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Post by ted logan on May 13, 2016 14:42:15 GMT
I thought Oakford looked decent towards the back end of last season. His decision making was vastly improved. With more ice time he could be a very steady d-man
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Post by iginla on May 13, 2016 14:58:10 GMT
Surely then Panthers must have released him as initially they said he was on loan & Corey stated he was definatley part of future plans, very strange as Corey was after him for a couple of seasons & even chased him while he was GB assistant. One can only assume he's either surplus to requirements or he's ruffled some feathers while he was here. Good luck to the lad anyway. Reading between the lines i suspect that its a personal issue why he was let go. I think Corey had a problem with his attitude. He did get benched mid season even when we were short of bodies. If we lose both Myers and Clarke our brit position is looking abit shakey. Feathers ruffled and some attitude,that was the reason Swindlehurst was let go.
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Post by wgray on May 13, 2016 14:58:59 GMT
j think oakford is up to the task, he was solid when paired with Quick, never noticed him make a mistake, which can't be said for othe other for D men we had last season I reckon your right. But if we go with thuat option and it doesnt work out the way we want it to you have very little room for change. I yhink think that is option of the 2 i would prefer. very good point, I'm just glad it's not us making the decision lol
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Post by The Flying Shirt on May 13, 2016 20:18:21 GMT
I would have won a lot of money with that bet. No surprise there then.
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Post by Yotes on May 16, 2016 9:53:26 GMT
Looks a good signing for the Yorks, unfortunately.
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Post by dill1015 on May 16, 2016 10:55:04 GMT
Looks a good signing for the Yorks, unfortunately. He does. Some of their fans seem to think hes a 3rd line signing. If thats the calibre of player they're getting for the 3rd line then everyone else could be in trouble.
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Post by wgray on May 16, 2016 11:10:01 GMT
Looks a good signing for the Yorks, unfortunately. He does. Some of their fans seem to think hes a 3rd line signing. If thats the calibre of player they're getting for the 3rd line then everyone else could be in trouble. when you compare our current squad so far to their's it's a bit worrying, our remaining signings need to be real quality
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Post by iginla on May 16, 2016 13:54:03 GMT
He does. Some of their fans seem to think hes a 3rd line signing. If thats the calibre of player they're getting for the 3rd line then everyone else could be in trouble. when you compare our current squad so far to their's it's a bit worrying, our remaining signings need to be real quality I can't quite believe I just read that. At last people are beginning to see what I've been saying for three weeks. If Panthers don't pull their finger out with three top notch quality signings,then we are in for a long long season !
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Post by PantherB on May 16, 2016 15:50:53 GMT
Great signing, very skillful player and obviously great in front of net. Can't see him being anything less than a 1st Liner. Roy-Mosienko-Schultz. Might see Roy catch fire again like in his first season. He seems to be the sort of player you'd expect Janssen to catch with his head down.
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Post by wgray on May 16, 2016 22:47:22 GMT
when you compare our current squad so far to their's it's a bit worrying, our remaining signings need to be real quality I can't quite believe I just read that. At last people are beginning to see what I've been saying for three weeks. If Panthers don't pull their finger out with three top notch quality signings,then we are in for a long long season ! I do agree with you know baring in mind that we have lost probably one of our most unique and influential players
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Post by iginla on May 16, 2016 23:16:19 GMT
I can't quite believe I just read that. At last people are beginning to see what I've been saying for three weeks. If Panthers don't pull their finger out with three top notch quality signings,then we are in for a long long season ! I do agree with you know baring in mind that we have lost probably one of our most unique and influential players Assuming Kolnik doesn't come back,from last season we have actually lost three,. Kolnik by far our best player,plus our fans favourite star man in Mosey and last years best Brit in Myers.
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Post by fishman on May 17, 2016 7:46:35 GMT
I bet the money Myers got paid Panther's can have 2 imports, loads of players that will fit Myers & Mosey rolls.
Tich come back, far to much negativity !!!!!!!!
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Post by deadbunny on May 17, 2016 8:46:43 GMT
I bet the money Myers got paid Panther's can have 2 imports, loads of players that will fit Myers & Mosey rolls. Tich come back, far to much negativity !!!!!!!! Not too many brits though!
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Post by The Flying Shirt on May 17, 2016 8:56:20 GMT
I bet the money Myers got paid Panther's can have 2 imports, loads of players that will fit Myers & Mosey rolls. Tich come back, far to much negativity !!!!!!!! Not too many brits though! Unless you poach a top one from another team there really isn't any
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Post by jdizpt8 on May 17, 2016 9:21:59 GMT
Ben Davis from Braehead? plays centre, gritty, contributes .5 points per game.
he's only 25 as well so there plenty of time for Corey to develop him further.
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Post by deke on May 17, 2016 9:48:58 GMT
Whilst I think that betteridge is a good player and should get more ice time the fact Corey didn't say there was anything in the pipeline or we are pursuing options concerns me. We need some big players to replace mosey and Myers. Is betteridge that player? It's a huge ask, without some big signings we are in trouble. Sheffield are looking already vastly upgraded on last year and we seem a hell of a lot weaker. Plenty of time though
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Post by iginla on May 17, 2016 11:45:48 GMT
We are in trouble deke.
Betteridge won't even be close to replacing Myers this year or next. I find it very odd that Neilson didn't think him capable last year apart from an odd shift every few games and yet all of a sudden he's going to do the job for us. Where did this sudden improvement come from then.....the gym,in training maybe ! Don't think so,more like from the Panthers spin department because they've made a right mess of it !!!!
