Ottawa 67s 2024-25 Season Thread, Part I

[nelli27]

What do you mean? Which outstanding career? I watch a lot of WHL and he has always been a poor goalie. He even dropped out of the WHL after finally getting released by the Blades.

I just provided you statistics, didn't I? Are they not impressive? He was waived as an OA throughout the W because of a young, up and coming goalie with Saskatoon.
9-0 as I mentioned in London.
You have not presented an argument that "he sucks" only anecdotal remarks.

 

[Hinterland]

I just provided you statistics, didn't I? Are they not impressive? He was waived as an OA throughout the W because of a young, up and coming goalie with Saskatoon.
9-0 as I mentioned in London.
You have not presented an argument that "he sucks" only anecdotal remarks.

Your stats suck as well. He was on overpowered Saskatoon teams...of course GAA and win stats look good. The reality is that the Blades lost a conference final because of this guy only for him to get outplayed by a more than two years younger goalie the following season. Like I said...I have no idea why they even brought him back as an overager. Unsurprisingly he dropped out of the league when they finally sent him packing.

He was fantastic today. I wrote that myself. That doesn't mean that this is his standard though. I watched a lot of this guy over the years and it's been frustrating.

 

[NoQuit67s]

Seems to me today's game against London was a replay of every game those two teams have played in the last two seasons. Games are low scoring, highly contested, 67s play them well, but London wins by a narrow margin...

 

[LDN]

Your stats suck as well. He was on overpowered Saskatoon teams...of course GAA and win stats look good. The reality is that the Blades lost a conference final because of this guy only for him to get outplayed by a more than two years younger goalie the following season. Like I said...I have no idea why they even brought him back as an overager. Unsurprisingly he dropped out of the league when they finally sent him packing.

He was fantastic today. I wrote that myself. That doesn't mean that this is his standard though. I watched a lot of this guy over the years and it's been frustrating.

Well we sure love what he’s done for the Knights.

Btw impressed with Nelson. Seems very calm, composed and yet still athletic

 

[Hinterland]

Well we sure love what he’s done for the Knights.

Btw impressed with Nelson. Seems very calm, composed and yet still athletic

I haven't seen any of Elliott's previous games for London. I'm just saying he didn't drop out of the WHL for no reason.
To be fair, that was easily Nelson's best game so far. Kid obviously has a lot of upside but he struggled out of the gates. But yeah. He was fantastic today.

 

[BarberPole9]

I haven't seen any of Elliott's previous games for London. I'm just saying he didn't drop out of the WHL for no reason.
To be fair, that was easily Nelson's best game so far. Kid obviously has a lot of upside but he struggled out of the gates. But yeah. He was fantastic today.

What were you expecting out of the 17 year old rookie tendy Nelson?

He’s 4-2-1-2 with a 3.10 GAA and .899 save percentage. Only lost 2 out of 9 games in regulation and is 14th in the league in save percentage. He’s most likely tracking to be an NHL draft pick.

Most importantly, he plays with a flair that I haven’t seen in a rookie 67’s Goalie in a very long time.

 

[Hinterland]

What were you expecting out of the 17 year old rookie tendy Nelson?

He’s 4-2-1-2 with a 3.10 GAA and .899 save percentage. Only lost 2 out of 9 games in regulation and is 14th in the league in save percentage. He’s most likely tracking to be an NHL draft pick.

Most importantly, he plays with a flair that I haven’t seen in a rookie 67’s Goalie in a very long time.

I probably expected him to get comfortable a bit earlier because on the hype around him. But if he can play on that level or even close on most nights going forward then I agree he's gonna be a very good one.

 

[OMG67]

I probably expected him to get comfortable a bit earlier because on the hype around him. But if he can play on that level or even close on most nights going forward then I agree he's gonna be a very good one.

I think looking at the tending, he is mostly trending up. I didn’t really look at the stats from goalies. I look at movement. His movement looks really good right now. He doesn’t over commit. He stays patient. The level by which he has improved since the start has been very impressive. Results will come as the team itself gets better.

He will get drafted. I really think MacK’s days are numbered now.

Nelson has been more consistent than Ivankovic.

 

[frontsfan67]

I just provided you statistics, didn't I? Are they not impressive? He was waived as an OA throughout the W because of a young, up and coming goalie with Saskatoon.
9-0 as I mentioned in London.
You have not presented an argument that "he sucks" only anecdotal remarks.

Opinions > facts with this guy don’t even bother

What were you expecting out of the 17 year old rookie tendy Nelson?

