GDT: 2019-20 GM#68 LA Kings vs Minnesota Wild @1:00pm 3/7/20

[kingsholygrail]

And Dieter playing the Monday night football theme after scoring the touchdown

Dieter is a treasure.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[HookKing]

Really need a 3 point game in SJ/Ott and Ducks to come thru tomorrow.

 

[Statto]

Nice. Great to see for Brownie and icing on the cake for Gabe.

 

[RocketKing]

This is pretty awesome but they are ruining the tank. Torn. But also good to see the days of Kings sucking are close to ending.

They may have brought the good young players up too soon? LOL

 

[Telos]

Lizotte is a beast. That kid has heart.

 

[onlyalad]

Just need to win the next 14 games and the kings are in the playoffs


If all the other teams lose all their games

 

[kovacro]

I think we are seeing that there are some pieces here that will certainly help the Kings going forward. It’s good to see the roster is not chalk full of dead wood anymore.

Rob Blake is doing a fine job thus far. Stay the course and be patient. It will pay off in the end.

 

[bland]

The Anderson/Roy pairing has become the Kings best.

Roy was +4 tonight, Anderson +2.

The Walker-MacDermid pair was on the ice for all three Wild goals.

 

[kilowatt]

The most important thing to me is that he Kings are playing really hard and the kids are learning to win and that seems to be the case. Mikey Anderson is 4-0-0, Gabe Vilardi is 5-1-1. That's gotta feel good for these guys.

 

[kilowatt]

Roy was +4 tonight, Anderson +2.

The Walker-MacDermid pair was on the ice for all three Wild goals.

As much as I love MacDermid and what he brings, he definitely has some defensive deficiencies. He chases and loses positioning a little too often.

 

[tny760]

outside of that first goal both mac and walker had their men, it's the forwards not picking up the loose change

lets ease up a bit

 

[kingsholygrail]

As much as I love MacDermid and what he brings, he definitely has some defensive deficiencies. He chases and loses positioning a little too often.

MacD is your prototypical 7th D.

 

[kilowatt]

outside of that first goal both mac and walker had their men, it's the forwards not picking up the loose change

lets ease up a bit

Nothing to ease up on. This is a learning year. I'd rather have them make mistakes this season and learn from them. The first goal was MacDermid's fault, he gave up positioning. The second goal was just a nice shot, maybe Frk's fault but he's also in position to receive an outlet pass and isn't necessarily expecting to defend there (although maybe he should be). Third goal is probably Vilardi's fault for not staying low and picking up the third forward. Walker stopped the puck with his skate on the initial shot though, and it deflected out towards the empty net, which isn't really something you can plan on.

I can still point to a lot of occasions where MacDermid puts himself out of position. That's not to say I don't like him or that I don't want him to succeed, but that he'll need to shore that up if we ever make it to the playoffs and he wants to be a part of it.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Cal and the black gloves.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

looked like that high stick really hurt fiala until he realized he wasn't getting the call

Can't take him all the way out of Nashville I guess.

They may have brought the good young players up too soon? LOL

Abort! Abort! Send them back!

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I know we're all looking at the shiny new toys but the core guys were f***ing awesome tonight. Doughty actually played like Doughty, Brown and Kopitar just ran all over the Wild.

 

[regulate]

Time to sit MacDermid again.

 

[Lt Dan]

5 wins in a row? What is this sorcery?

 

[AzKing]

Nice to get wins and show growth. It does concern me if they aren’t in a position to get one of the good kids in the top part of the draft because the season as a whole has been bearable just because of the potential to get a good pick.

 

[kilowatt]

This team is clicking and we haven't even called four of our five best prospects. Great that Vilardi's playing great in LA, but wait until Turcotte, Kaliyev, Fagemo, and Bjornfot join the team as well. I think that Wagner-Lizotte-Moore line is the perfect fourth line. If we have enough talent to push them down, that would be excellent.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Who knew getting rid of Forbort and promoting Mikey Anderson would improve the team defense?

 

[Bandit]

Who knew getting rid of Forbort and promoting Mikey Anderson would improve the team defense?

Eh. Forbort player what? 10 games this year. Might actually have been Martinez’ fault if you wanna lynch someone.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Eh. Forbort player what? 10 games this year. Might actually have been Martinez’ fault if you wanna lynch someone.

That’s also true. Martinez and his play had been quite spotty the past couple seasons. Never forget Minus Muzzin/Martinez.

 

[kilowatt]

Who knew getting rid of Forbort and promoting Mikey Anderson would improve the team defense?