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    Default 2013/14 Regular Season

    So, the roster is trimmed by three...Passlot(17) returns to high-school hockey in Minnesota, Meyer (17) and the veteran Guenther(19) were all re-assigned today.

    Guenther's departure is a bit of a surprise considering that there are younger, less experienced d-men still on the roster.

    So we are down to 25 players (including Morrssey and Parenteau):

    Forwards-
    Chance Braid (19)
    Dakota Conroy (19)
    Shane Danyluk (19)
    Jayden Hart (19)
    Carson Perreaux (19)
    Mike Winther (19)
    Leon Draisaitl (18)
    Gage Quinney (18)
    Reid Gardiner (17)
    Tim Vanstone (17)
    Lance Yaremchuk (17)
    Darcy Zaharichuk (17)
    Matteo Gennaro (16)
    Dylan Stewart (16)

    D-Men-
    Dylan Busenius (20)
    Evan Morden (20)
    Sawyer Lange (19)
    Tomas Andrlik (18)
    Tyler Dea (18)
    Josh Morrissey (18)
    Mackenze Stewart (18)
    Brendan Guhle (16)

    Goalies-
    Cole Cheveldave (20)
    Rylan Parenteau (17) (until Chevy is cleared to play)*
    Nick McBride (16)

    Forwards: We carried 14 last season but one of Yaremchuk or Stewart are likely on the bubble if a quality 20yo falls from the sky...probably Stewart (we have 4 16yos still on the roster).

    Defense: We carried only 7 d-men last year but if two players are needed to soak up all of Ruopp's minutes from last season, then 8 is not out of the question this year. However, the arrival of a 20yo forward makes one of our 20yo d-men the odd-man out...unless Ruopp comes back...and then they would both be gone.

    Heh.

    ...but seriously, a 20yo forward would mean 7 d-men...unless Verrall is called back up to keep 8.

    Goalies: Parenteau will be reassigned as soon as Chevy's cleared to play, so there's no suspense here.

    It will be interesting to see if any other changes happen before Friday's game.

    See you at the rink,

    -Wapitikev

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    Default Prediction for the season...

    I'm sticking to my prediction from May 2nd:

    At the end of the 2013/14 season the Raiders "...will have at least 80 points, again."
    ...that total should give them a good chance at a Division Banner and 2nd seed in the 1st round of the playoffs.

    -Wapitikev

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    [QUOTE=Wapitikev; the arrival of a 20yo forward makes one of our 20yo d-men the odd-man out...unless Ruopp comes back...and then they would both be gone.

    Heh.

    ...but seriously, a 20yo forward would mean 7 d-men...unless Verrall is called back up to keep 8.[/QUOTE]

    After reviewing the rosters of the other WHL teams, I don't think we'll be getting a 20-yr-old forward. The overall weakness of the 2008 Bantam Draft ('93 Age Group) is playing out this year with a whole crop of sub-par overagers. There are simply not a lot of 20's available. Most teams are down to the maximum 3 or fewer already.

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    [John Cleese voice]...So. I'm officially happy with the ones we have and will get used to them being here. Right.

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    Could audition Tyson Dallman, which could spark something in him in his return home. You just never know.

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    Just acquired Craig Leverton from Lethbridge for Spencer Meyer.

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    Will be interesting to see if the 18yo Debden boy cracks the lineup.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wapitikev View Post
    Will be interesting to see if the 18yo Debden boy cracks the lineup.

    -Wapitikev
    I don't see why not. Does this spell the end for someone?

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    Quote Originally Posted by chalk_one_up View Post
    Could audition Tyson Dallman, which could spark something in him in his return home. You just never know.
    He'd have to play like he was on fire...his past stats don't give him much hope of cracking the lineup. Normally you don't play a 20yo on the 4th line.

    Couldn't hurt to look at him, though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chalk_one_up View Post
    I don't see why not. Does this spell the end for someone?
    Based on performance, so far in camp and the pre-season, Yaremchuk or Stewart could be re-assigned. There are other possibilities though...and of course a trade could open some space, too.

    If a player is sent down, they'll likely remain on the list, so the "end" would only be for this season.

    Some time will likely be taken to make that decision, so we'll (hopefully) see some games from them all over the next week.

    -Wapitikev

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