Cardiff Devils Confirmed Signings & Departures 2018/19

As we are now officially in the off season.. here we go with the Devils Confirmed signings and departures thread 2018/19 season.

Key words "Confirmed"; "signings" and "departures" - if its not one of those.. it doesn't live here.

Confirmed signings only here so no "heard it from a mate who knows a guys who's sister said" stuff, please post that stuff HERE

For signings for all the other teams, use the thread HERE​

Coaching Staff
Andrew Lord - Head Coach - Devils Website
Jamie Elson - Assistant Coach - Devils Website


Netminders
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Defence
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Forwards
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Departures
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(B) - Brit
(I) - Import

 

Mark Richardson
Matt Pope
Joey Martin
Joey Haddad

all return (Just in-case anyone has been living under a rock since last night...)

http://www.cardiffdevils.com/news/devils-confirm-first-4-signings-season/

 

Dease has parted company with the club.

 

Wow is this true.

 

Where’s the confirmation?


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Regardless whether this is true or not (it isn't), it hasn't been confirmed anywhere, so belongs in the rumours thread.

 

it is true. Nothing sinister in it. by all means put it in the rumours thread if you want until there is an official confirmation from the club

 

Off to Belfast by the look of it...

https://twitter.com/dease21/status/991555596670337025

 

It's true. Not sure about going to Belfast but he's definitely left the club.

 

Happy to stand corrected of course if i'm wrong, but can't see anything official anywhere so maybe better off as a rumour

Would be a real shame to see Dease leave, a top guy indeed.

 

Hope it’s a case that he’s had an offer too good to refuse, or that he wants to move in a different direction

Big shoes to fill I guess.


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I remember Dease from the WNIR when he was a Rink Rat (name for regular ice rink users), nice guy.

 

Dease is a good bloke and helped me out plenty of times over the past few years. I dont believe this i his decision.

 

Sacked? Surely not.

 

Does that mean Taffy coming home then...

 

I’ve heard the same. Dease has been released.

Just hope we can get someone who knows the league etc, one of the toughest roles on the team and pretty damn important to have a good one. There’s not many in the U.K. so we may have to go abroad for one?

 

Drew Paris signs back in Sweden for Karlskrona:

http://www.hockeysverige.se/2018/05/18/drew-paris-karlskrona/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter


Translation:

Tasks: Drew Paris heading back to Sweden

He was HockeyAllsvenskans best back when he played in Tingsryd but flopped in Modo. Now South East states that Drew Paris returns to Sweden - to Karlskrona. With 26 points on 47 matches in Tingsryd, it was then unknown to Drew Paris, a donderers success that was all Sweden's main back. When Modo picked up the Canadian man, it was seen as a giant win. There went heavier and after a largely bad season he was kicked and ended up in the Austrian league. Then it became a move to Welsh (!) Cardiff Devils. It scored 20 points on 44 matches for the CHL team. Now Paris is reported to return to Sweden again. Sydöstran writes that the 30-year-old is high-level Karlskrona, who will play in HockeyAllsvenskan next year. In that league the back has previously scored 30 points on 73 matches.

 

Good find!

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Fair play to Drew, the Allsvenskan is a great league. Best of luck to him for the future.

 

Mick Kemp confirmed as the new equipment manager and he seems to be holding a very interesting Jersey

https://twitter.com/cardiffdevils/status/998582247031754752?s=21


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