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London Knights 2024-25 Season Thread, Part II

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I het banished from this board for mentioning some possible names. The whole frigging world is full of cupcakes with soft jello like feelings.
 
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Barkey-O’Reilly-Cowan
Montgomery-Julien-Nurmi
Van Gorp - Nicholl - Read
Aboflan-Van Bommel - Hawery

Likely lines for the next bit till Boulton and Sim return . Definitely a logjam at fwd right now, but wait till WJC (I assume Nurmi, Cowan, Bonk, Dickinson and potentially Barkey) get a look so that means Mitchell would also get a look on D. Spencer would likely be the bottom pair as well.
 
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I still don’t understand what Sim said to be so bad to get penalized like this
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It's not what he necessarily said, but he didn't learn from the first time he said something. It is also not the first time for a suspension of any type. I would not be surprised if the suspension fell into the 10-15 game area. The Hunters my like his style of player but you can only have a OA out of your lineup for so long without contributing
 
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LDN said:
Barkey-O’Reilly-Cowan
Montgomery-Julien-Nurmi
Van Gorp - Nicholl - Read
Aboflan-Van Bommel - Hawery

Likely lines for the next bit till Boulton and Sim return . Definitely a logjam at fwd right now, but wait till WJC (I assume Nurmi, Cowan, Bonk, Dickinson and potentially Barkey) get a look so that means Mitchell would also get a look on D. Spencer would likely be the bottom pair as well.
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Arrowsmith should be ahead of that entire 4th line.
 
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Something written about Landon Sim

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I mean if you sit close enough to the ice, or know how a hockey game operates there is a lot of bad stuff that is said between players. Usually about their sexual orientation, their families and how "tough" they are. We also can't count out officials, as they give it back to the players just as much on a nightly basis. The whole league would be suspended in a matter of a 60 minute game, if some of the leagues "keywords" are suspenable.

Unless the comment being made was so derogatory the whole thing just seems like the league is fishing for something at this point. The lack of transparency and the leagues inability to put a number on this in a acceptable time frame also makes it look like the league is trying to concoct some sort of story to go along with this.

Please tell me how Ryder Boulton only gets a two game suspension for trying to end a kids career by elbowing him to the face at high speed while he was laying on his kneews and Sim is suspended "indefinitely" for using words...this is just silly
 
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No way you can take Read out of the lineup now, which IMO is a good thing. I wanted to see more of him and I got far more than I had bargained for. From my limited viewings of him I could tell he was a smart player, but did not quite look physically ready to compete on a nightly basis.

Who gets the short end of the stick moving forward in this group...going to be tough to fill out a lineup card..going to be a press box full of forwards.

Guaranteed Spots - 9
Barkey, Cowan, Julien, Nurmi, Montgomery, Vangorp, O'Reilly' Nicholl, *Sim

That leaves 3 spots for
Boulton, Arrowsmith, Hawery, Bidgood, Van Bommel, Aboflan, Read....all who are deserving in different ways.
 
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dino200022 said:
No way you can take Read out of the lineup now, which IMO is a good thing. I wanted to see more of him and I got far more than I had bargained for. From my limited viewings of him I could tell he was a smart player, but did not quite look physically ready to compete on a nightly basis.

Who gets the short end of the stick moving forward in this group...going to be tough to fill out a lineup card..going to be a press box full of forwards.

Guaranteed Spots - 9
Barkey, Cowan, Julien, Nurmi, Montgomery, Vangorp, O'Reilly' Nicholl, *Sim

That leaves 3 spots for
Boulton, Arrowsmith, Hawery, Bidgood, Van Bommel, Aboflan, Read....all who are deserving in different ways.
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Bidgood sits till xmas time when players are gone...then he can try to earn spot.
 
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chl.ca

KNIGHTS SIGN SENATORS PROSPECT MONTGOMERY - London Knights

The London Knights announced today the signing of forward Blake Montgomery to an OHL Scholarship & Development Agreement. Montgomery, the brother of Knights alumni Bryce, was a 9th round selection of the Knights in the 2021 OHL Draft and spent the last two seasons with the Lincoln Stars of the...
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dino200022 said:
No way you can take Read out of the lineup now, which IMO is a good thing. I wanted to see more of him and I got far more than I had bargained for. From my limited viewings of him I could tell he was a smart player, but did not quite look physically ready to compete on a nightly basis.

Who gets the short end of the stick moving forward in this group...going to be tough to fill out a lineup card..going to be a press box full of forwards.

Guaranteed Spots - 9
Barkey, Cowan, Julien, Nurmi, Montgomery, Vangorp, O'Reilly' Nicholl, *Sim

That leaves 3 spots for
Boulton, Arrowsmith, Hawery, Bidgood, Van Bommel, Aboflan, Read....all who are deserving in different ways.
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I think Van Bommel is in the guaranteed spots as well so it leave the rotation to 2 players

https://x.com/i/web/status/1855699097614758008

Our guy leading the top line center. Perhaps he joins next season
 
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LDN said:
I think Van Bommel is in the guaranteed spots as well so it leave the rotation to 2 players

https://x.com/i/web/status/1855699097614758008

Our guy leading the top line center. Perhaps he joins next season
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Based on play Read and Van Bommel are probably "guaranteed" but you need to get these guys some time as you can't send these guys down.
 
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dino200022 said:
No way you can take Read out of the lineup now, which IMO is a good thing. I wanted to see more of him and I got far more than I had bargained for. From my limited viewings of him I could tell he was a smart player, but did not quite look physically ready to compete on a nightly basis.

Who gets the short end of the stick moving forward in this group...going to be tough to fill out a lineup card..going to be a press box full of forwards.

Guaranteed Spots - 9
Barkey, Cowan, Julien, Nurmi, Montgomery, Vangorp, O'Reilly' Nicholl, *Sim

That leaves 3 spots for
Boulton, Arrowsmith, Hawery, Bidgood, Van Bommel, Aboflan, Read....all who are deserving in different ways.
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Either way, what ever happens with all their new talents coming in, London got themselves some depth and/or bargaining chips for trades or picks

In my younger days, when coaches would get angry with you, if you weren't physically or verbally aggressive to our opponents, they'd tell us; Take him on, Get mad, Do or Say something", or you'd go complain to the refs about a player, they'd tell us, "Why tell me, Go get him back" I am not kidding. How this game change over the years, this is not the same game anymore
 
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dino200022 said:
No way you can take Read out of the lineup now, which IMO is a good thing. I wanted to see more of him and I got far more than I had bargained for. From my limited viewings of him I could tell he was a smart player, but did not quite look physically ready to compete on a nightly basis.

Who gets the short end of the stick moving forward in this group...going to be tough to fill out a lineup card..going to be a press box full of forwards.

Guaranteed Spots - 9
Barkey, Cowan, Julien, Nurmi, Montgomery, Vangorp, O'Reilly' Nicholl, *Sim

That leaves 3 spots for
Boulton, Arrowsmith, Hawery, Bidgood, Van Bommel, Aboflan, Read....all who are deserving in different ways.
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Montgomery added to Knights website roster. Halttunen still on it with strong rumours he is coming back as soon as end of week. So which of your top 9 goes to fourth line?
 
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If that is the case, that Kasper Halttunen comes back this week then I am ok with parting with Sim to get a shutdown D like Matthew Mayich. But we all know Sim is “Dale’s guy”.
 
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