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Post by John Casey on Apr 19, 2016 22:45:59 GMT
Some questions here:
Should The Panthers go for hosting the 1st Round (Even if it's just to prevent travelling)
Should they get spare imports for the season (To help with fixture congestion, cover for tiredness, injuries)
When scheduling for League fixtures, should they try and get more away double headers for games against Cardiff, Belfast, Scotland. (I vaguely remember that last time near the end of The League schedule, that The Panthers were seemingly away to Cardiff virtually every week)
Any other things that should be covered by The Panthers Management to prevent this interfering with domestic matters.
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Post by Peacock on Apr 20, 2016 7:28:16 GMT
It's only one weekend.
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Post by Shorty on Apr 20, 2016 7:36:48 GMT
Hosting the first round would be fun, as we probably wouldn't enter till the second round.
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Post by PantherB on Apr 20, 2016 10:07:11 GMT
It'd be great if we could host the group stage inwhich we enter the competition (2nd Round?) As last time it was a great weekend, 6 games of hockey and a decent attendance. Market it a bit better, make tickets a tad cheaper and you could get a lot of people in for most of the games. In theory, we should enter in the second round and we should progress through relatively easily like last time, the teams in the CC aren't brilliant. Rouen won this season's CC against Herning Blue Fox, both had very average regular seasons though Rouen won the French Playoffs. Rouen are the better team on paper, the imports they bring in are generally aging former NHL'ers/Draft Picks, in the form of Jason Krog, Marc-Andre Thinel and Danny Sabourin (All 35+). Herning were very Scandanavian-based roster as you'd expect, with the addition of a small handful of North American's and all, on paper look decent but nothing to raise your eyebrows for, most being 2nd year pro's after graduating college, so similar standards to some of the players we may see Manchester, Fife, Dundee etc.. sign. The highlight for Herning was Jordan George, in his 3rd pro-season and leading the team in points (42 in 40), he was the only player to post more than a point per game this season. Herning was also home to former NHL'er Jerrad Smithson (11 years in the show) and he posted 33 points in 58 games overall.
If Panthers can keep a large proportion of the team we saw this season, keep the chemistry going but replace the departures of Bohmbach, MacDonald, and others (plus the additional EU space) then personally, if we can keep our heads together, not let ourselves get killed with penalties and perhaps bring in a couple temps. then i could see us going quite far in this. We got screwed out of it in Asiago with a below average team, both rosters since then have been an improvement, especially this seasons roster. I hold quite high hopes and expectations of us this season in the CC, we've got the quality, it'll just be fitness and injuries which we need to be prepared for. We got Quick and MacDonald at short notice, if Corey can keep his eye on a few free agents and potentially bring them in as cover, for the CC then i think we'll be just fine.
Can't wait.
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Post by tootootrain on Apr 20, 2016 13:50:11 GMT
Weren't the refs 'locally sourced' last time we played (and got screwed over) in the Continental Cup? If so that is reason alone to bid to host it.
Say what you want about EIHL refs but they aren't as bad as that biased bunch of jokers were.
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Post by Pies on Apr 20, 2016 14:09:52 GMT
Weren't the refs 'locally sourced' last time we played (and got screwed over) in the Continental Cup? If so that is reason alone to bid to host it. Say what you want about EIHL refs but they aren't as bad as that biased bunch of jokers were. I will never ever complain about an elite league ref after that farce in Asiago. |
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Post by ted logan on Apr 20, 2016 15:52:21 GMT
Weren't the refs 'locally sourced' last time we played (and got screwed over) in the Continental Cup? If so that is reason alone to bid to host it. Say what you want about EIHL refs but they aren't as bad as that biased bunch of jokers were. I will never ever complain about an elite league ref after that farce in Asiago. Half in agreement with you Pies. Yes - it was a farce (to put it mildly/politely) Still plenty to complain about with our stripeys. Just because they aren't as bad as that corrupt bunch of jokers, it doesn't mean that criticism should escape them. |
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Post by Pies on Apr 20, 2016 21:58:38 GMT
I will never ever complain about an elite league ref after that farce in Asiago. Half in agreement with you Pies. Yes - it was a farce (to put it mildly/politely) Still plenty to complain about with our stripeys. Just because they aren't as bad as that corrupt bunch of jokers, it doesn't mean that criticism should escape them. I t was more a figure of speech rather than the truth because quite frankly I noaned every week after |
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Post by PantherG on Apr 20, 2016 23:30:50 GMT
Don care about this one bit, hope we crash out and get back to focusing on winning that league title. This is a huge and expensive distraction that causes fixture backlogs. No thanks!
