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London Knights 2024-25 Season Thread, Part IV

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dino200022 said:
I am NOT scared of anyone in the West, only team that has the slim hopes of beating London in a 7 gamer is Erie. And only way that happens is if they have a healthy Erliden and he is able to steal a few games.

Obviously small sample size but only team I fear in the East is Oshawa. They play a big boy brand of hockey which usually wins out come playoff time. Now I am sure Barrie will have something to say about that, but we shall see.


He is very rare at this point, but I really liked his patience and moxie in his 7 or 8 shifts.

I am not familiar with St. Andrews, I notcie that a lot of their top notch players have been playing in OHL games all of the sudden. Is there season over already, or are they on a break of some kind?
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The Barrie roster is as loaded as London. Though the best team in the east has yet to be determined. Kingston looks pretty good imo.
Their season goes into March. It is because of NCAA changes that St.Andrews first hockey players are signing on with OHL teams.
 
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purple pharrt said:
Another positive result of Dale's line shuffling, was Nurmi rediscovering his scoring touch. Maybe it's just me, but he seemed to be in a bit of a slump, scoring-wise. Potting those 2 goals might just re-ignite his confidence level, and the team gets another goal-scoring threat:thumbu::nod:
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Nurmi definitely needed that game.
 
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I found an interesting interview with former first-round pick and London Knights player Rick Green on The Raw Knuckles Podcast with Chris Nilan. Rick was on one of the Knight's most punishing set of defense of that era, Brad Marsh, Dave Hilborn, Rob Ramage and Rick Green. If you are interested, check this out: And Dwight Schofield, I forgot

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Savi said:
Who wins the eye test though? For some reason, I can't even exactly pinpoint what it is, Medvedev feels a little more secure
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Medvedev is benefitting greatly from having a very solid guy spelling him off when he needs a break from the action.. Can't get much better than Elliott's record, but when he graduates , Medvedev will inherit the top job. Meanwhile, he's getting solid experience, with the security of knowing that a very capable tender has his back !
 
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What a game yesterday!! IMO one of if not cowans best game of the szn! Sidenote, musty every time he went to bench made sure to give his teammates a mouthful, great player but has a lot to learn! Pumped for tomorrows game!!
 
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dino200022 said:
I am NOT scared of anyone in the West, only team that has the slim hopes of beating London in a 7 gamer is Erie. And only way that happens is if they have a healthy Erliden and he is able to steal a few games.
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Yeah I think you guys either sweep or have a few quick series in the west. I think Kitchener would be your biggest test especially with parsons.

East will be a blood bath the whole playoffs and I’m sure teams experience more injuries/fatigue and face you guys in the finals again- may be another blowout like Oshawa or perhaps some team like Barrie who I have predicted coming out of the east since before the season started comes in there and makes it interesting..perhaps makes it a 5/6 game series.
 
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Otto said:
Kind of an asinine reason for making fun of someone who may have a medical issue.

But hey, they are always looking for volunteers Rogers tv - Home
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i kinda like Sloane and Doyle. There not homers theres no over the top he scores or anything similar (erie , kitchener)But please tell me are those glasses for real
Or for some kinda disabilty purpose ?? Like are they a style of some sort iam not aware of ? Not being sarcastic or anything i just was curious.
 
LDN said:


This seems false.
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www.tsn.ca

CHL franchises, worth millions, can afford to pay players: study - TSN.ca

Study is part of lawsuit launched by former junior players alleging teams should be sharing more of their profits with players, Rick Westhead writes.
www.tsn.ca www.tsn.ca

It seems off on first glance but this article from 2016 roughly has the same order (at least for WHL/OHL). I think a lot of it has to do with the size of the ownership groups - top 3 are all owned by NHL ownership groups.
 
leafs4life94 said:
www.tsn.ca

CHL franchises, worth millions, can afford to pay players: study - TSN.ca

Study is part of lawsuit launched by former junior players alleging teams should be sharing more of their profits with players, Rick Westhead writes.
www.tsn.ca www.tsn.ca

It seems off on first glance but this article from 2016 roughly has the same order (at least for WHL/OHL). I think a lot of it has to do with the size of the ownership groups - top 3 are all owned by NHL ownership groups.
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Brampton though? You don’t think the Knights are the most valuable OHl franchise?
 
LDN said:
Brampton though? You don’t think the Knights are the most valuable OHl franchise?
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Oh I fully I agree - my guess is that the size of the market is a major factor.

I also just noticed the fine print on the tweet - it's literally the same study from 2016 just adjusted for inflation, and that study had some question marks
 
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leafs4life94 said:
Oh I fully I agree - my guess is that the size of the market is a major factor.

I also just noticed the fine print on the tweet - it's literally the same study from 2016 just adjusted for inflation, and that study had some question marks
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Makes sense. I think the only people who know truly are the franchise owners and their accountants. It would be cool to know what the highest and lowest franchise values are and what the expansion fee will be when the time comes for the league to expand.
 
The true worth of ANY franchise, is whatever someone is willing to pay, to acquire it. Asking price isn't a true indicator of the actual value. Size of market also has no bearing of valuation. Prime example would be franchises in the GTA. Huge market....but apparently NOT for Major Jr A hockey.
 
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purple pharrt said:
The true worth of ANY franchise, is whatever someone is willing to pay, to acquire it. Asking price isn't a true indicator of the actual value. Size of market also has no bearing of valuation. Prime example would be franchises in the GTA. Huge market....but apparently NOT for Major Jr A hockey.
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Interesting is that Calgary, Edmonton and even Ottawa support their Jr. teams well. Why can’t that be the case in the GTA?
 
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