie
(2000-09-14)
Leclerc, Francis
looking like a good trade for Moncton right now , and we usually never win on trades !
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Post by hockeyfanatic on Apr 2, 2019 22:26:25 GMT -4
Leclerc has been our MVP so far, lots of honourable mentions to the team , but he has kept us in most games !
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Post by lirette on Apr 2, 2019 22:44:42 GMT -4
Steve Ahern cleared off the bench pretty quick. This is even more satisfying than last year's upset given all the injuries & how easy it was to hate on the Drakkar.
The Cats are also heading into a series that is winnable compared to last year which felt the complete opposite. The way Leclerc has played anything can happen. Great game by Sylvestre & Aspirot tonight. All the players should be proud.
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Post by aquilae on Apr 2, 2019 22:46:03 GMT -4
Steve Ahern cleared off the bench pretty quick. I noticed that too.  |
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Post by Arnold Slick on Apr 2, 2019 23:17:06 GMT -4
What a roller coaster this season has been. I may not agree with a lot of the decision making from ownership but I can't deny that this team is fun in the playoffs. Also have to give credit for hiring Torchetti. Outstanding move.
With key players missing and heading back to Baie-Comeau down 3-2 this *should* have been done. I suppose we shouldn't even be surprised with the way the team has played on the road. Leclerc was great and the rest of the team did a phenomenal job limiting the Drakkar's scoring chances. The shots may have been heavily in their favour. Scoring chances were not.
Keep playing like this and the Cats have every chance of being successful next round.
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Post by catzfans on Apr 3, 2019 0:29:50 GMT -4
Leclerc has obviously been the MVP of round 1 but Huntley,Aspirot and Sylvestre deserve a lot of credit.
I’ve been critical of the Huntley trade but he really stepped up in the series. Helped calm down the back end
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Post by Captain Obvious on Apr 3, 2019 6:26:03 GMT -4
What a roller coaster this season has been. I may not agree with a lot of the decision making from ownership but I can't deny that this team is fun in the playoffs. Also have to give credit for hiring Torchetti. Outstanding move. With key players missing and heading back to Baie-Comeau down 3-2 this *should* have been done. I suppose we shouldn't even be surprised with the way the team has played on the road. Leclerc was great and the rest of the team did a phenomenal job limiting the Drakkar's scoring chances. The shots may have been heavily in their favour. Scoring chances were not. Keep playing like this and the Cats have every chance of being successful next round. I think the two areas where Moncton won the series were ...1-Torchetti outcoached the Bc coach. 2-Leclerc outplayed Dorio. |
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Post by Penguins23® on Apr 3, 2019 7:01:07 GMT -4
I wish the Q tracked TOI. I honestly think their 4th line got under 5 minutes of icetime in the 7 games combined. Our 4th line got more than that every game.
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Post by countryboy on Apr 3, 2019 7:59:11 GMT -4
Congratulations to the Cats. In Charlottetown we experienced the awesome feeling of coming up with a big game 7 win on the road last season. It will be fantastic to see your players back on home ice in round 2.
When I saw the Cats beat Charlottetown at the Eastlink Centre on the second last night of the regular season back in March I thought they looked really, really good.... like a team ready to rumble in the playoffs. It took Torchetti a while to get his system in place but your team looked to be peaking at just the right time.
Then, round 1 began and you had the seemingly unfortunate draw of playing Baie-Comeau in round 1 coming out of the Chtn/CB/Chic/Mon log jam plus you had Spence and Pelletier go down with injuries.
It's an impressive win for sure.
Once you get into round 2, you never know what can happen. Wildcats vs. Mooseheads should be a fun series!
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Post by SteveUL on Apr 3, 2019 8:15:14 GMT -4
While I am happy that we won ... we had no business winning that game last night. We had so many give aways (50+) and couldn't complete passes. But Leclerc stood on his head again and the D was great. We blocked/deflected a lot of shots. We were slow to get to loose pucks and that kept us hemmed into our own zone for long stretches. But it just felt like we were going to win ... weird. We did not play very well as a group last night but scored on our chances ... and Leclerc far outplayed D'Orio.
On the good side, Pelletier looked to be stronger than he was on Monday. There were moments in the game where Aspirot was a man among boys. Sylvestre was strong again even though he had his share of give-aways.
With Dutil inserted into this series, it looked like the odds were stacked against us, but we overcame what he brought.
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Post by pinkbeaver on Apr 3, 2019 10:05:34 GMT -4
For anybody that was confused about the 3 guys coming back as 20's next season, it should be pretty obvious now. All three were incredible in this series.
Leclerc playing his best Hockey. Depth Defenseman stepped up when needed the most. I think the Cats need Spence back to get by Halifax though.
