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Post by wgray on Nov 5, 2021 12:59:21 GMT
www.panthers.co.uk/home/211105-thowwww.eliteprospects.com/player/169096/aaron-thowSome good news to day, we’ve signed a defenceman and he could potentially be here this weekend. He looks like he can provide offensively and he’s coming here after a spell in Slovakia which hasn’t worked out but at least he should be match fit. Interesting that we’ve married his signing up with Carozza being on the IR. I thought we would have matched him up with Domingue seen as he has been the most recent injury and that would allow Thow to be here for a longer period without us making an official change. Does this suggest that Carozza will extended on the IR past Domingue’s spell?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2021 13:20:45 GMT
Looks ok by why not bring in a forward.. it's those who panthers are short on!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2021 13:29:15 GMT
Looks ok by why not bring in a forward.. it's those who panthers are short on! Considering we only have five fit d-men I would say that was a more pressing priority to be honest.
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Post by John Casey on Nov 5, 2021 13:29:37 GMT
Looks ok by why not bring in a forward.. it's those who panthers are short on! We only had 5D before this signing.
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Post by sting on Nov 5, 2021 13:32:36 GMT
Mentions that if we decide to sign him after Carozza is back we either have to describe him or use one of the 3 in-season signings. Why is that the case when we are technically an import short against the permitted number?
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Post by Jord v4 on Nov 5, 2021 13:59:27 GMT
Nice pick up that. Would have liked it to be a bit sooner but still, tidy player.
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Post by blackandgold73 on Nov 5, 2021 14:56:32 GMT
Mentions that if we decide to sign him after Carozza is back we either have to describe him or use one of the 3 in-season signings. Why is that the case when we are technically an import short against the permitted number? Maybe they've changed the wording but the article now says: "...without using one of our official changes. Massimo Carozza is ineligible to play while on the IR. At the point he is able to ice again a decision to either deactivate Thow, or add him to our roster by using one of our official changes will be made." Adding him to the roster would use one of the 7 "changes" to the roster we're allowed - as an addition still counts as a "change" once the roster is registered at the start of the year. But we had one more than teams who registered 14 imports from the start. So "change" denotes in this case not a player substitution but a "change to the previously registered roster" Any reference to 3 is now missing from the article
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Post by Yotes on Nov 5, 2021 15:02:06 GMT
Good, about time tbh but better late than never, and using IR we can have a look at him while we wait on Massimo. He's out til at least the 13th I think, so if he's here to play tomorrow that's a 3 game audition.
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Post by blackandgold73 on Nov 5, 2021 15:02:09 GMT
Looks ok by why not bring in a forward.. it's those who panthers are short on! Considering we only have five fit d-men I would say that was a more pressing priority to be honest. Young left shooting centre with AHL experience that had just been released in Italy anyone? www.eliteprospects.com/player/199394/brad-morrisonPlus, as I mentioned elsewhere, Joey Haddad seems not to have made the roster in Greenville after preseason. Now that would put the cat amongst the pigeons! Though hard to see him going anywhere but Cardiff if he returns to the EIHL
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Post by bobness on Nov 5, 2021 15:58:37 GMT
Thow last played 22 October, it seems, with 6 seconds of ice time...?
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Post by Pies on Nov 5, 2021 16:30:35 GMT
With Clarke Pizzo, Hopkins and Kelsall, we have enough to roll 3 lines
Boivin-Welsh-betteridge Souranta-Baillaregeon-Lane Kelsall-Myers-Tousignant
Then Hopkins and Morgan to back fill. D man much more important and Kelsall deserves a top 9 shift!
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Post by langer on Nov 5, 2021 17:09:23 GMT
Still looking for that "right guy" ?
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Post by iginla on Nov 5, 2021 19:03:03 GMT
Looks ok by why not bring in a forward.. it's those who panthers are short on! Considering we only have five fit d-men I would say that was a more pressing priority to be honest. Yes indeed. Because some clown thought it was a good idea to go with only 13 imports. Since when was going with only 4 import D ever a good idea,it’s just asking for trouble from the start !
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Post by Pies on Nov 5, 2021 19:57:14 GMT
Considering we only have five fit d-men I would say that was a more pressing priority to be honest. Yes indeed. Because some clown thought it was a good idea to go with only 13 imports. Since when was going with only 4 import D ever a good idea,it’s just asking for trouble from the start ! Aaron Fox and Todd Kelman did too…or does that not fit the narrative we want to tell?!
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Post by iginla on Nov 5, 2021 21:18:23 GMT
Yes indeed. Because some clown thought it was a good idea to go with only 13 imports. Since when was going with only 4 import D ever a good idea,it’s just asking for trouble from the start ! Aaron Fox and Todd Kelman did too…or does that not fit the narrative we want to tell?! Yes and look at their respective Brit packs compared to Panthers poor effort,that makes a big difference. Oh and the Steelers have 14 imports with seven D too. (PS. And please stick to the post content rather than attacking the poster with comments about narratives !).
