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Post by Yotes on Mar 16, 2023 12:27:27 GMT
I think not I've heard he's got another job already lined up CN or Dixon?
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Post by iginla on Mar 16, 2023 12:28:25 GMT
I'd be surprised to see him leave Guildford, seems like part of the furniture. But if he was interested, I'd be happy with that one, provided he was made coach/GM with no Pacha involvement. Recruited some great players for them and seems to be able to keep them for multiple years too. I think we all know it'll be Neilson again though. Path of least resistance usually wins at HQ. I think not I've heard he's got another job already lined up Yes all rings very true Yotes, it’ll be Corey again next season in Pantherland. The time has to be coming though where Keefe moves onwards and upwards from Belfast. Just a hunch but I could see Neilson replacing him over there.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2023 12:37:55 GMT
I think not I've heard he's got another job already lined up Yes all rings very true Yotes, it’ll be Corey again next season in Pantherland. The time has to be coming though where Keefe moves onwards and upwards from Belfast. Just a hunch but I could see Neilson replacing him over there. And can you see CN suddenly doing any better over there? Genuine question
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Post by ashfieldpanther on Mar 16, 2023 12:41:30 GMT
Yes all rings very true Yotes, it’ll be Corey again next season in Pantherland. The time has to be coming though where Keefe moves onwards and upwards from Belfast. Just a hunch but I could see Neilson replacing him over there. And can you see CN suddenly doing any better over there? Genuine question but it's a completely different setup, a proper hockey organisation, geared towards success on the ice from top to bottom, everyone moving in the same direction. I'm sure Core would jump at the opportunity.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2023 12:50:29 GMT
And can you see CN suddenly doing any better over there? Genuine question but it's a completely different setup, a proper hockey organisation, geared towards success on the ice from top to bottom, everyone moving in the same direction. I'm sure Core would jump at the opportunity. And you've just nailed it!! Another poster mentioned getting a top class coach in!! It wouldn't matter who came in as the culture is still the same until winning is made the top priority forget it
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Post by iginla on Mar 16, 2023 12:55:32 GMT
Yes all rings very true Yotes, it’ll be Corey again next season in Pantherland. The time has to be coming though where Keefe moves onwards and upwards from Belfast. Just a hunch but I could see Neilson replacing him over there. And can you see CN suddenly doing any better over there? Genuine question Not that I rate Neilson,but yes I could see him doing somewhat better without the shackles of Neil Black and the Nottingham culture around his neck. The Giants are always up there,although I do think Keefe is helped by his family connections and that final four Uni tournament thing.
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Post by mattalfuk on Mar 16, 2023 13:17:13 GMT
From what I hear there may be a couple of players lined up to come back next season but not many.
Caruso (Uni) + Ricci & Jones are who I have heard
As for Brit Pack, its hard to see where we go from here. We're going to have to splash some serious cash to attract some of the more top end Brits to us if we cant get the likes of Betteridge & Perlini back. Our Brit Pack has been dire this season, Myers is too old as much as I've loved him as a player, Kelsall has been playing out of position and Hopkins and Hazeldine are still developing. Really disappointed with Ferrara and if he doesnt go back to Coventry I would be very surprised.
