London Knights 2018-19 Season Thread (Part 9)

[KnightWatch]

My wife and I LISTENED 980.
Mike Stubbs has a great voice.

Is that the positive out of today's game?

 

[KnightWatch]

Be too novel to put McMichael, Foudy, Dunkley or Stranges on PP1. Pitiful weekend.

Why do that, when you can have both Tymkin and Regula banging away in front of the net?

Not giving Stranges an opportunity to develop on the 1st PP unit is criminal. He's the most offensively creative player on the bench, yet we continue to go with the predictable hands of stone.

 

[TF519]

Why do that, when you can have both Tymkin and Regula banging away in front of the net?

True, quite foolish of me. Gassing our D for the sake of net presence is Dale's best move since he kept Harrison Cottam in the lineup.

 

[zman77]

Mississauga has a very good club.
Aidan Prueter was the 1st Star & Goalie Ingham 2nd Star
Dale will 'right the ship' going into the Play-offs: 5 Games Home & 7 Games Away.
Last 7 Games..........Steelheads Wins include against Ottawa, Niagara Falls and London.
Mississauga Steelheads Play by Play boys are very solid for the Ontario Hockey League.

510	Thu, Feb 7	MISS	3	NIAG	1	Final	Game Centre		Meridian Centre
519	Fri, Feb 8	OTT	1	MISS	2	Final SO	Game Centre		Paramount Fine Foods Centre
529	Sun, Feb 10	WSR	2	MISS	3	Final SO	Game Centre		Paramount Fine Foods Centre
535	Wed, Feb 13	MISS	5	HAM	6	Final SO	Game Centre		FirstOntario Centre
547	Fri, Feb 15	MISS	4	KGN	1	Final	Game Centre		Leon's Centre
560	Sun, Feb 17	MISS	4	NB	3	Final OT	Game Centre		North Bay Memorial Gardens
565	Mon, Feb 18	LDN	4	MISS	9

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[KnightWatch]

Mississauga has a very good club.
Dale will 'right the ship' going into the Play-offs: 5 Games Home & 7 Games Away.
Last 7 Games..........Steelheads Wins include against Ottawa, Niagara Falls and London.
Mississauga Steelheads Play by Play boys are as good as any in the Ontario Hockey League.

510	Thu, Feb 7	MISS	3	NIAG	1	Final	Game Centre		Meridian Centre
519	Fri, Feb 8	OTT	1	MISS	2	Final SO	Game Centre		Paramount Fine Foods Centre
529	Sun, Feb 10	WSR	2	MISS	3	Final SO	Game Centre		Paramount Fine Foods Centre
535	Wed, Feb 13	MISS	5	HAM	6	Final SO	Game Centre		FirstOntario Centre
547	Fri, Feb 15	MISS	4	KGN	1	Final	Game Centre		Leon's Centre
560	Sun, Feb 17	MISS	4	NB	3	Final OT	Game Centre		North Bay Memorial Gardens
565	Mon, Feb 18	LDN	4	MISS	9

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Forever the optimist....good on ya, zman!

 

[tjziel]

Wanna hear something funny?? Joey Keane was voted as the best “defensive defensemen” in the Eastern Conference last year. THAT’s WHY HE WAS BROUGT IN. As reinforcements behind the blemishes of Bouchard and Boqvist and their offensive rushes. If we still had Nathan Perrott he would actually be our best defensive d on our team right now lol! Joey get your a$$ back there and start playing defence please!!

 

[Knights2729]

Mississauga has a very good club.
Dale will 'right the ship' going into the Play-offs: 5 Games Home & 7 Games Away.
Last 7 Games..........Steelheads Wins include against Ottawa, Niagara Falls and London.
Mississauga Steelheads Play by Play boys are very solid for the Ontario Hockey League.

510	Thu, Feb 7	MISS	3	NIAG	1	Final	Game Centre		Meridian Centre
519	Fri, Feb 8	OTT	1	MISS	2	Final SO	Game Centre		Paramount Fine Foods Centre
529	Sun, Feb 10	WSR	2	MISS	3	Final SO	Game Centre		Paramount Fine Foods Centre
535	Wed, Feb 13	MISS	5	HAM	6	Final SO	Game Centre		FirstOntario Centre
547	Fri, Feb 15	MISS	4	KGN	1	Final	Game Centre		Leon's Centre
560	Sun, Feb 17	MISS	4	NB	3	Final OT	Game Centre		North Bay Memorial Gardens
565	Mon, Feb 18	LDN	4	MISS	9

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

I'm glad that they embarrassed us because if that doesnt work and get them going then nothing will.

 

[LDN]

Wanna hear something funny?? Joey Keane was voted as the best “defensive defensemen” in the Eastern Conference last year. THAT’s WHY HE WAS BROUGT IN. As reinforcements behind the blemishes of Bouchard and Boqvist for being their offensive rushes. If we still had Nathan Perrott he would actually be our best defensive d on our team right now lol! Joey get your a$$ back there and start playing defence please!!

if our D plays to its potential we will win the league.....

 

[Fastpace]

Mississauga whipped London's butt by a score of 999 to 4

The whole team defensive system is broken, back to basis and the drawing board. Not all is loss and best they go through it now and not in a months' time. I think Dale is not using all his lines to their full potentials he's using only three, their are a lot of good bunch of young talent sittiing and itching for regular shifts and that's just from a couch sitting fan's opinion.

