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Post by hockeyfanatic on May 27, 2024 16:16:07 GMT -4
Watching some of the Memorial cup , Moncton has their work cut out if they want to try to win in Rimouski next year ! Hopefully the wildcats make some good choices this coming trade period prior to the draft.
Needs - another 40 - 50 goal scorer , 2 D-man with some size/ speed and faceoff guy . ( Rousseau would be nice to acquire if we could trade them Steinman and maybe prospect or player , although that discussion already happened and not sure of the value for Moncton) Carrier if not traded should start on the 3rd line and get some 2PP time , Imo
Without knowing how long Macdougall is committed not sure the wildcats long term plan ? I think we could compete the next 2 years without emptying the cupboards .
Thoughts/ Rumors
Looking forward to the upcoming season .
Took this from this site
2024: 2Dru-3-3Sha-4Vdo-4Vic -6-6Sha-7-7Sha-8-9-10-10She-11-12-13-14
2025: 3-4SJ-4-5-5She-6-8-9-10STJ-10-11-12- 13-14
2026: 1-1Hal-2Hal-2-3Hal-3-4-5-5Rim-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 6, 2024 12:07:09 GMT -4
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Post by joehockey on Jun 6, 2024 12:18:42 GMT -4
I can’t see Moncton making all those 3rd round picks this year. Maybe they package them together with other picks to move up. |
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Post by joehockey on Jun 8, 2024 9:31:35 GMT -4
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Post by joehockey on Jun 8, 2024 10:22:36 GMT -4
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Dugger
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Post by Dugger on Jun 8, 2024 11:41:25 GMT -4
Well...
After the trades made for MacKinnon & Vidicek, this draft has been a definite ho-hum affair from a Wildcats prospective with Rimouski making a bigger splash than Moncton, not the PR boon that one would have hoped for. The site of Moncton's draft table just sitting there was anything but exciting or inspiring from a PR/fans perspective. I know a lot of work is still to be done come the Christmas trade period but the Wildcat vibe was anything but exciting.
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Post by JEagle on Jun 8, 2024 11:57:14 GMT -4
Well... After the trades made for MacKinnon & Vidicek, this draft has been a definite ho-hum affair from a Wildcats prospective with Rimouski making a bigger splash than Moncton, not the PR boon that one would have hoped for. The site of Moncton's draft table just sitting there was anything but exciting or inspiring from a PR/fans perspective. I know a lot of work is still to be done come the Christmas trade period but the Wildcat vibe was anything but exciting. Could've been worst us Eagles fans were hoping to see alot more movement than we saw. |
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Post by chootoi on Jun 8, 2024 12:01:08 GMT -4
Well... After the trades made for MacKinnon & Vidicek, this draft has been a definite ho-hum affair from a Wildcats prospective with Rimouski making a bigger splash than Moncton, not the PR boon that one would have hoped for. The site of Moncton's draft table just sitting there was anything but exciting or inspiring from a PR/fans perspective. I know a lot of work is still to be done come the Christmas trade period but the Wildcat vibe was anything but exciting. I'm not sure what else they can really do, they don't have much left for assets. They did pick up 2 2nds in 2025 from Blainville. That should help them get a reasonable upgrade somewhere at Christmas. Euro draft will be the big deal for them. |
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Post by Dugger on Jun 8, 2024 12:33:12 GMT -4
Well... After the trades made for MacKinnon & Vidicek, this draft has been a definite ho-hum affair from a Wildcats prospective with Rimouski making a bigger splash than Moncton, not the PR boon that one would have hoped for. The site of Moncton's draft table just sitting there was anything but exciting or inspiring from a PR/fans perspective. I know a lot of work is still to be done come the Christmas trade period but the Wildcat vibe was anything but exciting. I'm not sure what else they can really do, they don't have much left for assets. They did pick up 2 2nds in 2025 from Blainville. That should help them get a reasonable upgrade somewhere at Christmas. Euro draft will be the big deal for them. They had better hit a grand slam come the Euro draft (that's two impact Euros and not Sumpf + Impact Euro) Work your mojo, black magic, or voodoo and find some Euros like Halifax seems to be able to do. The Wildcat table looked like a bad meme last night. |
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Post by lirette on Jun 8, 2024 13:17:13 GMT -4
Well... After the trades made for MacKinnon & Vidicek, this draft has been a definite ho-hum affair from a Wildcats prospective with Rimouski making a bigger splash than Moncton, not the PR boon that one would have hoped for. The site of Moncton's draft table just sitting there was anything but exciting or inspiring from a PR/fans perspective. I know a lot of work is still to be done come the Christmas trade period but the Wildcat vibe was anything but exciting. I'm not sure what else they can really do, they don't have much left for assets. They did pick up 2 2nds in 2025 from Blainville. That should help them get a reasonable upgrade somewhere at Christmas. Euro draft will be the big deal for them. I'm not sure why there's a narrative they have no assets left. 2 2nds and 2 3rds in 2025. 1sts in both 2026,2027. Possible futures in Grenier, Collard, Lounsbury, Sumph, AGF, Mercier, Smith. I don't see any player left on the market that would be worth Desnoyers as a future outside of Gauthier. If they are smart they use all the other assets but trade Desnoyers for a massive haul next season. Who's gonna be left on the market that we wouldn't be able to obtain with that collection of assets? To me there's not much difference between what a Rimouski added vs what Moncton added. They both added a top fw and top defenseman. I don't personally care what was announced at the draft vs what wasn't. |
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Post by catzfans on Jun 8, 2024 13:30:28 GMT -4
Do we know anything about the picks we made? Any potential steals in the mix?
