London Knights 2022-23 Season Thread (Part 5)

[dirty12]

Oh for sure, nothing is assumed. Just saying based on where the 2 teams are at, it's fair to say the Knights should win, but they also should have beat Owen Sound a few weeks ago and we know how that went. They still have to play all those games, could go 0/9 and make us all look dumb! haha


Looking forward to watching this one as well, looks like Yearwood has been playing well for the wolves. I liked his style of play in London, just wasn't a spot for him. Good for him getting regular minutes and performing.

The wolves might be around 70% on Friday vs teams that played in Barrie or NB Thursday night.

 

[PhlyerPhanatic31]

I have 2 tickets available for the final regular season game vs Kitchener

It's a Sunday game with a 6 pm start

message me

healing

 

[Wisdom]

Looks like a run in with a nail gun

 

[Knightsfan90]

Anyone notice that Sim hasn't played since Feb 20th

Saw him at the Nats game he looked well Must be something minor

 

[Otto]

Already starting out on a high note... I mean... the kids had his name all over the news for a while now... "Maloo" ???

C'mon

 

[Otto]

That's got to be no goal. Puck was covered

 

[Otto]

Brutal start. This one was a must win... but it's not happening if they keep playing this way.

 

[ArielNederland]

Can't see how they will stay in 1st in division unless windsor and sarnia lose a couple of games

 

[PhlyerPhanatic31]

Is the color guy mispronouncing names on purpose? This is actually comical

 

[Knights Watcher]

Sarnia worries me more than Windsor.
What is most worrisome is the slow starts lately, the horrific Power Play and the not very good Penalty Kill. The lack of trade deadline moves is starting to rear its ugly head. Come playoff time teams have to take advantage of every opportunity in tight defensive games. With the PP and PK slipping, we can’t afford to be constantly playing from behind. Keep this up and I can’t see us getting out of the 2nd Rd.
Before anyone jumps all over this post…it is strictly my opinion based on what I’ve seen the past few games.

 

[PhlyerPhanatic31]

Not a good start to this road trip

 

[ArielNederland]

Not staying disciplined is biting the team hard. Not sure why Dale doesn't try something new on the pk and pp

 

[Knights Watcher]

They really should win 7 of 9 looking at the remaining games and standings.

Northern trip this weekend will be tough, but should be able take 2/3. Beat either Barrie or North Bay and Sudbury should be a W

Next Week, Guelph should be a W but they have played us tough this year. Kingston, no reason that shouldn't be a W & Flint no reason it shouldn't be a W.

The last weekend, Windsor home and home. Go for a split, then Kitchener to round it out should be a W.

To me, 6 or 7 wins in the final 9 games should be expected. Which should get them 1st, because if we split the Windsor home and home, they can't run the table.

The way this team is playing I can't see them winning 3 of the last 9. We should be peaking going into the playoffs. Instead they look like the team that started the season.

 

[ArielNederland]

5-1 and losing games at the wrong time. Reverting back to old habits. Not seeing this team going past 2nd round. Thanks Mark for the moves... or lack of

Edit : so obvious this team hasn't learned a single thing from the sarnia loss.

 

[M21]

So much for having a bounce back game after an an embarrassing loss. Looks like another total beat down. Disappointing.

 

[Harley49]

Why is it other teams PP are sooooooo much better ? The PK isn’t much better for the Knights to be called the best defence in our division ..,,, that’s going to ihurt us come playoffs .,,,, ,,,,,,,,some of our PP people need to sit and find 5 hungry players that are willing to take charge

 

[Knights Watcher]

5-1 and losing games at the wrong time. Reverting back to old habits. Not seeing this team going past 2nd round. Thanks Mark for the moves... or lack of

Couldn't agree more. The lack of scoring is killing us. How nice would it have been to bring in Harrison, or Pastujov, or Beck, or Othmann, or DelBelBelluz, or any number of players that were available that are now lighting it up for their new teams.

 

[Knights Watcher]

Why is it other teams PP are sooooooo much better ? The PK isn’t much better for the Knights to be called the best defence in our division ..,,, that’s going to ihurt us come playoffs .,,,, ,,,,,,,,some of our PP people need to sit and find 5 hungry players that are willing to take charge

It's because our players are always looking for that perfect pretty pass instead of shooting the puck at the damn net.How many so-called dirty goals have we scored this season? Not many. Stop trying to make the TSN Play of the Night and get pucks to the net FFS. Just look at the shots after the 2nd period: 33-17. And in Sarnia last Friday:41-24. They have opportunties and either elect to pass or miss the net altogether. One and done in the playoffs if this keeps up.

 

[Harley49]

We do have the best goalie in the league (.JMO ) and Mark picked up a couple players from Hamilton and thought they were going to put us over the top ….. other GM “s knew the west wasn’t that strong …. and loaded up…..I’m saying poor management could very well give us early spring …,.

 

[Otto]

"Maillio"

 

[Harley49]

Hopefully we see Nichols and Livin in tomorrow’s game……change it up get some guys that can put the puck in the net…..sit a ouple of the third line players .,,..Gazinzov has to be on the PP ….. good night

 

[TheOrangePylon]

The way this team is playing I can't see them winning 3 of the last 9. We should be peaking going into the playoffs. Instead they look like the team that started the season.

Yeah, that performance tonight was horrible. Not going to win many games playing like that. Left Brochu out to dry a few times and scored the 4th or 5th shot.

On a positive, Bowen looked better in relief tonight than he has in his past couple outings.

We do have the best goalie in the league (.JMO ) and Mark picked up a couple players from Hamilton and thought they were going to put us over the top ….. other GM “s knew the west wasn’t that strong …. and loaded up…..I’m saying poor management could very well give us early spring …,.

Yeah, not going to lie. I was expecting a little more from Winterton, but especially Humphrey. Winterton has been steady and got his points, just not as dominant as I was hoping. But Humphrey has gone from a point per game player on a championship team last year, to a 4th line role player on this team. He’s had his chances up in the lineup too, just hasn’t seized them.

 

[sbpointer]

Can't see how they will stay in 1st in division unless windsor and sarnia lose a couple of games

The sky is not falling and Windsor and Sarnia are both not in London's division.
London has already clinched the division and will have at worst the second seed for the first round of the playoffs. Better to hit a speed bump now then in three weeks..

 

[KnightWatch]

The sky is not falling and Windsor and Sarnia are both not in London's division.
London has already clinched the division and will have at worst the second seed for the first round of the playoffs. Better to hit a speed bump now then in three weeks..

...but we want to finish 1st in the conference, so that Windsor and Sarnia have to battle it out in the 2nd round.

That was probably the ugliest game I've watched all season. Our special teams look awful right now, and if we can't fix them quickly, we'd better learn to stay out of the box! Also, we looked like we were in panic mode all night (credit to Barrie's strong forecheck), bad passes and over-skating the puck the entire game....yikes!

Plenty to work on over the next few weeks....

Oh...and Dale, can we please re-unite McGurn, Diaco and Gaz....the new combos are NOT working!

 

[Harley49]

I’m thinking Zach starts today against Sudbury,,,give Brett the NB game on Sunday…. Zach played a good game after the one goal he let in ……but the way Dale thinks Brochu starts both games……