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Post by Captain Obvious on Apr 10, 2019 14:28:01 GMT -4
Yes - and the deeper teams can usually outlast the underdogs as a result, as the top players on the underdog eventually run out of gas and the support isn't there to spell them. Exactly. Injuries to top players and winning a 7 game 2-3-2 after being down 3-2 in the series all adds on to that. But just getting past Baie-Comeau after the early injuries was a huge accomplishment that isn't over shadowed by a deep Halifax team winning tight games needing empty net insurance goals. Moncton traded 3 or 4 picks to add depth players, the whole point was to compete with the top teams...Giguere Antalainen and Huntley. |
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Post by scotiahockey on Apr 10, 2019 14:28:52 GMT -4
The rumors are that Capannelli will be heading to the Armada and the Cats are getting the draft pick back from the Anttalainen deal. Its unfortanute about the ruling on the 20 year old goalies. I saw the Cats picking up Cote-Cazenave at the draft. There's always the longshot that they could find a Roman Will type pickup at the Euro draft but I wouldn't expect it. I'm not seeing any obvious 19 year old candidates to trade for. This guy may be their #1 next year, so far he is almost singlehandedly beating a pretty good Summerside team. It gets Lavallee ready for 2020-21 So the plan isn’t to contend next season then if you’re going with Gray as you’re starter? Great Jr. A goalie, not a starter in the Q. Lavallee is already better than he is. |
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Post by Jack Bauer on Apr 10, 2019 14:39:33 GMT -4
Exactly. Injuries to top players and winning a 7 game 2-3-2 after being down 3-2 in the series all adds on to that. But just getting past Baie-Comeau after the early injuries was a huge accomplishment that isn't over shadowed by a deep Halifax team winning tight games needing empty net insurance goals. Moncton traded 3 or 4 picks to add depth players, the whole point was to compete with the top teams...Giguere Antalainen and Huntley. So you picked them to beat Halifax this round? Or did you think Halifax was deeper? And what does them adding some depth have anything to do with discrediting them by saying they're just riding their top players into the ground while everyone also knows they had a ton of injuries and every fan likely thought it was going to be a 5 or 6 game series after the injuries in game 1 vs Baie-Comeau? |
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Post by WhiteTyAffair on Apr 10, 2019 15:17:37 GMT -4
The rumors are that Capannelli will be heading to the Armada and the Cats are getting the draft pick back from the Anttalainen deal. Its unfortanute about the ruling on the 20 year old goalies. I saw the Cats picking up Cote-Cazenave at the draft. There's always the longshot that they could find a Roman Will type pickup at the Euro draft but I wouldn't expect it. I'm not seeing any obvious 19 year old candidates to trade for. This guy may be their #1 next year, so far he is almost singlehandedly beating a pretty good Summerside team. It gets Lavallee ready for 2020-21 Having Tristan Gray as next season's #1 would be a bit of a stretch. I would expect a trade to be made at the draft to bring in a #1 goalie. Someone who could split the load with Lavallee. Names that come to mind: Daniel Moody, Creed Jones. There's also the option of taking a goalie in the Import Draft. |
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Post by jimmy on Apr 10, 2019 15:30:24 GMT -4
So the plan isn’t to contend next season then if you’re going with Gray as you’re starter? Great Jr. A goalie, not a starter in the Q. Lavallee is already better than he is. People forget what a huge gap there is between the Q and the MHL in terms of talent. in the same series where Gray is shining, Dawson Stairs at 16 is one of the best players for Campbellton (don't get me wrong, I think he is a good young player, but not ready to star in the Q yet ...), and guys like Noah Massie, Francois Thibault, and Jacob Arsenault are among the best defensemen (and we all remember how they looked with the Cats). All that to say, Gray could potentially, IMO, be a backup in the Q next year, but to think he would be a starter for a contender is a stretch. |
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Post by jimmy on Apr 10, 2019 15:33:01 GMT -4
Exactly. Injuries to top players and winning a 7 game 2-3-2 after being down 3-2 in the series all adds on to that. But just getting past Baie-Comeau after the early injuries was a huge accomplishment that isn't over shadowed by a deep Halifax team winning tight games needing empty net insurance goals. Moncton traded 3 or 4 picks to add depth players, the whole point was to compete with the top teams...Giguere Antalainen and Huntley. And those moves were misguided for the most part ... Antalainen has been a nice pickup to offset the loss of Le Coultre ... Huntley has not brought much, but did prove to be valuable depth in the playoffs when Spence went down, and then when Antelainen and Sylvestre were suspended and Aspirot hurt ... as for Giguere, he has been invisible mostly. |
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Post by jimmy on Apr 10, 2019 15:35:05 GMT -4
I think Anttalainen goes on a special list at the end of this season. So we don't need to drop him to draft a new import. If the new import doesn't work out then you could bring Anttalainen back in, but he'd have to be willing of course, and not under contract somewhere else unless you can get his release. But you'd still have to drop one of your OAs. I think that only happens if we have a long term injury to Aspirot ... doesn't make sense otherwise. For me, Anttallainen is probably the most likely to go pro because he'd be considering options in Europe as well. Mckenna, Cyr and Aspirot are the favoured options. After them I think you look at Huntley and Campanelli depending on if you need a Dman or forward, and then Seitz or Guiguerre. Campanelli and/or Huntley are probably tradable, while Seitz and Guiguerre are probably not. It is my understanding that the 20 YO goaltender option is off the table for next year. So do we add an older goaltender (non-20) or run with Lavalee until he shows he can't handle the #1 role ? The rumors are that Capannelli will be heading to the Armada and the Cats are getting the draft pick back from the Anttalainen deal. Its unfortanute about the ruling on the 20 year old goalies. I saw the Cats picking up Cote-Cazenave at the draft. There's always the longshot that they could find a Roman Will type pickup at the Euro draft but I wouldn't expect it. I'm not seeing any obvious 19 year old candidates to trade for. A 19 year old euro goalie could be an interesting option ... for some reason Torchetti does not seem to have a ton of faith in Lavallee, so hard to envision him going into next season as the projected #1 ... |
