MatthewsMoustache
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Simon Motew....???
And an article on Motew and how he handled the pandemic. After this draft, he should be even hungier to show his talent.
OHL Veteran Motew Found New Home With His Hometown Chicago Cougars
One can only hope that the cheering continues at the Aug this fall...
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Possibly. I think he’s back. 4 points in 33 games isn’t exactly what you’d hope for with a guy like Sebrango. Get him a year of QBing the PP and developing his offensive side.Is there a hint in there somewhere that Sebrango will be back?
Feel the same. The OHL is not going to be a cakewalk and he could absolutely use the season to sharpen his skills and add to his special teams experience.Possibly. I think he’s back. 4 points in 33 games isn’t exactly what you’d hope for with a guy like Sebrango. Get him a year of QBing the PP and developing his offensive side.
I think they signed Ryan Murphy to fill one of those spots.I too think Sebrango could benefit from a year of offensive oriented play. However, Detroit has traded MacIlrath and Hicketts from Grand Rapids. This kind of leaves Sebrango as next in line. Lashoff will be back, but being in his mid thirties he's not in the Wings pipeline.
In a normal year I'd agree with this. Next season the OHL is going to be a cakewalk more than it's ever been before. All the top 2002's will be in the AHL and the league will be more than 50% rookiesFeel the same. The OHL is not going to be a cakewalk and he could absolutely use the season to sharpen his skills and add to his special teams experience.
In a normal year I'd agree with this. Next season the OHL is going to be a cakewalk more than it's ever been before. All the top 2002's will be in the AHL and the league will be more than 50% rookies
Not yet. I’m sure Mercer and Andonovski will get signed eventually. It’s been a pretty quiet off season. Trade window opened yesterday and only 1 move made.Have the Rangers signed any of this year's draft picks yet?
What is up with Sebrango? Was he at the World Junior Camp? Not a word about him in the news. TSN even had a segment where they were predicting the team. Very high on our forwards but when they got to the defence, they raved about Power and showed TWO OR THREE BLANKS!!! BLANKS! What does this mean? That they don't want to predict the defence? Did anyone else show up beside Power? I would expect more from TSN. Geez, Sebrango almost made the team last year. Should at least get a mention?
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Yup, Button kept his mouth buttoned during worlds when Sebrango played. He would talk about anyone else but Sebrango. Why? Don't know but I wasn't the only one who caught this.Button doesn’t know very much. Couldn’t even pick 6 D, probably just the 4 names he knew. I’d say Power, Clarke and Guhle are the locks. Hunt is likely. I’d say Sebrango has a pretty good shot, but there are a lot of 03s coming in this year in Clarke, Ceulemans, Lambos (all 1st round picks) and Iorio (2nd round pick, late 02) who weren’t there last year because they were younger guys at the time.
Things have been very quiet around the OHL. Rangers currently sitting with 12 forwards, 5 defence and 2 goalies with about 4 weeks until camp. Couple things to address still.
For starters, the D core. They've got Sebrango, Xhekaj, Motew, Schmidt and LeBlanc. However, there's no guarantees that Sebrango is even here with the AHL 20 game exception this year. I figure they want to go into camp with at least 7 with that being said. Seems like Fegaras wants to go NCAA, so that really only leaves Calle Odelius and Matthew Andonovski. If Odelius isn't going to report, they're going to have to add someone, somehow. There will be a lot of OAs trying to find somewhere to play, so they could go that route. But if they add an OA, Dickerson is likely out and they don't have enough forwards.
On forward, they have 12 but will probably sign Cam Mercer to make it 13. If they do end up going with another OA on D instead of Dickerson, some other options within the organization are Kai Dunits, Dylan McFadden or Adam Zidlicky, though I'm not sure if any of them have NCAA intentions. Another interesting name is Florian Xhekaj, who, you guessed it, is the younger brother of Arber. Went undrafted in 2019 and was set to play in the GOJHL in his 16 year old season (sound familiar?) but obviously never ended up playing any games. Being able to crack a Jr. B squad as an undrafted 16 year old is a pretty decent feat given that each team can only have 2 16 year olds, and it seemed to work with Arber. Food for thought.
This AHL exception really puts a wrench in things. I wonder how many other OHL teams are in the same situation?
And I'm not sure if either of Mesar or Odelius will show. And Fegaras would have been a nice add. Hoping that MM has something up his sleeve on all this.