Soo Greyhounds 2016-17 Season Thread

[Fastpace]

All quite at the Northern Front, are the Greyhounds all set and ready to go for the 2016-17 season or what ? Are we to expect some announcement soon or is everyone gone fishing at the cottage for the summer?

 

[hfp]

All quite at the Northern Front, are the Greyhounds all set and ready to go for the 2016-17 season or what ? Are we to expect some announcement soon or is everyone gone fishing at the cottage for the summer?

Pretty quiet until after Friday.

Then after NHL Draft , we get the import draft.

 

[IcemanTBI]

Hounds draft Otto Makinen 26th overall in the CHL Import Draft this morning:

http://soogreyhounds.com/article/greyhounds-2016-chl-import-draft-selection-otto-makinen

 

[IcemanTBI]

Hounds have protected Bourmann, therefore passing on their second pick in the Euro draft

 

[mag1600]

Was O. Makinen taken in the recent NHL draft given that he was rated 13th amongst international skaters going into the draft?

 

[Noma]

Mäkinen is going to report to the Greyhounds.

 

[Riverfront]

when are the greyhounds going to announce there new assistant coach

 

[count35]

I see John Goodwin left Kingston...i know the Soo is further away from his family in TO but could he be a fit here for assistant coach? Would he even be interested?

 

[tjziel]

Hey Soo fans, does Brandon Halverson have any chance or returning for an over-age year, despite being signed already by the NYR??

 

[IcemanTBI]

Hounds re-sign GM Kyle Raftis to a 3 year deal.

http://soogreyhounds.com/article/soo-greyhounds-re-sign-gm-kyle-raftis

Adds stability to our front office for the next few years at least.

 

[IcemanTBI]

Hey Soo fans, does Brandon Halverson have any chance or returning for an over-age year, despite being signed already by the NYR??

Highly doubt he will be back, usually goalies don't come back as overagers and not really sure we would have the room if he did. I'm pretty sure he will be in the Rangers system next year, either at the AHL or ECHL level.

 

[hfp]

Highly doubt he will be back, usually goalies don't come back as overagers and not really sure we would have the room if he did. I'm pretty sure he will be in the Rangers system next year, either at the AHL or ECHL level.

Yeah I don't see him coming back.

I see the Hounds acquiring a guy like Culina from Windsor to back up Raaymakers.

 

[HockeyHero96]

Yeah I don't see him coming back.

I see the Hounds acquiring a guy like Culina from Windsor to back up Raaymakers.

I don't think we need to acquire another goalie. Raaymakers will play 80 percent of games and newhouse is a pretty good goalie , some scouts say he could belike carey price....

 

[Rookie2016]

Really....Culina backing up Raymakers not a chance....I think Culina is the better goalie......time will tell but I don't think Raymakers will be No.1 all year.

 

[Rookie2016]

I really don't see Windsor giving up either of those two goalies.....both rookies last year and Culina getting called up half way through season and the numbers they both put up is impressive.

 

[hfp]

I really don't see Windsor giving up either of those two goalies.....both rookies last year and Culina getting called up half way through season and the numbers they both put up is impressive.

I'm just saying...IF Windsor grabs a concrete #1 ( let's not forget they have the Memorial Cup this year, so having a goalie who put impressive numbers up as rookies may not be able to hack it... )

Just what a little birdie told me anyways. Raaymakers is better than Culina personally but I mean that's each owns opinion. Why does he have to back up, what if we have two goalies that are equal splitting the load ...we would go further maybe?

 

[hfp]

https://twitter.com/HoundsInsider

 

[Rookie2016]

That's y I'm saying I don't think Windsor will give up either...they will probably split duties again....personally I don't think they are going to get anot her goalie....both guys have experience already and they won't be giving up any top roster players for a goalie in my opinion who isn't much better......on the other hand yes I would like to see Culina with Raymakers as a duo....would definitely help out hounds this year......I believe we will see Culina vs Raymakers in first hounds game

 

[count35]

Looking forward to training camp and seeing how all of the younger players have hopefully gotten bigger/stronger/faster. We seem stacked at forward so i'm wondering how things will play out? Will we deal some of that strength to get better on D...or possibly in net? Time will tell.

 

[Riverfront]

Windsor is very high on culina. They will not move him and if they do they would want a significant return.

 

[louis]

Training camp Dates??

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

Your team hired an excellent goalie coach in Dan Stewart. Raaymakers is going to benefit greatly through the course of the season.

 

[the dog]

import Otto Makinen f signs

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Bouramman is rumoured to return to Sweden

 

[Maxxim1]

Bouramman is rumoured to return to Sweden

He will be playing for Lulea in the Swedish Hockey League next season.