It really sucked when Lizotte went down. That line had become a lot of fun to watch, they had a nice blend of feistiness and possession.
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It really sucked when Lizotte went down. That line had become a lot of fun to watch, they had a nice blend of feistiness and possession.
Big time. If only they could finish! Kempe finding the back of the net more lately, though.
Their xGA is the lowest on that list too.
The Tikkanen
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For all of you wishing to buy the jersey it is not available on shop.nhl.com and probably won't be for months, the NHL continues to launch jerseys that aren't available for purchase, total failure.
KingsHockey24
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Use Coolhockey.com
It literally was $80 cheaper for my Kovalchuk jersey. Awesome site.
The Tikkanen
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Not available there. The Kings are notorious for this, they have launched all their crappy jerseys and none of them are actually for sale online, it's a genius marketing plan. That is why the jerseys wind up at Ross on the clearance rack next to the 5XL old lady moo moos.
tny760
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I would appreciate it if no one mentions that you know who just scored his 20th on a highlight reel play.
Thanks
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kovacro
Uvijek Vjerni
Raccoon Jesus
We were right there
Holy shit haha that's awesome
Peter James Bond II
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Scene from RAINMAN:
John Mooney:
Are you disappointed?
Charlie:
Disappointed? Why should I be disappointed? I got rose bushes didn't I? I got a used car, didn't I? This other guy, what'd you call him?
John Mooney:
The beneficiary.
Charlie:
Yeah him, he got $3,000,000 but he didn't get the rose bushes. I got the rose bushes. I definitely got the rose bushes. Those are rose bushes!
John Mooney:
Mr. Babbitt, there's no reason to...
Charlie:
To what? To get upset? If there is a hell, sir, my father is in it and he is looking up right now and he is laughing his ass off. Sanford Babbitt, you wanna be that guy's son for five minutes? I mean did you hear that letter? Were you listening?
John Mooney:
Yes I was. Were you?
Charlie:
Um, no, can you repeat it because I can't believe my f***ing ears.
Today's Version: "we definitely have Matt Luff and Austin Wagner" (the rose bushes..or thorns?)
ROB BLAKE:
Are you disappointed? (that he traded Dominik Kubalik for a 5th rd draft pick)
ANDYS:
Disappointed? Why should I be disappointed? We got a 5th round pick, didn't we? We have Matt Luff..and the other guy, what do you call him?
ROB BLAKE
Stan Bowman. He got Kubalik. Yes, we have Matt Luff. Austin Wagner. We signed them both.
ANDYS:
Yes, them. They got Dominik Kubalik. ...but they didn't get Matt Luff and Austin Wagner.. We have them. They are definitely Kings. Those are NHL players!!
ROB BLAKE:
Andys, there's no reason to....
ANDYS:
To what? To get upset?? If there's a tank, sir, the Kings are in it and the Black Hawks and Stan Bowman are laughing their asses off! You want me to be you, for 5 minutes?? Do you know you traded Kubalik
for a 5th round pick?
ROB BLAKE:
Yes, I do. You have a problem with that?
ANDYS:
Um...yes, can you repeat that, cuz I can't believe my f***ing ears!!
John Mooney:
Are you disappointed?
Charlie:
Disappointed? Why should I be disappointed? I got rose bushes didn't I? I got a used car, didn't I? This other guy, what'd you call him?
John Mooney:
The beneficiary.
Charlie:
Yeah him, he got $3,000,000 but he didn't get the rose bushes. I got the rose bushes. I definitely got the rose bushes. Those are rose bushes!
John Mooney:
Mr. Babbitt, there's no reason to...
Charlie:
To what? To get upset? If there is a hell, sir, my father is in it and he is looking up right now and he is laughing his ass off. Sanford Babbitt, you wanna be that guy's son for five minutes? I mean did you hear that letter? Were you listening?
John Mooney:
Yes I was. Were you?
Charlie:
Um, no, can you repeat it because I can't believe my f***ing ears.
Today's Version: "we definitely have Matt Luff and Austin Wagner" (the rose bushes..or thorns?)
ROB BLAKE:
Are you disappointed? (that he traded Dominik Kubalik for a 5th rd draft pick)
ANDYS:
Disappointed? Why should I be disappointed? We got a 5th round pick, didn't we? We have Matt Luff..and the other guy, what do you call him?
