GDT: 2019-20 GM#39 LA Kings vs St. Louis Blues @7:00pm 12/23/19

[HookKing]

I know Carter will be 35 soon but man, it's sad to see him decline so much. The only way he scores nowadays is if the goalie is way out of position and the net is wide open. He used to be a threat through traffic with ease.

The sad thing is its hands not his wheels. That great wrist shot is virtually non-existent.

 

[Sol]

They already used the timeout after the second goal. No point in Swapping goalies. The team is already on vacation. This one has 10-1 written all over it.

I think it's disrespectful letting a goalie get blown out when the team isn't playing.

 

[kingsboy11]

1 for 5 on the powerplay. They definitely had their chance to get back into this game, but man that start just killed them. Guys already had one eye on the holiday break before tonight.

 

[crassbonanza]

I think it's disrespectful letting a goalie get blown out when the team isn't playing.

It was only 4-1 and the Kings definitely were putting in some effort in the 2nd and 3rd.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Bad bad game but oddly one of the more competitive ones around the league tonight, holy moly. Full moon or what?

Might be one of Kopitar's worst games in a Kings uniform, I was mad at him every time he touched the puck tonight. But then again, everyone was fumbling and unprepared, so maybe he was a good leader for that tonight.

Kings for the first time in a while look totally intimidated.

Exactly what I said before the time out. Haven't seen the Kings respect an opponent so much in like a decade. They were treating every blue like they were prime Evgeni Malkin.

Blues are obviously awesome but a lot of that was self inflicted shotgun wounds on stupid shit.

Roenick was unstoppable.

"I'm gonna make Gretzky's head bleed for superfan #99 over here"

 

[Statto]

I think it's disrespectful letting a goalie get blown out when the team isn't playing.

I can’t imagine that Quick would want to be pulled regardless.

 

[The Tikkanen]

I had to turn it off after the 2nd. The Kings product is beyond boring. It's like watching a Wild-Devils game when Lemaire was coaching.

 

[kilowatt]

Didn’t watch much, was on my phone for a bit but had family stuff going on. How was Clague?

 

[ibleedkings]

Didn’t watch much, was on my phone for a bit but had family stuff going on. How was Clague?

He was scratched unfortunately. Pretty stupid if you ask me. He looked good his first game and why not play him again and get his confidence going?

I like the job TM is doing so far, but decisions like this are head scratchers.