London Knights 2023-24 Season Thread (Part 5)

[Ferguson Jenkins]

Nicholl starting to show some game, albeit against a shorthanded Kitchener squad. London will need him and Van G to step up.

 

[Otto]

I spent a full 12 minutes reviewing it and replaying it again several times, I did see the elbow moving up yes, but after the collision was made and he had gone by.

Why does a player raise his elbow after the fact? Is he Edwin Encarnacion?

 

[zman77]

Nicholl starting to show some game, albeit against a shorthanded Kitchener squad. London will need him and Van G to step up.

ya ya Fergie.
Nichol needed more ice time to show his stuff.
O'Reilly's suspension gave him that opportunity to do so.

 

[EvenSteven]

How the hell does a cross check face first into boards ended being diving ffs!

I was close by. His face hit the boards pretty good on that one.

 

[nelli27]

Impressive playoff run to date (8-0).
Isaiah George quietly goes about his business... one of the best, if not the best, shutdown D-man in the league. In fact, the entire D is stingy. Scoring not a problem.
Next up, Saginaw or the Soo. Definitely doesn't get easier and I wouldn't want it any other way.

Hedon rating: 10/10.

 

[Otto]

The last time the Knights swept the first two rounds was 2005

 

[Ferguson Jenkins]

5 teams left… London, Saginaw, Soo, North Bay, Oshawa. All good teams. Should be fun to watch.

What’s the general consensus - does London match up better with Spirit or Hounds? Both would be tough but early feeling for me is the Hounds are a tougher matchup for London. Without Lawrence for games 1-4 makes it harder, obviously.

 

[Otto]

5 teams left… London, Saginaw, Soo, North Bay, Oshawa. All good teams. Should be fun to watch.

What’s the general consensus - does London match up better with Spirit or Hounds? Both would be tough but early feeling for me is the Hounds are a tougher matchup for London. Without Lawrence for games 1-4 makes it harder, obviously.

Given regular season performance, the Soo is the tougher match up.

That said, playoffs are a different animal

 

[HockeyPops]

Both teams play fairly similar styles. I would think you just hope it goes 7 and face whoever limps out.

 

[Fastpace]

Why does a player raise his elbow after the fact? Is he Edwin Encarnacion?

Just a reaction, that's all, why keep it down along his side, no particular reason either way, just being normal

 

[All the Answers]

Impressive playoff run to date (8-0).
Isaiah George quietly goes about his business... one of the best, if not the best, shutdown D-man in the league. In fact, the entire D is stingy. Scoring not a problem.
Next up, Saginaw or the Soo. Definitely doesn't get easier and I wouldn't want it any other way.

Hedon rating: 10/10.

George is a big unsung hero for the Knights. I love his game and you're right he goes about it quietly.

Nelli can you do my aging brain a favour and remind me of the meaning/background of the "Hedon rating"? I recall you explaining it on the NOOF (almost certain it was there and not the JrA boards) and I've gone and forgotten the origins. I've tried googling it in the past and got nowhere. Thanks

Good luck in the 3rd round, with this series I'm convinced your boys are heavy favourites the rest of the way. Next series in 5, sweep in the finals. You heard it here first. 16-1 OHL Champions.

 

[dmead]

That was a good hockey game. Rangers kept coming but in the end outclassed.

Ive attended every game 4 sweep at the Aud in the Hunter era.

And.... It.... Never.... Gets.... Old

 

[jamemcca]

Was any one here in section 6 tonight ?

 

[LDN]

5 teams left… London, Saginaw, Soo, North Bay, Oshawa. All good teams. Should be fun to watch.

What’s the general consensus - does London match up better with Spirit or Hounds? Both would be tough but early feeling for me is the Hounds are a tougher matchup for London. Without Lawrence for games 1-4 makes it harder, obviously.

Better with the spirit BIGTIME

 

[EvenSteven]

Jacob Julien should be the poster boy as to why GM’s around this league needs to take the U18 draft seriously.

Hell of a find.

