I fully understood what you meant, there are reason why a team applies to be a host team, it still comes with benefits and advantages, and one of them is for the majority of fans coming in to be entertained by their favorite team. Beside financial benefitting and a business adventure, they don't want to pi..ed their fans off to a point they will stay away next year, it's also an opportunity to grow their fan base as well. Cheers!
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I fully expect London to be up there next year, Erie should be good and Guelph will be so good that we rightly need to list them twice.
Shawinigan via another heart breaker over London.
The one thing I noticed in the first two periods is that Saginaw wasn’t being as aggressive with the dmen as the normally would be. Plenty of times I saw Parekh back off pinch plays that he would have jumped into 10/10. I think the idea was to take away London’s counter attack, which was the one thing that always killed us. And two of London’s goal were off the counter. First one Dionicio cheats up to make a check leaving Haultenan open. 2 on 1 leads to a snipe. Third goal a puck is mishandled in the middle of the ice and off the knights went. Credit to London. Saginaw played 50 minutes of the best hockey they’ve ever put together and you still almost tore our hearts out againThis is Easton Cowan commenting before the game, listen to what he is saying:
2024 Memorial Cup - June 2 - London Morning Availability | Canadian Hockey League
London’s Easton Cowan talks ahead of the final o the 2024 Memorial Cup presented by Dow.
And this is Josh Bloom commenting before the same game, and listen to what he's saying here:
2024 Memorial Cup - June 2 - Saginaw Morning Availability | Canadian Hockey League
Saginaw’s Josh Bloom talks ahead of the championship game of the 2024 Memorial Cup presented by Dow.
Noticed the difference, as it turned out, it wasn't like any other game the Knights were prepared for, and controlling the emotions.
And for Saginaw, the importance to start fast, stay out of the penalty box and play the game as they never play before.
Kitchener should be sellers this year especially with the loses of Brzustewicz (99% sure hes gone as he would be an OA this year) Sop, Motew and Martin.
Accurate. Saginaw was unreal at getting in the passing and shooting lanes too. I’m not even remembering a sequence of two consecutive passes London made last night. It was mostly domination outside of 5-7 minutes. I did not expect a London victory yesterday but was not expecting domination. Enjoy!
yeah, i've often thought the tournament should just be the 3 champions in a round robin - they earned their places while hosting and winning seems to diminish the whole thing.
Saginaw has three team banners hanging in their arena and will be adding two at their home opener next year
You go this route you might as well just hold it in Toronto every year and let the NHL Marketing team handle things
Kitchener not so much. Need to sell off players to recoup draft picks instead of losing in the second round again
Parekh backing off is showing some respect for the many times he got burnt against London in the past, it's common sense to learn from it. Saginaw wanted it more, as Josh Bloom said before the game, they took the game to London and completely outperformed them and dominated every aspect of the game, not letting London get organized. The Knights expected the same from the Spirit, and it wasn't the same Spirit team they had been accustomed to playing against. You do learn from teams that beat you, Saginaw were great students of the Knight's game, with so many kick at the can it finally broke through.
London better f***ing win next year. Screw the west being good I do not care. This CORE NEEDS TO WIN A CUP. Otherwise it is a waste
Have you tried going outside and getting some sun? Or Tinder?
Half step away from an intervention. Its a beautiful couple of days ahead. Go for some walks. It will do ya some good.
I am a huge Dickinson fan. But no way no chance is he not back next year. He isn’t ready for the NHL. See how many times he iced the puck? He still has a lot to develop at the junior level. He will be back and grow his game. He has yet to add a physical component to his game (hits, fights, but of nasty). He only uses his physical to separate puck from player. He still needs to work on his poise,and his offence. But he is only 17 and he’s been one of our best D. I look forward to seeing him flourish as a Knight in the coming years.
Yes George is gone but there's a slight chance of Edward coming back. Julien NEEDS another year. Needs more size, strength, and foot speed. I still think Cowan will be back after 9 or 10 games with the Leafs but depends who they sign in the off season. If Bertuzzi takes less to stay then Cowan might be back....if Bert walks then he might be a much cheaper alternative. As for Dickinson....depends who drafts him. I think that another season in junior would be good for him especially in a leadership role....he deserves the C next year hands down. Next year will be fun.
Yes but the pipeline is fantastic and there's a good chance Cowan, Dickinson, and Edward will be back. I believe that George, Halttunen and Gaz will be gone 100%.
Coming from a Windsor fan that rich considering this tidbit from the Spits past..