Unless our last few signings are high quality,we are going to fall well short next season......yet again !
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Post by Yotes on May 17, 2016 11:53:18 GMT
We are in trouble deke. Betteridge won't even be close to replacing Myers this year or next. I find it very odd that Neilson didn't think him capable last year apart from an odd shift every few games and yet all of a sudden he's going to do the job for us. Where did this sudden improvement come from then.....the gym,in training maybe ! Don't think so,more like from the Panthers spin department because they've made a right mess of it !!!! Unless our last few signings are high quality,we are going to fall well short next season......yet again ! Be honest, you're loving it, aren't you? I do agree about Ollie though, it seems rather disingenuous for the club to put out stuff like this: When we all remember last season, even when Myers went down in a game, he preferred to change up the lines rather than trust Betteridge.
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Post by iginla on May 17, 2016 12:48:40 GMT
Exactly Yotes. Neilson didn't even trust poor old Ollie in games last year,even where we were winning very comfortably.
I'm loving nothing about this,I think they have cocked up big time. They should have done what Neilson said three weeks ago and got the Brits sorted,then looked at the imports.
Instead they let Swindlehurst go,Myers departs,no Oakford yet,no Clarkey yet,no Green yet,they let Jack Prince get away to Manchester,Peacock goes to Braehead,Phillips to Steelers and we end up re signing bloody lazy bum Lacho !!!!! They have made a right pigs ear of it so far. What decent Brits are left available.....Davies and Shields ? Don't know much about Davies,but Shields if he's still available brings more baggage than British Airways so we don't want him !
My instinct tells me that,this extra import has led to Black and Moran tightening the purse strings on the now seen as less valuable Brits,offering them less money and that's why our Brit pack is falling apart. If that is the case,there is money being saved,but on the import signing front so far,are we seeing the extra money being spent there.........NO !
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Post by titch on May 17, 2016 12:52:03 GMT
Captain positive here;
People saying how Steelers have upgraded last season, did you not see all their retirements? What did you expect from a CHL team? Who says their players will stay after they've been destroyed in the CHL?
Stop worrying about what the Yorkshire puddings are doing. Panthers have a big budget to offer new players and I fully expect that to happen soon. Betteridge is a great player who will make an impact, just you watch him. Did everybody not notice the Brown signing? This guy is pumped up and already proud to be playing for the Panthers, sometimes passion can trump pure skill.
The only negative thing for me is that if Cam actually does back out of his contact as rumored, we could then be in for a long season ahead!
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Post by deadbunny on May 17, 2016 13:10:19 GMT
Captain positive here; People saying how Steelers have upgraded last season, did you not see all their retirements? What did you expect from a CHL team? Who says their players will stay after they've been destroyed in the CHL? Stop worrying about what the Yorkshire puddings are doing. Panthers have a big budget to offer new players and I fully expect that to happen soon. Betteridge is a great player who will make an impact, just you watch him. Did everybody not notice the Brown signing? This guy is pumped up and already proud to be playing for the Panthers, sometimes passion can trump pure skill. The only negative thing for me is that if Cam actually does back out of his contact as rumored, we could then be in for a long season ahead! And where is that rumour from?
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Post by EMB on May 17, 2016 13:13:13 GMT
I thought the Cam rumour was a tongue in cheek thing, why would someone not come because Panthers won't pay the animals quarentine?
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Post by dill1015 on May 17, 2016 13:16:47 GMT
We are in trouble deke. Betteridge won't even be close to replacing Myers this year or next. I find it very odd that Neilson didn't think him capable last year apart from an odd shift every few games and yet all of a sudden he's going to do the job for us. Where did this sudden improvement come from then.....the gym,in training maybe ! Don't think so,more like from the Panthers spin department because they've made a right mess of it !!!! Unless our last few signings are high quality,we are going to fall well short next season......yet again ! Be honest, you're loving it, aren't you? I do agree about Ollie though, it seems rather disingenuous for the club to put out stuff like this: When we all remember last season, even when Myers went down in a game, he preferred to change up the lines rather than trust Betteridge. Noone can replace Myers because theres is no british player that does what he does. However this talking down of Betteridge is not really right imo. Yes he wasnt played last year... but gods knows why. I thought when he did get minutes at the start of the seaon hes looked good and was a positive force on the ice. I would be happy to give Ollie a spot in a line. Im more concern by Lacho who offers noyhing going forward atm. However i do agree if we are losing these british players then that should be freeing up some serious cash. This needs to be thrown at some stud import forwards.
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Post by iginla on May 17, 2016 13:20:41 GMT
Captain positive here; People saying how Steelers have upgraded last season, did you not see all their retirements? What did you expect from a CHL team? Who says their players will stay after they've been destroyed in the CHL? Stop worrying about what the Yorkshire puddings are doing. Panthers have a big budget to offer new players and I fully expect that to happen soon. Betteridge is a great player who will make an impact, just you watch him. Did everybody not notice the Brown signing? This guy is pumped up and already proud to be playing for the Panthers, sometimes passion can trump pure skill. The only negative thing for me is that if Cam actually does back out of his contact as rumored, we could then be in for a long season ahead! Oh dear.....LOL I don't know where to start,so I won't bother !
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Post by iginla on May 17, 2016 13:22:05 GMT
I thought the Cam rumour was a tongue in cheek thing, why would someone not come because Panthers won't pay the animals quarentine? I've heard that one before EMB,that's why we didn't get Brendan Cook back !
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