hi :)) can you tell me anything about the london knights? i've been scrolling through the tag and i'm intrigued, they all seem so cute 👀 is there a primer, by any chance? - @bondedpairs
hi ! Im soo happy that you're enjoying them, theyre fun kids ! I ended up writing more than expected so please see under the cut <3
So the knights are a bit of a dynasty in terms of ohl teams. They've actually only won the memorial cup (best team out if all teams in the canadian hockey league) twice but if you look at the team awards. They were a bit of a powerhouse last year and swept a couple of their playoff series which is crazy. They're known for their player development and have produced a ridiculous amount of nhl players.
The sheer amount of nhlers that come from the knights is crazy, just the leafs for example have four currently on their roster in john tavares, mitch marner, max domi, anthony stolarz. The leafs president brendan shanahan is also an alumni. Other notable active alumni include nazem kadri (cgy), matthew tkachuk (cats), nikita zadorov (bos), bo horvat (nyi) and others but genuinely there are too many to list.
I am obviously leafs brained so if you want to talk about the mitch marner easton cowan parallel then welcome to the club! Cowboy first of all is beloved, drafted 28th overall by the leafs and largely considered to be a flop pick by the media, went on to put up a 96 point in 56 game season, as well as a 36 game point streak setting a new franchise record and winning ohl mvp. He then went on to score 34 points in their 18 game playoff run winning mvp for the playoffs as well. He is the first player to win both regular season and playoff mvp in the same season since mitch marner. He is an alternate captain this year, and made canadas world juniors team last year, and I love him.
Other notable players (TO ME) include:
Denver barkey: drafted in the 2nd round by the flyers 2023. NEWLY MINTED CAPTAIN 🫡, darling boy with the face of a doll. Was selected to be part of a collaboration with snoopdog and nhl enforcers??? has he ever won a fight? No.
Oliver bonk: drafted 22nd overall by the flyers 2023, assistant captain, and part of the 2024 canadian world juniors team. His dad played In the nhl for 14 years ! Noted worst aux on the team but seemingly unaware. Just seems very sweet and I like him :)
Sam Dickenson (number three london knights): drafted in the first round by the sharks but bc they also got mack this year he was kind of overshadowed. They also don't have anything linking them like a team usually would push for, probably bc of the fwd/defence divide and also bc mack already got a government issued boy best friend in will smith. I love him though, he was their baby last year and he's a brat bc of it. heart and soul of the teams social media
I unfortch dont have a primer or anything as im a more casual enjoyer but a couple of other ldn knights friends are rick @cashewbenoit and @antrea if you want more posts about them <3
These are some of my favourite knights things but if you've gone through my tag you've probably seen them
Who has the worst aux?
Carpool karaoke
Cowboy decorates a gingerbread house (ft mints of mapleleafs fame)
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something about them both being first overalls but having such different roles and expectations on them. their juxtaposition of jack being so dynamic while nico is a more steady reliable type player, and how that's also reflected in their roles with captain vs an a. and that this is kind of Their Team in terms of being the perceived pillars of the franchise going forward.
also I just think they're both so fond of each other and their personalities play off each other so well.
everyone stream rock bottom, baby which is THE 1386 fic TO ME
re your notes on the mack post: oh. my. gosh and also 100% AGREED 😵💫
(he and will are both ******* those old men lbr)
- @bondedpairs
sometimes i have brief moments of introspection in which i wonder whether or not there are things better left in my drafts and usually i say fuck it we ball and then we DO ball and i love y’all for that. would you still love me if i whip out my footnotes and references
FOOTNOTES:
*somewhere in there is an aside about mack having to think about joe stroking somebody ELSE’s dick on the bench and having a panic about it.
**i DO see the will smith mackelini celebrini ?!;&/‘os everyone has been posting. that is the devil talking as in i cannot become invested or else it will ruin me. f1vegas you are NOT forgiven for putting ‘the tk/pat parking garage vibes of it’ in front of my eyes like my! god! i do NOT WANT TO KNOW THE NARRATIVE (too compelling i think. too much to get into with the bc(?)/bu rivalry and zeev buium was there and there’s another shark too somewhere??. i can’t care about a fish a MACKEREL you guys and will smith is not allowed to be my sharks bicycle because the team whoré borde already exists!!) where i was trying to go is sometimes you both fuck the same old man and he’s like. losers. get a polycule. and they end up together (obviously to me jumbo is in an ???? with patty and burnsie)
ABBV. REFERENCES:
ro’s other post where mack says to “ask smitty about [hunting cougars]” (src: holyjost)
ko’s transcript of fun facts from the interview that made me too endeared. girl nobody made you take advertising courses?? change your major
aforementioned f1vegas post. this is by tags alone because after reading that i was not capable of watching the video
hi :)) wanna thank you for the gingerbread house building vid and gifset bc i'm now picking up every stray 9086 crumb i can find. they're sooo grumpy/sunshine coded and i adore them <33
- bondedpairs
omg hello!!!! welcoming you to our 9086 club lol
sigh as soon as i saw that gingerbread house video i was hooked. i feel bad i've only started looking out for the two of them now when there's just like half a season left.......... out of like four years of london knights hockey...........
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