If anybody ever watch or played against the Dunnville Mudcats of the old OHA senior league they’d realize why Nathan is tough. That area produced some teams that would make Philly blush.

As dumb as those people are, it appears as if it was the fault of the person in charge of getting it to the airport.

I’m also a little surprised that Knight was not on this list. What we have is two spots for players who can score to some extent, and one spot where the player has to have some defensive merit. Seguin is incumbent in the former hole where Caron and Knight look like our best options for the latter. I say we need 2 scoring players because our team needs 3 lines scoring in order to win in the postseason (as we saw) because our top line, while good, is not truly reliable scoring. That means that our 3rd line needs two players who can score at least, preferably who can check as well. If Pouloit uses his size, he can edge out Caron for it, but Caron will make him work for it. Arniel will be up next year in the spot currently occupied by Kelly. He looks to be the same type of player, but cheaper. Having the equivalent of 2 kelleys on the 3rd line in terms of scoring will not be great for our team.

Frank
I don’t think Pouliot is a slam dunk to make the first twelve forwards. He is not that big of an investment and doesn’t play that well in his own end. If Caron has a good camp, he will get the nod over Pouliot. I agree with you there is not much space and we need to remember that these guys won the Stanley Cup, so there won’t be a strong push for much change.

With Ryder and Recchi both gone there will be room for two forwards. Caron prefers to play the off wing so I suspect he’ll get first crack at Recchi’s right wing slot.

If there are no injuries, I bet that none of the players listed will make the opening night roster (a couple will make the team but as the 13th forward & 7th D). We probably all want Pouliot to be pushed out by a kid but knowing Julien’s philosophy: forget it!

no trent whitfield vote button?

None of those. I bet spooner or knight gets a taste before going back to juniors. Can’t believe they weren’t on the list, also Cohen, Bartkowski, Cunningham??? You have Khudobin on the list who has 1 chance and that’s if one of our goalies is hurt/traded.