Ontario Reign 2018-2019

[Basilisk]

Is Clague eventually headed to the NHL, or is it just wishful thinking at this point? Thanks!!!

 

[damacles1156]

Is Clague eventually headed to the NHL, or is it just wishful thinking at this point? Thanks!!!

Work in progress. I think Clague needs an additional year in the AHL at the minimum. Still has to round out his game. He gets caught too many times playing slow, which means he is thinking too much on defense or doesn't know what to do.

 

[riznat]

Purely stat watching here but Reign lose 7-6 to Bakersfield (gave up 5 goals in the 2nd, but scored 3 in the third to make it close).

Strand - 1 goal
Luff - 2 assists
Lintuniemi - 1 assist
Mitchell - 1 goal 1 assist
Grundstrom 1 goal 1 assist
Maillet - 1 goal 2 assists
Brodzinksi - 1 goal - first game back
Moulson - 1 goal 1 assist
Rempal - 1 assist
Clague - 1 assist
Petersen appears to have been pulled after giving up 6 goals on 19 shots in under 26 minutes.

 

[Rekingsfan17]

Has any information been released on Sherbaks (lower body?) injury? He took an awkward check in the second period. He left the ice near the end of the second period and seemed to be in pain when putting weight on his leg. Then he didn't return for the third period......

Did anyone get a better look at the check or hear any information about if the injury was anything that will keep him from playing?

 

[ZJames]

Just got back from the game. Ontario was very unimpressive. And that's saying something because Bakersfield didnt look all that great.

There's a reason Macdermid isn't in the NHL. Bad penalties, bad passes, bad reads. He tried to check someone and missed which lead to the Condors breakaway goal. He looked bad.

Clague and Lintuinemi (however you spell it) looked solid. They weren't exactly impressive but they didnt look bad either. Solid defense, jumped up in the play a few times on offense. Looked like they could eventually be 3rd pairing guys. Hopefully Clagues offense starts to break through.

Grunnstrom was pretty quiet all night. Rempal had a few shifts where he looked dangerous.

Overall it looks like it's going to be a long few years for the entire organization.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[Fishhead]

Is Clague eventually headed to the NHL, or is it just wishful thinking at this point? Thanks!!!

He's not going to jump in soon, but then again how many Kings defensemen in the last 10-15 years have seen NHL time so soon, maybe 2? It's awfully early to make a call on the guy. FWIW he looks about where Voynov was offensively at his age, but he's not where he was in his own end. He was touted for his reads and IQ, so he has more than enough tools to improve on that.

The biggest difference is that he was so effective in juniors because he could force a lot of turnovers, that was kind of his bread and butter. That is much more difficult in the AHL, and only a few guys can do that in the NHL so he will have to make some adjustments.

 

[kingsboy11]

Went to my first Reign game in Ontario for the first time in a couple of years. I thought they did pretty well, but I probably caught them on a good night. I thought Clague, Luff and Grundstrom were really good last night. Lintuniemi likes to play forward too much. Brodzinski didn't look good. Don't know if it was rust or anything like that, but he had a bad turnover that led to a Stockton goal.

 

[regulate]

A couple of nice goals by Clague tonight but the Reign fell short 4-2. That's two games in a row Clague has had a solid game on both sides of the red line.

 

[regulate]

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Man, Clague has got quite the rocket. Big blasts from both the left and right side of the ice. He seems adaptable to either side of the blueline.

 

[Frolov 6'3]

Yes with such a shot, you wonder why he doesnt score more often.

Last season he also had a scoring drought of 30 games or so.

 

[regulate]

 

[Centrum Hockey]

Former Ontario Reign Echl

 

[KingsFan7824]

Tough to go from the AHL to ECHL as a franchise. Tough to have your primary minor league team 3,000 miles away. Life in the minors. At least they got that goodbye championship.

 

[regulate]

Reign have a brutal 3 games in 44 hours this weekend starting Friday night. At least there is no travel involved.

 

[Rekingsfan17]

Is Sherbak still red shirted in practice....?

 

[Reaper45]

Former Ontario Reign Echl

Shame. Lots of really good ManchVegas folks used to keep us up to date on prospects.

 

[regulate]

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Clague seems to be all over the place, creating scoring chances, and also giving up quite a few. He needs to settle down a bit with the risk taking.

 

[King'sPawn]

Clague seems to be all over the place, creating scoring chances, and also giving up quite a few. He needs to settle down a bit with the risk taking.

I'm actually okay with risk taking, especially in developmental leagues. That's how they learn, and it's also how they push themselves to the next level.

Players who just "play it safe" or play not to make a mistake end up stagnating. It's why Muzzin shot up the depth charts over Martinez. Granted, we saw more glaring mistakes with Muzzin, but he also took more chances that, when calculated properly, have much better payouts.

 

[Maynard]

FYI I have a side job playing music. We’re playing the beer fest before the game today in the concourse at CBBA. It’s Irish punk and some cool classic rock covers.

 

[regulate]

What an amazing comeback by the Reign tonight. Former Gulls and Ducks goon Mike Liambas is the gift that keeps on giving. I'll post the highlights when they come up. Reign win 5-4 in OT.

 

[regulate]

The Reign scored 4 goals in the last 3 minutes of regulation plus 30 seconds of OT for an amazing comeback victory. Thanks to former Gulls and Ducks goon Mike Liambas for the 5 minute major boarding penalty, the Reign pulled Budaj and had a 6 on 4 advantage in the last 3 minutes of the contest and a 4 on 3 advantage in OT, pulled off the amazing comeback. What a snipe by Moulson to win it. I almost left early. So glad I didn't.

 

[LAKings88]

Who joins the reign next year?

JAD
Durzi
Phillips
Anderson?
Thomas
Sodergren(sp?)
Hultz
OHL goalies