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| Chris Blight lifting the Playoff Trophy in April (Photo Taken by Dean Woolley) |
It has not long since been announced that another one of our
playoff championship-winning side forwards won’t be returning - this time in the
shape of former Devils winger Chris Blight.
Many in Sheffield were hoping to see return in orange for the Canadian but after problems came up during the summer over a mis-understanding, he has clearly since chose to join Jeff Hutchins at Dundee.
Blight only joined the Steelers at the end of January after being released by the Devils and went straight into the line-up in Belfast, proving an instant hit with the Sheffield fans. Blight would end up finishing the season as a Playoff Champion along with Gerad Adams and Phil Hill who he knew well from his time in Cardiff.
From all our import forwards from last season, so far none of them are returning and we only have one more option to see one return - which is Stefan Meyer. Yes, at the moment it has been announced that as it stands he won’t be returning, but it doesn’t mean it won’t change.
So it will be very much fresh look to the Steelers. It might be a change that some fans aren’t happy about, but if they're new to the sport then it’s something they’ll have to get used to, and if you’ve been a fan for a while - well, you’ll know this is a part of hockey.
People are worried that having such a fresh looking team is bad, but I think the opposite. I think it will be a good thing for us. Look at how inconsistent we were all year until Adams came in! Lets be honest, the playoff victory saved a terrible season. People will say "how was it terrible, we won the playoffs?" Well yes, even though we finished 2nd, we still finished 20+ points behind Belfast and for me - and any other fan - that isn’t acceptable.
We obviously need improvements, and looking at what we’ve brought in so far the team is coming together nicely, with some players that put up some big numbers. I also got told that we have missed out on American forward Ben Gordon, who shows the sort of players we're looking to bring in as he puts up big numbers.
If that’s the sort of players that Adams is looking at, I’m a strong believer that we can expect a big signing that would light up our breakfasts, and if that’s the case then I can’t wait for them to take to the ice on the 6th September.
Tom
@TomWalkeden
@FrozenSteelBlog
@IAmMcCausland
@AwkwardGinge
Many in Sheffield were hoping to see return in orange for the Canadian but after problems came up during the summer over a mis-understanding, he has clearly since chose to join Jeff Hutchins at Dundee.
Blight only joined the Steelers at the end of January after being released by the Devils and went straight into the line-up in Belfast, proving an instant hit with the Sheffield fans. Blight would end up finishing the season as a Playoff Champion along with Gerad Adams and Phil Hill who he knew well from his time in Cardiff.
From all our import forwards from last season, so far none of them are returning and we only have one more option to see one return - which is Stefan Meyer. Yes, at the moment it has been announced that as it stands he won’t be returning, but it doesn’t mean it won’t change.
- Jeff Legue came out and said that he didn’t think he was capable of performing to the level that the Steelers need and decided to sign a three year contract with the Steeldogs.
- Tim Spencer couldn’t refuse the opportunity to play in the AHL.
- Steven Goertzen has gone to Blaze after being released at the end of the summer
- DiCasmirro, well we all knew he would end up back in Italy, and to be honest I still haven’t seen anything official about where he’ll play so you never know - we might be surprise with his return but I doubt it!
- Maxime Lacroix - who had an injury hit season - had already signed for Rouen in France not even a week after the playoff final.
So it will be very much fresh look to the Steelers. It might be a change that some fans aren’t happy about, but if they're new to the sport then it’s something they’ll have to get used to, and if you’ve been a fan for a while - well, you’ll know this is a part of hockey.
People are worried that having such a fresh looking team is bad, but I think the opposite. I think it will be a good thing for us. Look at how inconsistent we were all year until Adams came in! Lets be honest, the playoff victory saved a terrible season. People will say "how was it terrible, we won the playoffs?" Well yes, even though we finished 2nd, we still finished 20+ points behind Belfast and for me - and any other fan - that isn’t acceptable.
We obviously need improvements, and looking at what we’ve brought in so far the team is coming together nicely, with some players that put up some big numbers. I also got told that we have missed out on American forward Ben Gordon, who shows the sort of players we're looking to bring in as he puts up big numbers.
If that’s the sort of players that Adams is looking at, I’m a strong believer that we can expect a big signing that would light up our breakfasts, and if that’s the case then I can’t wait for them to take to the ice on the 6th September.
Tom
@TomWalkeden
@FrozenSteelBlog
@IAmMcCausland
@AwkwardGinge
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