Windsor Spitfires 2018-19 Season Thread

[Teflon]

How do u even compare draft positions to playoff wins??! Talk about always moving the stakes. On a side note. Mark Hunter is back to the knights as GM.

 

[RayzorIsDull]

How do u even compare draft positions to playoff wins??! Talk about always moving the stakes. On a side note. Mark Hunter is back to the knights as GM.

We will see this year how that trade off pans out. As you were.

 

[aresknights]

How do u even compare draft positions to playoff wins??! Talk about always moving the stakes. On a side note. Mark Hunter is back to the knights as GM.

Did Mark ever leave

 

[ohloutsider]

#64 featured on the "opening night" VIP contest flyer - me thinks there is a message in that.

 

[punch1943]

#64 featured on the "opening night" VIP contest flyer - me thinks there is a message in that.

Me thinks the underlying message is they will use whatever or whoever to bring in the $$$. I may be wrong but if I may hazard a guess, I suspect 99% of the STH have already put their money on the line....

 

[RayzorIsDull]

Me thinks the underlying message is they will use whatever or whoever to bring in the $$$. I may be wrong but if I may hazard a guess, I suspect 99% of the STH have already put their money on the line....

Yes most if not all that money is in the bank.

 

[stips]

Thanks for all you have done #64 ceremony!

 

[OHLTG]

I'd imagine a good chunk of STH realize that DiPietro could be on his way out.

 

[OHLTG]

Well, this is interesting...

NA Central Scouting‏ @MarkSeidel 1m1 minute ago
DT: Michael DiPietro may be too good & it may end up hurting Windsor. Ideally, Warren Rychel would keep him until January & flip him to a contender for a huge return but I’m hearing rumblings the Canucks are seriously contemplating keeping him in the NHL if he has a good camp.

 

[windsor7]

Well, this is interesting...

NA Central Scouting‏ @MarkSeidel 1m1 minute ago
DT: Michael DiPietro may be too good & it may end up hurting Windsor. Ideally, Warren Rychel would keep him until January & flip him to a contender for a huge return but I’m hearing rumblings the Canucks are seriously contemplating keeping him in the NHL if he has a good camp.

I don't see it happening.

 

[OHLTG]

We've seen strange stuff happen over the last few seasons (Sergachev/Murphy). Do I expect it to happen? No. Is it possible, and make you think now that the tweet appeared? Yes.

 

[windsor7]

We've seen strange stuff happen over the last few seasons (Sergachev/Murphy). Do I expect it to happen? No. Is it possible, and make you think now that the tweet appeared? Yes.

Doesn't make me think it's anything.

 

[punch1943]

I don't see it happening.

Neither do I. No way Jose. I’d be very surprised to see him get much work in training camp. Time for a cup of coffee & hopefully a part of an exhibition game...

 

[OHLTG]

Neither do I. No way Jose. I’d be very surprised to see him get much work in training camp. Time for a cup of coffee & hopefully a part of an exhibition game...

The Canucks have four goaltenders above him on the depth chart. It'll take a lot......... but not impossible.

 

[hockeylegend11]

I don't see it happening.

For once I agree with you, don't see it happening so very rare that a 19 year old goalie makes the NHL,with a year left in Juniors.(technically 2 years)

 

[OHLTG]

Makes me wonder... when WAS the last 19yr old G to make it?

 

[windsor7]

Neither do I. No way Jose. I’d be very surprised to see him get much work in training camp. Time for a cup of coffee & hopefully a part of an exhibition game...

That is all I c.
They could hold him for the 9 games but he wouldn't play. Just get a lot of practice with the canucks. Good experience but I see him back.

 

[Puckit97]

Like everyone said I would be surprised if he made the NHL. Canucks have Markstrom and Nilsson on the roster. Not elite prospects but factor in Thatcher Demko who they see as a potential Elite goalie. If anything one of the two from last year start and Demko is the backup.

 

[Teflon]

Not gonna happen and there's been no talk of it. Pure speculation.

 

[RayzorIsDull]

We've seen strange stuff happen over the last few seasons (Sergachev/Murphy). Do I expect it to happen? No. Is it possible, and make you think now that the tweet appeared? Yes.

Seidel's tweets are meant to create conversation and you fell for it. There's a better chance Clayton Keller has an OA year in Windsor than DiPietro sticking with Vancouver.

 

[TheGremlin]

Makes me wonder... when WAS the last 19yr old G to make it?

Possibly Fleury or dan blackburn

 

[TheGremlin]

We've seen strange stuff happen over the last few seasons (Sergachev/Murphy). Do I expect it to happen? No. Is it possible, and make you think now that the tweet appeared? Yes.

I don’t really consider what happened to these 2 strange. I’m sure they’d take Demko over Dipietro at this point and allow Mikey to be somewhere to play and not sit as a backup.

 

[OHLTG]

Sergachev making the NHL at 19 is pretty strange. It's not common, especially having a regular role. Murphy leaving was also a surprise to most Spits fans.

 

[OHLTG]

Seidel's tweets are meant to create conversation and you fell for it. There's a better chance Clayton Keller has an OA year in Windsor than DiPietro sticking with Vancouver.

It's generated a lot of talk on Twitter so if you're trying to imply it was only me who "fell for it", nope. I've also read his stuff for a while and I trust him with info more than a lot of others. Hence why my ears perked when he said it.

 

[TheGremlin]

Sergachev making the NHL at 19 is pretty strange. It's not common, especially having a regular role. Murphy leaving was also a surprise to most Spits fans.

I think it is more common then you think