Q: What's red, white & black and lives in the basement?
A: The Portland Winter Hawks!
Funny, eh....but it's a new regime in Portland now and they're going to change that. It's not going to happen overnight, and these are the same kind of things everyone says when they take over a team in a situation like Portland's, but at least the guys coming in do to the job have heavyweight resumes.
One thing I gotta mention though, I've seen in travels around the internet that some Portland fans apparently expect to see a dozen or more of the current players traded or released in short order. Come on folks, that's not going to happen. Sure, there might be two or three guys who are traded or let go in the next month or so, and maybe some more deals around the trade deadline after Johnston has been in charge for a couple months, but they're not going to dump half the team right away. For starters, who are they going to bring in to replace anyone they cut? If Portland's protected list was so strong that they had guys on it who could play in the WHL right now, those guys would probably be wearing Hawks uniforms right now. The new scouting team needs time to restock the cupboard, and it's not like there's a dozen WHL-calibre players laying around in midget and Jr A, free for the taking. Most WHL-calibre players who aren't already in the WHL are currently the property of other WHL teams.
In other WHL news, it looks like Torrie Jung may be just what the doctor ordered for the Edmonton Oil Kings. He shut out the Kootenay Ice last night and is now 2-0-0-1 in three games for Edmonton (all against opponents in the top eight overall, and two of them on the road), with a 1.62 GAA and a .947 sv%. He probably can't keep up that pace but those are amazing numbers nonetheless.
As reported by Gregg, the Warriors and Bruins may have to re-work their trade from a few weeks back which saw the Warriors send overagers Brett Ward and Evan Fuller to the Bruins for Brayden Metz and two draft picks. Turns out Fuller reported to Chilliwack with a bad groin and has now decided to retire from hockey as a result. If Fuller reported injured, then the Bruins might have a case against the Warriors for additional compensation. Perhaps the Warriors can just return one or both of the draft picks. Either way, the Bruins have room for an overager again now.
2 comments:
I am getting tired of the Winterhawk jokes. I think you have to be in Portland to make fun of them, and since who can't get in at the border because of that felony you have molesting little boys, and that poor dog you took advantage of.
Next time you come to the Glass Palace, count the banners! Your an ASS- CLOWN
Brian in Sherwood
brian you are way off base with this one allen is a class guy who knows more about whl hockey then you will ever know. and i have talk to alan before carl in vancouver usa
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