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Post by warrenco on Aug 10, 2005 5:56:30 GMT -5
with all these players not coming i think alot of people in moncton are gonna lose interest very fast...unless nolan pulls a a couple huge shockers. from what i see not much good talent gonna be here.people might start freaking and want thier money back...
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Post by Doublesnipers on Aug 10, 2005 6:18:13 GMT -5
Ya it seems were not fairing well getting anyone with talent to report. It'll be a camp of free agents and Nolan will have to sell the farm to get talent within the league if we can't get anyone to report. If feels as though things are begining to fall apart before they even begin.
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Post by Porkchop on Aug 10, 2005 6:41:13 GMT -5
Ya it seems were not fairing well getting anyone with talent to report. It'll be a camp of free agents and Nolan will have to sell the farm to get talent within the league if we can't get anyone to report. If feels as though things are begining to fall apart before they even begin. It started to fall apart around Christmas last year, when they didn't trade Bernier, Saunders, and Crawford to build a MemCup team. You guys could have been a powerhouse with the right moves 7 months ago. I told you so. ;D
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Post by Cristobal Huet on Aug 10, 2005 6:58:27 GMT -5
Ya it seems were not fairing well getting anyone with talent to report. It'll be a camp of free agents and Nolan will have to sell the farm to get talent within the league if we can't get anyone to report. If feels as though things are begining to fall apart before they even begin. It started to fall apart around Christmas last year, when they didn't trade Bernier, Saunders, and Crawford to build a MemCup team. You guys could have been a powerhouse with the right moves 7 months ago. I told you so. ;D Who trades their 3 best players when they are 1st overall in the league...good luck trying to sell it to your fans.
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Post by mikeb on Aug 10, 2005 7:04:23 GMT -5
It started to fall apart around Christmas last year, when they didn't trade Bernier, Saunders, and Crawford to build a MemCup team. You guys could have been a powerhouse with the right moves 7 months ago. I told you so. ;D Who trades their 3 best players when they are 1st overall in the league...good luck trying to sell it to your fans. A team that is hosting the Memorial Cup the next year and would be losing the players anyway at the end of the season and would have a hard time icing a decent team for the Memorial Cup the following year .... that's who!! ;D
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Post by Porkchop on Aug 10, 2005 7:04:55 GMT -5
It started to fall apart around Christmas last year, when they didn't trade Bernier, Saunders, and Crawford to build a MemCup team. You guys could have been a powerhouse with the right moves 7 months ago. I told you so. ;D Who trades their 3 best players when they are 1st overall in the league...good luck trying to sell it to your fans. Anybody with sense enough to see that Moncton just had a hot start and was playing over their heads. I'm sure you can find a statement like that from me and others around the trade period, or before. It was a stupid move not to make a couple trade, but you're right in that it would probably be a hard sell to the fans down there.
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Post by Cristobal Huet on Aug 10, 2005 7:45:19 GMT -5
Who trades their 3 best players when they are 1st overall in the league...good luck trying to sell it to your fans. Anybody with sense enough to see that Moncton just had a hot start and was playing over their heads. I'm sure you can find a statement like that from me and others around the trade period, or before. It was a stupid move not to make a couple trade, but you're right in that it would probably be a hard sell to the fans down there. Since when is 40 games a hot start? Plus it wasn't really the same team the last 30 games, lots of things changed...Crawford got suspended and lots a bit of his edge...Graham broke his leg and missed nearly 2 months and was never 100%...Salvis was let go...Caron came back only to injure his knee and miss 6 weeks...Pineault missed 3 weeks with a knee injury...Karsums didn't play a game in the 2nd half. If you were talking PEI who had a great first 10-12 games yes...not 40 games.
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Post by PotatoesRGoodYum on Aug 10, 2005 8:24:19 GMT -5
a harder sell for the fans would be hosting a Memorial Cup with a team that will be lucky to score a goal in the tournament let alone realistically win it
they shouldn't have traded all the players last year but they should have traded Crawford... at the very least
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Post by SteveUL on Aug 10, 2005 8:25:52 GMT -5
Who trades their 3 best players when they are 1st overall in the league...good luck trying to sell it to your fans. A team that is hosting the Memorial Cup the next year and would be losing the players anyway at the end of the season and would have a hard time icing a decent team for the Memorial Cup the following year .... that's who!! ;D Unfortunately we were not named as host of the Mem Cup until after the trade deadline ... and the Q was playing games with Moncton witholding the announcement. If it was officially announced at the beginning of the season instead of in March then the Wildcats may have played their cards differently. What if we traded away Bernier, Saunders, Crawford ... and then were not awarded the Mem Cup ? Heads would roll.
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Post by PotatoesRGoodYum on Aug 10, 2005 8:29:04 GMT -5
should have dealt Crawford regardless... everyone knew the Cats were the favorites to be Mem Cup hosts.. highly unlikely they wouldn't have gotten it and you know that
dealing Crawford would have fetched you lots in return and also would have provided Blanchard the chance to get his feet wet as a starter and get some valuable playoff experience as well
and it was brought up by many of us out of towners last year
I agree with keeping Bernier and Saunders tho.. and I still think Saunders will be wearing a Wildcats uni by the time the Mem Cup is played
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Post by Not2wonder on Aug 10, 2005 17:36:20 GMT -5
Holy Crap Batman ! Lots of "Hindsigth" in them posts!
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Post by warrenco on Aug 10, 2005 17:59:38 GMT -5
i the thing of it is that nolan is not letting too many people know what he's up to....don't forget awhile ago something about some players from ohl....probably trying to get them cleared to play here...someone said the players are from the london knights but who knows
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Post by mikeb on Aug 11, 2005 6:34:06 GMT -5
A team that is hosting the Memorial Cup the next year and would be losing the players anyway at the end of the season and would have a hard time icing a decent team for the Memorial Cup the following year .... that's who!! ;D Unfortunately we were not named as host of the Mem Cup until after the trade deadline ... and the Q was playing games with Moncton witholding the announcement. If it was officially announced at the beginning of the season instead of in March then the Wildcats may have played their cards differently. What if we traded away Bernier, Saunders, Crawford ... and then were not awarded the Mem Cup ? Heads would roll. Knowing that he wasn't trading away the older players for younger talent, maybe he should have withdrawn his candidacy for the Mem Cup. Like most of us out-of-towners said last year, he had to choose between going for it last year or this year. He chose neither and the team is going to pay for it.
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Post by brec7 on Aug 11, 2005 20:19:58 GMT -5
I think the Q probably put pressure on Moncton to host the Cup- who else would? Rimouski would have nothing left, Quebec/Halifax/Gatineau have been the 3 most recent hosts... who`s left? Pulling out of the Memorial Cup would be throwing away the franchise`s greatest opportunity to win it, and even THAT makes more sense than trading away guys while a) being 1st in the league and b) not even officially hosting the Cup- THAT would be just ludicrous.
It`s the same situation that Halifax faced in 1998 to 2000. They didn`t end up winning the Memorial Cup but they didn`t embarass themselves either. You can look at the fact they didn`t win, but what`s better- having one great team that has to go through the whole process to win, or having two very good teams- one which goes through the backdoor? Teams like Ottawa & Kelowna have won in recent years in spite of not even making the league finals.
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Post by mikeb on Aug 12, 2005 6:49:04 GMT -5
Teams like Ottawa & Kelowna have won in recent years in spite of not even making the league finals. There's no pressure to win when you are the host. Different scenario. Personally I think all you really want to do is go 2 rounds and maybe 3 in the playoffs and then get everyone healthy and prepared. Especially if you know you don't have a powerhouse team like London.
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