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Low Effort GDT Ottawa 67's Playoff Thread
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Bit of a nailbiter finish on this one but the 67s close out round 1 with a 4-2 victory against Oshawa.
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Ottawa 67's move on to second round of OHL playoffs
The Ottawa 67's are moving on to round two of the OHL playoffs.
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67s take game 1 from Peterborough 4-2 off a late game winning goal from Jack Beck.
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Welp the 67s are imploding and are now down 3-1 to the Petes.
Truly a Dave Cameron squad.
Truly a Dave Cameron squad.
bert
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Just won coach of the year on a very young team that wasnt supposed to be there. Won WJC gold. He's a great coach lol what is this. Peterborough is a veteran team. This board just loves blaming the coaches for absolutely everything...
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OSEG, OHL executives, and Hockey Canada would all disagree with you on Dave Cameron.
It's easy to look at the standings and say that the 67's are choking right now, but every junior hockey expert out there would tell you that a) the 67's definitely overachieved during the regular season, due in no small part to the young players exceeding expectations and b) the OHL was wide open, with no truly dominant team out there. In the meantime Peterborough, who also loaded up at the deadline and were a pre-season favourite to contend for the Eastern Conference title, spent most of the season underachieving. The Petes have two first rounders in the lineup in Beck and Othmann, while Ottawa has zero. What's more, Ottawa's draft eligible players are all ranked low second/third round and lower. Now, the 67's have a kid in Henry Mews who will be a 2024 first rounder, but he just turned 17 recently. There's a reason why the World Juniors, with the occasional exception like Bedard, is a 19 year olds' tournament.
Bottom line - if you didn't have the standings in front of you and just looked at the ages of the respective rosters and their pedigrees, this series is going pretty much the way you would have expected. Put a healthy Tyler Boucher back in Ottawa's lineup and maybe it evens things up a bit, but losing a 20 year old first rounder punches a huge hole in your lineup.
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Thank you for a take that actually took into account real facts and actual game watching. Cameron is a big reason why the team finished first in the first place. He got so much out of a very young team, they play with terrific compete and structure. On paper Peterborough is more experience, is older and has a higher end roster at this point. I wouldnt count them out yet either. This is Jr hockey.
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Yeah, you just never know. Ottawa comes with a big effort on Saturday and gets a win, and all of a sudden the momentum swings and the collar tightens a bit for the Petes. Without any stats in front of me, my guess is that more junior teams have come from down 3-1 in a series than have NHL teams. I'll be there tomorrow - potentially the last hockey game for almost six months, a very painful stretch indeed...
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I’m basing it on my conversations and viewings of him coaching close up. Not a fan.
67s pulled a 3rd period comeback from down 1-4 winning 5-4 in regulation.
Hopefully this was a turning point. Trailing 2-3 in the series.
Hopefully this was a turning point. Trailing 2-3 in the series.
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Damn sucks to hear. Was pulling for them to make a run, would have been cool to see the city rally around a OHL team.
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Well Gatineau is an absolute wagon. Atleast we have the luxury of having two teams to cheer for. They won 25 games in a row. Honestly after watching them dismantle the 67's twice I didnt think this was the year for Ottawa. Theyre going to be really good next year too.
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The most surprised people in the OHL when Ottawa started and stayed so hot in the regular season was Ottawa management themselves. This was definitely unexpected. They knew they would be better, but absolutely no one thought that this would be possible. They loaded up at the deadline with a couple of big acquisitions, but losing Tyler Boucher turned out to be a killer. The 67's matched up poorly with an older, more physical team in Peterborough, and Boucher would have helped to even things out a bit. Peterborough was the opposite of the 67's - they underachieved in the regular season despite having a veteran lineup and two first round picks, but now they are putting it together when it matters.
The good news is that the 67's should be very competitive again next season. They have two players in Henry Mews and Frankie Marelli who are likely to be first rounders in 2024. (I think Mews could go top ten depending on how his season goes.) They'll have a goaltender in MacKenzie, and great coaching. They'll be right back in the mix a year from now, which is all you can ask...
The good news is that the 67's should be very competitive again next season. They have two players in Henry Mews and Frankie Marelli who are likely to be first rounders in 2024. (I think Mews could go top ten depending on how his season goes.) They'll have a goaltender in MacKenzie, and great coaching. They'll be right back in the mix a year from now, which is all you can ask...
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The four teams left in the Q were the 4 clear cut best teams this year so both series are going to be great hockey. Would not be shocked at all to see Gatineau win the Q.
bert
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Yeah they are, but Gat has been the best of the bunch. They finished the season as the top ranked team in the CHL. Not sure if anyone has been to one of their games at the Slush Puppie Center but its an electric atmosphere. I preferred it over the Civic Center.
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Truth is that the Civic Centre/TD Place Arena is a lousy rink. I go to 67's games in spite of the building, not because of it. The sight lines for hockey aren't that great with that weird layout, and the wonky roof means they can't even hang a proper scoreboard at centre ice. The Lansdowne 2.0 project, which would see the arena replaced with a new one under the hill at the Great Lawn, can't come soon enough. Right now OSEG can't even bid for a Memorial Cup because that arena simply isn't up to standard. Hindsight is 20/20 and all, but the arena and the north side stands should have been replaced at the same time they did the rest of the project 10 years ago.
If you've been in it in recent years, you'll notice that the suites at the top are empty - that's because they were condemned a few years ago, and would need to be ripped out and replaced. That's why they had to put a temporary "press box" right in the stands on the north side, taking out some prime seating in the process.
If you've been in it in recent years, you'll notice that the suites at the top are empty - that's because they were condemned a few years ago, and would need to be ripped out and replaced. That's why they had to put a temporary "press box" right in the stands on the north side, taking out some prime seating in the process.
