Mississauga Steelheads 2015-16 Season Thread

[devils55]

Here are the lines I think they will have come thursday

Bastian - Mcleod - Nylander
Tippett(I would have Marchment) - Clark - Burnside
Marchment(I would have Tippett) - Mcleod - DMB
Bourne - Smith - Dickerson (I would have Lattavo here but I doubt Boyd will do it)

Extras - Harrogate, Harrison, Lattavo

Walsh - Leblanc
Day - Hague
Gibson - Osmanski

Extras - Desousa, O'Donnell

 

[Macker88]

DMB-M.McLeod-Nylander
Tippett-Bastian-Marchment
Bourne-Clark-Burnside
Dickerson-R.McLeod-Harrogate or Dickerson-Smith-R.McLeod

Hague-Walsh
Day-Osmanski
Gibson-LeBlanc

*DMB has shown ability to thrive when given an opportunity in the top six. He can skate with the top line and play a complementary role to McLeod and Nylander. Then line #2 you have a pure goal scorer in Tippett with two older players who are not only defensively sound but have strong offensive upside. Line #3 then becomes a checking line that you can match against the Labanc line while McLeod line squares off against Colts #2 line. Burnside-Clark-Bourne has the ability to limit Labanc line especially if Hague and Walsh can get out with them against the Colts top line. Line four won't see much ice but I believe Dickerson can provide 4/5 safe, energy minutes. Smith can PK when called upon and also gives safe minutes while the younger McLeod can be inserted on either of the top 2 lines when one of the guys needs a shift off, as well as on the PP or on 4 on 4 situations.

 

[jpc7734]

DMB-M.McLeod-Nylander
Tippett-Bastian-Marchment
Bourne-Clark-Burnside
Dickerson-R.McLeod-Harrogate or Dickerson-Smith-R.McLeod

Hague-Walsh
Day-Osmanski
Gibson-LeBlanc

*DMB has shown ability to thrive when given an opportunity in the top six. He can skate with the top line and play a complementary role to McLeod and Nylander. Then line #2 you have a pure goal scorer in Tippett with two older players who are not only defensively sound but have strong offensive upside. Line #3 then becomes a checking line that you can match against the Labanc line while McLeod line squares off against Colts #2 line. Burnside-Clark-Bourne has the ability to limit Labanc line especially if Hague and Walsh can get out with them against the Colts top line. Line four won't see much ice but I believe Dickerson can provide 4/5 safe, energy minutes. Smith can PK when called upon and also gives safe minutes while the younger McLeod can be inserted on either of the top 2 lines when one of the guys needs a shift off, as well as on the PP or on 4 on 4 situations.

You guys are all wrong, #believeinboyd ya see he's got a secret weapon he's been hiding all year. Top line
NYLANDER - NYLANDER - NYLANDER.

Leafs send one back he's already got the other two already just throw Michael in in someone else's jersey and bam mem. cup time

 

[JHUT44]

Frontrunner for the least funny post of the 15/16 OHL season.... Good execution!

 

[Torts]

For those interested I made a quick Playoff avatar for the Trout - use it if you like.

#DontDoubtTheTrout

 

[The Fan]

Frontrunner for the least funny post of the 15/16 OHL season.... Good execution!

Hey, I heard coach Boyd made it to game early yesterday, and cut the power to arena. lol lol

 

[Dontdoubtthetrout]

Big game tn

Here we go finally ready to see game 1 tn at bmc. Is nylander ready for return for this big time tilt... Gunna be interesting to see how Boyd shuts down 26 an 12 on Barrie . Trout can make some noise in this series...might be to young ... Will see ... Time will tell . Hope power is back on up in the sticks

 

[Dontdoubtthetrout]

Nylander update?

 

[Macker88]

All I was able to find out was minor lower body injury. No status update. Looked fine in Barrie the other day walking around the concourse

 

[devils55]

He's out with a shoulder injury and will be playing tonight

 

[NorthHockey]

Hell of a comeback from the Steelheads. Everything changed after that third period timeout. Should be a good series with momentum on the Steelheads side. Look for the Colts to come out strong in game three.

 

[Dontdoubtthetrout]

See what happens when you split up Mcleod and nylander ? Best third of the year . They now have 2 potent lines instead of 1. Matches Barrie up front . Game mvp Clark fight and goal changed game. High glove hand all day on Blackwood

 

[Torts]

Hell of a comeback from the Steelheads. Everything changed after that third period timeout. Should be a good series with momentum on the Steelheads side. Look for the Colts to come out strong in game three.

See what happens when you split up Mcleod and nylander ? Best third of the year . They now have 2 potent lines instead of 1. Matches Barrie up front . Game mvp Clark fight and goal changed game. High glove hand all day on Blackwood

Where has this team been?! Best hockey I've seen out of this group since before the World Juniors. I was even saying watching it on TV - play out of Barrie's line match ups. If they are gunna have Labanc out there when Mikey and Nylander are switch things up. Love it!

Hopefully the Hersh is rocking tonight and we keep up the good play!

