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Originally Posted by browna
If the Hamilton rumor is true, it is a big loss. If this happens, did they take him and his u21 minutes for granted when negotiating this offseason? 14 league appearances including 12 starts and 2 CC appearances, team 11-2-3 in his games. Sure, no goals, and it was a "quiet" 1100 minutes, but he didn't play token minutes and certainly didn't show as any sort of weak link given his age, and he is the type of player they need to grow and develop with as a club.
Pepple, even if he is in better shape and has a fair bit more confidence than he showed last year, is still very young, very unlikely to get minutes like that up front.
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It's an interesting situation for me. Most, if not all, of his starts last season were filling in at RB after we had two natural RBs go down with long term injuries (Serban and Northover). I think the fact he started so often was down to those injuries. Given our roster to this point, I think it's fair to say he was going to struggle to get minutes at his natural position as a wide attacking player. Perhaps signing another U-21 player who plays a similar role in Hernandez was a sign as well. It might just be a case where Hamilton wanted a better opportunity to play in his preferred position as an attacker and that's what Ottawa are offering.
I agree that it's an overall loss for Cavalry. He did a good job filling in at RB and I think he has good potential at his natural attacking position. At this point, Cavalry still need a natural RB and it's not clear how those U-21 minutes are going to be filled.