iginla
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Post by iginla on Jul 5, 2016 20:54:03 GMT
Don't want him glad we haven't got him, wrong sort of player, just realised in a few days it will have been a month since we signed anyone at all! Still waiting on that big signing, hope it comes soon and is a genuine stud player.how many players are we short again? If kolnik re signs i hope he is sure we can't afford to lose him part way through like ling. Needs to make up his mind quickly though. I'm guessing Corey has someone big lined up as a replacement just in case, I have a niggling fear the player will be a cheap signing and lower calibre, would a player of the same calibre as kolnik be happy waiting and seeing? It's the start of July, i do not understand the impatience on the signing front. Let guys spend some time with family, it's not been that long aince the NA season finished and a lot from Europe or here will be taking the time off to be home. We never finish our roster before mid august anyway. Negotiations will be underway it's normal. Regarding Kolnik i don't see him signing, if he's anything less than 100% committed to being here for the whole season i wouldn't want him here given our blunders with cover signings in the past. They've got to be here by mid August,that's only six weeks away ! Signing a contract doesn't take them away from their family early. Sign them too late and you know what happens. We start the season players missing and the same old excuses about paperwork hold ups and log jams at the visa office get trotted out AGAIN by Panthers !!
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Post by deke on Jul 5, 2016 21:09:18 GMT
I get we have some time my point was would a player of sufficient quality wait to see if they had a place in our team? Probably not, my point was also that it's best if kolnik decides sooner so we can replace him if needed rather than probably scrambling nearer the end of the season. as far as patience goes I am patient but most teams have brought in one or more big signings. We haven't and I was hoping it will be soon to show intent.
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Post by Kovalchuk17 on Jul 6, 2016 13:23:19 GMT
Don't all the NHL & AHL players become unrestricted after July 1st? Could be just waiting for them to weigh-up options.
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Post by PantherB on Jul 7, 2016 16:19:38 GMT
Blaze sign Garrett Klotz..
Looks just as much of a liability as Valabik but with Klotz being a forward it shouldn't put as much stress on the defence when he inevitibly spends time in the box. He hasn't lost a fight since 2014, which was against Colt King.. Who battered him. Another notable fight but against former Giant Kevin Westgarth, a long but brutal fight which ended with Klotz getting knocked out and having a seizure in hospital.
Going to make Blaze games more interesting now, with someone more than willing to drop them at any point in the game. Hopefully Cam can agitate him and restrain himself from dropping the gloves unless required.
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iginla
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Post by iginla on Jul 7, 2016 18:01:36 GMT
Blaze sign Garrett Klotz.. Looks just as much of a liability as Valabik but with Klotz being a forward it shouldn't put as much stress on the defence when he inevitibly spends time in the box. He hasn't lost a fight since 2014, which was against Colt King.. Who battered him. Another notable fight but against former Giant Kevin Westgarth, a long but brutal fight which ended with Klotz getting knocked out and having a seizure in hospital. Going to make Blaze games more interesting now, with someone more than willing to drop them at any point in the game. Hopefully Cam can agitate him and restrain himself from dropping the gloves unless required. I'm not worried,they can sign who they like. We've got Earthing Services back,Rokos health club,Rhps too,Clarkeys hockey school is going well and we're even having a new intro song. Players ? Who needs players !!!
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Post by Zukiwskyfan on Jul 7, 2016 18:38:15 GMT
Blaze sign Garrett Klotz.. Going to make Blaze games more interesting now, with someone more than willing to drop them at any point in the game. Hopefully Cam can agitate him and restrain himself from dropping the gloves unless required. Forget that, I wanna see them square off from the opening draw!!!
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Post by shmyrohdear on Jul 7, 2016 22:37:34 GMT
It's the start of July, i do not understand the impatience on the signing front. Let guys spend some time with family, it's not been that long aince the NA season finished and a lot from Europe or here will be taking the time off to be home. We never finish our roster before mid august anyway. Negotiations will be underway it's normal. Regarding Kolnik i don't see him signing, if he's anything less than 100% committed to being here for the whole season i wouldn't want him here given our blunders with cover signings in the past. They've got to be here by mid August,that's only six weeks away ! Signing a contract doesn't take them away from their family early. Sign them too late and you know what happens. We start the season players missing and the same old excuses about paperwork hold ups and log jams at the visa office get trotted out AGAIN by Panthers !! They will be looking at offers from all over, we are not a standout league. This whole idiotic attitude about 'sign them early' is ridiculous. Wait for the right players to finish their season and talk`. You know full well they have been talking to players, it's stupid to think otherwise. We don't announce signings straight away like they claim to anyway. People need to relax and just wait for it to be sorted, getting irritated is pointless. Maybe guy's don't want to come here, maybe negotiations break down. Nobody knows the protocol or what happens behind closed doors.
