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Post by eagle23 on Dec 24, 2022 10:33:58 GMT -4
Cape Breton to the French kids is like Baie Comeau is to English kids. It’s not a place they want to go. Cultural it’s basically totally English and far away from their families. It struggles to attract French players. That’s just a fact.
The issue is why English kids don’t want to come? Peddle is really a average player in Drummondville and the team isn’t meeting its own expectations. One could argue he would have been the same player in CB.
The issue CB needs to focus on it how to attract high end talent and keep them and before you pick a player at the draft really have a honest discussion about where they are going and plans for them.
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Post by Jack Bauer on Dec 24, 2022 10:36:36 GMT -4
Peddle was never "recruited" properly .You shouldn't have to Kiss some of these Kid's Asses but the reality is you do . If all members of your Hockey Ops are not even there for the meeting with theHighest Ranked Maritimer who is from 2 hours away and the Father of the Kid you are giving a Sales Pitch to is also a Career Coach in Hockey then what did you really think would happen ? Notice it was All Hands on Deck when it came to Lavoie . They made trips up to his Home and brought the entire Family to Sydney ........not once but twice . When your franchise is a trainwreck when compared to others yes you should have to kiss the asses of top players. A Halifax has to do it a lot less but they have a history to pull from to prove why they are such a good spot to end up. We need to stop pretending the right to play hockey is all a kid should need to succeed. Our own internal view of our own organization has held us back because our leadership dont see half as much wrong as actually is.
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Post by Jack Bauer on Dec 24, 2022 10:38:59 GMT -4
Cape Breton to the French kids is like Baie Comeau is to English kids. It’s not a place they want to go. Cultural it’s basically totally English and far away from their families. It struggles to attract French players. That’s just a fact. The issue is why English kids don’t want to come? Peddle is really a average player in Drummondville and the team isn’t meeting its own expectations. One could argue he would have been the same player in CB. The issue CB needs to focus on it how to attract high end talent and keep them and before you pick a player at the draft really have a honest discussion about where they are going and plans for them. Because they dont have to. Elite kids get to pick where they play so if you dont know how to sell them on your plan and your future you wont get them. With 18 months of hindsight would you view CB as the place you should have sent your kid if you were Peddles dad? I am seeing the current state of this franchise as the exact reason we said no.
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Post by eagleeye on Dec 24, 2022 20:57:03 GMT -4
Hearing the 2nd in the Desruisseaux will be going back to Chicoutimi at the draft for the 1st round comp pick they will be receiving for Sacha Boisvert so you are saying we get Newcombe, Jacob and a first round pick in 2023 and 2024 for Desruisseaux, Thomas (2006-03-10) and RD_1, 2025
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Post by Eagles933 on Dec 24, 2022 22:37:56 GMT -4
Hearing the 2nd in the Desruisseaux will be going back to Chicoutimi at the draft for the 1st round comp pick they will be receiving for Sacha Boisvert so you are saying we get Newcombe, Jacob and a first round pick in 2023 and 2024 for Desruisseaux, Thomas (2006-03-10) and RD_1, 2025 Yes
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Post by blueeagle on Dec 25, 2022 14:22:42 GMT -4
so you are saying we get Newcombe, Jacob and a first round pick in 2023 and 2024 for Desruisseaux, Thomas (2006-03-10) and RD_1, 2025 Yes I'm curious - is your info that it will be specifically the Boisvert comp pick? Because Sags fans seem fairly convinced Boisvert will be a Sag and they won't claim that pick, but they will claim the Veilleux pick as he is NCAA bound.
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Post by Eagles933 on Dec 26, 2022 9:17:53 GMT -4
I'm curious - is your info that it will be specifically the Boisvert comp pick? Because Sags fans seem fairly convinced Boisvert will be a Sag and they won't claim that pick, but they will claim the Veilleux pick as he is NCAA bound. Was told a late 1st. Not specifically Boisvert. Was unaware they had 2 players that didn’t report so very well could be the Veilleux pick. Regardless they will be receiving a 1st.
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Post by blueeagle on Dec 26, 2022 10:19:46 GMT -4
Yeah, that will almost definitely be the Veilleux pick then. 16th. If this turns out to be true, it is decent, or as decent as it can be in the context of one of your 1st round picks asking to leave 4 months into being here.
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Post by eagleeye on Dec 26, 2022 13:12:25 GMT -4
worked out for Thomas Desruisseaux now only 224 kilms from home i can see why sly prefers local kids
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Post by blueeagle on Dec 26, 2022 13:36:31 GMT -4
There is a lot more than just distance that would make Cape Breton a difficult adjustment for a Quebecois kid. We gotta remember he's a 16 yo kid.
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Post by Score on Dec 26, 2022 21:16:54 GMT -4
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Post by JEagle on Dec 26, 2022 21:44:12 GMT -4
So what are we looking at in terms of a return?
To Québec: D - Jérémy Langlois 19yo
To Cape Breton: 2025 1st Round Pick 2023 3rd Round Pick (Acadie-Bathurst) D - Vincent Murray 16yo
Or am I far off?
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Post by sc74 on Dec 26, 2022 21:46:05 GMT -4
So what are we looking at in terms of a return? To Québec: D - Jérémy Langlois 19yo To Cape Breton: 2025 1st Round Pick 2023 3rd Round Pick (Acadie-Bathurst) D - Vincent Murray 16yo Or am I far off? I don't know about the 2025 1st. If the pick is in the deal it might go back to Quebec for futures. Roy had made it clear the pick wasn't going to be given in a trade. But Roy being Roy, it wouldn't surprise me.
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Post by JEagle on Dec 26, 2022 21:54:23 GMT -4
So what are we looking at in terms of a return? To Québec: D - Jérémy Langlois 19yo To Cape Breton: 2025 1st Round Pick 2023 3rd Round Pick (Acadie-Bathurst) D - Vincent Murray 16yo Or am I far off? I don't know about the 2025 1st. If the pick is in the deal it might go back to Quebec for futures. Roy had made it clear the pick wasn't going to be given in a trade. The Remparts make confusing trade partners to be honest so if the 2025 1st was involved with it going back as a future are the Remparts going to giving up Komarov at the draft? cause the only other players of interest to me are Miller,Murray and Werner who has had injury troubles.
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Post by sc74 on Dec 26, 2022 22:01:02 GMT -4
I don't know about the 2025 1st. If the pick is in the deal it might go back to Quebec for futures. Roy had made it clear the pick wasn't going to be given in a trade. The Remparts make confusing trade partners to be honest so if the 2025 1st was involved with it going back as a future are the Remparts going to giving up Komarov at the draft? cause the only other players of interest to me are Miller,Murray and Werner who has had injury troubles. I could see Wener going now. He'll be the 7th-8th defenseman now and at 17 he needs to play. Murray could be included now as well. Miller it can't be until next year because I see him as the backup this year.
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