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London Knights 2024-25 Season Thread, Part II

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KnightWatch said:
Why on earth would the Rangers trade Andonovski? I mean, let's be realistic folks.
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Because they’ve been punching above their weight class all year. There goalie is the main reason for this. They will come back down to earth. And if they want to bid for the memorial cup in 27 they’d be wise to move a few pieces of value. It’s November. Think the Rangers will be a true contender come playoffs? I don’t. They could cash in huge.
But sure if they want to add pieces only for heartbreak by all means I’m here for it.
 
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sbpointer said:
Anyone else see the instant injection of leadership from Halttunen? He looks legit happy to be here and on a mission to help this team finish what was started..
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I told my friend, I loved how Halttunen backchecked and took away a pass that would have been a potential goal.

Once he finds his shot again, we are back in business. He is happy to be back, and I love the trust that Dale had to not swap Haltunnen for Julien in the last minute of play to shut the Rangers down. If he can improve his skating throughout the year, he’s gonna be legit threat in the next level.
 
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EvenSteven said:
Based on how the west looks this year, today, the Rangers maybe get to the conference final vs London. Maybe.

Trade Ando and Swick, keep Parsons and Miseljevic, and they still maybe get to that conference final. Maybe.
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See? Even a Ranger fan gets it. Trade Ando as I said. They can still be competitive and load up for the cup bid. That would be smart management.
 
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Knights77 said:
See? Even a Ranger fan gets it. Trade Ando as I said. They can still be competitive and load up for the cup bid. That would be smart management.
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Like London, the Ranger have an abundance of OHL ready players.

I’d move Ando, and if I can’t get value for the OA’s, I keep them but identify the younger players, who may have value, and who we can afford to do without going forward (an 07 or two), because they’ll be bumped by 08’s next year.

Move a couple of them for value. Clears up roster space and adds a few picks.

This CHL/NCAA agreement has some teams having rosters that are overflowing. But not all teams. There will be teams out there looking for good OHL bodies that’ll make their team better down the road.
 
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KnightWatch said:
Why on earth would the Rangers trade Andonovski? I mean, let's be realistic folks.
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because their in a rebuild and need to fill cupboard. Team is very young
Knights77 said:
Because they’ve been punching above their weight class all year. There goalie is the main reason for this. They will come back down to earth. And if they want to bid for the memorial cup in 27 they’d be wise to move a few pieces of value. It’s November. Think the Rangers will be a true contender come playoffs? I don’t. They could cash in huge.
But sure if they want to add pieces only for heartbreak by all means I’m here for it.
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This post is right on, couldn't of said it better
 
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tjziel said:
Curious, who do you think calls for Parsons that is contending?? Most contending teams have their guy.

Barrie - I could see trading Hillebrandt maybe for Parsons
Erie - Erliden is amazing and better.
Flint - Day is the only reason why they aren’t in the basement
London - no reason to trade 7-0 Eliott
Oshawa - Oster is the reigning GOTY
Kingston - already has former Mem Cup OA Lalonde
Brantford - Leenders is their goalie
Brampton - can Ivankovic carry the load?
Windsor - Joey Castanzo is Goalie of the Year so far
Saginaw - no way they trade Oke.

Only teams I could see that are interested is Brampton and Barrie. London doesn’t do Elliott dirty and trades him unless he fails drastically.
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It's not always about already having your guy. Sometimes (like in Londins case 04/05) you trade for a goalie you've had a hard time beating in the past. London had "their" guy in 04/05 and that was Ryan McDonald. He had 15 wins in 17 games played and a .926 save % and London traded to get Dennis as they could not beat him the year prior. Other teams might lean this way aswell for Parsons.
 
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Ken Yates said:
Sometimes when your sent back from the pros your game looks off. Halttunen looks sharp and forgot how much of a weapon he is.
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And he's only going to get better. He's coming back after being off with an injury so give him a few more games and look out.
 
crowncarrier said:
It's not always about already having your guy. Sometimes (like in Londins case 04/05) you trade for a goalie you've had a hard time beating in the past. London had "their" guy in 04/05 and that was Ryan McDonald. He had 15 wins in 17 games played and a .926 save % and London traded to get Dennis as they could not beat him the year prior. Other teams might lean this way aswell for Parsons.
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Difference here is Adam Dennis had the Knights number … thorn in side …. can’t remember the last time Parson beat the Knights ….
 
