what will the steelers roster look like this upcoming season ?

forwards : jackson schaps dickin
pawluk olson gingera
?gardiner? rutherford hay
michaud scott ????

Defence : Alexiuk Heide
gagnon kampen
Robinson eckel
korlak ??

Goalies: Rewucki and ??


Any other toughts ?

FORWARDS:
Dickin with Jackson and Pawluk
Schappert with Rutherford and Gardiner (or Scott if Gardiner is with Regina)
Olson with Gingera and Michaud
Hay with ? and ?

DEFENCE:
Alexiuk and Heide
Robinson and Kampen
Korluk and (gulp!) Gagnon
and
Overwater (probably with the B's for 1 season)
Eckel (might not make it if he's not gotten any nastier over summer)
Schappert (more than a safe bet after Christmas)

GOAL:
Rewucki 70% of schedule
Herle 30% of schedule

McIntosh - outside shot if Herle has a lousy camp
Peitsch - Dub or BC

As far as toughness goes - this team is VERY light, Michaud probably want to prove he's a player in the final year, I'd expect hard-hitting Craig Scott to drop the mits as many as 10 times. Robinson was great when he played with a nasty edge at the end of last season, for Korlak and Gagnon - they need to be physical to stay on the club. Love to have Gardnier stay for a physical presence but I'm sure he's traded to Regina for a reason.

Rutherford will suprise many this season - he (should be wearing an A) and Schappert (good choice for C) will be the real team leaders.

I heard that jackson was leaving town? from dwight

what about Joel Ballard on defense?

Rated number one high school player last year (yes I know it is an inferior league) but all of the high school coaches agreed that he has what it takes to play in the MJ.

Sounds like he easily has the edge over Korlak Gagnon and Eckel.

There's also Lars Meuller, who could easily edge out one of the weaker defenseman.

Alexuik is trying out for the Bisons so it would appear he plans to go to school next year instead of returning to selkirk

As I understand it, the way the WHL tuition scholly works is you get 1 year tuition for each season played in that league. Also, you get a 1-year break between your last full season in the dub and when you have to start using the scholly. If you dont start using it (enroll in University) after that year, you lose the scholly. Most guys play dub up to and incuding their 19 yr old year, dont make the dub as a 20, play somewhere else (like JrA), then go to school. Alexiuk has 3 yrs of scholly, but was out of the dub as a 19 yr old (last season with Selkirk). If he stays with the Steelers this fall, it costs him a scholly year. He'll likely end up at U of M.

Which means that the Steel are in big trouble on the D this year.Overwater or Ballard would be 6th or 7th D at best,Meilleur can play as a 5th or 6th but will always make the wrong play under pressure and is a hothead.Kampen will be a 5th D by year end.Gagnon will only get better but his size is always a concern.Robinson stinks,Eckel is a wus,Heide is probably the best of the bunch but isn't a top 2 D on a good team.

Alexiuk can enroll in U of M and play in Selkirk. That saves the scholarship and keeps him playing the level he is best suited for. I can't see him making the Bisons anyway.

Alexiuk will just be traded at trade deadline for a younger player because this is a biulding year

Alexiuk could be shipped to the Blues at the deadline as they make a run at Winkler for the Addy title.

Who the hell is gonna fill the gaps on the pp

dont expect scott to drop the mitts any more than once or twice. He will however fill the net with pucks. He's going to give them a much needed lift in scoring

lol, you didn't see him at Steelers camp last year then - this kid wants to be a physical force this season. sure, score goals too, the more the better for both!

pawluk gingera jackon
dickin schaps olson
gardiner rutherford scott
michaud hay ???

alexuik heide
gagnon robinson
kampen eckel
korlak meilleur

rewucki herle


looks like a pretty good roster to me .

Well Dickin's a center - he'll be back with Jackson and Pawluk as per last season.
Gingera played the wing - but needs a puck moving center, so Schappert won't be with him.
Olson will get his shot in the middle this season.

The rest is up for grabs.

D will be strong.

Gingera should be able to score goals by himself, they shouldn't have to find somebody to feed him so he looks good as they did last year.

Chalk Meilleur in easily before Eckel and Korlak

If the Steel don't finish 1st or 2nd will smith get blamed.

you can also expect kampen to be a lot more than a 5th/6th d man

That roster has a lot of potential but it also has the potential to squeak into 4th if they don't get some leadership. That is the biggest loss from last year.

Gag on has got to go any rook is better than him

Nope, connections!

give it a break ray.

I think he (Gagnon) will be in way over his head to make it this season.

well with jackson gone to guelph whos going to fill that big whole on offense

It's not a big hole

with him having 90 points and the next guy in line having just over 60, i think that may be a pretty big when youve already lost your 2 100+ point getters

Payne and Pleskach are big holes, Jackson is only a small minor speed bump.

45 of the 89 points come on the power playing with Payne, Hawes, Pleshcash, without them this year he wouldn't of got 50 points.

Whomever thinks that losing Jackson isn't a severe blow to the Steel has ****e for brains.He played major minutes as a 17 and 18 year-old accumulating 128 points in 105 games including 52 goals....I know for a fact that he was pegged in the their premier offensive spark this year.

