Off Season

[Wildeyes]

apparently Marc was not paid a salary, only what he wanted was expenses. Raiders paid for a hotel and meals plus gas money for visits back home as a good faith gesture. Which is probably why we saw a 4 yr deal as a thank you also Marc fell in love with the fans and community of PA

[puckdad]

If this is true then I`m even more on board with Habby as coach. He is definitely the right man to try & right this ship - has a history of turning floundering teams around: Kamloops, a .500 team into a .750 team in 2 seasons, Kelowna, built into a perennial contender & a Memorial Cup Champion. Chilliwack - maybe not so much winning success there, but there were definite comparisons to the PA franchise in terms of loss of relevance in the community and difficulty recruiting & keeping players when he arrived as coach. He was responsible for recruiting and building a team that eventually moved to Victoria & lost in the playoffs this year to a very powerful Kelowna team. I hope he is given more input into player selection - especially in the upcoming bantam draft - to properly put his stamp on this team. Its going to take all of 4 years to see some success, given the weakness of the Raider`s 50 man PPL. Here`s to a strong draft this year, to begin (again) the rebuild.

[Dwight Schrute]

Any word on a decision on Bruno ?

[Wildeyes]

what the word on the street is that Bruno will be back for his option year then he is done after that Marc would pull double duty

[Sttop]

Looking at wehp list for final rankings he has Fonstad out of Estevan comming to the Raiders. He has the same scouting report as i would for him . Although i only seen him play once he seemed to be a perimeter player. Not physical and no fantastic speed but has always found a way to put up points. There was a big forward that raised to # 3 . Popovich who is a huge forward that wehp compares to a joe thornton type player. I'm guessing that Popovich will be selected at 3 where he was ranked. So if the rankings for the top 5 are correct it will look like this

1 Chiefs - Ty Smith
2 Hurricanes - Addison
3 Giants - Popovich
4 Warriors - Woo
5 Raiders - Fonstad

[Sttop]

I am hoping for Barteaux a manitoba defencemen and Wouters , a power forward from Lloyd with the next 2 picks.

[mill rat]

Jett Woo--easily the best name in the draft.

[Sttop]

Woo is easily the best name in hockey .. think of the pa announcer getting to celebrate goals he scores ... wooooooo ! like Ric Flair after a chest slap. I am happy that after not getting a franchise type forward since Gardiner we are getting 3 this year. Not that any are going to be strong on the puck like Draisaitl or Mcniell. But we did get 3 of the top 13 rated forwards comming into the draft.

[Raiderfan8]

Would it benefit Fonstad , Miller and the Raiders if the two played for the Mintos this year as 15 year olds? Hearing Fonstad is going to Moose Jaw and Miller to Yorkton. Any thoughts?

[walleye18]

Would it benefit Fonstad , Miller and the Raiders if the two played for the Mintos this year as 15 year olds? Hearing Fonstad is going to Moose Jaw and Miller to Yorkton. Any thoughts?

I heard this weekend that both of these players are going to Moose Jaw. They will get a tonne of icetime there, but absolutely no COACHING!!