And That Was That
The Storm special teams, including a power play that was in the top five the second half of the regular season, went for a crapper.
The goaltending was inconsistent — at times brilliant, but spoiled by too many bad, bad goals. Inconsistency also from several forwards and a couple of defenceman.
It all adds up to a disappointing end to the year, even if the big picture was more focused on next year and the year after than this one.
Saginaw is a good team, but no way Guelph should have been swept.
Now the planning turns towards next year, and there is indeed a plan in place.
There will be many new faces on this team next year — perhaps as many as eight or nine. Some players you like will be gone. There will be a few surprises.
It all starts May 2, the day of the OHL draft. Guelph picks 11th.
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And so another year of Saxon on the Storm comes to an end.
I consider it a success, and not just because we managed to avoid posters challenging one another to a fight this year. I think I only deleted two comments all year (hey, I'll let you disagree with me, but I'm not going to let you call me a "moron.").
For the most part it was what this is intended to be — a discussion on the Storm and issues surrounding it. Debate and disagreement is fine, as long as it's mature and focused on the issue. This year, for the most part, it was.
In the past four months we had 48,000 page views, making us the most popular blog the Guelph Mercury has. The high was trade deadline day, where there were 3,900 page views.
See you in the fall.
