Barrie should be pretty good too
Open OA and import spots where the colts generally do very well is part of the reason I expect a big improvement. My much too early guess is 1-3 for Barrie this coming season.
They're going to buy in a year where their team is too young to win? I don't see them wasting assets in a year where they know the following year is going to be their big one.
I think Mississauga is quite a bit better than them at this point, mainly because their best players are all veteran OHLers now. But I could still see Barrie finishing 3rd. Nobody else in the East other than OSH/MISS looks primed for a run next year as of now (that can change very fast though, I assume KGN will try to add), if Byfield and Rossi don't come back
Why are we so quick to dismiss Hamilton?
I think Miss will be good too, but maybe a little wary of using limited picks to bolster the line up unless looking like a legit contender. Oshawa is obviously in it to win this year. But I do like the colts talented and balanced roster ... 6-2001, 5-2002, & up to 6-2003 as of now, and too many extra picks to be used strictly for drafting
Yeah they definitely won't use them all (or even most of them) for drafting. I just think they'll wait until 2 years to use their picks when Foerster, Vierling, Cardwell are 19 and Clarke is 18. They probably add cheap next year but you don't really win adding cheap usually and I don't see them blowing a ton of assets for a Nick Robertson or Connor McMichael type rental player like Mississauga or Oshawa would be willing to
But yeah I could definitely see barrie fighting with Ottawa/Hamilton/Kingston/Sudbury for home ice in the first round next year
reasonable assumption, I guess the difference of opinion is my view of the impact one very good OA and import could have on the colts. They do also have the extra assets to do a Nuemann type deal that the Gens pulled off two seasons ago. Porco & Tabak deals might be underestimated as well.
any chance 1 thru 12 jumps the rankings and takes Christy off the board?
would be great to see him remain a genee. he reminds me a little of #26. As fast with the puck and other high end skills sim' to former Dog, now always a Dog apparently after they :pooch"ed, sorry poached our slogan.
Be real nice to have a 2nd rounder this year to have a crack at Poole.
London must believe the 20121 Draft is going to be loaded as they pick up extra 6,8 and 10th round players in trades today and they already had doubles in some rounds. Generalsupdates?
I think it’s more a case that we have Kingston and Niagara's 2nd round picks Hamilton’s 3rd and Niagara's 4th and Erie’s 4th this year. 6 picks in the first 4 rounds with Niagara’s and Kingston’s so early in round 2 they are almost what typically the Knights call a 1st rounder.Could be. Another possible explanation is they have a lot of guys returning for next year so they won't have the roster space for many guys. Whereas 2 years from now they could have more roster spots open
I think it’s more a case that we have Kingston and Niagara's 2nd round picks Hamilton’s 3rd and Niagara's 4th and Erie’s 4th this year. 6 picks in the first 4 rounds with Niagara’s and Kingston’s so early in round 2 they are almost what typically the Knights call a 1st rounder.
Oh, those ones are already negotiated we got lots of money, never an issue.In a year with so many high end Americans I am surprised London would be moving any picks and not swinging for Americans because they could probably talk $ome of them into coming