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Post by BigLad on Apr 21, 2016 9:47:02 GMT
Don care about this one bit, hope we crash out and get back to focusing on winning that league title. This is a huge and expensive distraction that causes fixture backlogs. No thanks! And that's the sort of backwards view that holds British hockey back. (Not having a go at you personally). I want us to be competing in Europe every season. |
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Post by iginla on Apr 21, 2016 10:07:51 GMT
Don care about this one bit, hope we crash out and get back to focusing on winning that league title. This is a huge and expensive distraction that causes fixture backlogs. No thanks! And that's the sort of backwards view that holds British hockey back. (Not having a go at you personally). I want us to be competing in Europe every season. Just sign a team to win the EIHL,then let that team play in the Continental cup and see what happens. None of this bit part player short contract stuff or faffing around signing just mobile d who have no toughness. If the CHL taught us one thing,it was that you can't mess around trying to cover both competitions. Let's see if they learnt a lesson....mmmm somehow i think probably not ! |
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Post by Stargazer on Apr 21, 2016 10:47:42 GMT
And that's the sort of backwards view that holds British hockey back. (Not having a go at you personally). I want us to be competing in Europe every season. Just sign a team to win the EIHL,then let that team play in the Continental cup and see what happens. None of this bit part player short contract stuff or faffing around signing just mobile d who have no toughness. If the CHL taught us one thing,it was that you can't mess around trying to cover both competitions. Let's see if they learnt a lesson....mmmm somehow i think probably not ! This needs to be the case. Just sign the best possible squad that's achievable and go with it across all formats. Hiring mercenaries to cover a cup competition for a few weeks is a complete falsehood in terms of where we are at as a club and does absolutely nothing for team togetherness/spirit/cohesion. |
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Post by Yotes on Apr 21, 2016 12:15:00 GMT
Would be great to see a round of the CC at our place again, really good long weekend of hockey last time. Hope Blacky is working on it.
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Post by Higgy on Apr 21, 2016 18:57:58 GMT
I hope we don't host it I want a European jolly in some random German town!
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Post by Bagheera on Apr 21, 2016 21:04:31 GMT
Just sign a team to win the EIHL,then let that team play in the Continental cup and see what happens. None of this bit part player short contract stuff or faffing around signing just mobile d who have no toughness. If the CHL taught us one thing,it was that you can't mess around trying to cover both competitions. Let's see if they learnt a lesson....mmmm somehow i think probably not ! This needs to be the case. Just sign the best possible squad that's achievable and go with it across all formats. Hiring mercenaries to cover a cup competition for a few weeks is a complete falsehood in terms of where we are at as a club and does absolutely nothing for team togetherness/spirit/cohesion. That was a major issue with the team that season. It was obvious that it was not even close to a team. From what I'm aware Cohen was a prime example. Very good player but thats where it ended. The contrast to this years team was huge and you don't need to be inside the dressing room to see it. |
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Post by Dan on Apr 21, 2016 22:38:41 GMT
Asiago was a great trip, those criticising the CC clearly weren't there. It's a nice distraction and doesn't take too long like the Champions League.
I hope we don't host, it'd be great to go abroad again.
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Post by ashfieldpanther on Apr 22, 2016 6:53:55 GMT
As far as I know, Panthers have never signed players specifically for the Continental Cup. Those players that joined on short term contracts in 2014-15 were signed for the Champions League.
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Post by fishman on Apr 22, 2016 8:16:33 GMT
Give the home fans something different to see instead of Steelers for the umpteenth time, but looking at the following years after Panthers, Belfast played in Germany & Coventry had to go to play in Poland, so who knows.
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Post by rmt1982 on Apr 22, 2016 9:29:43 GMT
Give the home fans something different to see instead of Steelers for the umpteenth time, but looking at the following years after Panthers, Belfast played in Germany & Coventry had to go to play in Poland, so who knows. A weekend in Lithuania sounds enticing... |
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Post by fishman on Apr 22, 2016 9:52:53 GMT
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Post by Yotes on Apr 22, 2016 11:01:28 GMT
Suppose it might depend what round we enter at as to whether we host or not. Last time you lot got your jolly and I got my 3 days at the NIC.
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Post by BigLad on Apr 22, 2016 11:37:00 GMT
I'd love us to host it. As much as I'd love a Euro trip I doubt my finances could stretch to that.
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Post by Mozzy on Apr 22, 2016 12:48:18 GMT
Don care about this one bit, hope we crash out and get back to focusing on winning that league title. This is a huge and expensive distraction that causes fixture backlogs. No thanks! Part of making our league better is our teams competing in competitions like this and potentially even one year winning it. Same as the CHL, whilst we won't win that whole competition picking up a couple of wins or even squeezing into the next round would be great for our league. Surely the Steelers have proven the season just gone, you can play in Europe and still compete in the league..... |
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Post by texpef on Apr 22, 2016 22:13:32 GMT
Mozzy imho all steelers proved last season was if you replace the injured players promptly it will ultimately give you a shot at winning the league something neither panthers nor braehead did sufficiently last season
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Post by pantherdman on Apr 29, 2016 5:26:45 GMT
is there a cash prize for this competition?
Would be nice to host it, hopefully the second round so we don't get screwed. Or we need to take our own brown envelope.
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