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More than 50 players will hit the ice at Sudbury Arena Thursday in hopes of securing a spot on the Wolves roster for the 2014-2015 season.

In hockey, this is the off-season, but, really, is there such a thing anymore? It’s often said the game is a year-round business, not just the seven or eight months games are played.

No regular season games are won in late May, but the preparation has to begin sometime. The Sudbury Wolves will start the process for the new season this weekend with the annual Orientation Camp.

The Sudbury Wolves' off-season is less than a month old, but there has already been plenty of talk of big changes coming.

While the painful ending to the season is still fresh for many in the organization, the Sudbury Wolves have to start looking forward.

Neither the Wolves nor Generals iced their A lineups.

Thanks to an incredible run that went for two months from mid-November to mid-January, the Wolves built up a comfortable lead in the division with thoughts of top spot in the conference on everyone’s mind, with hardly a worry about the teams below th

(Editor's note: This column was written prior to the Wolves' Feb. 26 game vs. the Soo Greyhounds) I’ve been saying that it’s good the Wolves current slump is happening now instead of when the playoffs start.

Every championship team has to have talent, has to play as a team, has to win games — and has to want to win. Almost as important, championship teams have to have the will to win.

The Sudbury Wolves entered 2014 as one of the hottest teams — not only in the OHL, but in all of junior hockey. And while wins have been harder to come by the last couple of weeks, there is certainly no reason to panic. From Nov. 17 to Jan.