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Message: [QUOTE="JeremyCuse, post: 5303720, member: 43"] Your forgetting English who is coming off that knee injury who apparently looked good in the fall and was a big loss early for them last year. They also have a couple of incoming kids who could push for time especially at middie. I assume most Hopkins fan expect Ayers and Chauvette to take another big step forward, Chauvette especially and that Melendez will look more like the 23 version versus the guy who struggled for most of 24. Hackler should help in transition as well, as he could easily play 1st midline on most teams. That said there are definitely some potential pitfalls for Hop on offense. Angelus is a massive loss, he was clearly main initiator for that team and when he played well Hop usually won. With him gone they don't really a true QB type to lead the offense. Degnon again is also a major loss as he forced teams to choose whether to put their top cover guy on himself or Angelus. I suspect Hop fans hope Chauvette can step into that role but he's been mostly a catch and shoot guy who is going to need to develop more of an off ball/dodging game as he struggled once teams eventually just started shadowing him and his defender not sliding. The other issue fo HOp is what does Melendez give them. If he's more like the 23 version that's a big boon. If he's more like the 24 version that went MIA at times and looked off for most of the year, that's gonna be a major problem. Collison is also key for them. He had another very good year but will need to carry more of the load with Angelus and Degnon gone. Defensively is where Hop will likely excel, Staudt should be good in goal and while they won't have near the SSDM depth they had last year their close defense will be very good especially after they somehow got Scott Smith another year miraculously. FOGO and overall offense are definitely their biggest question marks. [/QUOTE]

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