 

[LDN]

Jacob Julien should be the poster boy as to why GM’s around this league needs to take the U18 draft seriously.

Hell of a find.

100% agreed! He’s the U18 poster boy for sure rn

 

[superdee]

Abby came in the same draft. RIP Abby wish you could have been here.

 

[zman77]

Impressive playoff run to date (8-0).
Isaiah George quietly goes about his business... one of the best, if not the best, shutdown D-man in the league. In fact, the entire D is stingy. Scoring not a problem.
Next up, Saginaw or the Soo. Definitely doesn't get easier and I wouldn't want it any other way.

Hedon rating: 10/10.

Agree Nelli!!
Isaiah George is one cool customer.
Excellent skater with skill, toughness and endurance.
The Islanders have a Top 4 D-Man with Isaiah for a long time.

 

[TheCoach]

Of course it's a joke when it's London player getting suspended but just stop and think if that was the other way around and say Cowan got the same exact hit you guys would be screaming for the other player to get booted from the league. Take it he hit the player directly in the head it's up to Lawrence to make sure he doesn't hit him in the head plain and simple.

Are you sniffing glue?



Motew Skates into him hardly worth 5 games.
Hard to stop a guy from skating into you

 

[zman77]

KITCHENER –
Max McCue said it best. The ‘Jet’ is fueling up.
The Knights, still undefeated through two playoff rounds, will meet the winner of the Saginaw-Sault Ste. Marie battle in the Western Conference final starting next week. Julien was the first OHLer to post two hat tricks in the same series since Barrie’s Justin Scott did it eight years ago in the first round against Mississauga.
The high hockey-IQ centre with the long reach scored seven goals and nine points in London’s first sweep of the Rangers since their 2016 run to the Memorial Cup title.
“He put us on his back here in these past two games,” McCue said. “We saw that all year and it was nice to continue that in the playoffs. We have a lot of guys who can step up and fill roles. We also have a lot of guys who can do different things when we have a full lineup.”

Another series, another sweep: London Knights oust Kitchener in Game 4

KITCHENER – Max McCue said it best. The ‘Jet’ is fueling up.

lfpress.com

 

[nelli27]

George is a big unsung hero for the Knights. I love his game and you're right he goes about it quietly.

Nelli can you do my aging brain a favour and remind me of the meaning/background of the "Hedon rating"? I recall you explaining it on the NOOF (almost certain it was there and not the JrA boards) and I've gone and forgotten the origins. I've tried googling it in the past and got nowhere. Thanks

Good luck in the 3rd round, with this series I'm convinced your boys are heavy favourites the rest of the way. Next series in 5, sweep in the finals. You heard it here first. 16-1 OHL Champions.

Thanks. Next round will be tough, but I like this Knights team. Basically, "Hedon rating" is just "entertainment value"/pleasure. A utilitarian philosopher, Jeremy Bentham, used the term "hedonic calculus" to explain how pleasure (and avoidance of pain) motivates ethical choice. I stole "Hedon" from him to mean "unit of pleasure".
Hope Saginaw/Soo go 7 games, triple OT.

 

[nelli27]

Was any one here in section 6 tonight ?

No, did you throw a Guelph Storm hat on the ice after Julien's hattrick?

 

[Otto]

Just a reaction, that's all, why keep it down along his side, no particular reason either way, just being normal

It's not normal to raise your elbow after being hit.

 

[LDN]

How about the depth. Julien and Halttunnen have been great!

 

[Buttsy]

So, he looked up ! That is not against rules, he did not fake it, when you get a concussion you get confused.

In fairness he was simply answering a question I had asked. You’re correct not against the rules but when I saw it I immediately thought OK he is with it enough to “look for the call” so he in fact is not concussed. I saw Lindros after his last hit from Scott Steven’s and yes he had no idea where he was and you could tell he was out in left field so to speak. Motew just didn’t look that way so again I was surprised to hear he had a concussion. Not every player that takes a head shot gets a concussion. Cheers and onto Round 3 ….