London Knights 2023-24 Season Thread (Part One)

[Fastpace]

This team will be fine

Oh no, we've double up on our errors tonight as the Ice Dogs scored twice against the Knights

I do believe the Knights will not see the Ice Dogs again this season , unless they meet in playoffs, and it's a good thing too by how both team played tonight.

 

[ArielNederland]

Next game is against the soo. That will be the first big test against a really good team

 

[LDN]

I think Cowan will be sent down tomorrow

 

[LDN]

https://x.com/londonknights/status/1708298326532120620?s=46&t=Xn96b9FkgwRvd20dx_7rpA

I like this kid

 

[LDN]

 

[KnightWatch]

Filling Mailloux's shoes quite nicely....

 

[LDN]

Filling Mailloux's shoes quite nicely....

He’s going to have a great year. I’d say he’s more responsible defensively than Mailloux

 

[Knightsfan90]

Filling Mailloux's shoes quite nicely....

I have a feeling this might be Dickinson last season as a knight

 

[Knightsfan90]

Imagine this team with Nazar lol what could have been

 

[GoKnightsGo44]

There are only 3 successful defensemen that played in their draft year in the last 10 years.

It’s possible that Dickinson is the 4th but hard to say “likely”. If he has a shot he must be in the first overall conversation.

 

[Fergus31]

There are only 3 successful defensemen that played in their draft year in the last 10 years.

It’s possible that Dickinson is the 4th but hard to say “likely”. If he has a shot he must be in the first overall conversation.

Chychrun?

 

[GoKnightsGo44]

Chychrun?

I kept him off the list as I thought he played less than half a season, but your right 68 games counts.

 

[Knights Watcher]

Ryder Boulton needs to be interviewed every game! And get him his own podcast while you're at it. I'd listen to him every day.
Like the Niagara commentator said last night after Boulton post-game interview.
"It's like watching an episode of Letterkenny"

 

[Fergus31]

He’s going to have a great year. I’d say he’s more responsible defensively than Mailloux

Yeah, Dickinson has much better hockey sense.

 

[LDN]

Ryder Boulton needs to be interviewed every game! And get him his own podcast while you're at it. I'd listen to him every day.
Like the Niagara commentator said last night after Boulton post-game interview.
"It's like watching an episode of Letterkenny"

A beauty!!!

 

[Fergus31]

Opening weekend in the books. 2-0. Have some positive and negative thoughts but not sure they’re kosher on a public forum. Feel like it’s becoming harder and harder to discuss the Knights without naming names or being too critical of the kids playing. Don’t think I’m alone there. Nice that they mentioned Abakar on Friday and put his number on the conference championship banner.

 

[LDN]

Opening weekend in the books. 2-0. Have some positive and negative thoughts but not sure they’re kosher on a public forum. Feel like it’s becoming harder and harder to discuss the Knights without naming names or being too critical of the kids playing. Don’t think I’m alone there. Nice that they mentioned Abakar on Friday and put his number on the conference championship banner.

I think this open forum is happy to hear your thoughts.

 

[Fergus31]

I think this open forum is happy to hear your thoughts.

You’re a good man LDN. Just hesitant to criticize any single individual player.
Cheers.

 

[Knightsfan90]

You’re a good man LDN. Just hesitant to criticize any single individual player.
Cheers.

You can be critical just don't demean the player or full on bash. Constructive criticism is okay

 

[7Wacked]

If anyone is looking for tickets for Friday or Saturday (October 6 & 7) message me.
Great seats upper bowl row A at the blue line. 40 for the pair

 

[LDN]

You can be critical just don't demean the player or full on bash. Constructive criticism is okay

Agreed! I’d be interested to hear more peoples thoughts.

IMO this was exactly what you’d want from an opening weekend. Close games that we won and 4/4 points. I know the team will gel, Cowan will come back and likely Mark will make a few additions up front. The D will tighten up, Simpson is fantastic. Really so nice to have him in net. He’s going to be a workhorse and play a ton!

 

[Fastpace]

You’re a good man LDN. Just hesitant to criticize any single individual player.
Cheers.

Understand your frustration, but frustration is nothing to what a player experience in the middle of criticized words. We pay to come and see a hockey "team" the Knights and/or we sit down in front of a tv to watch an unit of 20 junior hockey players playing the game of hockey. And yet we don't criticize a team we criticize one player out of 20 who is a small piece of the team that we came to watch. There are enough around that player that are directly involve who can do all the criticism and work with him to help his improvement. If we want to criticize lets criticize the whole team (the unit) after all it is who we came to see, unless we only came to watch one player out of twenty on the team.

All for one or one for all, when we criticize one player we are also hurting all 20 players on the team, they all feel for that one player being publicly humiliated. These kids are here to learn they want to progress and advance in their careers, they are students to become pros, they are not there yet.

Let's criticize the 20 player team, that is okey, they can all take it as a whole, after all they are the unit we came to see. IMHO Cheers!

 

[Ken Yates]

Impressive effort in Niagara. McCue is good in front of the net on power plays. Did i just see Edward play a whole game without a penalty. Wed, Friday and Sat this week Wilmore starts against who?

 

[tjziel]

I’d hope Willmore starts in net against Guelph.

 

[tjziel]

Question: did anyone else realize we didn’t see long stretches of Juan Copeland this weekend?

Just wondering if he is still getting used to Dales system or if he’s a Ryan Merkley type that needs to be kind of taught…

I have no conclusions, just thoughts….