RAPTORS SEASON PREVIEW DISCONTINUING?
By Gedje Bayted | May 10th, 2022
Colorado, DN -- Legend says that a 5 season old tradition, dating back to the beginning of time is coming to an end. The Raptors Season Preview, a report detailing all of Colorado's transactions in the offseason, their projected lineup and depth charts, some strengths and weaknesses, season outlook, questions for the season and general content relating to Colorado's SMJHL franchise. However, with a change of eras, comes a change in tradition too.
Jay, writer of the Raptors Season Preview, announced earlier this week that he would not be continuing this Raptors team favorite for Season 65. Citing reasons such as "I'm too lazy lol", he would go on and disappoint avid Report Reader micool132 and many others. Micool commented with his classic :pepew:, an emote signifying sadness or grief or in Micool's words, the "face of discouragement". The Report highlight many past franchise greats and future stars, such as the likes of Noel Blanchet, Angus McFife XVIII, Gonzo Gobbledygook, Shoyo Hinata and elite defenseman Binko Koivu. It contained, at times, some morbid predictions that Colorado was gonna fall to the bottom, while in reality we did fine. Sometimes Jay looked like a genius, calling for a Shoyo breakout in S64. Most of the time though the predictions aged poorly and were kind of stupid. Like the S64 Season one.
So with that, we tried to reach out to Jay. He quickly answered a few of our questions before heading off to the SMJHL Draft. In summary, he stated that this "needed to happen", it was "time to move on and forget about the past", while looking forward to what the new Raptors "had in store" for the team. He was bittersweet about ending this well liked series of media, but was interested in looking toward the future and see what else was there for him to do.
The Raptors Season Preview is now, officially, extinct.
Thanks to @Ragnar , @High Stick King and @Maxy for the sigs!
Max Manning || Center || Winnipeg Aurora || 2043 Peak TPE
Raptors and Argonauts Alumni
Birthplace: Vancouver, BC
S61-S62 Colorado Alternate Captain
S63 Colorado Captain
S69 Seattle Alternate Captain
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SHL Regular Season Statistics:
S64 | SEA | 66 GP | 16 G | 18 A | 34 P | +11 | 20 PIM | 66 H | 33 SB | 17:57 ATOI
S65 | SEA | 66 GP | 8 G | 20 A | 28 P | -2 | 10 PIM | 73 H | 61 SB | 18:30 ATOI
S66 | SEA | 66 GP | 22 G | 33 A | 55 P | +11 | 30 PIM | 57 H | 34 SB | 19:34 ATOI
S67 | SEA | 66 GP | 18 G | 33 A | 51 P | +18 | 22 PIM | 144 H | 42 SB | 19:16 ATOI
S68 | SEA | 66 GP | 66 G | 47 A | 113 P | +46 | 46 PIM | 73 H | 33 SB | 21:28 ATOI
S69 | SEA | 66 GP | 55 G | 54 A | 109 P | +52 | 56 PIM | 70 H | 32 SB | 21:46 ATOI
S70 | SEA | 66 GP | 63 G | 47 A | 110 P | +23 | 37 PIM | 79 H | 23 SB | 22:19 ATOI
S71 | SEA | 66 GP | 41 G | 46 A | 87 P | +1 | 55 PIM | 84 H | 44 SB | 24:12 ATOI
S72 | WPG | 66 GP | 33 G | 50 A | 83 P | +41 | 57 PIM | 56 H | 39 SB | 20:18 ATOI
S73 | WPG | 66 GP | 31 G | 37 A | 68 P | +27 | 40 PIM | 58 H | 48 SB | 18:35 ATOI
S74 | BAP | 66 GP | 14 G | 46 A | 60 P | +28 | 26 PIM | 87 H | 66 SB | 18:26 ATOI
S75 | BAP | 66 GP | 14 G | 61 A | 75 P | +23 | 14 PIM | 125 H | 57 SB | 18:47 ATOI
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SHL Playoffs Statistics:
S64 | SEA | 7 GP | 3 G | 1 A | 4 P | 0 | 0 PIM | 8 H | 7 SB | 18:41 ATOI
S65 | SEA | 6 GP | 1 G | 3 A | 4 P | -2 | 0 PIM | 5 H | 1 SB | 18:53 ATOI
S66 | SEA | 22 GP | 9 G | 4 A | 13 P | +1 | 6 PIM | 29 H | 11 SB | 21:10 ATOI
S67 | SEA | 23 GP | 8 G | 16 A | 24 P | +13 | 10 PIM | 57 H | 20 SB | 19:14 ATOI
S68 | SEA | 21 GP | 18 G | 14 A | 32 P | +16 | 2 PIM | 17 H | 16 SB | 23:16 ATOI
S69 | SEA | 16 GP | 14 G | 12 A | 26 P | +9 | 4 PIM | 15 H | 10 SB | 23:41 ATOI
S70 | SEA | 13 GP | 11 G | 10 A | 21 P | 0 | 6 PIM | 10 H | 7 SB | 23:14 ATOI
S71 | SEA | 7 GP | 4 G | 3 A | 7 P | -1 | 2 PIM | 9 H | 3 SB | 25:10 ATOI
S72 | WPG | 19 GP | 12 G | 7 A | 19 P | +4 | 14 PIM | 17 H | 12 SB | 19:38 ATOI
S73 | WPG | 17 GP | 12 G | 7 A | 19 P | +9 | 8 PIM | 16 H | 21 SB | 19:15 ATOI
