Final 2018-19 Season Thread: Erie Otters 2018-19 Season Thread (Part 2)
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Ottersguy: good information there re McTavish and Lockhart
A quick glance showed aprox height and w with Lockhart at 5-9, 160 and McTavish At 5-10 190. Was this the size difference you were referring to or do you have different info then I saw in a quick search??
For the record i understand and have seen the trend firsthand over the years ( even here in Erie ) with the smaller stature guys who are quicker with better skating characteristics ( Lodnia , Maks, Cerelli, DeBrincat ,Brown , etc,etc)
But at some point I don’t think we should have an entire team of say 5’9 guys either .. we’re losing Pod, possibly another decent size guy this next season w new recruits coming in - I would think a guy w size and a bit of an edge who can produce and has a little more physical size and game might do us some good down the road ..and could have an immediate impact ( considering both guys listed are literally projected 3 rd and 4th rd pics this year )..also if were talking playoffs in the future we don’t have many guys that are physical in my opinion ..what does everyone else think re this ??
As mentioned by others previously -it’s a good time for us ..With either of these 2 players ( they both have stellar stats and strengths) and the addition of say “one “ of a Swankler or Alexander , combined w Import picks , a goalie ,things should be on the up and up.. get rid of Golden and get a young prospect or picks at the seasons start..
But remember those 4 -50 plus win seasons .. The likes of McDermid , Donnay, Genovase, Cernak and others etc were needed for their physical play esp for those long runs.. and they could hit ..IMO we need a few players that fit that bill
For any Erie fan that wanted to make the playoffs, see the Windsor series as evidence for why missing out on the 8th seed was not a huge deal. It resulted in Erie’s season ending just 11 days earlier but locked them into the 3rd overall pick and not the 6th
Agree...it was best the way it happened for us moving forward ...
BUT I do think we would have been more competitive w London than WSR was ..wasn’t even close other than the first game where the Knights shifted into neutral for the 3rd period ...
While rumors are like elbows - everyone has them ..
Rumors Lockhart wants Wsr ?? Anyone w info on this ?? Better go with McTavish
And what would happen should we ( or any other team) pick him 1 st round and for whatever hypothetical reason he doesn’t show up - do we completely lose that pick or recoup a pick in future drafts ??
I still think Erie takes Lockhart. Rumors are rumors and most are contradicting.
Either way, if Lockhart is not an option, than McTavish/Pinelli still are. If not then you obviously can’t go wrong with the talent of Clarke. And if somehow all 4 say no to Erie (zero chance of that) then you just take the best available (Clarke) and try to convince him and if no go you trade him. It’s pretty simple.
That said, Lockhart is still all I keep hearing. And I’ve heard it since early March. Brown made comments that they knew who they wanted back in early March and if the draft was a month ago, they had their guy. That imo means they would have talked to said player and told him “we like you, we want you, and we are going to draft you”
You think Erie waited until yesterday to finally contact the player about his interest in the team? Lol no chance
Sure a player can change course over time but I tend to think that nothing recent has developed that would make a player change his mind
I agree with you. No way Brown is that confident a few months back and then this rumor surfaces out of nowhere. Only way it’s true is if Lockhart isn’t their guy and never was to begin with.
Looking forward to tmrw !!
Lots of FAKE NEWS these days lol!!
Just when I was worried there for a second - received some positive news re the players in question - my bad for even questioning it!!
Colby Saganiuk at 37