Peterborough Petes 2019-20 Season Thread (Part 3)

[Diaero]

Luckily Ottawa and Oshawa are up next cause this team needs a morale boost victory to shake the devil on their back.

 

[Section7fan]

Hopefully there’s another addition or two tomorrow that will give the boys a shot in the arm for the Ottawa game and get things back on track.

Maybe someone should tell Jones to start using his old pads again because the skid started when he switched equipment.

 

[Millpond]

You got a great OHL player in Akil. He is money in the bank and will help you make a long playoff run. His only deficiency, in my opinion, is his skating but he more than makes up for that with his hockey iq. Good luck and enjoy your run!

His skating looked fine on the gold medal goal.. haha

 

[Tito Santana]

First game I’ve been to in awhile and it wasn’t good. Goal 3 and 4 I can’t fault Jones on. They just didn’t have “it”.

Still plenty of time but .

 

[Snipes 29]

Just weak play across the board. Cant string two passes together, easy zone entry with no opposition for the other team. Giving up prime scoring chance after chance.

The refs sure let both teams beat the **** out of each other tonight. Lots of boarding calls, head checks, interference that went uncalled on both ends.

The refereeing is just horrid in this league

 

[Ptbomillsy619]

All I got to say is mctavish Better be in Thomas’ wing he’s to good to be playing with grondin and hinz or grondin and Avon

 

[Millpond]

Not sure even Akil Thomas can save this team at this point. Giant skid happening right now. Sure the flu doesn't help but are the Petes the only team right now in the OHL getting the flu? Doubt it. Our elite players look like rag dolls against Owen Sound. Jones looks average. What is happening? We got spanked by 8th place Mississauga 7-3 and 9th place Owen Sound 5-2. Maybe we need Denault back. We were much better with him.

To clarify, if the Attack played in the east, they'd be one game out of home ice.

 

[Millpond]

Just weak play across the board. Cant string two passes together, easy zone entry with no opposition for the other team. Giving up prime scoring chance after chance.

The refs sure let both teams beat the **** out of each other tonight. Lots of boarding calls, head checks, interference that went uncalled on both ends.

Yup.

Elbers is the worst.

 

[Snipes 29]

Take a look at the lines for starters, and we have a couple of feather weights who are afraid of their own shadows. Owen Sound played nasty and mean, and we cant handle big tough physical teams. Avon on the second line? Really someone explain this one to me? 2 goals 6 assists ? McTavish on 3rd line?

 

[Section7fan]

I wasn’t at the game but I wasn’t overly shocked since seven guys missed the last practice. Hopefully Saturday is better. Go Petes Go

 

[NorthernVoice]

First game I’ve been to in awhile and it wasn’t good. Goal 3 and 4 I can’t fault Jones on. They just didn’t have “it”.

Still plenty of time but .

I don't know, I thought he had a decent view of the 4th goal and just waved at it. Unfortunately seems like Jones goes through one of these periods every season. I'm sure he'll turn it around and so will this team, which is still very very good. A couple more additions would be nice though.

 

[Newbie Observer]

trading deadline is tomorrow. all players on edge that they may be next. Wait till Monday then new season starts

 

[Diaero]

what time is the deadline tomorrow?

 

[Section7fan]

what time is the deadline tomorrow?

Tomorrow at Noon.

 

[Hockey Stick]

Let's pump the brakes on the whole "the sky is falling" crap. The team is in a slump right now, all good teams suffer them at some point. They haven't all played together in some time so they're just getting the combos back together. Tonight was just a slow start that they couldn't climb out from, simple as that. The Petes are still going to make the playoffs, and they're still just as capable of making a deep run as they were a few weeks ago when everything seemed perfect

 

[NorthernVoice]

Let's pump the brakes on the whole "the sky is falling" crap. The team is in a slump right now, all good teams suffer them at some point. They haven't all played together in some time so they're just getting the combos back together. Tonight was just a slow start that they couldn't climb out from, simple as that. The Petes are still going to make the playoffs, and they're still just as capable of making a deep run as they were a few weeks ago when everything seemed perfect

They're finishing 1st or (more likely) 3rd in the conference and on a collision course with Ottawa in the Conference final, to pretend otherwise is silly. Hopefully they make some more additions tomorrow to bolster the forward depth further but this was and is a very good team that will only be better than they were from September -> December 15 or so, with the addition of Thomas.

