North Bay Battalion 2020 Offseason Thread

[Olden]

Anybody know the status of North Bay's funding application?

Councillors disappointed twin-pad arena plan nixed by province

No suprise really....

 

[MoWanchuk1]

Any updates on orientation camp?

some talk may only be a 2 week camp possibly starting mid november

 

[Olden]

Got to love the updates on the site ha ha Zero media. Look at the other teams. They care about the fans.

 

[HockeyPops]

https://twitter.com/OHLBattalion

 

[HockeyPops]

https://mindentimes.ca/news/ohl-prospect-working-towards-joining-battalion/

 

[Samee987]

2 headlines in the Toronto Sun today.....

--GM Dubas pledges to make Leafs meaner!!

--Leafs sign Jason Spezza for another year!!

Bahahahaaa

 

[Poster man]

Welcome to the San Jose Sharks Brandon Coe!

 

[Uncle]

My gut is saying 4th round!

Congrats to Coe!

 

[Uncle]

For Dad | by Brandon Coe

 

[Patricia]

For Dad | by Brandon Coe

No wonder he might have seemed "off" or distracted last year - Had I been his age and was dealing with what his family is going through right now, I have no doubt I'd be the same way.

 

[Olden]

No body contact is weak. Thats not gonna fly.

 

[Uncle]

believe i saw petrov at the station tonight

 

[meh022]

believe i saw petrov at the station tonight

I really hope not as he has a game played in russia in the last 2 days...

Petrov Matvei

 

[Uncle]

2 Battalion players named to NHL central scouting watch list
(A- first round, B-second/third round, C- later rounds)

Vrbetic ranked B
Petrov ranked C

 

[Olden]

Any new rumours?

 

[SpezzaNoLookDropPass]

believe i saw petrov at the station tonight

heard the same thing

 

[Uncle]

heard the same thing

really? 3 young hockey player looking fellas in suits, one with a very likeness to Petrov. Hes been playing in Russian MHL league so like 99.9% sure it wasnt him. Odd that you heard that though...

 

[Uncle]

According to Michael Podolioukh at eliteprospects.com
North Bays 4th round pick this year is overseas in Sweden, 5 pts in 5 games split between J18 and J20.

 

[SpezzaNoLookDropPass]

really? 3 young hockey player looking fellas in suits, one with a very likeness to Petrov. Hes been playing in Russian MHL league so like 99.9% sure it wasnt him. Odd that you heard that though...

Heard Russel already moved in as well

 

[Uncle]

seeing some footage online of newcomers Petrov and Wakely, seem to have above average OHL shots already. With those two and A Christopolous I think we can expect a lot of goals in the near future.

Petrov has quickly climbed his way to to be leading scorer of his MHL team with less games played

 

[SpezzaNoLookDropPass]

Matvey Guskov has signed a 3 year contract with CSKA Moscow

 

[belair]

Let's hope those picks were conditional on him showing up.

 

[SpezzaNoLookDropPass]

Let's hope those picks were conditional on him showing up.

Hopefully this wont affect Petrov coming over either

 

[SeniorJuniorFan]

It is interesting that Elite Prospects has the transaction status confirmed as LDN to CSKA. There is no mention of the player reverting from NB to LDN, so it appears that maybe the LDN / NB trade has already been unwound and the draft picks reinstated. I think he would have been a worthwhile player for probably just 1 season, but I did wonder at the time of the value of paying 2 3rd round draft picks for a player who had 2 30 point OHL seasons. In view of the video of him and Matvey Petrov training together, I suspect the team did some solid planning in the acquisition in order to provide a soft landing spot for Petrov. The biggest concern for me now is Petrov reporting. It will be a massive whiff for the franchise if the 1st overall CHL import doesn’t arrive.

In a somewhat related story, in order to provide a little torture to myself, about a week or so ago I made a wildly speculative ( and probably pointless) roster list for the end of training camp, fall 2021, leading into the ‘21 /’22 season. Neither of these players is on it.

 

[belair]

I have to wonder if there's an out clause in that KHL contract. Odds are that he's nowhere near being prepared to play pro in Russia this season. Does he play his first year in North Bay in the instance they have a season?