I'll be watching from afar next season though as I've already decided that I won't be renewing my ST for the first time since I initially got one for 2008/9 season
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Mar 16, 2023 14:39:24 GMT
Dixon is Sheffield bound. That would be a dream matchup
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Mar 16, 2023 14:43:00 GMT
From what I hear there may be a couple of players lined up to come back next season but not many. Caruso (Uni) + Ricci & Jones are who I have heard As for Brit Pack, its hard to see where we go from here. We're going to have to splash some serious cash to attract some of the more top end Brits to us if we cant get the likes of Betteridge & Perlini back. Our Brit Pack has been dire this season, Myers is too old as much as I've loved him as a player, Kelsall has been playing out of position and Hopkins and Hazeldine are still developing. Really disappointed with Ferrara and if he doesnt go back to Coventry I would be very surprised. I'll be watching from afar next season though as I've already decided that I won't be renewing my ST for the first time since I initially got one for 2008/9 season Ricci would be a very lazy signing and would once again be going towards money in Blacks pocket rather than any kind of ambition at all
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2023 15:12:29 GMT
From what I hear there may be a couple of players lined up to come back next season but not many. Caruso (Uni) + Ricci & Jones are who I have heard As for Brit Pack, its hard to see where we go from here. We're going to have to splash some serious cash to attract some of the more top end Brits to us if we cant get the likes of Betteridge & Perlini back. Our Brit Pack has been dire this season, Myers is too old as much as I've loved him as a player, Kelsall has been playing out of position and Hopkins and Hazeldine are still developing. Really disappointed with Ferrara and if he doesnt go back to Coventry I would be very surprised. I'll be watching from afar next season though as I've already decided that I won't be renewing my ST for the first time since I initially got one for 2008/9 season Ricci would be a very lazy signing and would once again be going towards money in Blacks pocket rather than any kind of ambition at all Like I said the culture needs to change no team with any ambitions sign a player of this calibre
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Post by iginla on Mar 16, 2023 16:31:37 GMT
From what I hear there may be a couple of players lined up to come back next season but not many. Caruso (Uni) + Ricci & Jones are who I have heard As for Brit Pack, its hard to see where we go from here. We're going to have to splash some serious cash to attract some of the more top end Brits to us if we cant get the likes of Betteridge & Perlini back. Our Brit Pack has been dire this season, Myers is too old as much as I've loved him as a player, Kelsall has been playing out of position and Hopkins and Hazeldine are still developing. Really disappointed with Ferrara and if he doesnt go back to Coventry I would be very surprised. I'll be watching from afar next season though as I've already decided that I won't be renewing my ST for the first time since I initially got one for 2008/9 season Ricci would be a very lazy signing and would once again be going towards money in Blacks pocket rather than any kind of ambition at all Yep 7+11 from 51 games and a plus/minus rating of minus 29 which is close to the worst in the whole league. What a quality re signing that would be ! 🙈🙈
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Post by Yotes on Mar 16, 2023 16:51:39 GMT
Pacha went out of his way to get him, he must love him. Can see that one happening.
In fairness to the player his forced conversion to defence probably hasn't helped his numbers.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2023 16:54:55 GMT
Pacha went out of his way to get him, he must love him. Can see that one happening. In fairness to the player his forced conversion to defence probably hasn't helped his numbers. He wasn't forced onto d.. they decided to move a forward onto d instead of bringing a actual defenceman in... You know like most teams do... #squarepegsroundholes
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Post by bobness on Mar 16, 2023 16:55:52 GMT
Ricci would be a very lazy signing and would once again be going towards money in Blacks pocket rather than any kind of ambition at all Yep 7+11 from 51 games and a plus/minus rating of minus 29 which is close to the worst in the whole league. What a quality re signing that would be ! 🙈🙈 Come on Iggy. 15, 2+5, -20 in Dundee 36, 5+6, -9 playing mostly on D in Nottingham. As a versatile 3rd liner/D cover, you could get a lot worse. I'm not pro Fab, nor totally anti, by the way. He could play a role. A feature of very good Devils teams over the last few years is the unheralded, role-playing, low point getting, but crucial to the team, 3rd line grinder. Brandt, Livingston, Brine etc.
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Post by Yotes on Mar 16, 2023 17:04:29 GMT
He wasn't forced onto d.. they decided to move a forward onto d instead of bringing a actual defenceman in... So he was forced onto defence, by Neilson. I'm assuming he'd rather be playing as a forward.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Mar 16, 2023 17:05:21 GMT
Yep 7+11 from 51 games and a plus/minus rating of minus 29 which is close to the worst in the whole league. What a quality re signing that would be ! 🙈🙈 Come on Iggy. 15, 2+5, -20 in Dundee 36, 5+6, -9 playing mostly on D in Nottingham. As a versatile 3rd liner/D cover, you could get a lot worse. I'm not pro Fab, nor totally anti, by the way. He could play a role. A feature of very good Devils teams over the last few years is the unheralded, role-playing, low point getting, but crucial to the team, 3rd line grinder. Brandt, Livingston, Brine etc. He did play a role. At Dundee
