I too am really pleased with how our squad is looking. We might not have had the “wow” signings of Sheffield, Belfast or even Glasgow but we’ve definitely had the most “Wow” re-signings. If you had asked fans at the end of last season to pick 5 players they’d want back - would anyone have picked 5 who haven’t returned?
Mine would have been Martin, Bowns, Dixon, Fournier and Linglet. I’d have been happy with 3 of them. Delighted with 4. Never expected to get all 5.
And of the new guys, can’t wait to see them play. Riley will have the most pressure on him having left Belfast, but we know what he’ll bring as well as som of Belfast’s secrets.
Marjamaki looks to be an experienced replacement for Faryna. We never really replaced Faryna when he left and at times we lacked that massive hit to regain momentum in games towards end of season.
McNamee comes in as a bit of an unknown but Lordo has a reputation for doing his homework. He’s young and hopefully will be here for a long time, I’ve got the Stuart MacRae feel about him.
McMonagle adds a bit of experience on D whilst also having a reputation of scoring highly in some top European leagues whilst also having mostly good +-
Jardine sounds a great pickup as an all round strong Dman. He might well be looking at us as a stepping stone to Europe but how many times has that happened only for players to stay for multiple years.
Sheffield and Belfast both look arguably stronger on paper, but have had a high turnover in players. Hopefully we can get off to a good start as eventually both those teams will click.