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Post by qfan on Oct 12, 2008 19:09:34 GMT -4
Is it just me or did Moncton not score alot of goals lately? I hope it doesn't get worse.
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Post by hockey1981 on Oct 12, 2008 19:20:41 GMT -4
Right now they're scoring enough Goals to get points, so I wouldn't worry bout it until Cats loose 3-4 in a row....Riopel is playing Awesome, they only need to score a couple of goals to win, but I'm sure that'll change as season goes on.
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Post by curtis on Oct 12, 2008 19:29:37 GMT -4
The Cats haven't buried their scoring chances the past few games....but the chances are there, which is positive.
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Post by ronmac on Oct 12, 2008 19:34:50 GMT -4
Right now they're scoring enough Goals to get points, so I wouldn't worry bout it until Cats loose 3-4 in a row....Riopel is playing Awesome, they only need to score a couple of goals to win, but I'm sure that'll change as season goes on. Thank God for Riopel but I am sure Danny will change things up to get some goal scoring love to watch Bisonette he is a pure sniper. |
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Post by Dalkiel on Oct 12, 2008 19:53:29 GMT -4
I think its still a little early to be concerned about this but it is a thought. We are heavely built in the back end but as of right now we don't have that powerhouse scorer that will push us over the top which we'll need next year. I'm not sure we have him yet ust yet but I'm sure if no one establishes himself as that guy we could be trading a pick or two come draft time.
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Post by hockey1981 on Oct 12, 2008 20:05:58 GMT -4
What do you guys think of if Cats continue to play well, to go for it this year. Riopel might not be back next year, I know he's not signed by any team but if continues to have a good year, I'm sure someone will sign him and he might play pro somewhere. But would be hard to do this without trading a young talented player ( Brown, MacAusland, Bissonnette, Downe, etc)...
When Sill's back, I think we'd be 1 or 2 Forwards away and 1 D away from being contender...
I know it's still early but you gotta be positive ;D
what you guy's think?
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Post by Dugger on Oct 12, 2008 20:08:53 GMT -4
The team is not overly gifted offensively, management has addressed the defensive side of things but offensively we're not deep right now (young players need to develop) which I'm sure is on their to do list in the near future. We have a good core of players that could produce in the future but our vets are mediocre at best offensively, maybe someone will break out after all these years but I'm not holding my breath. We're winning because of our defensive play, the offense will come in time as players develop and players are added but in the meantime we will hang our hat on defense and hopefully score enough to win. The future is bright it's just going to take time to have a team that has the whole package. P.S. It would have been nice to use that 5th overall Euro pick on some offensive talent but...  |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Oct 13, 2008 11:03:44 GMT -4
The team is not overly gifted offensively, management has addressed the defensive side of things but offensively we're not deep right now (young players need to develop) which I'm sure is on their to do list in the near future. We have a good core of players that could produce in the future but our vets are mediocre at best offensively, maybe someone will break out after all these years but I'm not holding my breath. We're winning because of our defensive play, the offense will come in time as players develop and players are added but in the meantime we will hang our hat on defense and hopefully score enough to win. The future is bright it's just going to take time to have a team that has the whole package. P.S. It would have been nice to use that 5th overall Euro pick on some offensive talent but... Not deep offensively? When everybody is healthy they have like 10 guys that can put up 40 or more points. They have tons of depth, just not a lot of impact players. I agree on the 5th overall pick.  |
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Post by zambonidriver on Oct 13, 2008 14:14:30 GMT -4
The team is not overly gifted offensively, management has addressed the defensive side of things but offensively we're not deep right now (young players need to develop) which I'm sure is on their to do list in the near future. We have a good core of players that could produce in the future but our vets are mediocre at best offensively, maybe someone will break out after all these years but I'm not holding my breath. We're winning because of our defensive play, the offense will come in time as players develop and players are added but in the meantime we will hang our hat on defense and hopefully score enough to win. The future is bright it's just going to take time to have a team that has the whole package. P.S. It would have been nice to use that 5th overall Euro pick on some offensive talent but... Not deep offensively? When everybody is healthy they have like 10 guys that can put up 40 or more points. They have tons of depth, just not a lot of impact players. I agree on the 5th overall pick. Agreed, we have guys that can put up the points but I think this question comes up every game where there are not a lot of shots taken. Like on the PP where they constantly pass looking for the "purrfect" shot. This is just like the past few years. Just not a whole lot of shots on net. But when they are shooting, they are getting all sorts of scoring chances. You would think that this would sort of sink in and they would change their PP. We are easy to PK against if you block the scoring lanes and put pressure on the puck as we don't shoot maybe as much as we should. Maybe this will come with more experience. |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Oct 13, 2008 14:56:21 GMT -4
Not deep offensively? When everybody is healthy they have like 10 guys that can put up 40 or more points. They have tons of depth, just not a lot of impact players. I agree on the 5th overall pick. Agreed, we have guys that can put up the points but I think this question comes up every game where there are not a lot of shots taken. Like on the PP where they constantly pass looking for the "purrfect" shot. This is just like the past few years. Just not a whole lot of shots on net. But when they are shooting, they are getting all sorts of scoring chances. You would think that this would sort of sink in and they would change their PP. We are easy to PK against if you block the scoring lanes and put pressure on the puck as we don't shoot maybe as much as we should. Maybe this will come with more experience. If you look at any top powerplay, they don't just shoot from everywhere. The whole point of a PP is to try and set up higher percentage shots. The Cats have a mid pack offense so I don't expect them to have a top 5 PP. |
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Post by qfan on Oct 13, 2008 15:45:26 GMT -4
I think the cats have a OK powerplay that is going to get alot better. Flynn is known to be a power play guy who likes to try different things. Some of his strategies will start producing. Give the cats another 10 to 15 games and notice the difference.
