GAME THREAD: Steelers v Storm: SAT : Pre-Season

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Practice game number three.
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Whilst there's nothing up for grabs etc, I do think it's important to get a strong performance here. Losing this and the return fixture won't do wonders for confidence levels.

Storm are at a similar level of prep to us, so I expect at least a spilt weekend results wise.
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I posted this on a previous thread, but Balmas performances last season based on positions played were:

RW
GP 37 Goals 23 Assists 26 Overall +/- is +14

Centre
GP 13 Goals 10 Assists 4 Overalll +/- is +4

LW
GP 4 Goals 1 Assists 1 Overall +/- is -6

I really hope Fox doesn't persist with him on the LW.


He should be RW, as should Tait.

Playing Balmas with Rockwood is fine, but put a natural LW with them (Jasper or Archambault).

Last week was blowing off the cobwebs, this week I expect to see a little bit more cohesion.

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No Dowd !
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Bryan wrote:
Sat Sep 05, 2026 2:53 pm
No Dowd !
Injury or suspension I wonder?
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Hopefully Balmas still on left wing and Jasper on a right wing only because Dowd out (for whatever reason]. If not im not really sure what Fox is thinking.
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paul johnston wrote:
Sat Sep 05, 2026 4:05 pm
Hopefully Balmas still on left wing and Jasper on a right wing only because Dowd out (for whatever reason]. If not im not really sure what Fox is thinking.
I would much rather see Balmas on the right wing where he belongs
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Ended up with the stream, not my decision. Hoping for a strong performance seeing as I wasn’t expecting to watch the game lol.
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Steelers 3-1 Storm , in P2
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