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Post by Jack Bauer on Apr 10, 2019 15:41:30 GMT -4
Moncton traded 3 or 4 picks to add depth players, the whole point was to compete with the top teams...Giguere Antalainen and Huntley. And those moves were misguided for the most part ... Antalainen has been a nice pickup to offset the loss of Le Coultre ... Huntley has not brought much, but did prove to be valuable depth in the playoffs when Spence went down, and then when Antelainen and Sylvestre were suspended and Aspirot hurt ... as for Giguere, he has been invisible mostly. Yeah you can both not be a fan of those moves but be happy as a fan that the team came back to win round 1 even though it's over matched now which was to be expected against any of those top teams as you get later into the playoffs. |
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Post by Murph on Apr 10, 2019 15:43:36 GMT -4
The rumors are that Capannelli will be heading to the Armada and the Cats are getting the draft pick back from the Anttalainen deal. Its unfortanute about the ruling on the 20 year old goalies. I saw the Cats picking up Cote-Cazenave at the draft. There's always the longshot that they could find a Roman Will type pickup at the Euro draft but I wouldn't expect it. I'm not seeing any obvious 19 year old candidates to trade for. A 19 year old euro goalie could be an interesting option ... for some reason Torchetti does not seem to have a ton of faith in Lavallee, so hard to envision him going into next season as the projected #1 ... Halifax will most likely deal one of their 19 year old goalies at the draft. I think they’ll hang onto most of their 2000 born players and evaluate in December where they’re at but I can’t see them breaking camp with 2000 born goalies with the draft pick cupboard near depleted. |
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Post by npsh on Apr 10, 2019 22:14:32 GMT -4
It will be an intense series in my view, if everything is firing on all cylinders I believe the Wildcats will take this round. Outside of the 2010 President Cup win, can’t remember since that time when Wildcats got to the third round. Guess I missed the touchdown zone by a wide margin and ended up in the grass - gone in four straight games. Oh well, another season done. |
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Post by lahey55 on Apr 10, 2019 23:19:43 GMT -4
It will be an intense series in my view, if everything is firing on all cylinders I believe the Wildcats will take this round. Outside of the 2010 President Cup win, can’t remember since that time when Wildcats got to the third round. Guess I missed the touchdown zone by a wide margin and ended up in the grass - gone in four straight games. Oh well, another season done. Well it was a close sweep at least lol. Oh well. Hope Moncton wins the lottery. |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Apr 11, 2019 6:26:21 GMT -4
So the plan isn’t to contend next season then if you’re going with Gray as you’re starter? Great Jr. A goalie, not a starter in the Q. Lavallee is already better than he is. People forget what a huge gap there is between the Q and the MHL in terms of talent. in the same series where Gray is shining, Dawson Stairs at 16 is one of the best players for Campbellton (don't get me wrong, I think he is a good young player, but not ready to star in the Q yet ...), and guys like Noah Massie, Francois Thibault, and Jacob Arsenault are among the best defensemen (and we all remember how they looked with the Cats). All that to say, Gray could potentially, IMO, be a backup in the Q next year, but to think he would be a starter for a contender is a stretch. It's a huge jump, but look at Spence who made the jump and is one of the best 17 year old D in the QMJHL. If they are not all in next year from day 1, they may start with Gray and Lavallee plus obviously bring in a few FA's in camp for competition. |
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Post by dropthedraft on Apr 11, 2019 8:05:35 GMT -4
Disappointing end to the season last night. I thought the Cats looked great through 2 periods but the Moose came out in the 3rd determined to put it away. We were pinned in our end for long stretches and it was only a matter of time before they scored. Felt bad for Leclerc....he did everything possible to get us to game 5 but we simply couldn't break out of the zone. Look forward to next year and wish the Moose good luck the rest of the way. BRING ON SUMMER!!!!  GO CATS GO! |
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Post by SteveUL on Apr 11, 2019 8:08:13 GMT -4
People forget what a huge gap there is between the Q and the MHL in terms of talent. in the same series where Gray is shining, Dawson Stairs at 16 is one of the best players for Campbellton (don't get me wrong, I think he is a good young player, but not ready to star in the Q yet ...), and guys like Noah Massie, Francois Thibault, and Jacob Arsenault are among the best defensemen (and we all remember how they looked with the Cats). All that to say, Gray could potentially, IMO, be a backup in the Q next year, but to think he would be a starter for a contender is a stretch. It's a huge jump, but look at Spence who made the jump and is one of the best 17 year old D in the QMJHL. If they are not all in next year from day 1, they may start with Gray and Lavallee plus obviously bring in a few FA's in camp for competition. Do we own Gray ? |
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Post by lirette on Apr 11, 2019 8:10:36 GMT -4
It's a huge jump, but look at Spence who made the jump and is one of the best 17 year old D in the QMJHL. If they are not all in next year from day 1, they may start with Gray and Lavallee plus obviously bring in a few FA's in camp for competition. Do we own Gray ? Yes, his rights were traded to Moncton in the offseason from Shawinigan. |
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