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London Knights 2023-24 Season Thread (Part One)

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Knightsfan90

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Knights Watcher said:
After that display the last 2 games I think it's time to call out some players for their efforts. I don't care what the "feelings police" have to say. 86 and 7 invisible.3 is turning into a giveaway machine. 39 is taking a valuable OA spot and hasn't done a thing, and we don't have 1 player on the team that can consistently win a faceoff. Not to mention the atrocious PP. Time to shake things up.
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Time players are held accountable!!! Sit some regulars and play some jr B talent. Show them just because your here doesn't mean you're irreplaceable.
 
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I agree with Knights Watcher. They will look back at the last 2 games and make adjustments.
 
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Kinights can not afford to take any team lightly or like last season take a shift break, every team will ale=ways play them hard even weaker ones as well. I am not worry about this team they'll figure it out sooner or later, they did last year
 
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They are getting outworked and making poor decisions and defensive lapses.

Anyone know why there is or isn’t a captain by now? They usually take a vote by now…. Or is he not yet on the team haha!
 
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Burn it down, trade all the NhL drafted players or bench them all and also the projected top 10 NHL pick this year n highest rated eligible D in the O........ya that will help lol.........because of 2 games.
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Let's not go that far. But a message needs to be sent. Sit a few bodies for 1 or 2 games and see how they respond.
There are some 'passengers' I would considered trading as well. And again, I don't care of the "feelings police" sees this or not so here are my list of expendables:
13, 29, 39 and 55. And maybe 73 if push comes to shove.
 
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Let's not go that far. But a message needs to be sent. Sit a few bodies for 1 or 2 games and see how they respond.
There are some 'passengers' I would considered trading as well. And again, I don't care of the "feelings police" sees this or not so here are my list of expendables:
13, 29, 39 and 55. And maybe 73 if push comes to shove.
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You posted "I don't care what the "feelings police" have to say. 86 and 7 invisible.3 is turning into a giveaway machine. 39 is taking a valuable OA spot"

You referenced 7/86/3/39 in your post I sarcastically responded to.......now it's also 4 other players? Gotcha.
Ya threw 4 more into the mix with your response....... So 1/3 the team? I'd try n explain how much value those 4 first mentioned will bring over the course of the year but.........
Trade em all, burn it down........or maybe just maybe those involved n know the situation can just coach em up n hope for the best?
Poor weekend.......sure. Bash 1/3 of the teams players in 2 posts.....your right to do so but 7/86/3/39 will give all they got. And no I'm not a fan of all 8 you mentioned in 2 posts but appreciate most will be......I'll stop
And I wasn't one complaining posters called out any individual. So drop the "feelings police" comment if responding to my post.
 

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Time players are held accountable!!! Sit some regulars and play some jr B talent. Show them just because your here doesn't mean you're irreplaceable.
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Doesn't work that way at this level with teenage players. JMO based on being on benches with competitive teams n players.
Do I think some have more to give, absolutely. Stay benching the Alist talent......won't end well for alot of reasons. Other ways to work it out.
 
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rve24 said:
You posted "I don't care what the "feelings police" have to say. 86 and 7 invisible.3 is turning into a giveaway machine. 39 is taking a valuable OA spot"

You referenced 7/86/3/39 in your post I sarcastically responded to.......now it's also 4 other players? Gotcha.
Ya threw 4 more into the mix with your response....... So 1/3 the team? I'd try n explain how much value those 4 first mentioned will bring over the course of the year but.........
Trade em all, burn it down........or maybe just maybe those involved n know the situation can just coach em up n hope for the best?
Poor weekend.......sure. Bash 1/3 of the teams players in 2 posts.....your right to do so but 7/86/3/39 will give all they got. And no I'm not a fan of all 8 you mentioned in 2 posts but appreciate most will be......I'll stop
And I wasn't one complaining posters called out any individual. So drop the "feelings police" comment if responding to my post.
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Nope.... The "feelings police" wasn't referring to you at all.
As for the last 2 games I am calling out 86, 7, 3. They need to figure it out and they will I'm sure. No panic with them just yet.
As for the expendables, 13, 29, 39 and 55 (and maybe 73) haven't shown me enough in the first 10 games to warrant being on the top 3 lines. IMO the only thing that 39 brings to the table is sandpaper grit (which is easily replaced by either of the 2 Hanson, err I mean Boulton brothers) and faceoff ability and even there he hasn't produced. Definitely not a 1st line forward and taking up a valuable OA spot. Time to cut bait like we did with Tymkin. 29 seems to have regressed and 13 hasn't taken the jump we expected. 55 is young but just seems lost defensively at times. Jury is still out on 73 so I'll give him a wait and see.
If we had to see 3 of them go I would choose 13, 39 and 55.
 

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Boultons at this point can't bring what 39 potentially can and has. I'll just stop there if that's your analysis.
Ideal 1st line C, nope I agree.

And yes redundant players will get moved out or down. It's a process that should not be based on panic after a poor weekend. The more the players you mention play, the more they develop, The more the staff can evaluate their futire, the more value they may have if moved.
LK moves 2/3 players a year for picks it seems. It helps keep the bus in the top half year after year. Its asset management.
Can't do that if they don't play. If they warrant a move n a return, great. If they don't they probly would not have kept them, and sometimes they get it wrong n eat it. But less often than flipping these redundant players. Patience, JMO.
 
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rve24 said:
Boultons at this point can't bring what 39 potentially can and has. I'll just stop there if that's your analysis.
Ideal 1st line C, nope I agree.

And yes redundant players will get moved out or down. It's a process that should not be based on panic after a poor weekend. The more the players you mention play, the more they develop, The more the staff can evaluate their futire, the more value they may have if moved.
LK moves 2/3 players a year for picks it seems. It helps keep the bus in the top half year after year. Its asset management.
Can't do that if they don't play. If they warrant a move n a return, great. If they don't they probly would not have kept them, and sometimes they get it wrong n eat it. But less often than flipping these redundant players. Patience, JMO.
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I would agree with your analysis of 39. Def not a 1st line forward. 3rd line at best. But at this point to waste an OA spot on a 3rd/4th liner is not worth it. The only thing 39 does consistently is get suspended every season.
 
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Disputed goal lifts Memorial Cup host Saginaw past London Knights​

Ryan Pyette
The London Knights surrendered four third-period goals, including a controversial game-decider, to drop their second straight 6-4 decision to the Memorial Cup host Saginaw Spirit before 2,584 Sunday evening at The Dow Event Center.
A few minutes after London defenceman Isaiah George tied it in a wild third, the Spirit responded on a Valentin Zhugin marker that required a lengthy video review. The Russian had a lot of room to bury it because Knights goaltender Owen Willmore was interfered with in the blue paint by Saginaw forward Luke McNamara.
“You never know which way it’s going to go,” London assistant coach Rick Steadman said. “We just saw a guy go in and kind of impede with him inside the crease from going across. They saw it as our guy (George) pushing him into him. They kept it as a goal standing on the ice.
“It was more the time of the game that if they pulled it back, it would have been huge for us.”
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Disputed goal lifts Memorial Cup host Saginaw past London Knights

Dale Hunter’s milestone 908th career coaching win is proving elusive.
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