RUMOURS

[Morpheous]

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/2 ... ko-juusola

Noting that Juusola also follows the Steelers instagram.. which doesn't definitively guarantee anything, but it's not exactly a stretch either.

Was from one of the twitter rumour pages. Looking likely he’s one of the new guys if he’s also following steelers Insta…

[House_of_Steel]

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/2 ... ko-juusola

Noting that Juusola also follows the Steelers instagram.. which doesn't definitively guarantee anything, but it's not exactly a stretch either.

If these are the best we can do we’re Doomed

[teeLIST]

Assuming that the forward announcing tomorrow isn't either of those rumoured, i did a little dig in to players who wear 55 as it isn't particularly a common chosen number although it could mean absolutely naff all if the player coming in already has his preferred number taken..

Chris Dodero, 27 y/o - Played with Vally in Ljubljana and was pretty productive for his first pro season.
https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/1 ... ris-dodero

Think i'm just more hopeful to see something on a stat page as the two rumoured do not fill me with much confidence about our top 6 at all..

[jas]

Too much of the same old, same old for me, yet still living in hope of a couple of big names. Methinks Messers Smith and Fox see things somewhat differently from me, but maybe I'll be surprised

[ginger]

As bottom 6 options, both look ok. I seriously doubt either would be signed as top line players.

If they are I'd be concerned, but my guess is if both are signed they are being pencilled in as 3rd liners.

[Doom]

Juusola is a really odd one.

Had we signed him at the start of last season he'd be considered a top line signing. Straight from the top Finnish league and 3rd top goal scorer on his team.

What happened last season?.....0 goals from over 30 games is a serious drop off.

In a season he's gone from a possible 'wow' signing to a 'meh'.

If we have signed him, I'll be very interested to hear the explanation from Fox as to why he's dropped off so badly.

Regards

Doom

[paul johnston]

None of these recent forward rumours excite me at all.

[House_of_Steel]

Znedek Dolezal Czechia to Sheffield

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/5 ... ek-dolezal

[House_of_Steel]

None of these recent forward rumours excite me at all.

They won’t excite you mate you get what you pay for, we couldn’t even manage to secure the signature of an ageing David Morley after 7 seasons in Norway, a league that pays less than our own, what chance do we have of getting up coming players with good resumes from ECHL.

IMO the old excuse from Club representatives that these kind of players don’t want to come to the EIHL is a moot point considering both Belfast and Cardiff recruit good players from this League. We’ve managed to sign an average stat player who happened also to be injured last season, on the cheap. How far we’ve fallen.

When was the last time we signed a point per game player direct from North America?

[ginger]

None of these recent forward rumours excite me at all.

They won’t excite you mate you get what you pay for, we couldn’t even manage to secure the signature of an ageing David Morley after 7 seasons in Norway, a league that pays less than our own, what chance do we have of getting up coming players with good resumes from ECHL.

IMO the old excuse from Club representatives that these kind of players don’t want to come to the EIHL is a moot point considering both Belfast and Cardiff recruit good players from this League. We’ve managed to sign an average stat player who happened also to be injured last season, on the cheap. How far we’ve fallen.

When was the last time we signed a point per game player direct from North America?

Morley might be 32 but he scored at roughly 1.5 PPG last year in Norway and has always been above 1 PPG in each of his seasons there. He isn't going to be cheap