GDT: 2021-22 season game 24 LA Kings vs Vancouver Canucks @7:00pm 12/6/21

[ru4reals]

Okay no excuses but it was a back end of a back to back, and we looked good yesterday yeah. (Trying to stay positive in the middle of this S***hole).

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Moulson - Kopitar - Brown
Iafallo - Lizotte - Frattin
Kempe - Tynan - Moore
Arvidsson - Frk - Derek Armstrong

Doughty - Edler
Maatta - Voynov
Wolanin - Corvo

That way we can focus on everyone rolling lines in their role and don't have to worry about stupid things like 'learning' and 'accountability', can just throw whatever line is next out there for the PP and PK

 

[SmytheKing]

So the Kings are f***ed once Quick retires.

I really really really wish they were able to get wallstedt in the last draft. I know they tried to. A real shame they couldn’t.

 

[Ghetty Green]

Mikey needs to watch some games from the press box. His downward spiral has been unbearable

 

[kingsfan28]

Kupari is going to be showing off his playmaking in the AHL soon.

Byfield is a week away...

 

[kingsfan28]

Vancouver has a solid team, Demko is a very good goaltender. I like Bruce Boudreau and think he'll really get things turned around. He'll be a great coach for the young guys especially Pettersson. That being said we knew the Kings would just roll over after yesterday and give them their first win with a new coach. 1 game win streaks FTW!

Funny, I thought we'd split the roadtrip, just didn't think it would be the other way around. Nobody should be surprised this happened, we're great at playing down to our competition, especially only hours after a total tear down of a front office.

 

[kingsfan28]

just imagine kaliyev getting a feed like that someday on the PP

He has, but he either shoots high and wide or into the goalies crest. Pretty sure he did that tonight.

 

[kingsfan28]

I’m really shocked at how awful Moore, Andersson and Peterson are this season. Even if Moore isn’t scoring I expect him to create havoc but he just skates into the defender and turns the puck over.

Andersson looks lost and doesn’t bring any fire or grit that he was supposedly know for.

And Peterson can’t come up with a big save and his rebound control is horrid. Half the time he shoots the puck back to the middle of the ice.

at some point, you'd thing TM would see this too, and start Quick a lot more.Right now, it's 50/50, so we can almost expect 4 goals against every other game.

 

[Choralone]

These days, when the game's going bad, I just bail out. I mean, there's a miniscule chance I miss out on an exciting comeback, but these days the chance is so small I can't even think of a hyperbolic statement to describe it. There's no need to be masochistic for fandom's sake. I've earned my damn stripes.

 

[kingsfan28]

Moulson - Kopitar - Brown
Iafallo - Lizotte - Frattin
Kempe - Tynan - Moore
Arvidsson - Frk - Derek Armstrong

Doughty - Edler
Maatta - Voynov
Wolanin - Corvo

That way we can focus on everyone rolling lines in their role and don't have to worry about stupid things like 'learning' and 'accountability', can just throw whatever line is next out there for the PP and PK

Damn, that's a deep cut going with Corvo!

 

[kingsfan28]

Last night we shut down the best special teams group in the league, and put up 3 pp goals. Tonight we gave up 2 pp goals , and went 0-3 to the worst special teams group in the league, who had better scoring chances shorthanded than we did with the puck. This was a team that had given up pp goals in something like 11 straight games. Totally mindblowing.

 

[GameNight]

Last night we shut down the best special teams group in the league, and put up 3 pp goals. Tonight we gave up 2 pp goals , and went 0-3 to the worst special teams group in the league, who had better scoring chances shorthanded than we did with the puck. This was a team that had given up pp goals in something like 11 straight games. Totally mindblowing.

totally coaching due to an inability to have his players mentally prepared. Not every game, just every other game

 

[Reaper45]

These days, when the game's going bad, I just bail out. I mean, there's a miniscule chance I miss out on an exciting comeback, but these days the chance is so small I can't even think of a hyperbolic statement to describe it. There's no need to be masochistic for fandom's sake. I've earned my damn stripes.

