Saginaw Spirit 2024 - 25 Season Thread, Part I

[Kingpin794]

Congrats to Misa on not only breaking Shalla's single season goal record but also becoming the 1st 50 goal scorer in Spirit history!

 

[Kingpin794]

5 in a row now. Still going to be a long week with 4 games in 7 days.

 

[LDN]

That Russian kid makes you guys an extremely dangerous team and will be an interesting playoff matchup

 

[Kingpin794]

That Russian kid makes you guys an extremely dangerous team and will be an interesting playoff matchup

Not really worried about London. Need to get past Erie first.

I've said before that even with the first line playing like they are, I wouldn't expect Saginaw to put up too much resistance to the Knights. I like lines 2 and 3 but they just aren't ready to stop London or produce vs London either. That series would probably be 5 games. I'd be happy to be proved wrong though.

 

[donjohnson]

Not really worried about London. Need to get past Erie first.

I've said before that even with the first line playing like they are, I wouldn't expect Saginaw to put up too much resistance to the Knights. I like lines 2 and 3 but they just aren't ready to stop London or produce vs London either. That series would probably be 5 games. I'd be happy to be proved wrong though.

Agreed...while Oke has been playing well as of late, we don't have the defensive chops to be able to hang with the lines that London can roll out game after game. Also, even with Cam Allen out, London still has a good defense and a good goalie that would keep our scoring down some. The one equalizer would be penalties...if we stay out of the box and London were to take penalties, that's the formula for us beating them. While last year was quite the battle, I'm with Kingpin, we'll need a strong effort just to get past Erie.

 

[LDN]

With the way the Spirit are playing do you think you could reach Windsor or is it almost mathematically impossible?

 

[Kingpin794]

With the way the Spirit are playing do you think you could reach Windsor or is it almost mathematically impossible?

Not a chance in hell.

 

[donjohnson]

With the way the Spirit are playing do you think you could reach Windsor or is it almost mathematically impossible?

To clinch the division Windsor only needs 6 wins in the last 14 games.

 

[Kingpin794]

Well let's hope that was just a stinger for Zayne because if his wrist got f'd there, we are fubar.

 

[Kingpin794]

Good news: Parekh came back. Bad news: Epperson is getting a few games for that cross check to the face. Dumb dumb dumb.

 

[Kingpin794]

3 for Epperson. Might see Zhilkin slide up to the top line.

 

[donjohnson]

You are correct, lineup card has Zhilkin on the top line

 

[Kingpin794]

The 14 games in 28 days might be getting to them. They did not look sharp last night.

On the bright side, congrats to Michael Misa on breaking Cole Perfetti’s single season Spirit scoring record by reaching 112 pts. Will be interesting to see where he finishes at. Wherever it stops, it won’t be broken for a loooong time.

 

[Kingpin794]

Another really rough game from us. Really after the first period against North Bay we’ve been playing meat head hockey again. The same garbage that got us our worst month of the year (December). Thought we put that behind us after how we played in January and most of February. Guo will get a couple games for the slewfoot. So down him and Epperson for the Barrie game. That should push the losing streak to 3. Hopefully we don’t sink into old habits.

 

[Kingpin794]

Also hope Laz is ok. Might need some stitches after taking some broken lumber to the head. Had to leave the bench for a few minutes to get fixed up. Bad day all around

 

[donjohnson]

Maybe getting on a long road trip together will do them some good...way too many penalties this weekend.

 

[Kingpin794]

Interesting question as we get closer to the end of the season:

Let's say Misa keeps it up and finishes 1st in the OHL scoring race. Gets to the high 120's or low 130's. 60 goals. Star prospect for the upcoming draft. Let's also say Zayne Parekh stays on pace. Would be the first 100 point defenseman since Ryan Ellis in 2010/11. Would also be the 1st back to back 30 goal scoring defenseman in league history IIRC. Which one does Saginaw put up for the Red Tilson? Teams only get one candidate.