London Knights 2024-25 Season Thread, Part I

[GoKnightsGo44]

Knights putting on a clinic tonight! So dominant

 

[ohloutsider]

Knights putting on a clinic tonight! So dominant

Maybe hold that thought.

 

[GoKnightsGo44]

Yeah, the 3-3 score doesn’t do justice. They are playing so well, Leenders is unreal.

 

[Fastpace]

4-3 overtime win over Brantford

Very exciting game to say the least, Dickinson pull through for the Knights with the OT winner. Nicholl on the ice for all London goals with a +4 and no points on any of them, I thought he should have an assist on the OT goal, they still haven't given it to him yet. He played an excellent game.

 

[Otto]

43 to go

#RoadToDale1000

 

[LDN]

Liked what Sim was doing. Expect more from Dickinson, Bonk, Barkey and O’Reilly. Woolley, Brzustewicz and Jenken good. Fagen as much as I love what he brings didn’t have a good game. Could sit and have Mitchell or Spencer get in.

Where is Ryder Boulton? I’d slot him in sometime this weekend

 

[Otto]

I don't think Barkey has fully recovered from being off so long. He's got another couple of gears in him. Could end up being a rough weekend. Hopefully he rebounds soon

 

[Fastpace]

London are missing George and Edward really bad, huge difference without them, they still have a lot of adjustments to make in learning to play without both this year

 

[Otto]

I hadn't taken notice before, but it's good to see the new scoreboard is on real time vs. the old one which was on a delay.

 

[Knights Watcher]

Th

I am perplexed by the Zakharov situation. What happened? Why did the signing disapper

Apparently someone in the OHL offices screwed up and did not handle the rules of a free agent signing properly so the deal is dead. No Zakharov in the near future.

 

[LDN]

Th

Apparently someone in the OHL offices screwed up and did not handle the rules of a free agent signing properly so the deal is dead. No Zakharov in the near future.

Thank you

 

[horner]

How is Cowan playing

 

[TheOrangePylon]

How is Cowan playing

Good, but I think he has another level. He has points in every game so far this year, to keep his streak going. But at times he’s looked complacent, so I think if he can get some of that out of his game, he will find another level.

 

[GoKnightsGo44]

@horner Cowan has looked at times like he should be in the NHL, but like @TheOrangePylon said he has not fully hit his stride.

Once Barkey is fully up to speed and they click like they were last season he will be unstoppable.

 

[coolhandluc44]

Bulldogs fan here. Just wanted to say how lucky you guys are with the broadcast quality you get for your home games. The video picture, audio quality are far superior to what I’m used to watching the Bulldogs home and away. I dare say to me it was almost sportsnet/tsn quality. I also have always liked your announcers too

 

[sbpointer]

Bulldogs fan here. Just wanted to say how lucky you guys are with the broadcast quality you get for your home games. The video picture, audio quality are far superior to what I’m used to watching the Bulldogs home and away. I dare say to me it was almost sportsnet/tsn quality. I also have always liked your announcers too

I think a lot of that has to do with the lighting in the building ( for the video anyway ) so good chance it will be greatly improved in Brantford when your new arena is complete..

 

[Fastpace]

It is good that this team is going through strong adversity early in this season, they are learning not to take anything for granted, despite the missing two of the very top D's of last season, the Knights are still ahead of schedule compared to last year

You want to watch a hardworking bunch of hockey players, go down and take a looks at the Rangers. We could see that Kitchener Rangers had some really talented players to do damage in this league this season. They are the team to watch in my opinion. It will be interesting to see what they do before the trade deadline.

 

[Knights77]

Once again left wondering why Sim was kept over Leonard. Very little offence, plus lots of dumb penalties. This D group needs Leonard. Poor choice there IMO

Respectfully disagree. He brings energy and physicality that is lacked on this team. Yes there is a trade off of dumb plays. The real question is why was 13 kept? He is totally useless. The offence he produces is a result of if the skill players he plays with, so any player could do what he does. He lacks hustle, pretends to be tough and is a waste of an OA spot. If Kitchener wasn’t doing so well I’d package him and a young player to the Rangers for Swick. That’s the type of player this team needs. Sorely missing Max McCue this year.
Last night was a good example of the other team playing Knights hockey. The pushed us around, gave little jabs and tried to rely on special teams to win. That is Knights hockey, but with literally nobody to be scared of (no Boulton in the lineup), the Knights are a pure skill team now. They will continue to get pushed around all year unless that’s addressed. Good win last night vs the Bulldogs but they were missing some pieces and it was anything but convincing.
Come on Mark, make some moves please.

 

[Fastpace]

GangGreen said:

Once again left wondering why Sim was kept over Leonard. Very little offence, plus lots of dumb penalties. This D group needs Leonard. Poor choice there IMO



Without speaking one word with the player, as well as all other players and coaches on the team, or even put one toe into the dressing room, a sitting fan decides good to pass judgement on one player out of twenty others on the team

 

[Matt93]

Bulldogs fan here. Just wanted to say how lucky you guys are with the broadcast quality you get for your home games. The video picture, audio quality are far superior to what I’m used to watching the Bulldogs home and away. I dare say to me it was almost sportsnet/tsn quality. I also have always liked your announcers too

I was with you until you said you liked the announcers.

I sync my TV with the radio broadcast. Stubbsy is 10000000% better than those 2 clowns.

 

[GoKnightsGo44]

I was with you until you said you liked the announcers.

I sync my TV with the radio broadcast. Stubbsy is 10000000% better than those 2 clowns.

I do this as well and it is amazing!!!

 

[Jawk]

Bulldogs fan here. Just wanted to say how lucky you guys are with the broadcast quality you get for your home games. The video picture, audio quality are far superior to what I’m used to watching the Bulldogs home and away. I dare say to me it was almost sportsnet/tsn quality. I also have always liked your announcers too

This is just the London experience. Everything is run on pro level. At the game last night, second time in that building, it just doesn't feel like most other junior hockey experiences. Really one of the reasons I think they do so well.

Its so many little things. Ushers at every stairwell to control people waiting for a whistle. Food and beverage choices. 50/50 vendors all over the place. Brantford will be much better when they have the space to do these things. I really forgot how much I miss draught beer during live hockey.

 

[coolhandluc44]

This is just the London experience. Everything is run on pro level. At the game last night, second time in that building, it just doesn't feel like most other junior hockey experiences. Really one of the reasons I think they do so well.

It’s so many little things. Ushers at every stairwell to control people waiting for a whistle. Food and beverage choices. 50/50 vendors all over the place. Brantford will be much better when they have the space to do these things. I really forgot how much I miss draught beer during live hockey.

Agree totally. The thing I noticed about the broadcast was just how much clearer the video looked. Also just the camera work in general. Brantford has these two cameras in each corner that look like a cheap webcam and there stationary.

 

[frontsfan67]

Here before LDN recommends the knights acquiring Luchanko

 

[dino200022]

I was with you until you said you liked the announcers.

I sync my TV with the radio broadcast. Stubbsy is 10000000% better than those 2 clowns.

I do agree with this, although it does mean you have to listen to VanHorn stumble over every other word and add absolutely nothing to the broadcast. But it is still worth it to listen to Stubbs hands down!