 

[Section7fan]

We kept two of the three 2nds we have in this years draft. The article for the Thomas trade makes no mention of Oke was still working on anything or not. I’ll be pretty disappointed if nothing else happens between now and noon tomorrow.

 

[North light 14]

Take a look at the lines for starters, and we have a couple of feather weights who are afraid of their own shadows. Owen Sound played nasty and mean, and we cant handle big tough physical teams. Avon on the second line? Really someone explain this one to me? 2 goals 6 assists ? McTavish on 3rd line?

They should of played JPJ more I was there he had like 3 shifts all game

 

[North light 14]

They should of played JPJ more I was there he had like 3 shifts all game

It seems to me like they don’t really want to win
McTavish definitely shouldn’t be on the 3 rd line.

 

[Millpond]

Let's pump the brakes on the whole "the sky is falling" crap. The team is in a slump right now, all good teams suffer them at some point. They haven't all played together in some time so they're just getting the combos back together. Tonight was just a slow start that they couldn't climb out from, simple as that. The Petes are still going to make the playoffs, and they're still just as capable of making a deep run as they were a few weeks ago when everything seemed perfect

The TV broadcast crew said they've been hit by the flu bug as well.

BTW, great broadcast last night on Your TV.

One of the best crews I've heard.

Knowledgeable, balanced programmed.

Really enjoyed it. Broadcast quality on Internet was decent as well.

Good luck , Petes .
Wait till you get Akil.He will elevate your entire roster .

 

[NorthernVoice]

It seems to me like they don’t really want to win
McTavish definitely shouldn’t be on the 3 rd line.

Yeah you're right, they're probably trying to lose

 

[Petesfan8]

They're finishing 1st or (more likely) 3rd in the conference and on a collision course with Ottawa in the Conference final, to pretend otherwise is silly. Hopefully they make some more additions tomorrow to bolster the forward depth further but this was and is a very good team that will only be better than they were from September -> December 15 or so, with the addition of Thomas.

I am a season ticket holder and have followed the Petes for many years. My biggest concern about this team and has been since the start of the season is the lack of size on our top line specifically SDA and Robertson. We are now entering the second half of the season and hopefully a long playoff run and it will be a totally different game than the first half. SDA and especially Robertson were pounded by a big strong Owen Sound team and this will not get better. This constant physical pounding on small players results in ineffectiveness and even worse injuries. You could see it in Robertson's reaction last night. Good for Little for stepping up and taking on a bigger Owen Sound player. Hopefully we add another skilled player today but this also shows the need for having guys like Gallant, Grondin, Little and JPJ. In playoff hockey other teams will target the smaller skilled players. I am not pushing the panic button but just pointing out what I observe. Hoping for a long playoff run.

 

[NorthernVoice]

I am a season ticket holder and have followed the Petes for many years. My biggest concern about this team and has been since the start of the season is the lack of size on our top line specifically SDA and Robertson. We are now entering the second half of the season and hopefully a long playoff run and it will be a totally different game than the first half. SDA and especially Robertson were pounded by a big strong Owen Sound team and this will not get better. This constant physical pounding on small players results in ineffectiveness and even worse injuries. You could see it in Robertson's reaction last night. Good for Little for stepping up and taking on a bigger Owen Sound player. Hopefully we add another skilled player today but this also shows the need for having guys like Gallant, Grondin, Little and JPJ. In playoff hockey other teams will target the smaller skilled players. I am not pushing the panic button but just pointing out what I observe. Hoping for a long playoff run.

Robertson has more than a goal per game and SDA leads the OHL in assists. You can see what you want but those players have no problem playing against physical teams, now if you want to talk about guys like Hinz and Avon, sure, neither should probably be in the lineup come playoff time.

 

[NorthernVoice]

Brady Hinz doesn't have a point in 13 games. #healthyscratch

 

[Bra Wavers]

I think because not everyone was 100% so they tried to spread the wealth across the lines as much as possible. It was not pretty but we need to be patient.......it doesn't matter how they are playing now as long as they are rolling come playoff time.

The unfortunate thing about this slide is that teams may be asking more from Oke in trades, thinking that he is feeling pressure because of their recent play.