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Post by Dugger on Oct 13, 2008 20:15:19 GMT -4
The team is not overly gifted offensively, management has addressed the defensive side of things but offensively we're not deep right now (young players need to develop) which I'm sure is on their to do list in the near future. We have a good core of players that could produce in the future but our vets are mediocre at best offensively, maybe someone will break out after all these years but I'm not holding my breath. We're winning because of our defensive play, the offense will come in time as players develop and players are added but in the meantime we will hang our hat on defense and hopefully score enough to win. The future is bright it's just going to take time to have a team that has the whole package. P.S. It would have been nice to use that 5th overall Euro pick on some offensive talent but... Not deep offensively? When everybody is healthy they have like 10 guys that can put up 40 or more points. They have tons of depth, just not a lot of impact players. I agree on the 5th overall pick. I should clarify we have a lot of young talent that could and should develop and contribute to the offense but as it stands we have a team of potential 2nd liners maybe one 1st liner and by that definition I suppose we are deep offensively. We have no one that I would call 1st liner on a championship team level (except maybe one potentially). People who should have or should be, aren't producing so until we have a bona fide 1st line with 1 or 2 impact players then we will sputter at times offensively. This isn't a criticism of the team but where we are and hopefully there is a diamond in the rough but barring that we will have to wait until that/those impact players show up to show a consistant offense. |
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Post by Captain Obvious on Oct 13, 2008 21:04:05 GMT -4
Not deep offensively? When everybody is healthy they have like 10 guys that can put up 40 or more points. They have tons of depth, just not a lot of impact players. I agree on the 5th overall pick. I should clarify we have a lot of young talent that could and should develop and contribute to the offense but as it stands we have a team of potential 2nd liners maybe one 1st liner and by that definition I suppose we are deep offensively. We have no one that I would call 1st liner on a championship team level (except maybe one potentially). People who should have or should be, aren't producing so until we have a bona fide 1st line with 1 or 2 impact players then we will sputter at times offensively. This isn't a criticism of the team but where we are and hopefully there is a diamond in the rough but barring that we will have to wait until that/those impact players show up to show a consistant offense. The only chance the Cats have at a championship this year is to be patient and hope the kids keep developing as you said. Trading for the players that would get them there would cost a ton given this is a Memorial Cup year. The Cats M.O. is to play strong defense in front of (right now) the top goalie in the Q. They are one of few teams that can win 2-1 and 3-2 games regularly. That gives guys like Bissonnette, Famin, Brown, MacAusland the time to develop or in Famin's case get used to the league/language, once he does he will play a bigger role, especially on PP. |
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Post by Dugger on Oct 14, 2008 18:47:26 GMT -4
I should clarify we have a lot of young talent that could and should develop and contribute to the offense but as it stands we have a team of potential 2nd liners maybe one 1st liner and by that definition I suppose we are deep offensively. We have no one that I would call 1st liner on a championship team level (except maybe one potentially). People who should have or should be, aren't producing so until we have a bona fide 1st line with 1 or 2 impact players then we will sputter at times offensively. This isn't a criticism of the team but where we are and hopefully there is a diamond in the rough but barring that we will have to wait until that/those impact players show up to show a consistent offense. The only chance the Cats have at a championship this year is to be patient and hope the kids keep developing as you said. Trading for the players that would get them there would cost a ton given this is a Memorial Cup year. The Cats M.O. is to play strong defense in front of (right now) the top goalie in the Q. They are one of few teams that can win 2-1 and 3-2 games regularly. That gives guys like Bissonnette, Famin, Brown, MacAusland the time to develop or in Famin's case get used to the league/language, once he does he will play a bigger role, especially on PP. I agree, I like the way the team is developing and I wouldn't trade players just to make us a "contender", we're building a team that will sustain itself over the years with hopefully minimal tweaking only when the time is right. We need impact players but hopefully they can come from within or from using the resources we have at our disposal, i.e., draft picks and or players <cough>Sill<cough>. |
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