north bay is interesting, could ya e two of rye best players in the OHL but zero depth around them
Certainly a fair point. I think LDN is the better team. Best defense in the league & now have Simpson. It's gonna be a battle to score on them.
I agree with your sentiment in Ottawa. Every team in the that division (Ottawa, Brantford, Kingston, Oshawa, Peterborough) are either in mid rebuild or at least, worse off then last year. It almost seems like since no one in this division is making a push it could be very close in standings of 1-5 in that division but that is my opinion
Much less support but zero depth is an overstatement. 3 high end overagers. Wakely looking to improve on a 30 goal season, Romani finally has some daylight and will impress.
alot of ya'll underestimate what the Sault is bringing to the table...
Maybe reread post. Soo was not listed as an easy team this year. They will be a tough mach for any team.
Saginaw is in a position where they HAVE to spend..they have to blow up their future to go all in this year, there is zero question about that...cupboards will be bare for years to come after this season
Parekh & Misa could help fix that lol. They also are absolutely loaded on ammunition. So they can go all in & still not be utterly depleted depending on who they target & how many guys they add.
I have them 4th. Ill be honest I'd be legitimately surprised if they came top 3. I think they are a tier below OS LDN SAG. Defense should be great. Goaltending is TBD. Offense will be fine. Not great. Not bad. But fine. Certainly see the upside if they go add 2-3 Fs & Schenkel is legit.
You are correct, but we've said that how many times with London lol. They'll somehow get a stud F for next to nothing. Trade a young guy for another one & get a solid middle-6er for a pick or two & they're set. Probably sign some USA kid out of nowhere. At a great position where they don't have touch G, D or top line.
London has not been able get top players for a low cost for a few years now. There are other teams that these players are willing to be traded to including Hamilton, Peterborough, Oshawa, Kitchener, Windsor, Sarnia and North Bay. The Knights have had to trade their high picks and a few quality players to make trades.
Saginaw will be the de facto choice of landing spot for any player, whether they have the players and picks to pull off trades will be the question...the West will be heated this year with probably 4-5 teams in the mix all jockeying for the same players....the Owen Beck sweepstakes will be interesting to see
I don't disagree that people have put them too low on the list---- but while they may have dominated the 67's game, but we can probably agree they were lucky(and I hate saying lucky but it is what it is) to come out with a win Thursday. Kingston was the better team that night. They likely should be 1-1 but time will tell. I think by game 10 it will be much clearer. Lots of teams still missing a key player at camp or injured while at camp, some still trying to sort out what OA's to keep or release.
15-20 in the league is where just about everyone seemed to have them (fringe playoff team once they sell of Mayer/Lockhart). So just cracking the top 16 doesn’t mean a ton
Be a tough job for all those teams to finish in the top 5 when 4 of them are gonna be fighting each other for points all season. They'll be playing each other a lot and if one or two teams keep winning, the rest aren't getting any points haha
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