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Post by SteveUL on Apr 3, 2019 11:12:16 GMT -4
For anybody that was confused about the 3 guys coming back as 20's next season, it should be pretty obvious now. All three were incredible in this series. Leclerc playing his best Hockey. Depth Defenseman stepped up when needed the most. I think the Cats need Spence back to get by Halifax though. Well if we are planning to contend, Mckenna, Cyr and Aspirot are obvious choices. But I would not be shocked to see Mckenna and Aspirot playing pro ... Aspirot is the most likely to be gone IMO. I'd say Campanelli is 4th, Huntley 5th but may jump to 3rd if Aspirot is gone. Mckenna is a little slow footed to jump to pro so I expect he'll be back, but his offensive ability is probably enticing to some. Seitz/Guiguerre are long shots. So even though this year is not yet over ... We'll lose Sylvestre, Leclerc and Pataki. Pataki has not done much in these playoffs so he won't be hard to replace, but he still has time. Sylvestre has had a good playoff and had a good run under Torchetti, but it isn't like he isn't replacable. Leclerc will need to be replaced ... I think we go with another 20 YO goaltender next year with Lavalee sharing the load and they fight for the #1 role. Lavalee is not far off from being a #1 ... just needs the confidence and strength improvement and playing time. We'll also lose Anttalainen but will draft somebody at the import draft. |
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Post by pinkbeaver on Apr 3, 2019 12:44:29 GMT -4
For anybody that was confused about the 3 guys coming back as 20's next season, it should be pretty obvious now. All three were incredible in this series. Leclerc playing his best Hockey. Depth Defenseman stepped up when needed the most. I think the Cats need Spence back to get by Halifax though. Well if we are planning to contend, Mckenna, Cyr and Aspirot are obvious choices. But I would not be shocked to see Mckenna and Aspirot playing pro ... Aspirot is the most likely to be gone IMO. I'd say Campanelli is 4th, Huntley 5th but may jump to 3rd if Aspirot is gone. Mckenna is a little slow footed to jump to pro so I expect he'll be back, but his offensive ability is probably enticing to some. Seitz/Guiguerre are long shots. So even though this year is not yet over ... We'll lose Sylvestre, Leclerc and Pataki. Pataki has not done much in these playoffs so he won't be hard to replace, but he still has time. Sylvestre has had a good playoff and had a good run under Torchetti, but it isn't like he isn't replacable. Leclerc will need to be replaced ... I think we go with another 20 YO goaltender next year with Lavalee sharing the load and they fight for the #1 role. Lavalee is not far off from being a #1 ... just needs the confidence and strength improvement and playing time. We'll also lose Anttalainen but will draft somebody at the import draft. I think it would be a long shot to see either go pro in my opinion but definitely won't rule it out. As far as the Euro draft goes, I wonder if the Cats have somebody lined up yet? I wouldn't mind seeing them take a shot at a big name. If the pick doesn't show up you could probably swing a deal for Prikryl for a decent price tag as SJ will likely be using their high import pick. He had a good second half and likely takes a step forward as an 18 YO. Just a thought
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Post by SteveUL on Apr 3, 2019 13:04:06 GMT -4
Well if we are planning to contend, Mckenna, Cyr and Aspirot are obvious choices. But I would not be shocked to see Mckenna and Aspirot playing pro ... Aspirot is the most likely to be gone IMO. I'd say Campanelli is 4th, Huntley 5th but may jump to 3rd if Aspirot is gone. Mckenna is a little slow footed to jump to pro so I expect he'll be back, but his offensive ability is probably enticing to some. Seitz/Guiguerre are long shots. So even though this year is not yet over ... We'll lose Sylvestre, Leclerc and Pataki. Pataki has not done much in these playoffs so he won't be hard to replace, but he still has time. Sylvestre has had a good playoff and had a good run under Torchetti, but it isn't like he isn't replacable. Leclerc will need to be replaced ... I think we go with another 20 YO goaltender next year with Lavalee sharing the load and they fight for the #1 role. Lavalee is not far off from being a #1 ... just needs the confidence and strength improvement and playing time. We'll also lose Anttalainen but will draft somebody at the import draft. I think it would be a long shot to see either go pro in my opinion but definitely won't rule it out. As far as the Euro draft goes, I wonder if the Cats have somebody lined up yet? I wouldn't mind seeing them take a shot at a big name. If the pick doesn't show up you could probably swing a deal for Prikryl for a decent price tag as SJ will likely be using their high import pick. He had a good second half and likely takes a step forward as an 18 YO. Just a thought
Saint John will have to decide on which import they drop/move before the import draft. So we won't have the option of drafting one and having him not show up, and using Prikryl as a Plan B. SJ probably drops/trades Prikryl before the Import draft. Prikryl was a 17 Yr old on a very young team ... put up 14 g and 17 a and was 5th in scoring for SJ. He only had 3 goals and 10 pts in the first half and then really picked it up after Xmas ... the typical acclimatization period. He might be a better option than what we get at 25-27th pick ... or not. But we don't have to give up any assets to draft a new kid. |
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Post by pinkbeaver on Apr 3, 2019 13:16:57 GMT -4
I think it would be a long shot to see either go pro in my opinion but definitely won't rule it out. As far as the Euro draft goes, I wonder if the Cats have somebody lined up yet? I wouldn't mind seeing them take a shot at a big name. If the pick doesn't show up you could probably swing a deal for Prikryl for a decent price tag as SJ will likely be using their high import pick. He had a good second half and likely takes a step forward as an 18 YO. Just a thought
Saint John will have to decide on which import they drop/move before the import draft. So we won't have the option of drafting one and having him not show up, and using Prikryl as a Plan B. SJ probably drops/trades Prikryl before the Import draft. Prikryl was a 17 Yr old on a very young team ... put up 14 g and 17 a and was 5th in scoring for SJ. He only had 3 goals and 10 pts in the first half and then really picked it up after Xmas ... the typical acclimatization period. He might be a better option than what we get at 25-27th pick ... or not. But we don't have to give up any assets to draft a new kid. It might be worth a 2nd+ to know what you are getting for a player and is acclimated to the league already.
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