It’s great news that our nets are well and truly covered again.
I doubt Bowns will ever go abroad. The stigma of being a U.K. player hasn’t changed. I can’t see a higher tier club taking a punt on him as a number 1 choice and what is the point of being benched most games. I wouldn’t want Bowns as an ice hockey version of Gareth Bale. Selfishly l want him in Cardiff, for his whole career, then as part of our coaching/training staff, in fact reserve a plot at Thornhill, so he never leaves Welsh soil......
As for our coaching staff, it’s a change that shouldn’t have taken this long. Bye.
As for current signings, all a bit bland, nothing wrong with that, as long as this year the players returning turn up and gel together within weeks of the season starting, build points early, as unlike last year, this year some of our rivals may just have decent squads and the run in will be much more tense than last year. We’ve had the NHL hard nut star, who turned out to be a bit of a tart. We’ve had the experienced players, who unfortunately passed out most nights. I’d like our unknown announcements to be of a young group of really hungry talented guys, unfortunately that’s unlikely with our current recruiting methods. I’m not getting excited, the repetitive style of leaving player announcements in the manner the club does isn’t backed up by the product, if we’d signed a current NHL player, yes absolutely shout it out in the current manner, but we aren’t going to sign that calibre of player, so what is the point continuing the style year on year. I’d prefer to announce the whole squad at a presentation style event in the rink. Make an event of it, meet the team etc etc.