[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Same as every year, let's put all Heat discussion in this thread.

It's going to be a very very different looking Heat team this season. Walter's gone, Kolanos' gone, Taylor's gone, Irving's gone, Ruegsegger's gone, Sylvester's gone. All of the more tenured Heat players are departing. It's probably best for the team. Towards the end of last season the Heat stagnated. Their scoring dried up and there was no one to lift them out of their funk. A change in leadership was needed and now it's happening.

I really really look forward to this year. Abbotsford hasn't seen a team projected to be this young in its five year history. It'll be interesting to see which young players emerge in the prospect pool.

Training camp will tell the coaches a lot about who works well together and who is developing chemistry so lines can be put together. Very roughly, here's what we should expect:

Byron - Street - Nemisz
Granlund - Reinhart - Hanowski
Laing (?) - B. Jones - Ferland
Bancks - Jooris - Elson

Extras/Utah: Howse, Eddy

Cundari - Breen
Wotherspoon - Billins
Ramage - MacKenzie

Extras/Utah: Culkin, Martin

Berra
Ortio
Brossoit

That's my extremely rough guess. There will be veterans and unsigned players who will almost definitely join the team. But for a mid-August estimate, that's what it looks like right now. Lots of grit, little skill.