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  1. Fair enough. I guess I saw him playing for the 'Ning last week in a televised game and just assumed he'd cracked the lineup right out of camp as low cost forth line muscle without really checking the numbers. Nice catch eh!
  2. But you guys could be right and I could be way off base here. I have no inside knowledge of the situation, just an instinct. We won't know definitively until this summer when the Canucks set their affiliation for the coming seasons.
  3. You're assuming complete autonomy on Arniel's part in playing who he wants to where he wants to and how much he wants to. I'm not. I'm guessing there is local pressure on Arniel from the Wolves brass to play the vets at the expense of our youth. I think the Wolves would be best off and happiest going back to their roots as an indie org. I think they have an indie mindset that they have never shaken from their IHL days.
  4. Not to 'kill a fly with a brick wall' but I thought I might as well include a list of NHhlers that developed under Arniel in the Manitoba years. This list of players includes: Jannik Hansen Alexander Edler Rick Rypien (RIP) Mayson Raymond Mike Brown Mark Fistric Pierre Cedric Labrie Luc Bourdon (RIP) Cory Schneider Let's at least get a sampling of opinion from the players that Arniel graduated to the NHL before we throw him under the bus eh.
  5. So, in your estimation, it's all on Scott Arniel then? The funny thing is, I don't remember people grousing about the lousy job Arniel was doing with our kids during the four years he he was head coach in Manitoba. If all this is true, that it's all on Scott Arniel and the Wolves factor is really not a factor at all then we have to accept that: young inexperienced Arniel=good older NHL experienced Arneil=bad Sorry DJ, it's not an equation that equates for me.
  6. I'm told that our agreement with the Wolves is up after this year. I think that is a really positive thing as I don't really like what has been going on with our young players developmentally since we were forced out of the Manitoba relationship. Atlanta was never really happy with the Wolves either I have heard, and I'm really hoping we move on after this year. Our kids are stagnating there at the expense of Wolves signee veterans in my opinion and for this reason I find it hard to really get a handle on the true skill level of someone like Anton Rodin because I suspect the 'Wolves factor' may be makings things look worse than they are.
  7. Lol. They literally allow TRT (human testosterone) with a doctors permission slip. They're dirty as hell.
  8. Reem just doesn't move the same off the juice.
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