Sammy
03-13-2006, 12:41 PM
The 05-06 Blazers are almost done. Who stays? Who goes?
STAYS:
• Dubnyk: he brings it. Stays. 20 year overage. No room in Oiler system yet.
• Tesliuk: had a better overall year than last year. Stays. 20 year overage dman. AHL later.
• Jorgensen: game in game out, their best player. Stays. 20 year old overage.
• Bartley: obvious talent but inconsistent year. Inferior coaching hasn’t helped. Stays. Will be only Blazer in 2006 NHL draft.
• Nixon: had solid year & will put up numbers again if he plays with Jorgenson. Stays.
• Bender: showed initial improvement, but nose dived when Ferner fired. Stays. He also needs coaches who have instructional skills.
• Stretch: over-hyped small rookie forward who got obscene amounts of ice but only 4 goals. Not a franchise player. Stays. Blazers have no choice but to keep him.
• Dunstall: another hyped small rookie forward who logged tons of ice but was totally mediocre. Definitely not a budding Hamill or Brule. Stays. No other choice for Blazer org.
• Skrudland: big rookie forward who brings some toughness & has potential to improve. Stays.
• Thiessen: rookie d’s injuries kept him from playing a lot. Stays. He also needs decent coaching.
• Maniago: has shown he can play but will be stuck behind Dubnyk again. Likely to stay.
GOES:
• Eisenkirch: weak skater & not good enough to stay as overage. Goes. End of the WHL line.
• Ellerby: lack of coaching really hurt. No improvement in his game. Goes. His draft year is coming & unlikely his agent will put up with the no coaching-nonsense any longer unless a bona fide Hay or Constantine coaching staff & plan brought in.
• Hayman: probable end of the WHL line for hard working 19 yr. old. Goes. Probably university hockey.
• Kassian: toughest guy in the WHL. When he got enough ice time, dominated & looked NHL bound. Unfortunately, was way underutilized. Goes. Minny 2nd rounder has shot with AHL Houston.
• Macias: talented dman was screwed over by the dumb & dumber coaching experiment which had him on forward & d. Goes. Av’s & his agent will demand & get a trade.
• Mason: has been as good as the other small rookie forwards but without the hype. Goes. Will likely be dealt for a dman.
• Mullock: end of the WHL line for 20 yr. old. Goes. Pro hockey future unlikely. didn’t get any better during the year despite gobs of ice from his BCHL-buddy-coach Thorpe.
• Rome: end of the WHL line for 20 yr old. No improvement in his game since acquisition. Any positional play & discipline he learned from Sutter in Red Deer he lost in a week with the Thorpe & Clark gong show. Goes. Could end up in ECHL.
• Steinmann: decent defensive player, but that’s about it. another Euro forward bust pick by Clark. Rode the pine a lot after the World Juniors. Goes. Mabye plays in Europe.
• White: AJHL player who should have stuck with the AJHL route. Goes. Is just not good enough.
• Guiterrez: played better in a couple of second half games but was plain awful in most others. Total floater who did not deserve 20 TOI –plus per night. Goes. Celebrities on Ice a possible fit.
• Ryan Thorpe: lost any & all respect of the players. Unable to run a hockey practice at the WHL level. No film. No plan. No instructional. No nothing. Previous BCHL Surrey Eagle run an obvious fluke; his line combo's were the laughing stock of the league. Goes. If he plans to coach more, he should learn how with Bantam AA somewhere.
WILL STAY BUT SHOULD GO:
• Delaronde: possibly the league’s dumbest player. Only thing consistent is that he took stupid penalties behind the play in the offensive zone every night. why were the coaching staff in love with this Regina reject? Likely to stay if no coaching change is made.
• Dean Clark: was awful behind the bench; ran the most undisciplined, unorganized, & poorly coached Blazer team in recent memory. No power-play. No penalty kill. No system. No player development. No common sense; took over a .500 team without their best player (Jorgenson) and ended up with a .500 team with their best player; no surprise that Clark didn’t get even a single coach vote in the recent WHL Tri Cities Herald poll. Stays. But somewhere in admin.
