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Post by Pies on Jun 3, 2010 22:47:47 GMT
www.panthers.co.uk/modules/News/SEFS/ID.1597/SEFE/ViewNewsItem.aspTwenty-nine-year old Dustin Sproat played in 91 games last season with Cincinnati in the East Coast League and Milwaukee in the AHL. He said today: “I guess I’m known as a great two-way player, this year I had about a point a game playing on the best defensive team in the league but there’s more than that to come in a different system, I outscored some of the top names in the coast this year in all the big games and I can’t wait to bring that work ethic to Nottingham. “I spoke to players around Europe and everyone told me Nottingham was the place to go in the UK, I’m looking forward to it and you can add me to the list of players who’ve told you they can’t wait for the new season to get going.” GMB Panthers coach Corey Neilson added: “Dustin has five years in the pros under his belt, in Cincinnati, they made it to the Conference Finals last year and they won the Kelly Cup this year. In both campaigns Dustin led the team in playoff points, goals, and plus-minus. “I can see him leading by example and making the big plays in the big games. He knows what’s expected of him and he is relishing the challenge. He’s a high energy guy and will be good value for the fans to watch.” Dustin has also played for Reading and Fresno in the ECHL and is a graduate from Princeton University. The six feet tall Canadian is likely to extend his studies thanks to the unique tie between the GMB Panthers and the University of Derby. He has also set up his own hockey foundation which has done a lot of work in the community so his approach will fit in with the Nottingham Panthers own programme and ideals of getting into schools and meeting kids from all walks of life.
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Post by NickThePanther44 on Jun 3, 2010 22:58:10 GMT
Drop your gloves has this guy down as a centre, I assume this must be the first line centre we've been waiting for then. I was expecting a little more than a guy who has averaged less than a point per game in the ECHL but hey ho we'll have to wait and see what he's like come September. With this signing it certainly seems like Neilson has gone some was to trying to correct our defensive failing of last season.
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Post by Adam on Jun 3, 2010 23:04:37 GMT
Drop your gloves has this guy down as a centre, I assume this must be the first line centre we've been waiting for then. I was expecting a little more than a guy who has averaged less than a point per game in the ECHL but hey ho we'll have to wait and see what he's like come September. With this signing it certainly seems like Neilson has gone some was to trying to correct our defensive failing of last season. He's definately a winger, left wing to be precise. Don't see how you can be disappointed with this guy, he's exactly what we needed for the last winger spot. Great two way guy with real good energy, his team won the Kelly Cup last year for the ECHL and he topped points scoring and +/-, whats to hate?
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Post by Pies on Jun 3, 2010 23:04:42 GMT
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Post by texpef on Jun 3, 2010 23:09:28 GMT
Guess we arent going to replace Mann/McAslan then... Pretty underwhelmed to be honest... again....
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Post by buster on Jun 3, 2010 23:14:34 GMT
really, tex? i think this guy as an individual looks amazing. it will be interesting to see how productive he will be on his line come september/october time though. good signing in my opinion.
mann and macca werent the be all and end all of our team this season just gone, they were components of a unit. i'll wait to see how the pieces fit together before passing judgement, but for now he looks like a good signing.
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Post by Pies on Jun 3, 2010 23:17:26 GMT
sproat fighting...
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Post by NickThePanther44 on Jun 3, 2010 23:20:24 GMT
Drop your gloves has this guy down as a centre, I assume this must be the first line centre we've been waiting for then. I was expecting a little more than a guy who has averaged less than a point per game in the ECHL but hey ho we'll have to wait and see what he's like come September. With this signing it certainly seems like Neilson has gone some was to trying to correct our defensive failing of last season. He's definately a winger, left wing to be precise. Don't see how you can be disappointed with this guy, he's exactly what we needed for the last winger spot. Great two way guy with real good energy, his team won the Kelly Cup last year for the ECHL and he topped points scoring and +/-, whats to hate? Not being funny mate but how do you know? DYG and hockeyfights.com both have him down as a centre and everywhere else I've looked has him down as just a forward. I never said I hated him in the slightest, I'm disappointed because if he is indeed our last winger I was hoping to see a little more muscle, who out of Clarke, Galbraith, Sproat or DAB are going to dig the puck out of the corners whilst being shoved around by guys like Munn, Gleed or Jarvis? Not a knee jerk negative dig just an observation, at the minute we have only one foreward with any size whatsoever and that's Penner, probably the forward who will see the least amount of icetime and who will be replaced by the Lachowicz when in the box or missing a shift. Having not one foreward over 200lbs on the top two lines means we will be very lightweight, we have lost Mac who was pretty much our only regular checker last season and Bergin who was our only power forward and haven't replaced either. I think Sproat looks like a very decent player, his plus minus stats are certainly impressive, I'm just not sure he's the physical winger I think we need, if indeed he is a winger.
