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Originally Posted by Sourdoughkeeper
Good points Chilly. Im not overly enthusiastic about this season too, although I am more than ready to be pleasantly surprised if they are good. I havent seen much of Hainsey so I cant really say much, but I also got the impression that he'd probly be a minus player on the Thrashers, although I figured he would probly be close to even. Wouldnt hurt my feelings if DeeDub left, but I greatly fear who the Atlanta (Lack of) Spirit Group would choose to replace him with. I havent seen much of Oystrick either but Ive been impressed, and the guys a worker and stands up fairly well from the youtube clips Ive seen. I havent really heard much about Oystrick making the jump but I wouldnt really be surprised if he got a call-up given some injuries. I halfway agree about the powerplay (I agree with the shot from the point) but with the Enstrom, Hainsey, Havelid and now Bogosian I dont know if I think therell be 4 forwards or not.
Someone Ive been wondering about though is Kulda. Hows he look? Atlanta had nothing but praise for his cup run performance, and from what Atlanta said it sounded like he was almost guaranteed a spot on the blueline in Chicago. Whats your take Chilly?
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oystrick is gonna be a surprise in camp. he'll give the 6/7th d-man a run for his spot, if atlanta even has that many to play up there. you made a good point about the 5-on-3 pp. i dont think that atlanta has enough forwards for that idea to work. i could see hainsey gettin first dibs on the 5-on-3, then enstrom next or with him. kulda had one hell of a playoff run when signed from the ohl. he earned his time, by not making many mistakes. being a rookie during the playoffs, he made the simple play most of the time and didnt get to out of shape in his own zone. he'll be a 3-6 d-man this year hopefully not much more, but we dont know what were gettin from atlanta to start the year. he needs time though to learn the art of hitting and learn how to read plays better in the offensive zone.
atlanta d-men:
havelid, hainsey, enstrom, exelby, klee, bogosian (valabik, oystrick for the extra d-man)
wolves d-men:
oystrick/valabik, kulda, sipotz, denny, lewis, lehman
also look for
jordan lavallee and/or colin stuart to make the team too. just a hunch!!!