ROB BLAKE
Stan Bowman. He got Kubalik. Yes, we have Matt Luff. Austin Wagner. We signed them both.
ANDYS:
Yes, them. They got Dominik Kubalik. ...but they didn't get Matt Luff and Austin Wagner.. We have them. They are definitely Kings. Those are NHL players!!
ROB BLAKE:
Andys, there's no reason to....
ANDYS:
To what? To get upset?? If there's a tank, sir, the Kings are in it and the Black Hawks and Stan Bowman are laughing their asses off! You want me to be you, for 5 minutes?? Do you know you traded Kubalik
for a 5th round pick?
ROB BLAKE:
Yes, I do. You have a problem with that?
ANDYS:
Um...yes, can you repeat that, cuz I can't believe my f***ing ears!!
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kingsfan28
Its A Kingspiracy !
I wonder how far/close Prokhorkin would be to Kubalik’s production if he ever got to play with Kopitar for a long stretch...
For the first time since I’ve been fan (1992) I’ve skipped watching multiple games. This team is boring.
Watching Kovy, Kubalik and Pearson succeed elsewhere make me question Blake after I also spent years after the two cups questing Lombardi.
I really hope after the trade deadline it’s a fire sale. I have no attachment to any player anymore - the only real studs with upside this year have been Walker and Kempe (after scratched). Good to see Kopitar and Carter playing well but everyone else is horrible.
Watching Kovy, Kubalik and Pearson succeed elsewhere make me question Blake after I also spent years after the two cups questing Lombardi.
I really hope after the trade deadline it’s a fire sale. I have no attachment to any player anymore - the only real studs with upside this year have been Walker and Kempe (after scratched). Good to see Kopitar and Carter playing well but everyone else is horrible.
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We canned John Steven's too early.
Pearson shouldn't have been moved. Kovalchuk would probably still be one of our top 3 leading scorers if Stevens was the HC.
Raccoon Jesus
We were right there
I went through the roster last night and was like the only players I would keep would be....and it was really just Walker and kids.
Burn it all down and start it all over, bring in Brian Boyle to be 1C or some shit so the kids don't get wrecked, I don't even care anymore. I can't watch one more second of the guys on life support, just pull the blug. But be sure to take the admin staff with them so we aren't teaching Alexis to be Bob Gainey instead of Ovechkin.
Things are bad, but I don't think it's quite that dire. Seems like after the trade deadline, Toffoli, Martinez and Lewis will be jettisoned, and hopefully others (looking at you Forbort). We'll probably just have Kopi, Doughty, Brown, Carter, Clifford and Quick left from the old days. Clifford isn't a problem. Quick can be Petersen's backup if Petersen earns the number 1 role. And at worst we'll have two more years of Carter and Brown.
People like to trash Doughty but it would be nice to have him paired with a legitimate #2 once. If we did something in free agency, I'd like to see that. We will have plenty of cap space.
Hoven said before the season not to get your hopes up as the plan was to get another high draft pick. That unquestionably will happen. There's a reason TM got a 5-year deal.
I agree with Walker and Kempe and also Kopitar and Carter. I also think Roy, Prokhorkin and Lizotte are making their case to have careers in the NHL. The offense and forecheck have not been as good with Lizotte out of the lineup.
Really hoping Wagner can turn it around. Also thought Frk was scoring goals and should have stayed up.
When players struggling on the Kings go to other teams and perform well it makes you wonder whats going on in the room and off the ice. I wonder if its leadership not putting in the effort, holding each other accountable, and not caring about winning
tny760
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i'll believe it when i see it..
like i wish i could believe it but i haven't seen much from management to believe they're actually willing to drop the tactical nuke on the team
SlimCharles
Kings & Sabres
This season has been the least I've watched them since I was a kid. It's sad honestly, they are so boring and I won't care until it starts changing.
KingsOfCali25
Start up the Tank!
Next season I'd like to see something like:
Turcotte-Kopitar-Kaliyev
Kupari-Vilardi-Fagemo
Prokhorkin-Carter-2020 1st
Iafallo-Amadio-Wagner
Bjornfot-Doughty
Martinez-Walker
Anderson-Roy
Campbell
Peterson
Thank you for service:
Brown
Quick
Kempe
Clifford
Lewis
Take what we can get for them or send them down. Time for the next wave of kings. Sick of watching less talented players play on the Kings then what we have in minors.