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Post by LUFC on Jun 3, 2010 23:20:26 GMT
Looks like he took offense to something there Not a bad signing there. Last winger spot on second line for me.
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Post by Adam on Jun 3, 2010 23:22:09 GMT
For the whole of last season his points production was: Played: 90 Goals: 35 Assists: 44 Points: 79 +/-: +30 And you say you're underwhelmed at that Tex? No pleasing some folk..
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2010 23:24:13 GMT
Looks a excellent acquisition for us, we def have a good looking defensive forward which we needed, got good size too, another new face too . Certainly on paper this guy looks one to watch
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Post by Pies on Jun 3, 2010 23:25:33 GMT
He looks good to me. 2 way player. big point output. very good +/-. stands up for himself. To me this is the Bergin replacement!
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Post by Adam on Jun 3, 2010 23:30:22 GMT
He's definately a winger, left wing to be precise. Don't see how you can be disappointed with this guy, he's exactly what we needed for the last winger spot. Great two way guy with real good energy, his team won the Kelly Cup last year for the ECHL and he topped points scoring and +/-, whats to hate? Not being funny mate but how do you know? DYG and hockeyfights.com both have him down as a centre and everywhere else I've looked has him down as just a forward. I never said I hated him in the slightest, I'm disappointed because if he is indeed our last winger I was hoping to see a little more muscle, who out of Clarke, Galbraith, Sproat or DAB are going to dig the puck out of the corners whilst being shoved around by guys like Munn, Gleed or Jarvis? Not a knee jerk negative dig just an observation, at the minute we have only one foreward with any size whatsoever and that's Penner, probably the forward who will see the least amount of icetime and who will be replaced by the Lachowicz when in the box or missing a shift. Having not one foreward over 200lbs on the top two lines means we will be very lightweight, we have lost Mac who was pretty much our only regular checker last season and Bergin who was our only power forward and haven't replaced either. I think Sproat looks like a very decent player, his plus minus stats are certainly impressive, I'm just not sure he's the physical winger I think we need, if indeed he is a winger. ECHL site has him down as left wing plus he has hardly took regular face offs and eliteprospects has him down as LW, sounds like a winger to me. Think i'll take ECHL site says over the rubbish hockey fight sites. Not overly worried about size at all. We have Penner for the fighting and Henderson to deal with the gobby players so to speak. This guy is 6ft, Billy Ryan is 6ft 1", Beauregard is 6ft, Clarke is 6ft 1". Both of our import D are over 6ft. We dont have a import under 5ft 11", dont see the problem? If our final D man is a tough stay at home which he's supposed to be, i think we'll have more than enough muscle. Dont really see any tough guys signed yet around the league either?
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Post by Jonzee on Jun 3, 2010 23:37:51 GMT
I just cannot get over the Surname. Sproat. Is it said on one go, like stoat, or is it split into two syllables, spro-at being the one that most jumps to mind.
Oh the worry.
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Post by NickThePanther44 on Jun 3, 2010 23:39:14 GMT
Not being funny mate but how do you know? DYG and hockeyfights.com both have him down as a centre and everywhere else I've looked has him down as just a forward. I never said I hated him in the slightest, I'm disappointed because if he is indeed our last winger I was hoping to see a little more muscle, who out of Clarke, Galbraith, Sproat or DAB are going to dig the puck out of the corners whilst being shoved around by guys like Munn, Gleed or Jarvis? Not a knee jerk negative dig just an observation, at the minute we have only one foreward with any size whatsoever and that's Penner, probably the forward who will see the least amount of icetime and who will be replaced by the Lachowicz when in the box or missing a shift. Having not one foreward over 200lbs on the top two lines means we will be very lightweight, we have lost Mac who was pretty much our only regular checker last season and Bergin who was our only power forward and haven't replaced either. I think Sproat looks like a very decent player, his plus minus stats are certainly impressive, I'm just not sure he's the physical winger I think we need, if indeed he is a winger. ECHL site has him down as left wing plus he has hardly took regular face offs and eliteprospects has him down as LW, sounds like a winger to me. Think i'll take ECHL site says over the rubbish hockey fight sites. Not overly worried about size at all. We have Penner for the fighting and Henderson to deal with the gobby players so to speak. This guy is 6ft, Billy Ryan is 6ft 1", Beauregard is 6ft, Clarke is 6ft 1". Both of our import D are over 6ft. We dont have a import under 5ft 11", dont see the problem? If our final D man is a tough stay at home which he's supposed to be, i think we'll have more than enough muscle. Dont really see any tough guys signed yet around the league either? Fair enough, well if he is our last winger then I'm definitely disappointed in his lack of size. Size isn't really about height but weight, Clarke is 6'1 but only around 175lbs, the guys a major lightweight. You could be 6'8, if your only 180lbs you aren't going to be shifting big d-men from the corners, simple as. I'm not talking about toughness either, I'm referring to physical presence. No there aren't many tough guys signed up yet (there will be plenty in the league though) but there are certainly quite a few big d-men already on teams rosters and I'd of liked us to of signed at least one power forward to battle it out with these guys. Bergin did a lot of the dirty work in the corners and in front of the crease, if Sproat is aour last winger then we have lost that attribute.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2010 23:40:13 GMT
Bramley... it depends how strong on the puck he is, something we don t know yet
Now with just the final forward to come (1st line centre) I think our forward lines will line up something like ...
