Cardiff Devils Confirmed Signings & Departures 2017/18
Think the days of this club being piss poor are well behind us thank goodness, these guys now have a reputation for looking after players, hence why so many players want to return, and so many others want to sign up. I wish CJ all the best in his new venture, still think Luke may have a role to play, seeing as his full time job is in Cardiff. Hope so as his passion certainly can't be bought.
To be fair, what's wrong with having doubts? It's a forum for fans to express opinions. I think the worst quote I've seen is something like "Not particularly impressed but very much hope to be proven wrong" is that really over the top? If somebody posted "Terrible signing, what's Lord playing at" then I can understand fans getting defensive.
To be fair Reddick's stats aren't out of this world. They're good in recent seasons but it's not a CV you look at and think "This guy is going to be a stud". I think he will be a hit but that's more to do with having faith in Lordos judgement, rather than his resume jumping out at me.
To be fair Reddick's stats aren't out of this world. They're good in recent seasons but it's not a CV you look at and think "This guy is going to be a stud". I think he will be a hit but that's more to do with having faith in Lordos judgement, rather than his resume jumping out at me.
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My posts 'often have a sly dig at someone' ? Let me assure you of one thing, when I want to have a dig at anyone, it certainly won't be sly, it will be up front and straight to the point. I prefer to comment on posted material, not the poster.
As for my doubts about Reddick, I think Jenks33 has summed it up pretty much in his post above.
My posts 'often have a sly dig at someone' ? Let me assure you of one thing, when I want to have a dig at anyone, it certainly won't be sly, it will be up front and straight to the point. I prefer to comment on posted material, not the poster.
As for my doubts about Reddick, I think Jenks33 has summed it up pretty much in his post above.
Or you could just stop having a dig. Your often a little rude/belittling to wannabe, no doubt about it.
In reference to Reddick, I'm just a bit confused by the doubt. I think finny sums it up well in his post.
Another member osh likes to tangle with.
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So this guy is our 6th defenceman. 2 seasons in the ECHL followed by 3 seasons in Europe. Two of which are in leagues traditionally regarded as tougher than ours.
I reckon he'll get around 5-6 goals. No team has signed a 6th Dman with a better pedigree than him yet.)
In reference to Reddick, I'm just a bit confused by the doubt. I think finny sums it up well in his post.
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So this guy is our 6th defenceman. 2 seasons in the ECHL followed by 3 seasons in Europe. Two of which are in leagues traditionally regarded as tougher than ours.
I reckon he'll get around 5-6 goals. No team has signed a 6th Dman with a better pedigree than him yet.)
This. Very hard to judge a players defensive skills, poke checking, hitting ability, defensive positioning etc by stats.
Given also that the +/- can be very misleading. Also with assists, a player only gets one if the recipient buries the puck, regardless of how good the pass is!
Going on video footage, this guy can make a pass out of nothing.
Given also that the +/- can be very misleading. Also with assists, a player only gets one if the recipient buries the puck, regardless of how good the pass is!
Going on video footage, this guy can make a pass out of nothing.
I've taken issue with Wannabe2 on certain issues for sure, if you think I've been rude, that's your opinion, I think you will find that Wannabe2 and myself have a pretty good board relationship and have pm'd each other over the years without any sort of bother between us. As for Finny, well, anyone who never sees anything wrong with what the Devils organisation do deserves to be 'tangled' with in my opinion. ( can't fault his stats input though! )
This is actually a real opportunity for CJ to prove that he can progress. If he gets lots of minutes and he grabs the opportunity by netting a decent haul of points then maybe he can show lower end EIHL teams that he is maybe worth a punt next year. People have made references to him just being a 4th line defensive forward while a Devil so he was never to be judged on his points contribution. Well, he was that role player because he was never going to develop as a point scorer frankly. I would imagine that CJ would prefer to find the net moving forward in his career and this is his golden ticket to do just that. From there who knows but it's down to him scoring. No way back to the EIHL unless he does.
Going back to the Reddick judgement. Stats as many have said before can be misleading. If you look at the stats of Louis (who was awesome imo) from last season they don't give any representation of how good he was. So for me there's nothing in Reddick's stats that suggest he will be average......in fact much the opposite esp seeing the highlights of his past 2 seasons.
Both the points he's produced and those highlights to me show a superb looking hockey player and imo an upgrade on S. Hotham
Both the points he's produced and those highlights to me show a superb looking hockey player and imo an upgrade on S. Hotham
Just curious, did you see any of Reddick's lowlights to get a better opinion on Reddick or just his highlights ? Was there any defensive highlights ? Video packages can be deceiving and once we get into the season and get a 'live' look at him will you be able to get a more accurate opinion and maybe at that point you might be able to say he's an upgrade on S.Hotham, but until then i'm not admitting anything. I hope that he is an upgrade because that's what teams try to do each year at every position but I will wait until he goes around the league once of twice before I say he's an upgrade.