He’s 4-2-1-2 with a 3.10 GAA and .899 save percentage. Only lost 2 out of 9 games in regulation and is 14th in the league in save percentage. He’s most likely tracking to be an NHL draft pick.

Most importantly, he plays with a flair that I haven’t seen in a rookie 67’s Goalie in a very long time.

He expects a rookie goalie to sport a 0.950 sv% or better to get drafted apparently. Luckily for Nelson- this guy isn’t a scout

 

[OMG67]

Opinions > facts with this guy don’t even bother


He expects a rookie goalie to sport a 0.950 sv% or better to get drafted apparently. Luckily for Nelson- this guy isn’t a scout

In all fairness, this is an OA goalie waived right out of an entire league. If he had demonstrated capable, he would not have been waived through an entire league.

Just because he is doing well now doesn’t eliminate the fact he had been well below average prior.

Sometimes goalies get hit for a period of time. Will the Knights place that responsibility on him for their fortunes this season? We shall see.

 

[Hinterland]

I think looking at the tending, he is mostly trending up. I didn’t really look at the stats from goalies. I look at movement. His movement looks really good right now. He doesn’t over commit. He stays patient. The level by which he has improved since the start has been very impressive. Results will come as the team itself gets better.

He will get drafted. I really think MacK’s days are numbered now.

Nelson has been more consistent than Ivankovic.

I agree he's starting to look much better and has outplayed Ivankovic. He's gonna need more performances like today to get drafted though. Maybe not in the OHL but in the other CHL leagues there are 2025 draft goalies who looked better out of the gates than Nelson. Josh Ravensbergen, Vincent Gladu, Samuel Meloche, Lucas Beckman, Ondrej Stebetak, Owen Bresson. Now that I think of it I actually like London's Medvedev as well. He's barely 2025 eligible. Then there's obviously the overagers and guys from the lower leagues and from Europe as well. Fierce competition.

 

[nelli27]

In all fairness, this is an OA goalie waived right out of an entire league. If he had demonstrated capable, he would not have been waived through an entire league.

Just because he is doing well now doesn’t eliminate the fact he had been well below average prior.

Sometimes goalies get hit for a period of time. Will the Knights place that responsibility on him for their fortunes this season? We shall see.

Yet his stats in the W do not support your claim that he was way below average. A second team all-star in 2022-23.
What supports your claim that his stats are well below average?

 

[Hinterland]

Opinions > facts with this guy don’t even bother


He expects a rookie goalie to sport a 0.950 sv% or better to get drafted apparently. Luckily for Nelson- this guy isn’t a scout

Where did I say that I expect 95% saves? You're putting words in my mouth.

Facts say that Elliott ruined a playoff run of an overpowered team and lost his starter gig to 06 born Evan Gardner the following season. This season he not only got booted out of Saskatoon but dropped out of the WHL completely. That's what the facts say. You don't believe me? Feel free to look it up or ask around. As I said I watch a lot of WHL and have seen plenty of this guy. How many games of his have you watched?

 

[BarberPole9]

Where did I say that I expect 95% saves? You're putting words in my mouth.

Facts say that Elliott ruined a playoff run of an overpowered team and lost his starter gig to 06 born Evan Gardner the following season. This season he not only got booted out of Saskatoon but dropped out of the WHL completely. That's what the facts say. You don't believe me? Feel free to look it up or ask around. As I said I watch a lot of WHL and have seen plenty of this guy. How many games of his have you watched?

But for some reason the London Knights, the best franchise in the OHL has deemed him worthy of an Overage spot and the starting role.

 

[Hinterland]

In all fairness, this is an OA goalie waived right out of an entire league. If he had demonstrated capable, he would not have been waived through an entire league.

Just because he is doing well now doesn’t eliminate the fact he had been well below average prior.

Sometimes goalies get hit for a period of time. Will the Knights place that responsibility on him for their fortunes this season? We shall see.

I think they'd be better of leaning on Medvedev. I know he's really green and young but he's talented. Much more upside than Elliott. But if Elliott can play like today then who knows? Would certainly be a nice story after dropping out of the entire WHL.

But for some reason the London Knights, the best franchise in the OHL has deemed him worthy of an Overage spot and the starting role.

For some reason the entire WHL who played against him for years didn't want him.

In my view they'd better lean on much more talented Medvedev and dress an extra overage skater. But like I said...if it works out for Elliott it would certainly be a nice story. And he was fantastic today. There's no denying that.