I just go to sleep. It’s better for me.

 

[Reaper45]

Moulson - Kopitar - Brown
Iafallo - Lizotte - Frattin
Kempe - Tynan - Moore
Arvidsson - Frk - Derek Armstrong

Doughty - Edler
Maatta - Voynov
Wolanin - Corvo

That way we can focus on everyone rolling lines in their role and don't have to worry about stupid things like 'learning' and 'accountability', can just throw whatever line is next out there for the PP and PK

At least call up Timmy Gleason and ask what he’s doing nowadays. Hell I’d take 50 something Steve Finn over Maatta.

 

[YP44]

very lackluster. Kuapri should watch a game or two..or play in the AHL for a bit

 

[KingsHockey24]

Our PP needs Tkachev; not Tynan.

 

[Kurrilino]

Im recommending they pull a Craig McTankish and keep the talented youngsters on the Reign, and finish in the bottom 5.. Just keep Brown in the top 6 and playing Kopi 30 min a game and give Cal 2/3 starts. Done.

I am absolutely with you.
There is nothing the youngsters could learn from the big guys.... nothing
Keep them growing together as a team and rip the AHL apart until the contracts are done.

Iafallo - Kopitar - Brown need to be reunited to make absolutely sure nothing offensive will happen.
Wagner - Danault - Moore looks promising as well
Move Kupari and Kaliev up to the big club in Ontario and let them flourish

I don't see a real alternative for the next 3 years. It will get worse from here

Tkachev - Byfield - Kaliev
Fagemo - Turcotte - Chromiak
Jamsen - Kupari - Vilardi

Looks pretty good on paper if they come even remotely close to their potential in roughly 3-4 years.
If we develop them right, we will roll 3 dangerous line

 

[tomd]

Our PP needs Tkachev; not Tynan.

Not sure I understand the logic of looking at AHL stats when Tynan's are much better than Tkachev's this year.

 

[YP44]

I wasn't a fan of the Tkachev signing but since it is done why not have him with LA and see if he can help the PP. Him and vilardi looked to have some chemistry in the pre-season. Bring them both up and send down Tynan and Kupari.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Not sure I understand the logic of looking at AHL stats when Tynan's are much better than Tkachev's this year.

Well, in that case in Tkachev's stint with us he put up more points than Tynan has in his entire 21 game NHL career.

 

[bland]

Not sure I understand the logic of looking at AHL stats when Tynan's are much better than Tkachev's this year.

There is no NHL future for Tynan. Its a wasted opportunity for a kid to get NHL minutes AND it defeats the purpose of signing him, which is to provide an offensive focal point for the AHL squad while those kids develop.

Good for TJ that he gets a taste of the NHL again, but lets be honest, anyone watching can see that he is too slow and small for the big league.

 

[FSL KINGS]

Bernstein looks like he's going to be left off the Holliday card list.

 

[bland]

very lackluster. Kuapri should watch a game or two..or play in the AHL for a bit

Why would a rebuilding team sit a kid who is playing well? For that one mistake that led to a goal? What kind of message would that send?

It would just reinforce the real problem here, and that is trying to make the playoffs when they are incredibly unlikely - these kids can't keep playing scared, its hurting their longterm potential. They have to play with enthusiasm and positivity, even if the results are losses. They are going to lose anyway, they need to stop patronizing Kopitar and Doughty and embrace the youth. Nothing will change here until they do so.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Now imagine if a Kings coach had the confidence to say things like this and follow through with his words.

 

[YP44]

Why would a rebuilding team sit a kid who is playing well? For that one mistake that led to a goal? What kind of message would that send?

It would just reinforce the real problem here, and that is trying to make the playoffs when they are incredibly unlikely - these kids can't keep playing scared, its hurting their longterm potential. They have to play with enthusiasm and positivity, even if the results are losses. They are going to lose anyway, they need to stop patronizing Kopitar and Doughty and embrace the youth. Nothing will change here until they do so.

I think Kupari has been struggling for a while and is one of few guys who can go down without waivers.