Makes you wonder why Jackson didn't let KP know he was leaving....

half points on the power play maybe, but still ranked top 3 in the leaague for powerplay points, and when his two linemates were on the other powerplay, it takes some time to get it in order as Cassidy would run the 3rd or 4th line, then come back to his 1st line and come back to pawluk dicken and jackson, sometimes it could be longer with penalties and such

The posters who were on this thread at the start all put Jackson on the 1st line. Now people are saying his loss is no big deal. I think he would have been a key forward this season for the Steelers, and his absence will be keenly felt. Petrash pretty well has to come up with, recruiting-wise, 5 guys to fill the 5 of the 6 spots on the 1st and 2nd lines. Good luck....

Losing jackson is huge, powerplay points or not, he is only 19 and was a big body who could rifle the puck. These type of guys don't fall from the sky. Petrash, you've been very quiet, when are we going to start hearing about some signings/recruitments. It could be a long year in Steeltown unless something dramatic happens.

Not looking good in Steeltown
Jackson gone
Josh Schappert in Chillawack
Gardner in Regina

jackson is ohl gueplh?

Heard he's going to school (university), so if he plays hockey there, it would be CIS.

schapperts in chilliwack? is he staying there?>

No he's not, Ray On BIG FM will need somebody as color commentary since Ray Nuefeld is gone and Shaps the one.

Now the 1st line will be Dicken / Pawluk / Gingera, What's the second line?

Schappert won't make Chilliwak as a 20 yr old and read on the Pat's website last night that Gardiner is out indefinitely with a knee injury. Too bad for him, he's a good player but seems to be injury prone in the dub.

and i also hear Olson is going to prince george

what about this Robin Thomson dude they just signed? 20 year old d-man who has been playing in Germany for a few years.

Petrash says he has good size and is a stay at home type d-man. Anyone else know anything about him?

Chilliwack Bruins:
Goaltenders (6): Mark Friesen (19), Braeden Gamble (18), Lucas Gore (19), Cole Holowenko (16), Regan Santoro (15), Luke Siemens (17)
Defencemen (11): Carter Berg (17), Brett Cote (16), Jesse Craige (20), Jeff Einhorn (19), Zach Habscheid (17), Brandon Manning (19), Mitch McColm (20), Troy Murray (17), Scott Ramsay (18), Tyler Stahl (17), Mitch Topping (16)
Forwards (20): Dean Brunato (16), Chris Collins (17), Derek Falloon (16), Steven Hodges (15), Roman Horak (18), Ryan Howse (18), Zane Jones (15), Mike Krgovich (19), Dylan McKinlay (17), Randy McNaught (19), Shayne Neigum (19), Jadon Potter (20), David Robinson (19), Josh Schappert (20), Andy Smith (20), Kevin Sundher (17), Tim Traber (16), Blair Wentworth (17), Alexander Wiklund (19), Brent Wold (16)

Chilliwack Bruins:
Goaltenders (6): Mark Friesen (19), Braeden Gamble (18), Lucas Gore (19), Cole Holowenko (16), Regan Santoro (15), Luke Siemens (17)
Defencemen (11): Carter Berg (17), Brett Cote (16), Jesse Craige (20), Jeff Einhorn (19), Zach Habscheid (17), Brandon Manning (19), Mitch McColm (20), Troy Murray (17), Scott Ramsay (18), Tyler Stahl (17), Mitch Topping (16)
Forwards (20): Dean Brunato (16), Chris Collins (17), Derek Falloon (16), Steven Hodges (15), Roman Horak (18), Ryan Howse (18), Zane Jones (15), Mike Krgovich (19), Dylan McKinlay (17), Randy McNaught (19), Shayne Neigum (19), Jadon Potter (20), David Robinson (19), Josh Schappert (20), Andy Smith (20), Kevin Sundher (17), Tim Traber (16), Blair Wentworth (17), Alexander Wiklund (19), Brent Wold (16)

he's not at Guelph's (OHL) training camp:

http://www.guelphstorm.com/uploads/assets//GUELPH/pdfs/Training_Camp_Roster2.pdf

no, i think guelph university.

and that roster doesnt mean much from chil. cause derek falloon is still there, and he is good, but not whl 16 good.

ok, so potentially Alexiuk, Schappert, Jackson, Gardner and Olson won't be back.

After several years of reloading, it looks like the Steel will be rebuilding this year...

unless KP can pull a few Armour's or Larsen's out of his ar$e, could be a long year

They've never had a problem keeping players around in the past - Selkirk's always been a place players WANTED to go!

they can only keep 3 20 year old and shappert wont be one of them

Did Rewucki try again at a dub camp this year?

Has Alexiuk been in camp, if not where is he playing?

Been in camp? What camp? Steelers haven't started yet, it's this weekend.

no rewy didn't he wants to go to div.1 and alexiux is going to camp

A trade is in the horizon, It is rumoured that Hayduk wants to play in selkirk this year and be able to drop michaud in training camp. Apparently Michaud and him have gone at it before and Michaud was classless.

Would this make michaud trade bait?

Old Mother Hubbard (K. Petrash)
went to his cupboard (his Palm Pilot)
to get the poor dog (the Steelers)
a bone (new recruits/players)

When he got there (checked his Palm Pilot for calls, textx, e-mail)
the cupboard was bare (no one called, wanting to try out for the team)
and so the poor dog (the Steelers)
had none (no top recruits/players to re-load with)

- The End -

We'll have to wait and see if this season is the Steeler's version of Humpty Dumpty !!

chil snipped a 20 year old vet the day they told schappert he was stickin around for pre season. sounds like he's gonna stay

michaud is sick this year!!! wow

schappert and olson are on there way back, now just waiting for jackson and gardnier