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If we can beat Parsons last year, we can beat him this year. Difference is in 04 we couldn’t beat Dennis in a playoff series.
 
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Harley49 said:
Difference here is Adam Dennis had the Knights number … thorn in side …. can’t remember the last time Parson beat the Knights ….
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Maybe you get Parsons to beat whoever is at the other end in the Mem Cup final. A better goalie is still a better goalie.

Not saying London will be shopping for him, but I'd wager the Knights have an eye out on ways they can improve in goal.
 
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All the Answers said:
Maybe you get Parsons to beat whoever is at the other end in the Mem Cup final. A better goalie is still a better goalie.

Not saying London will be shopping for him, but I'd wager the Knights have an eye out on ways they can improve in goal.
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It wouldn’t be good etiquette to trade for Parsons and then cut or trade Elliott. If Elliott were traded, who knows if he would even consider reporting.

Going from London where we could potentially win the OHL championship again or play for the Rangers and be a second round exit, which one is better for your career? Not to mention you moved across the country to report to the Knights.

Does anyone remember the OA that was traded to bring in Zach Bell I believe in the 2014 run?? I could have the wrong year, but I don’t think that player ended up reporting to the other team?

Edit: I was referring to 2019 Matthew Timms.
 
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Otto said:
No.
And Londons goalies are fine
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Yes I agree. Medvedev has the looks of a very solid O goalie and should get drafted if he keeps this up

tjziel said:
It wouldn’t be good etiquette to trade for Parsons and then cut or trade Elliott. If Elliott were traded, who knows if he would even consider reporting.

Going from London where we could potentially win the OHL championship again or play for the Rangers and be a second round exit, which one is better for your career?

Does anyone remember the OA that was traded to bring in Zach Bell I believe in the 2014 run?? I could have the wrong year, but I don’t think that player ended up reporting to the other team? Not to mention you moved across the country to report to the Knights.
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I like Elliot. I like the tandem. Very good interchangeable in my opinion
 
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tjziel said:
It wouldn’t be good etiquette to trade for Parsons and then cut or trade Elliott. If Elliott were traded, who knows if he would even consider reporting.

Going from London where we could potentially win the OHL championship again or play for the Rangers and be a second round exit, which one is better for your career? Not to mention you moved across the country to report to the Knights.

Does anyone remember the OA that was traded to bring in Zach Bell I believe in the 2014 run?? I could have the wrong year, but I don’t think that player ended up reporting to the other team?
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Miles Liberati.

Edit: Liberati was traded for Bell.. wasn't an O/A Only O/A that left the team that season was Paxton Leroux, probably released. Played 1 game with Kitchener after that and nothing else the rest of the season.
 
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Otto said:
Miles Liberati.

Edit: Liberati was traded for Bell.. wasn't an O/A Only O/A that left the team that season was Paxton Leroux, probably released. Played 1 game with Kitchener after that and nothing else the rest of the season.
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Sorry man, my apologies. It was Matthew Timms I was referring to in 2018-2019.

We ended up swapping OA’s when we brung in Timms and then realized we needed more toughness on the backend so we brung in Lochead instead and then traded Timms to Barrie when we traded for Hancock but Timms never reported to Barrie. So Raaymakers, Lochead, and Hancock were our OA’s.

Anyways, very rarely do we swap an OA that we brung in that season for another OA come trade deadline. But not impossible, but you would have to feel for the OA that leaves the Knights….
 
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tjziel said:
Sorry man, my apologies. It was Matthew Timms I was referring to in 2018-2019.

We ended up swapping OA’s when we brung in Timms and then realized we needed more toughness on the backend so we brung in Lochead instead and then traded Timms to Barrie when we traded for Hancock but Timms never reported to Barrie. So Raaymakers, Lochead, and Hancock were our OA’s.

Anyways, very rarely do we swap an OA that we brung in that season for another OA come trade deadline. But not impossible, but you would have to feel for the OA that leaves the Knights….
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Yeah the Goalie tandem is set. Pretty sure Julien is locked in and same with Sim, but some on here have mentioned Sim being the one they would consider moving if they were in Marks shoes.
 
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