London Knights 2024-25 Season Thread, Part I

[Fastpace]

Seriously, are you ok?
Why say West-East-West 3way deals sometimes happen if you say minutes later you have mo clue?
Why say I make an excellent point about the number of players it would take when I said nothing about that?
It was not a self made assumption y myself....you actually wrote it lol.
I asked politely for you not to PM me and you do so again. Are you saying you won't give me that and will co tinue to PM me.....There's a word for that type behaviour. Ya talk about ignore button. Are you saying you will harass me until I do? That's mature lol.
Cheers lol.

! It looks like someone is finally catching on what Fastpace is all about
Glad you could join in the discussion, my friend. Still like rve24 though, Cheers!

 

[Fastpace]

Glad to see the new season start and Knights fans aren't happy with the team and immediately want to trade for every top player/goalie in the league.

What would happen if the Knights went full rebuild in the next couple years and missed the playoffs? Most posters would need to be put on suicide watch.

Here is a tip.....watch the games, follow the team and enjoy watching TEENAGERS develop into better people and hockey players.......win or lose.

Hey !!! Good one . That'll never happen, the rebuilding that is.! Cheers!

 

[tjziel]

Seriously, are you ok?
Why say West-East-West 3way deals sometimes happen if you say minutes later you have mo clue?
Why say I make an excellent point about the number of players it would take when I said nothing about that?
It was not a self made assumption y myself....you actually wrote it lol.
I asked politely for you not to PM me and you do so again. Are you saying you won't give me that and will co tinue to PM me.....There's a word for that type behaviour. Ya talk about ignore button. Are you saying you will harass me until I do? That's mature lol.
Cheers lol.

Alright you two lovebirds, back to the PM’s this conversation goes lol, or it should end right now. No need to keep posting that kinda stuff on the Knights board.

Jeez I everybody is at each others throats and it’s only Game 2 of the Knights season lol! This can’t go on for the whole season though.

 

[Fastpace]

Alright you two lovebirds, back to the PM’s this conversation goes lol, or it should end right now. No need to keep posting that kinda stuff on the Knights board.

Jeez I everybody is at each others throats and it’s only Game 2 of the Knights season lol! This can’t go on for the whole season though.

Thank You ! My thoughts exactly, no need for us to do our dirty laundry on public pages, this is not hockey talks. Cheers!

 

[Ferguson Jenkins]

You’re correct and just adding on….

The only way the Mark Hunter gets an OHL star these days, is if they specifically request to go London thus forces the trading teams hand (usually at OHL draft/Max Domi), somehow fleeces a team (Auston Watson), or a player no team wants and has diminished their trading value (Ryan Merkley).

Yes I know there was a John Tavares trade but although I don’t think he regrets that trade, I think he became even smarter with his assets because of that trade.

The Mitchell Stephen’s and Mitchell Vande Sompel trades were Rob Simpson’s doing.

Otherwise, Mark doesn’t pay up huge for OHL stars.

Yeah, the Tavares trade was 15 years ago now. Before that, Girardi and Fritsche were brought on as rentals in 2005.

So, I agree. Any recent rentals acquired have been done at an affordable price and not bought at the high end of the market. I think London has accepted that you can build the best team at a reasonable cost per win and that it doesn’t change your Memorial Cup aspirations because the tournament is a crapshoot. Last year is a perfect example.

 

[rve24]

! It looks like someone is finally catching on what Fastpace is all about
Glad you could join in the discussion, my friend. Still like rve24 though, Cheers!

Grow up and stop PMing me. ( again) If your looking for a friend your going about it the wrong way lol.

 

[GoKnightsGo44]

Yeah, the Tavares trade was 15 years ago now. Before that, Girardi and Fritsche were brought on as rentals in 2005.

So, I agree. Any recent rentals acquired have been done at an affordable price and not bought at the high end of the market. I think London has accepted that you can build the best team at a reasonable cost per win and that it doesn’t change your Memorial Cup aspirations because the tournament is a crapshoot. Last year is a perfect example.

The last big move in my memory was Winterton for Testa and a second and Stephen’s for four seconds

Both those trades worked out for the Knights.

I think the last few years starting with 2020 where we didn’t improve in Evangelistas last year set the stage for the change in strategy.

The Knights now pick up defectors in Dickinson and Brzustewicz and avoid deadline deals at all costs.