London Knights 2024-25 Season Thread, Part I

[Fastpace]

Well that was a shit game! Sometimes we are going to lay an egg, kids need to gel an hit the practice pad.

Some upsides: Medvedev was solid in relief, Bidgood showed why he is on the roster and Arrowsmith full marks.

Brzustewicz also was solid.

Dickinson, O’Rielly, Julien dude…. Shake your heads and don’t do that again.

We all see the mistakes out there, we can pretty much all determine what is needing to be done, there is no need to shame individual team players on social media of our favorite team. Criticize the whole team on social media is fine, if we want to be critical of one individual player, let's take it up to privately massaging pages. I'm confident that the entire team would be grateful.

This is a team, all players are members of this team, they come with talents, and also they come with faults. They win, and they lose as a team, including the very least talented one on the team as is the most talented one. It's a team playing a team game with a team system, good or bad, not just one player or just a few, all of them makes mistakes regardless how many and all of them executes the team plays. Dale work with the players presented to him, and Mark will adjust and replace the players that are not cut out for the team. Cheers!

 

[LondonLocal]

On a positive note, former Knight Paul Cotter is leading the NHL in goals and points

 

[Knights Watcher]

It's frustrating to watch right now but, yes, as we all know and expect, this team under the Hunter tutelage should and will turn it around.
The last two games have been total team losses...can't blame just one guy. Very slow starts added to discipline issues, special teams, and team defense that have all been below average.
Some of the players we expected to be leaders have not stepped up... yet.
The youngsters are finding their way and learning on the job.
Overall the team is just flat. Blame it on not being able to practice together as a compete team because of NHL camp atendees and having to field a young team of call-ups to hold the fort for the first few games. It is what it is and they will work through it.
Can Willmore be better? Sure.
Can Julien be better? Absolutely.
But the whole team needs to step up, shake off the rust and play for each other.
This is Junior Hockey.

 

[LDN]

1-3 is an atrocious start. Need a winning streak to start now

 

[bearfan]

1-3 is an atrocious start. Need a winning streak to start now

Come on.... Who do you want to trade now? I have never seen anyone jump on and off a wagon so much in my life... Last year when London started their record was 6-5. Guys are just coming back and haven't had a week of practices yet. Teams they have played have had most of their team together for a bit. London had the most players at NHL camps.

 

[bearfan]

Two high rated teams in the CHL and this is the attendance in a 5000 seat arena. Here we go again for this community

 

[Finster8]

It's frustrating to watch right now but, yes, as we all know and expect, this team under the Hunter tutelage should and will turn it around.
The last two games have been total team losses...can't blame just one guy. Very slow starts added to discipline issues, special teams, and team defense that have all been below average.
Some of the players we expected to be leaders have not stepped up... yet.
The youngsters are finding their way and learning on the job.
Overall the team is just flat. Blame it on not being able to practice together as a compete team because of NHL camp atendees and having to field a young team of call-ups to hold the fort for the first few games. It is what it is and they will work through it.
Can Willmore be better? Sure.
Can Julien be better? Absolutely.
But the whole team needs to step up, shake off the rust and play for each other.
This is Junior Hockey.

Last year we had a slow start and then a thread starts up about should the Memorial Cup location be changed. That was BS seeing what the outcome was. If all your guys come back they still need to get acclimated and get some time in with their teammates. You will be back on track hopefully after we play you.

 

[mtshapcott]

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Two high rated teams in the CHL and this is the attendance in a 5000 seat arena. Here we go again for this community

I missed the game due to a golf tournament otherwise attendance would have been 1,717

 

[KnightWatch]

Lol....here we go again with all the doomsdayers....

In a couple of weeks, the Knights roster could look very similar to the Mem Cup team from last season...

Barkey Julien Cowan
Nurmi O’Reilly Halttunen/Sim
Van Gorp Nicholl Bidgood
Boulton Hawery Arrowsmith
Van Bommel Aboflan

Dickinson Bonk
Woolley Brzustewicz
Fagan Leonard
Spencer Jenken

Medvedev
Wilson

......nothing to worry about!

 

[jamemcca]

What, you can't have two views. You need to relax.


He's not playing tonight either so....

I am quite relaxed thanks. Thank you for your concern