Most Anticipated Debut

[John Casey]

With Brian McGrattan's debut, I was wondering is this the most anticipated debut ever?

[Shorty]

It will take a lot to be better than Fred Perlini's

[LUFC]

For me it goes back to the NHL lockout of 2004/05 Nick Boynton. Though he only played about 20 games. He was class. His temp signing was pretty sweet.

I remember getting pretty hyped over Sean McAslan, imo he was worth that hype too.

[Kovalchuk17]

Sept 23, 2016 22:52:15 GMT LUFC said:

For me it goes back to the NHL lockout of 2004/05 Nick Boynton. Though he only played about 20 games. He was class. His temp signing was pretty sweet.

I remember getting pretty hyped over Sean McAslan, imo he was worth that hype too.

Boynton definitely... he was an NHL All-star the year before and came in when the EIHL was probably at its lowest quality.

Can't remember much hype about McAslan but Trevor Gallant had a few months build up that season... and more than lived up to it!

I'd say McGrattan is the most hyped in the past 7 or 8 years, slightly more than Cam.

[Deleted]

Boyntons was definatly up there with most anticipated debuts, another one was the return of Jimmy Paek (his 2nd debut) !

[Smudge]

Sept 23, 2016 22:50:26 GMT Shorty said:

It will take a lot to be better than Fred Perlini's

Remember it well. He was replacing Jamie Crapper who, up to that point, had been one of the top scorers in the league, especially in his spell at Durham, so expectations were high. I seem to recall there being a quiz night earlier in the week leading up to his debut and wherever it was held (the jail springs to mind) was packed. Much excitement when he walked in with Dampier.

Of course, when it got to the game itself it was only the net being knocked off its moorings that prevented him scoring a goal on his first shift.

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