Brantford Bulldogs 2024 - 25 Season Thread, Part I

[the dog]

Read that your new arena going to be opened in 2028 .. remember going to your arena in early 80's watch alexanders

 

[Jawk]

Read that your new arena going to be opened in 2028 .. remember going to your arena in early 80's watch alexanders

Exciting times. Civic has its charm, but so glad it was only a temporary solution.

 

[nelli27]

Read that your new arena going to be opened in 2028 .. remember going to your arena in early 80's watch alexanders

Dave Gagner led the Alexanders to a playoff win over the Knights...still haven't gotten over it! Lol!

 

[Jawk]

Lardis. Man.

 

[Jawk]

3 games in a row where they have let the opponent right back in to the game. Really need to clean that up.

Would someone other than Lardis, Vanacker, and Lardis like to score. Hard to nitpick, but at some point they will need goals from somewhere else.

Lardis can't possibly get to 70, can he? If he stays this hot...

Edit: just noticed that I listed Lardis twice, it still fits, but I meant Brown on the second go around.

 

[Babs716]

3 games in a row where they have let the opponent right back in to the game. Really need to clean that up.

Would someone other than Lardis, Vanacker, and Lardis like to score. Hard to nitpick, but at some point they will need goals from somewhere else.

Lardis can't possibly get to 70, can he? If he stays this hot...

At what point do teams just stick a guy on Lardis to shut him down…or maybe they already are and he’s just that good?

Brown’s obviously been great. Thomas and OB keeping up with their assists and can both score if needed. It would be nice to get a few more guys rolling which may happen as teams pay closer attention to the one’s consistently putting it in the back of the net.

23 shots by the Pete’s in the 3rd period. Agree they need to improve on shutting teams down and giving them zero chance of getting back into games. However, I have no doubt this will be addressed.

Have to admit I didn’t see us being here back in Nov/Dec…or even at the end of the deadline for that matter, but definitely enjoying the ride and seeing these guys perform to their potential.

 

[Jawk]

At what point do teams just stick a guy on Lardis to shut him down…or maybe they already are and he’s just that good?

Brown’s obviously been great. Thomas and OB keeping up with their assists and can both score if needed. It would be nice to get a few more guys rolling which may happen as teams pay closer attention to the one’s consistently putting it in the back of the net.

23 shots by the Pete’s in the 3rd period. Agree they need to improve on shutting teams down and giving them zero chance of getting back into games. However, I have no doubt this will be addressed.

Have to admit I didn’t see us being here back in Nov/Dec…or even at the end of the deadline for that matter, but definitely enjoying the ride and seeing these guys perform to their potential.

Teams already are overplaying his side when the Dogs are on the PP. I'd love to see them do a better job working it down low on the left side to try and free him up.

Really nitpicking at this point. Hard to ask the 3rd line to score once in awhile with how injuries have decimated the depth. Hopefully, when back, Testa can stay healthy. That will push Rossetto, Avery, and OD on the 3rd line and hopefully they can pop one in here and there.

Remember when they PP was 4%?

During his 18 game goal scoring streak Lardis has 28 goals. 1.55/game. At some point that HAS to stop, but then he had a game where you can't believe he ONLY had 2.

 

[frontsfan67]

Only 7 people have had 70+ in the OHL.

3 with 80+

Last one to get 70+ was John Tavares in 2006/07. Before that it was Eric Lindros in 1990/91

2 in the last 30+ years. Very impressive. Hope he gets to 70 but scores 0 tonight

 

[Babs716]

Teams already are overplaying his side when the Dogs are on the PP. I'd love to see them do a better job working it down low on the left side to try and free him up.

Really nitpicking at this point. Hard to ask the 3rd line to score once in awhile with how injuries have decimated the depth. Hopefully, when back, Testa can stay healthy. That will push Rossetto, Avery, and OD on the 3rd line and hopefully they can pop one in here and there.

Remember when they PP was 4%?

During his 18 game goal scoring streak Lardis has 28 goals. 1.55/game. At some point that HAS to stop, but then he had a game where you can't believe he ONLY had 2.

I chuckle to myself at the memory of the 4% power play when broadcasters mention that we have the best pp in the league.

And then I chuckle at the thought of people questioning whether McKee still deserved a job with the team in November…

 

[Jawk]

I chuckle to myself at the memory of the 4% power play when broadcasters mention that we have the best pp in the league.

And then I chuckle at the thought of people questioning whether McKee still deserved a job with the team in November…

A lot of hindsight with this team. The D looked so bad early in the year. We all knew Jiricek was coming, pretty obvious they knew Hamara was coming back. Those 2 additions changed the whole backend.

 

[Babs716]

A lot of hindsight with this team. The D looked so bad early in the year. We all knew Jiricek was coming, pretty obvious they knew Hamara was coming back. Those 2 additions changed the whole backend.

Ask and we shall receive? (Re: the earlier convo about different lines producing).