Everyone but our 2020 high 1st would have had at least one year of development since their draft year. Time to see what they can do, we payed a coach a lot of money let him take over the rest of their development. Let them learn from Kopitar, Carter, Martinez and Doughty.
I like the way those lines and pairs theoretically compliment each other. Let's see what we got.
Turcotte-Kopitar-Kaliyev
Kupari-Vilardi-Fagemo
Prokhorkin-Carter-2020 1st
Iafallo-Amadio-Wagner
Bjornfot-Doughty
Martinez-Walker
Anderson-Roy
Campbell
Peterson
Thank you for service:
Brown
Quick
Kempe
Clifford
Lewis
Take what we can get for them or send them down. Time for the next wave of kings. Sick of watching less talented players play on the Kings then what we have in minors.
Everyone but our 2020 high 1st would have had at least one year of development since their draft year. Time to see what they can do, we payed a coach a lot of money let him take over the rest of their development. Let them learn from Kopitar, Carter, Martinez and Doughty.
I like the way those lines and pairs theoretically compliment each other. Let's see what we got.
Prokhorkin-Kopitar-Brown
Kempe-Carter-Vilardi
Iafallo-Amadio-Lizotte
Clifford-JAD-Wagner
The defense is going to be a mess...
UFA-Doughty
Forbort-Walker
UFA-Roy
MacDermid
Quick-Campbell
Kempe-Carter-Vilardi
Iafallo-Amadio-Lizotte
Clifford-JAD-Wagner
The defense is going to be a mess...
UFA-Doughty
Forbort-Walker
UFA-Roy
MacDermid
Quick-Campbell
Tanking f***ing sucks and it seems like that is what is happening with the Kings right now. Blake saying we were going to suck for a high draft pick again just has to kill morale. TMac playing guys to showcase them for a trade makes the team worse. I understand that tanking increases your odds of getting elite players, but it just sucks to watch. This Kings team shows absolutely no heart and I have never seen the fanbase morale this low.
The off ice product being so shitty hasn't helped at all either.
The off ice product being so shitty hasn't helped at all either.
KingsOfCali25
Start up the Tank!
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One thing that is a bit interesting, that TM NEVER talks about the system learning curve anymore!
Why? Does everyone have it down and executing? If so, it sucks.
October was about: team learning new system and different forecheck..."playing correctly" in the new structure.
November was about making the tweaks and correcting your play...THEN, we never heard about this again? So...everyone has it down now?
Then December was sit out Kovy until he could be jettisoned. Also, moving in more youth and changing lines 2, 3, 4 on end.
January has been terrible and nothing is going well. Few 60 minute performances. Few players stepping up. Iafallo to some degree.
Toffoli has a good game, every 4 games.
So, now there is 10 days off. When the Kings play TB on the Wednesday, January 29, I want to see 1 of these already gone: Lewis, Martinez, Toffoli, Carter, Clifford.
Yes, Carter is playing ok...but he's 35 and if a team makes a good offer, he's gone. It's time to change things, now. I would even consider going scorched earth
and trading anyone. The current team is trash and the room may not have discord, but it doesn't have anything special. Matters not if you're a tight unit in the
room, if you have nothing on the ice. I want to see players that leave it all on the ice.
Why? Does everyone have it down and executing? If so, it sucks.
October was about: team learning new system and different forecheck..."playing correctly" in the new structure.
November was about making the tweaks and correcting your play...THEN, we never heard about this again? So...everyone has it down now?
Then December was sit out Kovy until he could be jettisoned. Also, moving in more youth and changing lines 2, 3, 4 on end.
January has been terrible and nothing is going well. Few 60 minute performances. Few players stepping up. Iafallo to some degree.
Toffoli has a good game, every 4 games.
So, now there is 10 days off. When the Kings play TB on the Wednesday, January 29, I want to see 1 of these already gone: Lewis, Martinez, Toffoli, Carter, Clifford.
Yes, Carter is playing ok...but he's 35 and if a team makes a good offer, he's gone. It's time to change things, now. I would even consider going scorched earth
and trading anyone. The current team is trash and the room may not have discord, but it doesn't have anything special. Matters not if you're a tight unit in the
room, if you have nothing on the ice. I want to see players that leave it all on the ice.
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