STAYS:
• Dubnyk: he brings it. Stays. 20 year overage. No room in Oiler system yet.
• Tesliuk: had a better overall year than last year. Stays. 20 year overage dman. AHL later.
• Jorgensen: game in game out, their best player. Stays. 20 year old overage.
• Bartley: obvious talent but inconsistent year. Inferior coaching hasn’t helped. Stays. Will be only Blazer in 2006 NHL draft.
• Nixon: had solid year & will put up numbers again if he plays with Jorgenson. Stays.
• Bender: showed initial improvement, but nose dived when Ferner fired. Stays. He also needs coaches who have instructional skills.
• Stretch: over-hyped small rookie forward who got obscene amounts of ice but only 4 goals. Not a franchise player. Stays. Blazers have no choice but to keep him.
• Dunstall: another hyped small rookie forward who logged tons of ice but was totally mediocre. Definitely not a budding Hamill or Brule. Stays. No other choice for Blazer org.
• Skrudland: big rookie forward who brings some toughness & has potential to improve. Stays.
• Thiessen: rookie d’s injuries kept him from playing a lot. Stays. He also needs decent coaching.
• Maniago: has shown he can play but will be stuck behind Dubnyk again. Likely to stay.
GOES:
• Eisenkirch: weak skater & not good enough to stay as overage. Goes. End of the WHL line.
• Ellerby: lack of coaching really hurt. No improvement in his game. Goes. His draft year is coming & unlikely his agent will put up with the no coaching-nonsense any longer unless a bona fide Hay or Constantine coaching staff & plan brought in.
• Hayman: probable end of the WHL line for hard working 19 yr. old. Goes. Probably university hockey.
• Kassian: toughest guy in the WHL. When he got enough ice time, dominated & looked NHL bound. Unfortunately, was way underutilized. Goes. Minny 2nd rounder has shot with AHL Houston.
• Macias: talented dman was screwed over by the dumb & dumber coaching experiment which had him on forward & d. Goes. Av’s & his agent will demand & get a trade.
• Mason: has been as good as the other small rookie forwards but without the hype. Goes. Will likely be dealt for a dman.
• Mullock: end of the WHL line for 20 yr. old. Goes. Pro hockey future unlikely. didn’t get any better during the year despite gobs of ice from his BCHL-buddy-coach Thorpe.
• Rome: end of the WHL line for 20 yr old. No improvement in his game since acquisition. Any positional play & discipline he learned from Sutter in Red Deer he lost in a week with the Thorpe & Clark gong show. Goes. Could end up in ECHL.
• Steinmann: decent defensive player, but that’s about it. another Euro forward bust pick by Clark. Rode the pine a lot after the World Juniors. Goes. Mabye plays in Europe.
• White: AJHL player who should have stuck with the AJHL route. Goes. Is just not good enough.
• Guiterrez: played better in a couple of second half games but was plain awful in most others. Total floater who did not deserve 20 TOI –plus per night. Goes. Celebrities on Ice a possible fit.
• Ryan Thorpe: lost any & all respect of the players. Unable to run a hockey practice at the WHL level. No film. No plan. No instructional. No nothing. Previous BCHL Surrey Eagle run an obvious fluke; his line combo's were the laughing stock of the league. Goes. If he plans to coach more, he should learn how with Bantam AA somewhere.
WILL STAY BUT SHOULD GO:
• Delaronde: possibly the league’s dumbest player. Only thing consistent is that he took stupid penalties behind the play in the offensive zone every night. why were the coaching staff in love with this Regina reject? Likely to stay if no coaching change is made.
• Dean Clark: was awful behind the bench; ran the most undisciplined, unorganized, & poorly coached Blazer team in recent memory. No power-play. No penalty kill. No system. No player development. No common sense; took over a .500 team without their best player (Jorgenson) and ended up with a .500 team with their best player; no surprise that Clark didn’t get even a single coach vote in the recent WHL Tri Cities Herald poll. Stays. But somewhere in admin.