Windsor Spitfires 2024-25 Season Thread, Part III

[TheGremlin]

You are taking it personally, and you are not even playing. Imaging how players that do play, and have free access to all negative comments of themselves on social media, feel. They have coaches, parents and friends in their circle to deal with their errors, they don't need the public to remind them of what they already know. Costanzo's stats says he is fourth in the league among goalies. He got there even though he made some mistakes in some games. Give him some credit, he needs everyone's encouragement from his own fans. I am a Knights fan, have been since the late 70s, but I am first and foremost a hockey fan first, and will defend any player on social media from any team, including Windsor players. The least we can do is wait until they turn pros, there will be enough time for criticisms at that level. Let them learn the game first before jumping all over them. I am now moving on from this topic. Cheers !

Edit: changed my mind. You aren’t worth my time.

 

[rve24]

Noticed the ref gave JC a little time to recover from so.ething before a faceoff in their end. No idea what it was about but he gave the stripes a nod for giving him a moment. Hopefully short term

 

[RayzorIsDull]

One of the reasons i harp for better D is goaltending is very average here. Theyve been better with a real coach this year but still not guys who will steal games. London has 2 of them. You can certainly win with these guys but you gotta help them out and goalies MUST be on their game. One of the reasons i think london excels is the goalies, its a definite advantage.
You now know what your up against, its up to the team to put a strategy together to deal with them. Imho if we see them in the playoffs i play them like Kitchener played us that first round debacle a few years back. The goalie position to me is still in transition they all would be getting used and the best guys would play.

In the explaining of goals the London names mentioned OReilly, Barkey, Montgomery. It's almost like asking non NHL drafted players to hold down NHL drafted players for 60 minutes is a huge ask. Especially when your own NHL picks weren't your best players. All depends on what your goals are. You just want to compete or actually win. The two are completely separate entities.

 

[Teflon]

If joeys hurt rest him. We supposedly have lots of goalies. Lets give them a look. Were real big but still play soft, alot! I can guarantee you if you put the body, on the nasty side to london they will retaliate. That leads to PP’s. It will also have them looking over their shoulders and thats a huge advantage. But that has to be coached and encouraged. This is where Walters earns his pay. Time to settle on some steady line combos and get the boys using their size. A nasty team is very hard to play against!!!

 

[tomschman]

If joeys hurt rest him. We supposedly have lots of goalies. Lets give them a look. Were real big but still play soft, alot! I can guarantee you if you put the body, on the nasty side to london they will retaliate. That leads to PP’s. It will also have them looking over their shoulders and thats a huge advantage. But that has to be coached and encouraged. This is where Walters earns his pay. Time to settle on some steady line combos and get the boys using their size. A nasty team is very hard to play against!!!

They have the luxury of having a 20-point lead with 28 games left in the season. If Joey isn't 100%, don't play him. Let him heal properly. It also gives the other Goalies a chance to prove themselves.

The next 28 games are to get ready for the playoffs and next year.

 

[purple pharrt]

Best clean hit of the night wasn't delivered by a Windsor player, but rather Sim of the Knights. Initially, he was sent to the penalty box and 5 minute major posted, while the play was reviewed by both referees. End result : No Penalty, Clean hard hit......play on

During such reviews, the sound guys should consider playing that tune by Olivia Newton-John " Let's get Physical "

 

[RayzorIsDull]

They have the luxury of having a 20-point lead with 28 games left in the season. If Joey isn't 100%, don't play him. Let him heal properly. It also gives the other Goalies a chance to prove themselves.

The next 28 games are to get ready for the playoffs and next year.

I agree with this. That's why games like yesterday are red letter games. You can try to point to others ones but there really aren't any that can impact both teams in the conference.