S74 | BAP | 12 GP | 2 G | 9 A | 11 P | -1 | 2 PIM | 22 H | 10 SB | 20:11 ATOI
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SMJHL Regular Season Statistics:
S60 | COL | 66 GP | 3 G | 15 A | 18 P | -14 | 10 PIM | 28 H | 73 BS | 11:22 ATOI
S61 | COL | 66 GP | 20 G | 34 A | 54 P | +33 | 12 PIM | 50 H | 70 BS | 15:59 ATOI
S62 | COL | 66 GP | 19 G | 26 A | 45 P | +10 | 6 PIM | 71 H | 92 BS | 18:53 ATOI
S63 | COL | 66 GP | 22 G | 43 A | 65 P | +23 | 12 PIM | 43 H | 87 BS | 19:44 ATOI
Career | 264 GP | 64 G | 118 A | 182 P | +52 | 40 PIM | 192 H | 322 BS
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SMJHL Playoffs Statistics:
S60 | COL | 7 GP | 0 G | 0 A | 0 P | 0 | 0 PIM | 4 H | 4 BS | 12:20 ATOI
S61 | COL | 9 GP | 5 G | 1 A | 6 P | +1 | 0 PIM | 6 H | 11 BS | 15:22 ATOI
S62 | COL | 10 GP | 2 G | 5 A | 7 P | +1 | 0 PIM | 6 H | 10 BS | 18:44 ATOI
S63 | COL | 6 GP | 2 G | 3 A | 5 P | +1 | 0 PIM | 5 H | 5 BS | 20:57 ATOI
Career | 32 GP | 9 G | 9 A | 18 P | +3 | 0 PIM | 21 H | 30 BS
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Awards:
S61 | WJC | Alex Andani Award
S61 | SMJHL | All Star
S63 | COL | Troy McClure III Trophy
S63 | COL | Nick Brain Trophy
S63 | SMJHL | All Star
S68 | SHL | All Star
S68 | SHL | 1st All Star Team
S68 | SHL | Jay McDonald Trophy Winner
S68 | SHL | Sergei Karpotsov Trophy Winner
S68 | SHL | Ron Mexico Trophy Nomination
S68 | SHL | Sarmad Khan Trophy Winner
S68 | SHL | Anton Razov Trophy Winner
S68 | SHL | Aidan Richan Trophy Winner
S69 | SHL | All Star
S69 | SHL | 2nd All Star Team
S69 | SHL | Jay McDonald Trophy Winner
S69 | SHL | Sarmad Khan Trophy Nomination
S69 | SMJHL | Elias Armia Trophy Winner
S70 | SHL | All Star
S70 | SHL | 1st All Star Team
S70 | SHL | Jay McDonald Trophy Winner
S70 | SHL | Ron Mexico Trophy Nomination
S70 | SHL | Sarmad Khan Trophy Nomination
S71 | SHL | All Star
Achievements:
S63 | WJC | Silver Medal
S64 | IIHF | Bronze Medal
S66 | SHL | Cole Reinhart Trophy Winner
S66 | IIHF | Silver Medal
S67 | SHL | Challenge Cup Winner
S67 | SHL | Cole Reinhart Trophy Winner
S68 | SHL | Challenge Cup Winner
S68 | SHL | Cole Reinhart Trophy Winner
S68 | SHL | President's Trophy Winner
S68 | SHL | Single Season Goals Record Holder - 66
S68 | SHL | Held Single Season Points Record - 113
S68 | SHL | Season Power Play Goals Record Holder - 26
S69 | IIHF | Gold Medal
S72 | SHL | Challenge Cup Winner
S72 | SHL | Cole Reinhart Trophy Winner
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Transactions:
S60: Drafted 56OA by COL
S60: Signed to a 1 year, $4.0M contract by COL
S61: Drafted 20OA by SEA
S61: Signed to a 1 year, $2.5M contract by SEA
S62: Signed to a 2 year, $5.0M contract by SEA
S64: Signed to a 2 year, $6.0M contract by SEA
S66: Signed to a 1 year, $4.0M contract by SEA
S67: Signed to a 1 year, $5.0M contract by SEA
S68: Signed to a 1 year, $6.0M contract by SEA
S69: Signed to a 3 year, $12.0M contract by SEA
S71: Signed to a 1 year, $6.0M contract by SEA
S71: Signed to a 2 year, $12.0M contract extension by SEA
S71: Traded to WPG
S73: Traded to BAP
S75: Signed to a 1 year, $4.0M contract by BAP
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Lindy Wilson || GM of the Colorado Raptors
S71-present Raptors GM
S68-S70 Raptors Co-GM
S64-S65 Scarecrows Co-GM
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REGULAR SEASON
S64 | STL | 22 W | 41 L | 3 OTL | 47 P | .336 PTS%
S65 | STL | 38 W | 26 L | 2 OTL | 78 P | .591 PTS%
TOTAL STL | 60 W | 67 L | 5 OTL | 125 P | .473 PTS%
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S68 | COL | 26 W | 31 L | 9 OTL | 61 P | .462 PTS%
S69 | COL | 28 W | 35 L | 3 OTL | 59 P | .447 PTS%
S70 | COL | 46 W | 17 L | 3 OTL | 95 P | .720 PTS%
TOTAL COL | 100 W | 83 L | 15 OTL | 215 P | .543 PTS%
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PLAYOFFS
S65 - Eliminated in Round 2 of the SMJHL Playoffs
S68 - Eliminated in Round 1 of the SMJHL Playoffs
S70 - Eliminated in Round 2 of the SMJHL Playoffs
S71 - Eliminated in Round 2 of the SMJHL Playoffs
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AWARDS
S70 - Nominated for the Nour Harrak Award