Never enough

It isn't surprising the Knights are finished. While quick and talented something just didn't feel right about this group. It never really oozed championship. Championship calibre, yes. Good enough to go all the way? Never really seemed so. This team was too streaky. Not confident enough. Lacking dominance, even with John Tavares at his best. Perhaps forcing a team as exceptional as the Spitfires to a record 5 straight overtime games should be accomplishment enough? I doubt they feel that way in the London locker room, but when the Western champs finish accomplishing what many of us believe they can and will, the guys on the losing end may finally accept what happened to them Wednesday night.

Yeah, Tavares didn't play like his usual self in this Windsor series.

I don't even think he looked like himself. Either hurt, tired, maybe upset, frustrated? It's too bad it ended like this for him. Still the young man who WILL go number one at the NHL draft deserves an applause for his accomplishments and most importantly his efforts. The guy gave it everything he had. Everything. All the time. Any suggestion otherwise is mean spirited and foolish.

Congrats to the Spitfires.

I believe they've got much more to give. And good luck to the Knights. Should be an interesting off-season of remodelling. They gave much to get this shot at another title. The gamble ultimately failed, on the ice of course. Like always, the Hunters did win at the box office, but even financial success is no guarantee going forward. These are supposed to be tough times after all. Add in a recession along with the loss of graduates plus fewer assets to barter with and its hard to imagine another championship run for the Knights in 2010. And without promise, the chance for fan apathy looms. It all points to a probable lose-lose situation for an organization that is used to winning in some way every year.