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Post by NickThePanther44 on Aug 18, 2017 9:24:57 GMT
A topic I was discussing with a friend yesterday and thought it'd be interesting to post on here.
With Garnett on a two year contract and Gospel having come off a solid year with Telford would you be happy if the club were to ice him over Zacharenko with the aim of giving him the starters spot once Garnett leaves?
This would no doubt result in us being a little vulnerable to start with but in time we'd enjoy the same benefit that Cardiff have with Bowns. If we could also keep a strong core of British skaters this could in the long term be a huge advantage as the import limit is likely to continue to drop rather than increase again. I guess the question is, would we as fans be happy to have a little patience with Gospel as he develops?
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Post by Panthersss on Aug 18, 2017 9:33:22 GMT
A topic I was discussing with a friend yesterday and thought it'd be interesting to post on here. With Garnett on a two year contract and Gospel having come off a solid year with Telford would you be happy if the club were to ice him over Zacharenko with the aim of giving him the starters spot once Garnett leaves? This would no doubt result in us being a little vulnerable to start with but in time we'd enjoy the same benefit that Cardiff have with Bowns. If we could also keep a strong core of British skaters this could in the long term be a huge advantage as the import limit is likely to continue to drop rather than increase again. I guess the question is, would we as fans be happy to have a little patience with Gospel as he develops? solid plan, and that's from a steelers fan  having gospel as your starter would definitely be an advantage in the future. I hope we do something similar with Brad Day. |
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Post by dill1015 on Aug 18, 2017 14:10:02 GMT
The best keeper should start. If Gospel is performing better than the others then he gets the spot. I imagine he'll get plenty of back up chances if our impirts arent injured. But we cany give him starts over the others just because we hope he'll be starter quality down the line.
Its a big year for Sam, hes got great guys to learn from and compete with. It'll be interestinh to see if he can kick on and make an impact at this level.
But ultimatley we have cups to try and win, so you have to put your best foot forward.
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Post by PantherB on Aug 18, 2017 14:48:33 GMT
Possibly, if Gospel sees the next season or two out and makes a genuine push for the #1 spot then he'd deserve the shot.
However, I kinda hope that so long as Garnett wants to play on still, he signs a 1 year extention after the Uni stuff and that season is split between the two with no 3rd string goalie. Garnett has heaps and heaps of experience in his pads, invalueable experience for someone like Gospel so I really hope they work closely over the next 2 years and see where it takes us.
I'd be delighted to have Gospel as backup for the foreseeable future though.
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Post by kezypanther on Aug 18, 2017 16:45:48 GMT
I honestly think Gospel can become a top NM and with someone like Garnett by your side surely you can only improve.
I started a thread a while back about this saying should be start our Brit NM in more games and the answer was pretty much a yes, depending on the games obviously. Garnett and Zak will be splitting the League games dependant on who's playing best. Then I would give the CC group games to Gospel. If he shows he has what it takes I would give him the rest of them too. With Gospel also being on the bench for league games to come in dependant on result.
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Post by shinobi on Aug 19, 2017 10:06:05 GMT
A topic I was discussing with a friend yesterday and thought it'd be interesting to post on here. With Garnett on a two year contract and Gospel having come off a solid year with Telford would you be happy if the club were to ice him over Zacharenko with the aim of giving him the starters spot once Garnett leaves? This would no doubt result in us being a little vulnerable to start with but in time we'd enjoy the same benefit that Cardiff have with Bowns. If we could also keep a strong core of British skaters this could in the long term be a huge advantage as the import limit is likely to continue to drop rather than increase again. I guess the question is, would we as fans be happy to have a little patience with Gospel as he develops? If Gospel were capable of being a starting goalie, I'd be more than happy to have him over an import; as mentioned above, it'd allow an import at forward/blue line. I'm looking forward to seeing what he can offer this season. |
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Post by NickThePanther44 on Aug 19, 2017 10:35:22 GMT
A topic I was discussing with a friend yesterday and thought it'd be interesting to post on here. With Garnett on a two year contract and Gospel having come off a solid year with Telford would you be happy if the club were to ice him over Zacharenko with the aim of giving him the starters spot once Garnett leaves? This would no doubt result in us being a little vulnerable to start with but in time we'd enjoy the same benefit that Cardiff have with Bowns. If we could also keep a strong core of British skaters this could in the long term be a huge advantage as the import limit is likely to continue to drop rather than increase again. I guess the question is, would we as fans be happy to have a little patience with Gospel as he develops? If Gospel were capable of being a starting goalie, I'd be more than happy to have him over an import; as mentioned above, it'd allow an import at forward/blue line. I'm looking forward to seeing what he can offer this season. At some point we'd have to bite the bullet and sign him as the number one. We really wouldn't know how he'd go with that until we actually did it. On paper he'd be the worst starting netty we've signed in the EIHL. Would the fanbase as a whole be willing to have the patience with him whilst he found his feet? I think it'd be a great move with potentially fantastic long term benefits and definitely worth the very short term uncertainty. |
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Post by Shaggy on Aug 19, 2017 12:30:27 GMT
I'm always in favour of boosting British player participation... what I would say on this one is that maybe it could better be done gradually?
Instead of 'Year 1 - backup... Year 2 - starter" - maybe you could add a year or two with Gospel and an import netminder more evenly sharing the duty? - and I mean an import signing in the full knowledge that he wouldn't be the automatic starter.
Speaking also as a GB fan, we really, really need to do more to develop British netminders... at the moment, Ben Bowns doesn't have an awful lot of competition for the #1 slot. One injury to him at the wrong time and the entire GB senior men's team is potentially screwed very badly. So yes... give more to Gospel. Just be careful not to go too far too fast. Both for him and the club.
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Post by Kovalchuk17 on Aug 19, 2017 13:20:44 GMT
One injury to him at the wrong time and the entire GB senior men's team is potentially screwed very badly. He'll be sweating buckets if Steelers/Thommo need to pull out a result again! |
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Post by Shaggy on Aug 19, 2017 13:56:52 GMT
One injury to him at the wrong time and the entire GB senior men's team is potentially screwed very badly. He'll be sweating buckets if Steelers/Thommo need to pull out a result again! Well, Bowns was one of the netminders that they did over last season... a repeat is not unexpected |
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having gospel as your starter would definitely be an advantage in the future.
