The Rebels have been one of the most heavily scouted clubs in the WHL this season with multiple players on the radar for 2015. The team has made moves this season with next year in mind, the year they host the Memorial Cup. Yet the club didn't take away from the current success they are enjoying and remain well positioned for a competitive playoff drive.
After the jump, the second entry to his draft blog written by forward Grayson Pawlenchuk.
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Hey there, its Grayson Pawlenchuk from the Red
Deer Rebels. I'm going to update you on how my season is going from about
November and the changes that have happened. This is my second blog with The
Pipeline Show.
I’ll start with telling you the changes that our team has made with the roster.
We have traded
away quite a few guys but have got some key players in return. To our team we
have added Riley Sheen, Nelson Nogier, Austin Adamson, Colton Bobyk, and Connor
Gay. By adding those players we have added a lot of skill and size to our team
and also some great guys and good leadership. Connor Gay and Riley Sheen are
our top two scores right now.
We have had a pretty good year spending most of
the time sitting second in our division but lately in third. In November,
December, and first half of January we were doing really well getting an
honorable mention in the CHL top 10 rankings but the second half of January and
February we have let off a bit and lost guys due to injury and aren't doing as
well.
The last week we have been playing well though and starting to get the
outcome that we want but we still need to keep building on that so that we have
a strong finish going into playoffs. It looks like we will be playing Medicine
Hat or Calgary in the first round and i think that if we are to play our style
of game and not get into the skilled game too much like they play, that we will
be able to beat them. We're really hoping for a strong finish though going into
playoffs soon so we need to keep getting better.
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Personally with my season it has been up and
down, some games I'll play well but then other games I wont which is the biggest
thing that I'm working on right now in my game. I haven't got the points that i
was expecting or that is expected of me but i still feel that my game outside
of that has been pretty good. I take a lot of pride in my defensive play and my
penalty killing which i feel i have been doing a good job at. I just try to not
focus on the points and the worry about the other parts of my game; if i keep
working hard and doing things right they will come. I'm expecting a lot more
from myself these last couple games and for in playoffs.
I look forward to the rest of the season and
playing out these last couple weeks we have. It's weird to think the regular season
is almost over already but that being said, I'm really excited for playoffs to
start and to see how our team does. I believe that we have a great chance in
going far, we have a great group of guys and we just need to play our game.
That's it for me for this one, i look forward to
updating you again on how the year finished and how playoffs went. Thanks again
to The Pipeline Show for offering to let me write these blogs. If you
have any questions you can contact me on twitter (@pawly97). Thank you for
reading.
Grayson Pawlenchuk
1 comment:
Off topic:
Do you have any thoughts regarding Keith Kinkaid.?
I think Oilers should look at him as a possible trade in the summer.
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