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iginla
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Post by iginla on Jul 7, 2016 23:28:14 GMT
They've got to be here by mid August,that's only six weeks away ! Signing a contract doesn't take them away from their family early. Sign them too late and you know what happens. We start the season players missing and the same old excuses about paperwork hold ups and log jams at the visa office get trotted out AGAIN by Panthers !! They will be looking at offers from all over, we are not a standout league. This whole idiotic attitude about 'sign them early' is ridiculous. Wait for the right players to finish their season and talk`. You know full well they have been talking to players, it's stupid to think otherwise. We don't announce signings straight away like they claim to anyway. People need to relax and just wait for it to be sorted, getting irritated is pointless. Maybe guy's don't want to come here, maybe negotiations break down. Nobody knows the protocol or what happens behind closed doors. Nobody is saying sign a team in May,but we are now only five/six weeks away from players being here. We are supposedly still waiting for a star player from last season to make his mind up whether he wants to come back,after only three and a half months of him pondering it ! And yes sign the right players,but I've not particularly seen that so far from Panthers and of the players Sheffield and Belfast have signed,I havn't seen any "wrong ones" going there either have you !
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Post by cooperphil156 on Jul 8, 2016 8:57:48 GMT
Signing news imminent. Watch the website posted before 10 am
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deke
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Post by deke on Jul 8, 2016 9:43:37 GMT
Please be a player it would be just my luck today if after all this it ends up being a sponsor or something!
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Post by dill1015 on Jul 15, 2016 11:53:19 GMT
Ouch! Cardiff take a big step to being favourites on paper again.
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iginla
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Post by iginla on Jul 15, 2016 16:39:19 GMT
Ouch! Cardiff take a big step to being favourites on paper again. Yep he's going to do some damage. We probably should have signed him.
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Post by Doom on Jul 17, 2016 6:46:05 GMT
On paper the Cardiff roster is looking the most impressive to date. They probably lack a bit of toughness, but I'm sure they'll address that.
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Post by wagstaff on Jul 17, 2016 10:20:26 GMT
On paper the Cardiff roster is looking the most impressive to date. They probably lack a bit of toughness, but I'm sure they'll address that. Regards Doom This seems to be a quote every year from someone, Unfortunately for Cardiff the hockey happens on the ice not on paper, there's so much more to it than signing the best names, I would put my money on your lot again Doom, give Thommo the team he wants and he will give you the results, back in the Coventry days he had the uni deals advantage, now he has the money advantage over most of the league so I can't see it going any other way than Sheffield.
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Post by PantherB on Jul 17, 2016 10:30:52 GMT
Bentivoglio looks pretty good, but the Italian League wasn't exactly amazing, been many players who've done very well in Italy then flopped over here and elsewhere.
Cardiff look very good on paper, as do Steelers.. I just don't think either will be able to get their wheels rolling consistently for a while whilst players get used to each other. I like our roster, we know them all pretty much.. Most know each other and whilst we've lost Mosey who obviously is incredibly difficult to replace, i still feel like we've got the cohesion and chemistry to be able to put our foot firmly in the title race. I don't think we'll win it but that's just me being concerned about the schedule with more weekends than normal being booked by the arena, meaning midweek games and probably a few weeks of 3/4 games per week.
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Post by wannabe2 on Jul 17, 2016 15:04:07 GMT
You guys will obviously be in the mix, you always are, we blew out last season when it looked like it might be our time. Taking my bias away our signings so far are pretty neat , our firepower looks pretty awesome, we need now some toughness which we will have, more so with releasing Hendrikx which I was gutted about. Myers was a huge coop for us, anyway as long as we all get our money's worth entertainment wise that's the main thing. This season could be the best it's been for years.
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Post by nate24 on Jul 17, 2016 15:37:50 GMT
You guys will obviously be in the mix, you always are, we blew out last season when it looked like it might be our time. Taking my bias away our signings so far are pretty neat , our firepower looks pretty awesome, we need now some toughness which we will have, more so with releasing Hendrikx which I was gutted about. Myers was a huge coop for us, anyway as long as we all get our money's worth entertainment wise that's the main thing. This season could be the best it's been for years. It's not really a coup. The devils have been showing a real hunger for success and have been building great teams. Add in a fantastic new arena and some solid signings most players would be haply to play in Cardiff. You can afford to expect more from Cardiff with its current set up as as a club it does not appear to be treated as an automatic cash generator. You lack a casual fan base which ensures the Devils cannot rest on their laurels. The fans are vocal and are not afraid to vote with their feet. We could lose 50 games a season and still people will show up as its a night out rather than a passion.
