The Panthers look good on paper as do us Devils, but the Chavs seem to win things even when fan's don't they have the best team ( but have good coaching),
you can spend well over the wage cap (and it looks like Belfast have again)? but if a team don't gel like you would like them to do and fail then you can put it down to bad luck, i feel our Devils team at the mo is good enough to challenge the best teams, and i can't wait for it to start[/quote]
What wage cap is that then
Seriously though plenty of people are alluding to the fact the Giants must have spent a fortune, i'm not naive enough to say we are not ONE of the big spenders in the EIHL, but the fact that the Giants have Aer Lingus on board (which i would imagine freed up a large chunk of our budget) also the attraction of the Bruins, not so much the game, but the fact that a top NHL team are coming to the Belfast Giants, will enhance the clubs rep amongst players. I also think DC and TK are shrewd recruiters, we have not unlike some teams completed our roster within 2-3 months of the off season, we also have 3 players returning from injury which is a gamble on DC's part.