 

[JHUT44]

I watched a lot of Steelheads games this yr and at times ( not often ) they have showed they can play with the elite. This team has had a lot of injuries this yr and really have never been able to run with there full 12 and 6.. The 3rd period was a example as to what the Steel can do.. I will be honest I would have given the Steelheads a 15% chance to win this series at the beginning, but after watching both games Missy has been the better 5-5 team and now with home ice if they can get a win tonight, I may actually start believing they have a shot. Mississauga is better then a 7th seed is what I was trying to get too. Keep it up boys no let down and keep battling, things could get interesting.

 

[devils55]

Should be an interesting game tonight with the Missy win last night and with home ice now. I wonder who he will matchup against Labanc ? Does Nylander start on a line with Clark and Muzito-Bagenda, I hope so! I would match Mcleod, Burnside and Bastian against Labanc. And have Clark's line face off with Barries 2nd line. If Missy can stay out of the box I'd say they have a pretty good shot at stealing another one before going back to Barrie.

The defensive and offensive lines have been switched up a lot in the first two games, I wonder if being at home things will settle down a bit.

Should be a great game, both teams will come out hungry and Missy now has some major confidence after last nights huge comeback win.

 

[Torts]

WOW! May have been the craziest and greatest Steelheads game in a long time.

2-1 lead in the series, it'll be interesting to see the extent of Blackwood's injury - it may impact the series.

 

[JHUT44]

Torts I couldn't agree more that was an amazing game. Through 3 games Mississauga has been noticeably the better 5-5 team. They are running 3 balanced lines and all 6 D have seemed to step up together. Flinn has been better then Blackwood ( who may be a non factor now ). Sean day is developing into something special in front of our eyes, this kid will be a steal for anyone in the 2nd rd. The series is long from over I would expect Barrie to come out extra hard tomorrow even more so if Blackwood is out. If Mississauga stays out of the box and keeps the 3 lines going I do believe they can pull this sizeable upset, but I maintain Mississauga is a very very good 7 seed.

 

[NHL Fanatic]

Yesterday was probably one of the best games I've seen from Bourne in a while. Its been a great series so far.

 

[Torts]

Yesterday was probably one of the best games I've seen from Bourne in a while. Its been a great series so far.

Slow and steady with him - both literally and figuratively. He's taken a while but has slowly developed into an above average penalty killer and the skating has improved a little bit each and every year.

 

[three dog night]

Who woke up the Trout Nylander is amazing.

 

[devils55]

Good Game 3 for the Trout

Good to see Boyd finally do some coaching and sit R.Mcleod, Tippett and Dickerson in OT. Too unreliable defensively.

Nylander on the 2nd gives them 2 solid lines. The 3rd line being pretty decent with Marchment on it.

PP has to start clicking if they want to win the series. M.Mcleod looks lost on the PP. Less PP time, more time 5 on 5.

Stay out of the box and they will be just fine. 5 on 5 has been pretty even.

Leblanc and Gibson have been shutting down Labanc and Mangiapane pretty good, with Hague and Day getting the odd shifts against them.

3rd and 4th line for Barrie are garbage. Shut down their top 2 lines and youre good to go. Sadowy and Mangiapane have been invisible.

Huge game tonight, any predictions ?

 

[JHUT44]

This is the most excited I have been in some time for a Steelhead's game. Mississauga can take a real strangle hold on this series with a win. I wont make predictions because we do not know the status of Blackwood. I do know if Mississauga can mirror game 3 effort and stay out of the box they should be just fine. If you have followed Mississauga all yr, you will clearly notice something has changed/clicked with this group and it's very exciting.

 

[Torts]

Good Game 3 for the Trout

Good to see Boyd finally do some coaching and sit R.Mcleod, Tippett and Dickerson in OT. Too unreliable defensively.

Nylander on the 2nd gives them 2 solid lines. The 3rd line being pretty decent with Marchment on it.

PP has to start clicking if they want to win the series. M.Mcleod looks lost on the PP. Less PP time, more time 5 on 5.

Stay out of the box and they will be just fine. 5 on 5 has been pretty even.

Leblanc and Gibson have been shutting down Labanc and Mangiapane pretty good, with Hague and Day getting the odd shifts against them.

3rd and 4th line for Barrie are garbage. Shut down their top 2 lines and youre good to go. Sadowy and Mangiapane have been invisible.

Huge game tonight, any predictions ?

There you went and done it........they'll both probably have hat tricks tonight.

You're right though. Discipline...discipline....discipline. We stay out fo the box we have a shot at this series.

 

[devils55]

4-2 Missy with or without blackwood

 

[devils55]

Missi let that game slip away from them. Should be going back to Barrie up 3-1 but let them back in with a terrible last 10 minutes in the 3rd and OT. They had a tough time containing Labanc, kid is a beast. Mcleod could not go head to head against him, he is not sound enough defensively to contain him, although he might be your best bet to go with.

It was a great game to watch, Missi showing flashes of brilliant offensive play but still broke down defensively, they have a hard time covering the points.

Clark - DMB - Nylander line is a lethal one.

Its gonna be tough to steal 2 out of 3 from Barrie now, especially having 2 on the road. Labancs line gets whatever matchup they desire at home and Blackwood is back in for game 5. Apparently NJD didn't want him playing last night.

Flinn needs to step up and steal at least one game even though he's been playing decent against a high powered offense.

Should be a great Game 5 and 6