Generals Sign Loic Lacasse

[Superfly Jimmy Snuka]

He will be getting the start in Guelph tonight I believe........Makes the goalie and the OA situation interesting.....Belan you would think is the odd man out and Anthony Peters could be demoted to Junior A for the remainder of the season I think.......Good for the Generals showing that they want to make a playoff push. It still doesnt excuse the fact they need better defence though

[domifan28]

Is this Loic Lacasse the same player who played for the baie comeau drakkar last season in the qmjhl?? If so the Generals got themselves a great goaltender.

[CharlieGirl]

Originally Posted by Superfly Jimmy Snuka

He will be getting the start in Guelph tonight I believe........Makes the goalie and the OA situation interesting.....Belan you would think is the odd man out and Anthony Peters could be demoted to Junior A for the remainder of the season I think.......Good for the Generals showing that they want to make a playoff push. It still doesnt excuse the fact they need better defence though

Exactly. The Gennies need a good solid defenseman badly. Right now, they could have the best goalie in the CHL back there, and still have problems. They have good forwards, and have run through quite a few passable to good goalies this year.

I hope he does well, but I'm not holding out a lot of hope.

[OHLArenaGuide]

Originally Posted by domifan28

Is this Loic Lacasse the same player who played for the baie comeau drakkar last season in the qmjhl??

No, that was the other Loic Lacasse.

[leafmon]

It has been years since the Gens had a reliable goalie.

[Superfly Jimmy Snuka]

The Generals have had extremly shaky goaltending for alongtime now.....Beckford-Tseu and both Dan Turple were dealt before they hit their prime in the junior careers and both werent great players for the generals. Come to think of it the last goalie the Generals have had that I would consider outstanding is a goalie who they got from the QMJHL and this is goin wayyyyy back but Dave Arsenault who they got from Chicoutimi and thats the last time the Gennies made the mem cup.......Hopefully Lacasse can provide stability in net but with the way the generals defence plays most nights the offence will still have to score 5-7 goals to win because the defence is mistake prone

[FearTheFlyers]

This is the same clown whose agent wanted 45k for him to play with Owen Sound.

[ringetterox15]

not to be sterotypical but if he's french he's proably good, lol...no i did see him play in guelph last night, he didn't stand out to me, but i dont know, and i believe i met belan, along with madden, i dont think they cared much for fans, also it may have been the fact we were talking to them and then eventually asked who they were, but yeah, i dont understand the reason for the goaltending, did they not keep peters, i thought he was a fine goaltender

[Superfly Jimmy Snuka]

peters is still with the team but just turns 16 tomorrow i believe and Lacasse from what Ive seen has kept the gens in the first two games he has played.......a 1 goal and 3 goal game is almost unheard of from Oshawa.........Oshawa hasnt had a 1 goal performance since October i believe

[FTowwn]

Loic is not a bad goalie, ive heard some good reports about him.
He has been traded a few times in the past year in the Q and apparently he was struggling early, but i never knew he was released?
oh well, he will do fine in the O, but dont expect too much of him

[Blind Gardien]

About the only ray of hope that Habs fans can cling to about Lacasse is that the organization must have seen something in him to first draft him, and then sign him for 3 years. But there haven't been a lot of glowing reports from watching him. Few Habs fans have seen anything to suggest that he has any pro potential whatsoever, but then, given the calibre of goaltending in some corners of the OHL these days, perhaps even a mediocre overage goalie from the Q actually *can* be an adequate upgrade. Here's hoping it works out for Lacasse and the Gens.

[Superfly Jimmy Snuka]

Lacasse has bee good in the games so far..........lets just say our goaltender before who was an overager well.......he stunk it up

[Superfly Jimmy Snuka]

Lacasse is undefeated so far as a General and has looked really good....he plays the puck very well and is making the gens defence look better and they are playing with more confidence

[leafmon]

Originally Posted by Blind Gardien

About the only ray of hope that Habs fans can cling to about Lacasse is that the organization must have seen something in him to first draft him, and then sign him for 3 years. But there haven't been a lot of glowing reports from watching him. Few Habs fans have seen anything to suggest that he has any pro potential whatsoever, but then, given the calibre of goaltending in some corners of the OHL these days, perhaps even a mediocre overage goalie from the Q actually *can* be an adequate upgrade. Here's hoping it works out for Lacasse and the Gens.

So far it seems to be with three wins. From the two I saw I can tell you he is a big upgrade for the Gens. Having Aston return to duty has also been a big help.

[leafmon]

Originally Posted by Superfly Jimmy Snuka

The Generals have had extremly shaky goaltending for alongtime now.....Beckford-Tseu and both Dan Turple were dealt before they hit their prime in the junior careers and both werent great players for the generals. Come to think of it the last goalie the Generals have had that I would consider outstanding is a goalie who they got from the QMJHL and this is goin wayyyyy back but Dave Arsenault who they got from Chicoutimi and thats the last time the Gennies made the mem cup.......Hopefully Lacasse can provide stability in net but with the way the generals defence plays most nights the offence will still have to score 5-7 goals to win because the defence is mistake prone

SJS
I couldn't agree with you more.