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Post by kievthegreat on Nov 5, 2021 22:47:55 GMT
Considering we only have five fit d-men I would say that was a more pressing priority to be honest. Yes indeed. Because some clown thought it was a good idea to go with only 13 imports. Since when was going with only 4 import D ever a good idea,it’s just asking for trouble from the start ! No problem starting with 4 import D-men for me. Tetlow and Lee are both good enough. Injury cover is good on D (although a bit late), but I'd ideally rather our fourteenth import to be a forward.
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Post by iginla on Nov 5, 2021 23:11:31 GMT
Yes indeed. Because some clown thought it was a good idea to go with only 13 imports. Since when was going with only 4 import D ever a good idea,it’s just asking for trouble from the start ! No problem starting with 4 import D-men for me. Tetlow and Lee are both good enough. Injury cover is good on D (although a bit late), but I'd ideally rather our fourteenth import to be a forward. I agree. But if you only start with six D nobody should be surprised when all of a sudden you’re struggling for numbers back there,bacause it’s going to happen probably several times in a season. Does seem rather odd though when they’re two forwards down that they go and sign a D man.
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Post by kievthegreat on Nov 5, 2021 23:20:15 GMT
No problem starting with 4 import D-men for me. Tetlow and Lee are both good enough. Injury cover is good on D (although a bit late), but I'd ideally rather our fourteenth import to be a forward. I agree. But if you only start with six D nobody should be surprised when all of a sudden you’re struggling for numbers back there,bacause it’s going to happen probably several times in a season. Does seem rather odd though when they’re two forwards down that they go and sign a D man. We can make 3 forward lines still. If you can't make 3 lines of D-men, you're asking guys like Matheson to put in ridiculous minutes. I think that makes defence the more urgent priority.
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Post by messier1851 on Nov 5, 2021 23:23:16 GMT
No problem starting with 4 import D-men for me. Tetlow and Lee are both good enough. Injury cover is good on D (although a bit late), but I'd ideally rather our fourteenth import to be a forward. I agree. But if you only start with six D nobody should be surprised when all of a sudden you’re struggling for numbers back there,bacause it’s going to happen probably several times in a season. Does seem rather odd though when they’re two forwards down that they go and sign a D man. I guess it's just a question of who was available, we also don't know (well, I don't anyhow), what the procedure is regarding players needing to be vaccinated/double vaccinated etc, the talent pool wasn't looking too deep to begin with, so if it's being even more limited by factors like Covid, it may be a case of picking up someone you feel can do a job and then worrying about how the forward/defence balance looks at further down the line. If we'd signed Thow this summer I think we'd have been pretty happy, four years at Clarkson, a highly-regarded NCAA programme, a brief AHL stint and and solid, if limited, ECHL numbers. With 14 imports being available, a split of netminder, five D and eight forwards works well, although I agree our Brit pack should be stronger. Oli has shown he can be a top nine forward, but we don't have a top end Brit. Fingers crossed he's here by the weekend.
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Post by bobness on Nov 6, 2021 8:43:09 GMT
If a Brit who can play in all situations and can score at a point a game isn’t “top end”, I don’t know what is. Ollie is on fire so far this season, playing great hockey.
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Post by messier1851 on Nov 6, 2021 9:27:17 GMT
If a Brit who can play in all situations and can score at a point a game isn’t “top end”, I don’t know what is. Ollie is on fire so far this season, playing great hockey. That's fair, I automatically think of more senior British players but yes, he's proving he can step up this season.
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Post by jd on Nov 6, 2021 14:22:48 GMT
Aaron Fox and Todd Kelman did too…or does that not fit the narrative we want to tell?! Yes and look at their respective Brit packs compared to Panthers poor effort,that makes a big difference. Oh and the Steelers have 14 imports with seven D too. (PS. And please stick to the post content rather than attacking the poster with comments about narratives !). One of those Brits is BOC though, you didn’t want him here?!
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Post by iginla on Nov 6, 2021 14:51:57 GMT
Yes and look at their respective Brit packs compared to Panthers poor effort,that makes a big difference. Oh and the Steelers have 14 imports with seven D too. (PS. And please stick to the post content rather than attacking the poster with comments about narratives !). One of those Brits is BOC though, you didn’t want him here?! I wouldn’t particularly want O’connor no because I think he’s a cocky show off flash Harry. But if it was a choice of having him or not when you’re not having a 14th import then I’d have him.
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Post by jd on Nov 6, 2021 15:05:09 GMT
One of those Brits is BOC though, you didn’t want him here?! I wouldn’t particularly want O’connor no because I think he’s a cocky show off flash Harry. But if it was a choice of having him or not when you’re not having a 14th import then I’d have him. You slated him though lol - said “Aaron Fox isn’t daft enough to pay his ridiculous wages for an over rated Brit who is suspect defensively” If we’d have signed him we all know you’d have criticised the club for it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2021 15:23:44 GMT
I certainly wouldn't want BOC at the panthers.. just don't rate him at all, never have done. Think he's totally over rated .
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