Rumours - Season 24/25

[Jayboy]

Ive been around hockey a good few decades now and while I do trust the couches judgement, I have also learned to judge my own gut, my understanding of stats and then my own eyes, i am often proved wrong happily, but at the same time I am very often spot on with my initial assessment..

Me too. I've not seen either play live or on tape, so it's all guesswork but when they're playing at a higher level than the EIHL, stats become less reliable - what role have they been playing, how many minutes, how high scoring is the league generally? Without that knowledge, I see it as potentially getting a player who's been playing at a higher level and should therefore be a bit ahead of where our league is on average. If that's not exciting, I don't know what is

Interesting maybe, but exciting no it really isn't.. Winning a grand slam and all that entails is exciting, watching a game live is exciting, reading player stats and prospects is interesting at best... Younger Ex Ahl or NHL players may get the juices flowing a little more though...

[ginger]

Ive been around hockey a good few decades now and while I do trust the couches judgement, I have also learned to judge my own gut, my understanding of stats and then my own eyes, i am often proved wrong happily, but at the same time I am very often spot on with my initial assessment..

Me too. I've not seen either play live or on tape, so it's all guesswork but when they're playing at a higher level than the EIHL, stats become less reliable - what role have they been playing, how many minutes, how high scoring is the league generally? Without that knowledge, I see it as potentially getting a player who's been playing at a higher level and should therefore be a bit ahead of where our league is on average. If that's not exciting, I don't know what is

Interesting maybe, but exciting no it really isn't.. Winning a grand slam and all that entails is exciting, watching a game live is exciting, reading player stats and prospects is interesting at best... Younger Ex Ahl or NHL players may get the juices flowing a little more though...

Liiga is better than the AHL in standard! I'll accept Miceli is more of a waiting and see (and based on who he replaces), but Janatuinen is definitely exciting.

[Jayboy]

I will defer to your obvious superior insight.. Too me they both a wait and see players..

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[ginger]

I will defer to your obvious superior insight.. Too me they both a wait and see players..

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It's not superior insight, just I can't get my head around not being excited by a player who probably barring his injury, we would never have gotten even a sniff of playing here.

[Jayboy]

You don't have to get your head around it, that the beauty of a open forum like ours, we are All allowed differing opinions, without needing to get our head around the one you don't necessarily agree with...

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[ginger]

Heard Watling and Diffley both returning. Not sure how reliable, but crossing fingers!

[Bryan]

Hope they are both true. Watling is wonderful to watch. Diffley is steady and inventive

[greeny]

Heard Watling and Diffley both returning. Not sure how reliable, but crossing fingers!

cant get enough of last seasons returnees,,,,yes please

[ginger]

As posted in another thread, spare import forward rumour I've heard is Sam Tremblay from Manchester. He's recently started following Steelers on Instagram too....

[Sttrinian84]

Heard Watling and Diffley both returning. Not sure how reliable, but crossing fingers!

Very reliable source! Any more to add?