Rumour Mill 2020/21

[Robert Mansell]

Simms posts he hopes to see Lucas Sandström back next season, read into that what you will...

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He got better as season went on but not one I would be bothered about keeping.....

[Kieron_BT]

Simms posts he hopes to see Lucas Sandström back next season, read into that what you will...

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He got better as season went on but not one I would be bothered about keeping.....

Appreciate everyone is more than entitles to their own opinion on every player, but I'd love to know how you came to this assessment?

Did you see him play in the last half of the season? On what basis would you not like him back?!

[Robert Mansell]

Offensively he didn't offer a lot and looked marginally better in the second half but again I would see him as 3rd line at best.

I thought there was a greater improvement in Kohlemainen but again I felt he was playing a role not suited to his game and possibly we can upgrade.

[steeler pete]

IMO what wont work and would be unaffordable is a team full of prima-donnas. This season was the best we’ve had for a while. Whilst some players were not outstanding in their points production they built a foundation on which others could.

Personally I think Sandstrom amongst others was a hard working solid foundation player. I’d welcome him back.

[paul johnston]

IMO what wont work and would be unaffordable is a team full of prima-donnas. This season was the best we’ve had for a while. Whilst some players were not outstanding in their points production they built a foundation on which others could.

Personally I think Sandstrom amongst others was a hard working solid foundation player. I’d welcome him back.

Absolutely. The team balance was wrong from the start. In a way we were "lucky" with the early season injuries that forced our hand to bring in Tronc and Hrabal which beefed up the back end a bit. We were lacking in strong, defensive, gritty role players and Sandstrom brought a bit of that to the table.
It's why the loss of Meland was bigger than most realised.

[smbmetal]

Injuries helped make our season. We were able to bring in better replacements.

We certainly wasn't short-benched, we just had a lot of injuries.

[SteelerBlade]

I'm expecting the quality of imports to drop off hugely this coming year as teams look to cut costs to cover losses this season.

Pound looking weak against the Dollar which will mean the EIHL budgets won't go as far in North America.

Expect a lot more younger USports/NCAA/Major Junior players who are cheaper and offer decent value. Also expect more European guys, particularly Czech, Slovak etc.

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[Joesteeler]

I'm expecting the quality of imports to drop off hugely this coming year as teams look to cut costs to cover losses this season.

Pound looking weak against the Dollar which will mean the EIHL budgets won't go as far in North America.

Expect a lot more younger USports/NCAA/Major Junior players who are cheaper and offer decent value. Also expect more European guys, particularly Czech, Slovak etc.

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It’s why it’s almost nailed on Cardiff will clean up next year. The millionaire owners will open the cheque book and it’ll be business as usual.

[SteelerBlade]

Cardiff after Eberle again apparently.

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[SteelerBlade]

Michael Davies is considering retiring from the sport.

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