The Maine Timber have a hard pill to swallow in the next few seasons. When playoffs finish up in the next few weeks we ill be losing 4 players from the S54 Draft Class. Defenseman Elwulf Jericson, Forwards Patrick Shepherd, and Kyle Sutton, and Goalie Leo Bloomfield. As if our holes in Defense weren't already there, losing our seasoned goalie is going to be difficult. These are also just the guaranteed call ups. We do not know at this time if we will be losing any of our S55 Class players. Gatez will need to step up his production and defense for the Jericson loss, and potential Bjerg loss if he decides to enter the SHL this off season.

We also traded away a 2nd round draft pick for Elwulf Jericson with hopes to fill a hole in the defense for a deep run into the playoffs. If this trade doesn't pan out, it will all be for naught.

We definitely need to draft well and find very active players, as after this season, we will be practically in a rebuilding phase.