Millers Musings: Offseason

 Coming off a disastrous regular season and a not quite as disastrous yet still disappointing

lottery that saw them land the 6th overall pick, the Millers head into the offseason with a

surprisingly settled roster.

The club currently has 13 forwards and 6 Defensemen plus 2 goalies currently under contract or

RFA’s. The top 2 UFAs are Defensemen Devon Toews and Shea Theodore and it’s unknown if

one will be re-signed, of if they would both be traded to any teams interested in extending them.

Other UFAs include acting Captain Jordan Martinook, top 6 forward Jaden Schwartz, bottom 6

forward and assistant Captain James van Riemsdyk and 3rd string G Ville Husso. Although the

club appreciated the leadership of Martinook and van Riemsdyk they are willing to let them look

at other opportunities and would re-sign them if a forward spot opened up. There is also some

interest in resigning Husso but only after he hits the open market.

Georgetown also has a slew of rookies with an opportunity to hit the roster: forwards Matthew

Wood, Emmitt Finnie, Ryan Greene, and Berkley Catton, plus Dman Axel Sandin-Pellika. At

best only a couple of the forwards would have a chance of seeing consistent playing time, the

rest are likely to start the season in the minors.

The first order of business is deciding on who, if anyone, will be the UFA resigning. If clubs

currently in their contention window should come calling for either of Toews or Theodore it’s

likely they could be traded, depending on the return.

Millers management also has to decide what they will do with the 6th overall pick; the club was

hoping to jump into the top 5, so the decision is to stay where they are and see if anyone they

prefer falls to them, trade back, preferably staying within the top dozen picks and add another

high pick or top prospect as part of the return, or to trade it for a package of futures in prospects

and/or picks.

The team is not interested in any short term moves; they believe that with the maturation of the

existing players, some better health for players like Cooley and Dubois and the development of

some prospects that they could be in a good spot to return to the playoffs wishing a couple of

seasons.