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2023 17:05:47 GMT
The logical thing would be to leave him as a crash and bang forward (what he was billed as) and bring a defenceman in.. but panthers/neilson don't do logic
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Post by iginla on Mar 16, 2023 17:17:59 GMT
Yep 7+11 from 51 games and a plus/minus rating of minus 29 which is close to the worst in the whole league. What a quality re signing that would be ! 🙈🙈 Come on Iggy. 15, 2+5, -20 in Dundee 36, 5+6, -9 playing mostly on D in Nottingham. As a versatile 3rd liner/D cover, you could get a lot worse. I'm not pro Fab, nor totally anti, by the way. He could play a role. A feature of very good Devils teams over the last few years is the unheralded, role-playing, low point getting, but crucial to the team, 3rd line grinder. Brandt, Livingston, Brine etc. That’s some Devils comparison you’ve picked there Bob. Brine played 300 AHL games and Livingston 200 AHL games,plus both played in other good leagues….Ricci meanwhile never played any higher than ECHL and his stats in that were crap. Still if that’s the quality of player you’re happy with in Notts. 🤔
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2023 17:20:50 GMT
Come on Iggy. 15, 2+5, -20 in Dundee 36, 5+6, -9 playing mostly on D in Nottingham. As a versatile 3rd liner/D cover, you could get a lot worse. I'm not pro Fab, nor totally anti, by the way. He could play a role. A feature of very good Devils teams over the last few years is the unheralded, role-playing, low point getting, but crucial to the team, 3rd line grinder. Brandt, Livingston, Brine etc. That’s some Devils comparison you’ve picked there Bob. Brine played 300 AHL games and Livingston 200 AHL games,plus both played in other good leagues….Ricci meanwhile never played any higher than ECHL and his stats in that were crap. Still if that’s the quality of player you’re happy with in Notts. 🤔 And Bob is often left perplexed why panthers can't make a serious title challenge 🤣
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Post by wgray on Mar 16, 2023 17:50:53 GMT
Before we sign any players we need to get the coaching situation sorted
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Post by bobness on Mar 16, 2023 17:56:15 GMT
Come on Iggy. 15, 2+5, -20 in Dundee 36, 5+6, -9 playing mostly on D in Nottingham. As a versatile 3rd liner/D cover, you could get a lot worse. I'm not pro Fab, nor totally anti, by the way. He could play a role. A feature of very good Devils teams over the last few years is the unheralded, role-playing, low point getting, but crucial to the team, 3rd line grinder. Brandt, Livingston, Brine etc. That’s some Devils comparison you’ve picked there Bob. Brine played 300 AHL games and Livingston 200 AHL games,plus both played in other good leagues….Ricci meanwhile never played any higher than ECHL and his stats in that were crap. Still if that’s the quality of player you’re happy with in Notts. 🤔 If they were AHL quality players at the time they were in Cardiff, they'd still have been in the AHL. Long held rule of thumb of mine - You're only as good as the last league you played in, and you're in the EIHL for a reason. These players play a role, and are valuable in a team set-up. We can play "pick stats to "prove" your point" all night. e.g. Name me the current EIHL player who has never played a single game in the AHL who's scored 248 points in 265 EIHL games. (Which is a better rate than the vast majority of EIHL forwards this season.) For the record, I am never perplexed. Frustrated, yes, but never perplexed.
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Post by bobness on Mar 16, 2023 18:00:45 GMT
Still if that’s the quality of player you’re happy with in Notts. 🤔 I'd have been happy with Martin Latal. Some wouldn't.
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Post by EMB on Mar 16, 2023 18:15:46 GMT
Number 2?! No way. Have you even seen him play? Only on tv and i’ve not seen anything particularly special. Keefe obviously didn’t rate him much and he’s way down the EIHL netminder stats. To be fair don’t think a Keefe got rid of him purely of his form (which did take a dip). There are lots of dressing room issues going off in Belfast & one player ruling the roost.
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Post by iginla on Mar 16, 2023 18:16:21 GMT
That’s some Devils comparison you’ve picked there Bob. Brine played 300 AHL games and Livingston 200 AHL games,plus both played in other good leagues….Ricci meanwhile never played any higher than ECHL and his stats in that were crap. Still if that’s the quality of player you’re happy with in Notts. 🤔 If they were AHL quality players at the time they were in Cardiff, they'd still have been in the AHL. Long held rule of thumb of mine - You're only as good as the last league you played in, and you're in the EIHL for a reason. These players play a role, and are valuable in a team set-up. We can play "pick stats to "prove" your point" all night. e.g. Name me the current EIHL player who has never played a single game in the AHL who's scored 248 points in 265 EIHL games. (Which is a better rate than the vast majority of EIHL forwards this season.) For the record, I am never perplexed. Frustrated, yes, but never perplexed. The thing is Bob as you pointed out,the difference between the Devils and the Panthers is one team puts ex AHL’ers on its 3rd line and the other is happy with a poor looking ex ECHL’er that came via Dundee when they didn’t want him. Still I suppose some teams need a bit of a daft lad that’s happy playing the fool and doing a bit of dressing up !
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Post by EMB on Mar 16, 2023 18:17:59 GMT
Before we sign any players we need to get the coaching situation sorted Will be the same as this year unless Corey has a massive change of heart.
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