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Post by chootoi on Jun 8, 2024 13:41:31 GMT -4
I'm not sure why there's a narrative they have no assets left. 2 2nds and 2 3rds in 2025. 1sts in both 2026,2027. Possible futures in Grenier, Collard, Lounsbury, Sumph, AGF, Mercier, Smith. I don't see any player left on the market that would be worth Desnoyers as a future outside of Gauthier. If they are smart they use all the other assets but trade Desnoyers for a massive haul next season. Who's gonna be left on the market that we wouldn't be able to obtain with that collection of assets? To me there's not much difference between what a Rimouski added vs what Moncton added. They both added a top fw and top defenseman. I don't personally care what was announced at the draft vs what wasn't. I was referring to the previous comments of making more of a splash. I agree that what they've done so far is every bit as impactful as what RIM did. They got a top pairing D and the 4th leading scorer from last year. That is massive. In terms of assets, the 2 2nds they just added today, so it's not like they had the opportunity to make use of them at the podium last night in some blockbuster, and I believe the 2027 picks only unlock after this draft (correct me if wrong)? Any futures deals are usually done at Christmas time, not a full year before the next draft. So I'm not saying they have nothing in the bank, just that if some people's expectation was to make some insane run at Cataford or Gauthier or whoever, they lacked usable assets TODAY to make something like that happen. I'm not sure it's even needed at this point until we see the Euro draft. I think at this point they go into the season with what they have, and of course at Christmas they will tweak. I am A-OK with that. |
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Post by Doug Glatt on Jun 8, 2024 16:27:26 GMT -4
Can't wait to watch this team in pre-season!
Draft is done:
MASSIVE uograde to roster adding MacKinnon + Videcek (at a very reasonable price).
Very strong draft by the Cats new brass. Top 4 picks are incredibly talented.
Euro draft still to come and with Zelinski traded we can hope for a "home run" type player.
It may have looked quiet at the draft for the Cats, but what they've added in trades and draft capital has them quietly in the upper echelon of the league.
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Post by joehockey on Jun 8, 2024 19:13:38 GMT -4
Can't wait to watch this team in pre-season! Draft is done: MASSIVE uograde to roster adding MacKinnon + Videcek (at a very reasonable price). Very strong draft by the Cats new brass. Top 4 picks are incredibly talented. Euro draft still to come and with Zelinski traded we can hope for a "home run" type player. It may have looked quiet at the draft for the Cats, but what they've added in trades and draft capital has them quietly in the upper echelon of the league. Yeah, I think Moncton currently has one of the best rosters in the league that this point. Not worried about them not announcing anything big during the draft itself. I think Zielinski would have been a fine #4 d on our team next year, so I assume Moncton must think (hopefully know) that they’ll be able to bring in two new impact euros. Maybe a couple older Russians that want to come over. |
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Post by jimmy on Jun 8, 2024 20:03:23 GMT -4
Can't wait to watch this team in pre-season! Draft is done: MASSIVE uograde to roster adding MacKinnon + Videcek (at a very reasonable price). Very strong draft by the Cats new brass. Top 4 picks are incredibly talented. Euro draft still to come and with Zelinski traded we can hope for a "home run" type player. It may have looked quiet at the draft for the Cats, but what they've added in trades and draft capital has them quietly in the upper echelon of the league. Yeah, I think Moncton currently has one of the best rosters in the league that this point. Not worried about them not announcing anything big during the draft itself. I think Zielinski would have been a fine #4 d on our team next year, so I assume Moncton must think (hopefully know) that they’ll be able to bring in two new impact euros. Maybe a couple older Russians that want to come over. Euro(s) and/or one or more high end FAs perhaps? On the surface dumping Zielinski seems premature … he is miles ahead of Glas … and until such time as we actually draft not one but two better Euros and they report, there is no reason we couldn’t have held on to Zielinski and dealt him for a pick closer to the start of the season. So maybe they already have one or two solid FAs or Americans lined up (do we have any d-men on our protected list?) that made him already expendable? Or perhaps this is an agent game where one of the high end guys we want is represented by Zielinski’s agent, and in order to get him we had to do right by Zielinski first? |
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