The PlayOff Weekend BIG thread

[Bryan]

I understand that Sauce is likely to retire now

[paul johnston]

We've scored well as there's a decent amount of depth and the way we play, but we've missed what I'd call consistent scoring. No one apart from Golod really got above a point per game, and we only really had 4 players at that level. Last year I think we were at 6.

Lack of balance is also an issue - shows the mid season market was not great for most of the year. Losing Whis would definitely hurt, and I think would make 5 import D and Kelly more likely, unless we make a play for Sam Jones returning.

Brown worries me due to his 200ft game. Is it good enough and does he want it enough to work it to this level? He can obviously score at NIHL level but will it translate? Tremblay brings a lot more than just points at that level and he can be a real asset to an EIHL bottom 6 because of it. Brown is a big risk because his big x factor is scoring and it's much tougher shooting on Jason Grande than it is NIHL netminders

We've scored big, but you'd expect one of the top clubs to score big. An issue has been scoring from the big name players in the tight, close games that matter a la Sam Herr over the weekend.

[ginger]

We've scored well as there's a decent amount of depth and the way we play, but we've missed what I'd call consistent scoring. No one apart from Golod really got above a point per game, and we only really had 4 players at that level. Last year I think we were at 6.

Lack of balance is also an issue - shows the mid season market was not great for most of the year. Losing Whis would definitely hurt, and I think would make 5 import D and Kelly more likely, unless we make a play for Sam Jones returning.

Brown worries me due to his 200ft game. Is it good enough and does he want it enough to work it to this level? He can obviously score at NIHL level but will it translate? Tremblay brings a lot more than just points at that level and he can be a real asset to an EIHL bottom 6 because of it. Brown is a big risk because his big x factor is scoring and it's much tougher shooting on Jason Grande than it is NIHL netminders

We've scored big, but you'd expect one of the top clubs to score big. An issue has been scoring from the big name players in the tight, close games that matter a la Sam Herr over the weekend.

We have but then equally we have had some dramatic late wins with Balmas/Watling both involved.

It's the guarantee I'd say is the issue. Last year with 6 ppg guys, that's basically 2 goals guaranteed per game. That's what we've missed with only 4 guys at that level (to finish the season) - it's only about 1-1.3 goals guaranteed per game.

Golod at the end of the year would have probably made a big difference - he was scoring at about 1.3 ppg, which is close to Daoust