Panthers sign Sam Gospel!

[Optic]

Cracking signing!

panthers.co.uk/content/netminder-sam-gospel-signs-panthers

[Rob Scott]

Good stuff, looking forward to seeing him play and thanks for the efforts Dan Green.

[nytram89]

Great signing 😁 hopefully this shows an early statement of intent. Out with the old and in with the new. Hope he gets more ice time than dan green too. Think he deserves it.

Thanks for your service Dan!👍

[Gilly]

Excellent pick up - welcome back Sam

interesting comment with regard to import netminder/netminders to come in within the next week....

sounds promising

[Deleted]

Awesome signing Panthers!! Up there with the league's best back ups ! Cherio Dan Green

[Yotes]

Interesting that the article suggests possible multiple imports, we'll see I guess, if it does he won't be getting too much ice time.

Good move though, that position should (IMO) always be a younger guy who can still become something, so best of luck to Sam, and best of luck to Dan in whatever he does in the future.

[Pies]

Happy days all around. 2 import goalies won't be a bad thing either and Gospel is more than capable of playing minutes to develop even further.

[EMB]

While I'm not disappointed at all with this signing I just wonder what benefit this is going to have on his career. Backup or even 3rd in line goalie, what sort of games is he actually going to get. From a No.1 starting netminder for Telford to opening and closing the door for us? How is that going to progress his game.

[Pies]

May 12, 2017 11:20:08 GMT EMB said:

While I'm not disappointed at all with this signing I just wonder what benefit this is going to have on his career. Backup or even 3rd in line goalie, what sort of games is he actually going to get. From a No.1 starting netminder for Telford to opening and closing the door for us? How is that going to progress his game.

Better for his development here than the NIHL alternative

[EMB]

I understand that Pies, and its a cracking signing, I just hope they allow him to play, obviously he's not going to have anywhere near the minutes he's had at Telford which in a way worries me, we should be bringing these youngsters on not sitting them on a bench to watch. I really hope I'm wrong because he's a very good talent.

[NickThePanther44]

Very happy with this!

[panthers4ever]

Good news

[NickThePanther44]

Training every day with a top EIHL team will definitely help. I'd also like to think he'll get a few starts.

[Shorty]

I cant see that we would waste an import slot with a back up netminder on a match day, unless we were beset with injuries, so I imagine he would be dressed for most games.

[texpef]

May 12, 2017 11:27:22 GMT NickThePanther44 said:

Training every day with a top EIHL team will definitely help. I'd also like to think he'll get a few starts.

didn't really help Dan Green... who I wish good luck in the future for btw..

[Yotes]

May 12, 2017 11:30:19 GMT Shorty said:

I cant see that we would waste an import slot with a back up netminder on a match day, unless we were beset with injuries, so I imagine he would be dressed for most games.

To be more serious though, you'd probably only need 1 or 2 import injuries and we'd go with twin imports in the netminder slots. Green was a scratch for 43 of our games last year, by my records of the games, I don't think something similar will help Sam all that much personally. But we'll see what they go with.

[tootootrain]

May 12, 2017 11:31:02 GMT texpef said:

...didn't really help Dan Green...

Unfortunately there is no cure for sieve-itis.

His door opening technique is first-class though.

[thebestpanthers]

Swindon-Okanagan link-up may help - can he get some ice-time with them

[jdizpt8]

good signing, lets hope he gets game time. if we have the two import goalies then i hope we dont sacrifice an out skater import and only dress one import goalie on match night. make them work for their position.

only downside to our goalie situation is that we don't have a specialist goalie coach to really get our netties put through their paces, but i guess if we're bringing in two guys then they will be able to work with Sam and improve aspects of his game (angles, deflections, positioning etc.)

[The Flying Shirt]

Best news in the last 3 or 4 years. Dan Green was costing us 8 + points a season and nice as he is he was just a plain terrible backup netminder.

[Kovalchuk17]

Great signing. Not bothered about us signing 2 import GKs now, Gospel should be good enough to hold his own.

[ted logan]

Another quality Brit signing.

Very capable young back up.

[kezypanther]

very happy with this. Though not sure about have two import netminders as well. surely this wouldn't be good for Gospels development he wouldn't get a look in.

I started a thread earlier in the off season regarding netminders, playing our import in the league and CHL and bit in CC. Maybe a second import could split the first two but I don't want us to sign a player like Gospel to just sit there and become useless.

[dill1015]

May 12, 2017 11:09:30 GMT Yotes said:

Interesting that the article suggests possible multiple imports, we'll see I guess, if it does he won't be getting too much ice time.

Good move though, that position should (IMO) always be a younger guy who can still become something, so best of luck to Sam, and best of luck to Dan in whatever he does in the future.

Presumably if we have 2 import netties only one will dress each night and gospel will be back up (injuries aside). I can see him playing games. Not many mind.

[Bagheera]

He will also qualify as an under 23 for the upcoming season. Assuming we re sign Ollie too that means at least 4 on the books. That can give us options on match nights should we want to pick up another experienced Brit outskater.
Kelsall could play in Swindon for example and we can still ice 22.