Alex Gritz.
Anyone have any idea what's going on with him? Trade/Release? Wasn't in the lineup and was curious if anyone had any inside info.
May not be in an Otters jersey, but atleast we can still see him play in Erie when he comes to town to play Mercyhurst.
No I don't believe so.Was he at Otters training camp?
He was busy at USNDT training so wouldn’t have been there even if he really wanted to..No I don't believe so.
Something is telling me he's going to pull an Owen Headrick and commit within the next year or so. He could contribute immediately here but at the same time its nice to have our 3rd-4th line guys develop. I think he will be an Otter some day. Commitment means nothing especially if it is in his home state as NOA mentioned. It just seems like he committed just to have a back up plan. People commit to schools and transfer all the time.He was busy at USNDT training so wouldn’t have been there even if he really wanted to..
This means nothing to me. He’s a top tier USA player that probably had an offer from every single school he wanted to go to. So he committed in his home state? Cool. He also posted shortly after his draft status in Erie that he was an “Erie Otters prospect” and was in Erie for games during past few seasons. He has multiple connections to current players like Campbell and Swankler. Erie is definitely still in play for him. But he also has 1/2 years to decide and things change
Have to love Mr. Genny following this one closely though
Something is telling me he's going to pull an Owen Headrick and commit within the next year or so. He could contribute immediately here but at the same time its nice to have our 3rd-4th line guys develop. I think he will be an Otter some day. Commitment means nothing especially if it is in his home state as NOA mentioned. It just seems like he committed just to have a back up plan. People commit to schools and transfer all the time.
.....Have to love Mr. Genny following this one closely though
Weird comment. Yeah, I'm an OHL fan (I assume everyone on here is?) so when a guy picked as high as the 2nd round commits to NCAA, that's news.
I thought the comment was perfecto
the only OHL news you post on other threads are ones that are the non positive nature
Don’t recall you posting the breaking news of Erie signing Swankler or Campbell
Or even news of the new 10 year lease agreement in Erie and millions of dollars being invested into the arena over the next few years
Nope.. the only time I ever see your username on this thread is when it’s “negative” news. Lame but not a surprising attempt by you though to spin it your way as an OHL fan just providing news
I have over 3,000 posts. You follow me closely enough to what every single one of my posts have been about? Actually, don’t answer that. The answer will likely just weird me out....
I literally didn’t even provide a comment, just put his twitter post in here, which then sparked a comment thread from OttersFan, which is literally the point of this website. You need to lose the sensitivity my guy!
As is the case with almost every OHL story, I saw it on twitter and went on here to see what Otters fans were saying about it, but nobody had posted it yet. I did the same with the Swankler signing and the Campbell one (but didn’t need to post them because there were already long discussions happening on them), as well as pretty much every other OHL news with all 20 teams, as I’m sure most fans do on here. Lighten up, the whole world isn’t out to get you
I think Gritz would have cracked the top 9 if he wasn’t battling that shoulder last year. I feel like he earned a longer look this season with some talent on his wing. I also don’t think he’s hit his ceiling. I hope they give him the courtesy of finding him a trade.Gritz is probably on his way out soon. When you can't crack the top 9 as a 19 year old, your days are numbered unfortunately. He looked very promising his first season here but just hasn't really progressed since then.
I am surprised Fowler is at a C and not a B, but I also would have expected Campbell to be a C, hopefully he keeps this up. We've said this before but he is the best goalie prospect Erie has seen in a long time, maybe ever.
I think Gritz would have cracked the top 9 if he wasn’t battling that shoulder last year. I feel like he earned a longer look this season with some talent on his wing. I also don’t think he’s hit his ceiling. I hope they give him the courtesy of finding him a trade.
If they can hang on until after the weekend I’m sure somebody will need a two way forward that still has some growing to do. It’s crazy being 19 and getting swept up in a youth movement. There have been much tougher journeys to the NHL.they will 100% explore a trade option for him if available. But I’m unsure of what his value would be.
Mack went for a 13th round pick as a similar bottom line forward but also was willing to fight
If they can hang on until after the weekend I’m sure somebody will need a two way forward that still has some growing to do. It’s crazy being 19 and getting swept up in a youth movement. There have been much tougher journeys to the NHL.
it’s difficult when most teams would
rather go with the younger option or go with “their guy”
for instance, if Erie needed a bottom 6 forward, would they trade for a guy like Josh Nelson or just keep Gritz? They would just keep Gritz..
teams are not going to cut bait with someone unless it’s to replace them with someone young and/or better. In other words, likely no team will be interested in trading for Gritz unless they have injuries and need a body. But even in that situation, they could turn to youth with a guy they are developing.
I like Gritz and wished he would have developed more offensively. He had a good season in 2017-18. But had a down year last year. He needed to come on strong to stick around. They picked him over Mack to start the year. That said, once they get healthy there is an age factor that has to be considered. Sedore, Cohen in particular need to be playing
I'ts a staged video/ marketing ploy - notice the place is empty except for the few actors/fans there in that section.Kind of Otter related...
Shooter is being replaced? Is this because of his name and gun violence or did they really think his conduct was not proper? The news release said there was a video of improper conduct that came to light and they made a parody video of him being hauled away.
Kind of a shock really...