Dylan Olsen signs for Panthers

[shinobi]

New guy for the team;

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[Pies]

There’s that Nottingham Building Society money being spent.

Fantastic signing....how many remember his dad?!

[Deleted]

May 31, 2018 19:05:19 GMT Pies said:

There’s that Nottingham Building Society money being spent.

Fantastic signing....how many remember his dad?!

His dad was one of my favourites back in the day. If he's like his dad we have a good one

[pantherlee]

The D is now looking very strong. Olsen and Hughes aren’t getting pushed around both massive bodies with great pedigree and both being more defensive d men on the face of it we’re looking stronger in that department than last year. I don’t think Gagnon will be back now as I would have thought the last two spots will go to more offensive minded players. Well done panthers and cherno

[Bagheera]

The D is shaping up very nicely. Add an offencive Dman and Gagnon and it looks to be fantastic.
Offensive Dman - Olsen
Lee - Hughes
Billingsley - Gagnon
Tetlow

[Yotes]

Nice one Panthers, looks excellent.

[Kovalchuk17]

Pulled straight out of the top drawer of signings. Wouldn’t have looked out of place on an SHL or KHL roster.

[wgray]

Wow what a player we’ve got here! The team is shaping up nicely, the defence is looking solid, keep it up Rich!

[PantherB]

Very happy!

Still relatively young, big heavy body with NHL and AHL experience. What's not to like!?

For anyone wondering, he spent the 16-17 Season in the Ranchland Hockey League (Mens AA Senior League) after injuring his shoulder which ruled out most of his season. He must've remained a pretty solid player though to be invited straight to the Calgary Flames training camp for 17-18, before being signed up by Adirondack. 

Our defence looks pretty solid at the moment, exciting times.

[sevcik]

Iremember his dad too.... A cracking player. Shame he was only here a season.
Unfortunately I also remember the deplorable baseball like swing Marty Yewchuck did to Olsen's head with his stick
This is another good player signed arguably in his prime age wise...
Found the enclosed article about Dylan Olsen on Hockey's future. It is a few years old mind....

www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/dylan_olsen/

[wgray]

May 31, 2018 19:15:59 GMT Bagheera said:

The D is shaping up very nicely. Add an offencive Dman and Gagnon and it looks to be fantastic.
Offensive Dman - Olsen
Lee - Hughes
Billingsley - Gagnon
Tetlow

in terms of what hand the players are I’d say:

Olsen - Lee
Import - Hughes
Import - Billingsley

Olsen can guide Lee and be a solid shutdown pair, Gagnon could play with Billingsley and we can sign an offensive Dman to play with Hughes. Whatever happens it’s looking brilliant so far!

[Bagheera]

May 31, 2018 19:46:19 GMT wgray said:

May 31, 2018 19:15:59 GMT Bagheera said:

The D is shaping up very nicely. Add an offencive Dman and Gagnon and it looks to be fantastic.
Offensive Dman - Olsen
Lee - Hughes
Billingsley - Gagnon
Tetlow

in terms of what hand the players are I’d say:

Olsen - Lee
Import - Hughes
Import - Billingsley

Olsen can guide Lee and be a solid shutdown pair, Gagnon could play with Billingsley and we can sign an offensive Dman to play with Hughes. Whatever happens it’s looking brilliant so far!

Sorry got Hughes and Olsen mixed up of hand they play. Yes absoloutly Lee beeing paired with the top guy would make sense again amd if Gagnon does return i'd imagine he would be paired with Billingsley again too. They played most of last season together so that would make sense.
This is often the key when signing players for a 2nd year. It's who you sign around them. Brian Scmidt being a prime example.
Gagnon and Billingsley as 3rd line pairing instead of 2nd should indicate a big improvement in the D all round.

[iginla]

Excellent signing that,well done Rich on getting Olsen.

Amazing how we suddenly start recruiting well now we’ve got a decent coach !

[ted logan]

Really happy with this signing.

Top work again from Cherno.

[Jord v4]

It's almost as if Corey was sole responsible for recruitment all these years wasn't it...?!

[grrm]

May 31, 2018 20:46:08 GMT Jord v4 said:

It's almost as if Corey was sole responsible for recruitment all these years wasn't it...?!

..maybe, or the bigger budget is kicking in??

[dill1015]

Very impressive. our defence is looking very strong. Really kinda hoping we get Gagnon back now. we can afford to have him with what we've got signed.

[Jord v4]

May 31, 2018 20:55:09 GMT grrm said:

May 31, 2018 20:46:08 GMT Jord v4 said:

It's almost as if Corey was sole responsible for recruitment all these years wasn't it...?!

..maybe, or the bigger budget is kicking in??

It's who is spendng it, trust me. 

There's ALWAYS been a very very good budget available. 

[Joe]

May 31, 2018 20:58:23 GMT dill1015 said:

Very impressive. our defence is looking very strong. Really kinda hoping we get Gagnon back now. we can afford to have him with what we've got signed.

We shouldn’t settle on Gagnon just because of the other players we’ve signed, if we can upgrade we should

[Caesar]

So far, so good. These are the sort of players we always should be aiming to sign every year. The league isnt won on paper but we must always give ourselves the best opportunity and sign the best players within our range and within the expectations for the standard of the UK. I have no doubt that our Continental Cup win and ours and Cardiffs showing in the CHL has opened these shores to the eyes of players who may not have considered it bèfore. Keep going Rich, keep going

[Kovalchuk17]

May 31, 2018 21:09:17 GMT Jord v4 said:

May 31, 2018 20:55:09 GMT grrm said:

..maybe, or the bigger budget is kicking in??

It's who is spendng it, trust me. 

There's ALWAYS been a very very good budget available. 

You may know much more that I do, however Corey always struck me as a lazy recruiter. It was either ringinh up Ling for one of his mates (used to be Bruce Richardson’s mates too) or check 37 Hockey management.

To be fair, I’ve no idea where Cherno has these contacts but they already seem a higher level that the coach has gone, found and put an offer in, rather than simply being handed.

[cooperphil156]

May 31, 2018 20:55:09 GMT grrm said:

May 31, 2018 20:46:08 GMT Jord v4 said:

It's almost as if Corey was sole responsible for recruitment all these years wasn't it...?!

..maybe, or the bigger budget is kicking in??

No doubt they realised last year that they had got to make a real effort this year to prevent a haemorrhage of support. So far this is very promising.

[dill1015]

May 31, 2018 21:29:47 GMT Joe said:

May 31, 2018 20:58:23 GMT dill1015 said:

Very impressive. our defence is looking very strong. Really kinda hoping we get Gagnon back now. we can afford to have him with what we've got signed.

We shouldn’t settle on Gagnon just because of the other players we’ve signed, if we can upgrade we should

Its all about value for money. None of us know for sure, but i sucpect Gagnon wasnt one of our top earners, yet he was more than capable playing wise.

Plus apart from Janssen i think hes the best enforcer we've had for a while. Didnt take daft penelties, played the role well and is as tough as anyone in the league. Its not about settling i think he'd be a good fit.

[shinobi]

I liked Gagnon and I agree with the above assessment too. Sure, if there’s someone better, sign them, but I wouldn’t be disappointed with him returning.

[deke]

Quality signing excellent experience big body defence is shaping up nicely. Wouldn't be disappointed with gags returning. Small thought, can we play him on offence if he returns instead? I know he can play there. Have him part of a grinder line? Not fond of D man enforcers. With the big guys we have and the aggressive style rich is supposed to be bringing we could see more big hits and fights next year so would be useful to have gagz. Plus he gives flexibility to cover injuries