Sproat Gallant (?) Galbraith
Clarke Ryan Beauregard
Henderson Levers Penner/Lacho
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Post by jambros1 on Jun 4, 2010 6:20:56 GMT
Guess we arent going to replace Mann/McAslan then... Pretty underwhelmed to be honest... again.... I'm quite happy with this signing, looks a fairly straight swap for Mcaslan to me, works hard, checks back and has simular points production in the ECHL!
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Post by Outlaw on Jun 4, 2010 6:27:29 GMT
Can we call him Brussel ??
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Post by blueline on Jun 4, 2010 6:28:49 GMT
Guess we arent going to replace Mann/McAslan then... Pretty underwhelmed to be honest... again.... I'm quite happy with this signing, looks a fairly straight swap for Mcaslan to me, works hard, checks back and has simular points production in the ECHL! Yeah, and his points scoring is similar too ;D Seriously though, he seems to be an upgrade of Bergin with the potential to get be a strong points scorer in the EIHL. As long as we get a sensational final forward signing and a brute of a stay at home defender then there is every chance of us pushing for top spot next season.
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Post by treeko on Jun 4, 2010 7:00:20 GMT
He played with Jade in 1999 in the AJHL. Originally from same area and similar age. Possibly where the recommendation has come from?
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Post by dp on Jun 4, 2010 7:08:06 GMT
Massively, massively underwhelmed again.
If he's a replacement for Bergin he's only had 9 fights in his career, so we can't really expect the same type of player.
Had a decent last couple of seasons (although still below a point a game) and then before that he's barely got any points in his pro-career. Could it be that his decent stats the last couple of seasons were purely because he's been playing on a Kelly Cup winning team so anybody could have got good stats??
It's pretty clear our budget has been massively slashed this year - presumably because we're paying for Braehead's team as well.
If Sheffield had signed this guy I'd be very pleased, and that's always the test I use.
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Post by pantherinmanc on Jun 4, 2010 7:12:24 GMT
Ha. So many people underwhelmed by a bunch of stats and little else.
And dp, our budget slashed? really. You don't know how wrong you are, seriously.
Even when the sun is shining in Nottingham it's still pouring with rain aint it!
I wonder how long any of these new players will get before they are written off much like Cameron was last season.
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Post by treeko on Jun 4, 2010 7:13:07 GMT
Massively, massively underwhelmed again. If he's a replacement for Bergin he's only had 9 fights in his career, so we can't really expect the same type of player. Had a decent last couple of seasons (although still below a point a game) and then before that he's barely got any points in his pro-career. Could it be that his decent stats the last couple of seasons were purely because he's been playing on a Kelly Cup winning team so anybody could have got good stats?? It's pretty clear our budget has been massively slashed this year - presumably because we're paying for Braehead's team as well. If Sheffield had signed this guy I'd be very pleased, and that's always the test I use. Brendan cook did good? And did even better this time at Rapid city. Similar stats
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2010 7:14:23 GMT
Massively, massively underwhelmed again. If he's a replacement for Bergin he's only had 9 fights in his career, so we can't really expect the same type of player. Had a decent last couple of seasons (although still below a point a game) and then before that he's barely got any points in his pro-career. Could it be that his decent stats the last couple of seasons were purely because he's been playing on a Kelly Cup winning team so anybody could have got good stats?? It's pretty clear our budget has been massively slashed this year - presumably because we're paying for Braehead's team as well. If Sheffield had signed this guy I'd be very pleased, and that's always the test I use. What were you expecting? some 150 game NHL er again I don t think we ll be scoring quite as many as last year but think we ll tighten up at the back more too . Just because they won the kelly cup doesn t mean every player will have good plus minus stats! This guy seems a good workhorse , doesn t potentially seem a replacement for Macca, we ll see how he does
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Post by pantherinmanc on Jun 4, 2010 7:18:56 GMT
What were you expecting? some 150 game NHL er again I don't think it really matters if we'd signed Gretzky in his prime mate some people are on a single track road to moansville and a nuclear warhead wont divert them from that course.
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