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Post by wannabe2 on Jul 17, 2016 16:26:25 GMT
You guys will obviously be in the mix, you always are, we blew out last season when it looked like it might be our time. Taking my bias away our signings so far are pretty neat , our firepower looks pretty awesome, we need now some toughness which we will have, more so with releasing Hendrikx which I was gutted about. Myers was a huge coop for us, anyway as long as we all get our money's worth entertainment wise that's the main thing. This season could be the best it's been for years. It's not really a coup. The devils have been showing a real hunger for success and have been building great teams. Add in a fantastic new arena and some solid signings most players would be haply to play in Cardiff. You can afford to expect more from Cardiff with its current set up as as a club it does not appear to be treated as an automatic cash generator. You lack a casual fan base which ensures the Devils cannot rest on their laurels. The fans are vocal and are not afraid to vote with their feet. We could lose 50 games a season and still people will show up as its a night out rather than a passion. Don't think many Panthers fans would agree with that statement, the guys I know are as passionate about their team as any fans in the UK. Panthers fans don't travel in their droves for a night out.
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Post by PantherB on Jul 17, 2016 16:40:58 GMT
It's not really a coup. The devils have been showing a real hunger for success and have been building great teams. Add in a fantastic new arena and some solid signings most players would be haply to play in Cardiff. You can afford to expect more from Cardiff with its current set up as as a club it does not appear to be treated as an automatic cash generator. You lack a casual fan base which ensures the Devils cannot rest on their laurels. The fans are vocal and are not afraid to vote with their feet. We could lose 50 games a season and still people will show up as its a night out rather than a passion. Don't think many Panthers fans would agree with that statement, the guys I know are as passionate about their team as any fans in the UK. Panthers fans don't travel in their droves for a night out. I think what Nate means is that even if like he said, we lose 50 games a season.. We'll still get people coming and thinking of it as a night out, we can't fill our arena with the more passionate fans as there isn't enough of us so most of our sellouts will feature a good chunk of 'Night out, want to see a fight' type people. The size of IAW isn't really big enough to allow a large amount of non-regulars to go unless they book tickets early and it's not really in the City Centre so another reason why you're less likely to get the walk up, pre-drinks people coming to your games. It's not necessarily a bad thing though, Devils can sellout purely down to their regular fans, we can't really.. We're getting higher attendances and more people choosing to come to watch the sport rather than something to do before hitting the town but i'd still say about only 5000-6000 could be considered as the 'regulars'.
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Post by nate24 on Jul 17, 2016 17:38:40 GMT
Thanks PanthersB and sorry Wannabe. I wasn't clear but PanthersB clarified correctly.
I love the way Cardiff are shaping up. I'm looking forward to seeing how they do next season.
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Post by nate24 on Jul 17, 2016 18:47:41 GMT
Thanks PanthersB and sorry Wannabe. I wasn't clear but PanthersB clarified correctly.
I love the way Cardiff are shaping up. I'm looking forward to seeing how they do next season.
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Post by Doom on Jul 17, 2016 19:41:47 GMT
On paper the Cardiff roster is looking the most impressive to date. They probably lack a bit of toughness, but I'm sure they'll address that. Regards Doom This seems to be a quote every year from someone, Unfortunately for Cardiff the hockey happens on the ice not on paper, there's so much more to it than signing the best names, I would put my money on your lot again Doom, give Thommo the team he wants and he will give you the results, back in the Coventry days he had the uni deals advantage, now he has the money advantage over most of the league so I can't see it going any other way than Sheffield. A lot of people do seem to back them at the start of each season. I don't think there will be much to choose between Sheffield, Nottingham, Belfast or Cardiff, which really should play into the hands of Braehead, although we do seem to say that each season as well. I'm happy enough with our roster (Steelers), we look to have a competitive team that should things click we'll be there or thereabouts. Biggest question mark for me is over our defence, but forward depth looks good and Moose should be one of the better netminders in the league. Regards Doom
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Post by jdizpt8 on Jul 18, 2016 8:17:23 GMT
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Post by deke on Jul 18, 2016 13:02:27 GMT
Agreed I hope to God Corey has a real star lined up if kolnik does not resign because if he goes cheap then we may struggle. Kolnik was a huge player for us. We would have traded mosey bombach Myers and kolnik for Carter brown betteridge and a cheap replacement for kolnik. That being said I think Corey will have a guy in mind he knows the pressure is on him and I don't imagine the fans would be too pleased by what they may perceive as underwhelming replacements for our star players
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Post by fishman on Jul 18, 2016 15:56:10 GMT
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