Kingston Frontenacs 2024-25 Season Thread, Part II

[frontsfan67]

Decent first period but on that short handed goal. Burns fanned on the pass but I believe the guy right there with him was Uronen and D’amato raced way past him and made it a 2 on 1. Could’ve been a 2 on 2 but Uronen either didn’t try to get back or gave up. Don’t ever have anything negative to say about Uronen ever but that goal was a heart breaker. Short handed goal right before period ends

 

[leafs4life94]

All said and done 4/6 is definitely a good one weekend considering the teams played, but it shows there's still so room for improvement.

Friday - great game against the hottest team. That's the kind of game they'll need night in/night out in the playoffs. Absolute bomb by Uronen on the PP and one of the nicer goals all year with Battaglia and Guindon.

Saturday - amazing start, let off the gas pedal and let Niagara get back into it. Pretty safely the best 4th line game all year - Clark has an incredible wrist shot and with all the players graduating next year it wouldn't surprise me if he put up 20+ next year with the increased opportunity.

Sunday - Schenkel kept them in it for as long as he could but eventually the rebounds and effort in front of him end up turning it into a gongshow. Hopefully Hay isn't out long-term - I know the hits are 100% legal and it would've been a significantly worse outcome with the old stanchions but I still find running someone into the curved glass as predatory.

Good to see Williamson back - again a clean hit in a vacuum but you can't waive the icing off that late. Williamson may have slowed up a little bit but the call is supposed to be made when the first player hits the faceoff dots. Make the judgement call on if the puck is going to get there and make the decision - the puck being at the goal line is too late for a player to protect themself.

Oshawa doesn't really scare me as a team like Brantford or even a healthy Barrie - lots of talent obviously, solid goaltending and they've clearly had Kingston's number - what scares me about a potential playoff match-up is that Kingston's composure just goes out the window when they play them. Burns had an awful game (although that call at the beginning of the 3rd is 100% a reputation call) - but they just need to move on and focus on another tough couple games this weekend with Windsor and Barrie.

I noticed Adam Kelly getting a lot more ice-time with top 9 players last night, most of it was after the Hay injury but I think he had some shifts before too - he's another one that'll be a big player next year.

 

[Logosarejusttargets]

All said and done 4/6 is definitely a good one weekend considering the teams played, but it shows there's still so room for improvement.

Friday - great game against the hottest team. That's the kind of game they'll need night in/night out in the playoffs. Absolute bomb by Uronen on the PP and one of the nicer goals all year with Battaglia and Guindon.

Saturday - amazing start, let off the gas pedal and let Niagara get back into it. Pretty safely the best 4th line game all year - Clark has an incredible wrist shot and with all the players graduating next year it wouldn't surprise me if he put up 20+ next year with the increased opportunity.

Sunday - Schenkel kept them in it for as long as he could but eventually the rebounds and effort in front of him end up turning it into a gongshow. Hopefully Hay isn't out long-term - I know the hits are 100% legal and it would've been a significantly worse outcome with the old stanchions but I still find running someone into the curved glass as predatory.

Good to see Williamson back - again a clean hit in a vacuum but you can't waive the icing off that late. Williamson may have slowed up a little bit but the call is supposed to be made when the first player hits the faceoff dots. Make the judgement call on if the puck is going to get there and make the decision - the puck being at the goal line is too late for a player to protect themself.

Oshawa doesn't really scare me as a team like Brantford or even a healthy Barrie - lots of talent obviously, solid goaltending and they've clearly had Kingston's number - what scares me about a potential playoff match-up is that Kingston's composure just goes out the window when they play them. Burns had an awful game (although that call at the beginning of the 3rd is 100% a reputation call) - but they just need to move on and focus on another tough couple games this weekend with Windsor and Barrie.

I noticed Adam Kelly getting a lot more ice-time with top 9 players last night, most of it was after the Hay injury but I think he had some shifts before too - he's another one that'll be a big player next year.

I agree and disagree on the Williamson hit, at the very least it was a boarding and best a charge, that being said it never should have been waved off, and definitely not that late. The linesman waved it off after it cross the goal line. I was at the game, and happened to be in standing room toward that end, so got a good view of it. He ended up with 5 stitches by the way. Hay was in the stands afterwards and he said he was ok.

 

[Frontsforlife]

Thinking out loud here but for the Coach of the Year finalists I’d have to assume it would be Williamson(Bar), Walters(Wsr) and Mann(Kgn)

Probably the edge to Walters taking over the team that finished last in the west and 2nd last in the league last year (next to Niagara) with just 44pts. 2nd in west right now(3rd in points with 81) in only 56 games so far. Prob hits 90+ points this season and more than doubles their previous year’s point total

Maybe you’re saying in the leagues eyes they would consider him but Williamson was handed a super team that should be performing much better. I think walters for sure. He changed that culture and got all the players to buy in to the rough tough play style.

 

[ScoutLife4]

Maybe you’re saying in the leagues eyes they would consider him but Williamson was handed a super team that should be performing much better. I think walters for sure. He changed that culture and got all the players to buy in to the rough tough play style.

Marty also has the benefit of making all the decisions on and off the ice and not having to go through a GM.
I wouldn't say he was "handed" a super team.
He literally had to build that team he coaches himself. (Maybe he handed it to himself lol)
NB also handed him a whole first forward line to a degree but there will be more to that trade this summer.

 

[frontsfan67]

Maybe you’re saying in the leagues eyes they would consider him but Williamson was handed a super team that should be performing much better. I think walters for sure. He changed that culture and got all the players to buy in to the rough tough play style.

Just going based off where teams were last year.

Walter’s clear winner imo with Mann second. Williamson/Ahokas maybe 3rd but ahokas got a crap ton of players to commit to them such as pridham and Humphries so really how bad could they be just losing Rehkopf

 

[frontsfan67]

I noticed Adam Kelly getting a lot more ice-time with top 9 players last night, most of it was after the Hay injury but I think he had some shifts before too - he's another one that'll be a big player next year.

Completely agree. He should be a top 6 guy for sure if he keeps this up. Next year isn’t even his NHL draft year either. Long way to go obviously but with him being so young he has a lot of OHL potential at the very least