 

[DontEverTouchMyPuck]

They say it's better to lose 'em now than in April, but this team looks pathetic right now and has for the better part of a month. They put together one good game out of every 4 it seems. Time to send a message Dale. Your starting lineup in Peterboroough should be Stranges, Evangelista and Panwar with G. Keane and Riley Coome on D

Ironic, isn't it …. The most memorable lines from the past week and half have been 40-17-14 and 40-62-14. Energy. Offensive pressure. Shots on goal. Guys in lanes. Nobody trying to do it all themselves. Fighting for the puck like it means something.

For the most part, kids that haven't been spoiled by automatic ice time.

 

[Knights2729]

Ironic, isn't it …. The most memorable lines from the past week and half have been 40-17-14 and 40-62-14. Energy. Offensive pressure. Shots on goal. Guys in lanes. Nobody trying to do it all themselves. Fighting for the puck like it means something.

For the most part, kids that haven't been spoiled by automatic ice time.

Play the 4 rookies and sit someone who has been a slacker, problem is that we dont have enough people to put in for the slackers!!!!!!!!

 

[Gloverone2020]

if our D plays to its potential we will win the league.....

Lol. Your d sucks lately. Losing to erie. Eries game in the 3rd period with 4 goals. Mississ whopping of the team today. I get it im a fan to but this team needs much more then what they have..

 

[KnightWatch]

Lol. Your d sucks lately. Losing to erie. Eries game in the 3rd period with 4 goals. Mississ whopping of the team today. I get it im a fan to but this team needs much more then what they have..

Yes, they need Lochead back, Perrott back and another forward who can make a play!

Problem is, we've been spending all our time developing our defenders offensive game (which clearly isn't working) while the majority of our forwards rot on the bench.

 

[tjziel]

I wonder what Dave Rook is doing these days?? Anyone care to phone him up and tell him to come back as our goalie coach for 1-3 months??

 

[nelli27]

I've read your posts, and I have to tell you that I've declared a "national emergency". We need to "build the defence"! "Build the defence!" And, I promised you that Hunter would pay for it.
Wait a second...Whoa nelli!
My apologies, I've bit off more than I can chew. What kind of idiot would declare a "national emergency" when the Knights have only lost 10 games in regulation?
It would clearly be an abuse of my executive power...I should know better.
Let's just hope that the Knights can get their act together.

 

[PhlyerPhanatic31]

I've read your posts, and I have to tell you that I've declared a "national emergency". We need to "build the defence"! "Build the defence!" And, I promised you that Hunter would pay for it.
Wait a second...Whoa nelli!
My apologies, I've bit off more than I can chew. What kind of idiot would declare a "national emergency" when the Knights have only lost 10 games in regulation?
It would clearly be an abuse of my executive power...I should know better.
Let's just hope that the Knights can get their act together.

While the recent stretch is by no means the end of the world, it raises eyebrows. They haven't been playing as a team consistently, which is worrisome moving forward. I know past teams have had similar lulls, but the ebbs have certainly outnumbered the flows recently. It's cause for some concern

 

[Billyjack]

if our D plays to its potential we will win the league.....

No doubt and you won't even have tom play the games LOL

 

[Snippit]

Lol. Your d sucks lately. Losing to erie. Eries game in the 3rd period with 4 goals. Mississ whopping of the team today. I get it im a fan to but this team needs much more then what they have..

Jekyll hyde defense group.

 

[Knights Watcher]

They say it's better to lose 'em now than in April, but this team looks pathetic right now and has for the better part of a month. They put together one good game out of every 4 it seems. Time to send a message Dale. Your starting lineup in Peterboroough should be Stranges, Evangelista and Panwar with G. Keane and Riley Coome on D

Couldn't agree more. Sit Bouch, Bovqvist, Formo and Keane each for the first period of the next 4 games.

 

[Buttsy]

While the recent stretch is by no means the end of the world, it raises eyebrows. They haven't been playing as a team consistently, which is worrisome moving forward. I know past teams have had similar lulls, but the ebbs have certainly outnumbered the flows recently. It's cause for some concern

Right now we are “missing” on several cylinders. Many things need to start to come together, but will the players buy in? Do Bouchard and Formenton and Raymakers etc. have enough personal pride to give a Sh*^<t? It is up to the boys quite frankly. Remember though the players we are talking about as leaders of this group are not Marner, Dvorak, Mete.....No where near as talented in fact. We are in for a dog fight this year even if we do bring it together in time IMO?

 

[three dog night]

Depending on the other leagues a little slip in the rankings.

 

[Snippit]

Right now we are “missing” on several cylinders. Many things need to start to come together, but will the players buy in? Do Bouchard and Formenton and Raymakers etc. have enough personal pride to give a Sh*^<t? It is up to the boys quite frankly. Remember though the players we are talking about as leaders of this group are not Marner, Dvorak, Mete.....No where near as talented in fact. We are in for a dog fight this year even if we do bring it together in time IMO?

Bolded is a good point. Even if they start playing like they care it's a tough road out of the league once you're in the 2nd round.

But if they play like they have the past 10 games? They'll barely be part of the competition.

 

[Knights2729]

Maybe we should have the Bouchard that won the Memorial Cup at 16 playing for us instead of this one lol

 

[GobigorGohome]

Why are the players Not listening to the coaches?

 

[LDN]

WAKE UP or go home ...you have 9000+ fans cheering you on....all of London is behind you...you got legacy, histroy on your side...expectations...scouts watching......if you can't get excited to play for the Knights then you don't deserve to play here