GDT: 2021-22 season game 49 LA Kings vs Vegas Golden Knights @7:00pm 2/18/22

[The Butcher]

why does army sound like a french canadian?

I think he just has a hard time talking.

 

[kingsfan28]

Add another to the only against Vegas file: You can foul a guy from behind/side on a breakaway and its NOT a penalty shot. We've seen it called for much much less .

 

[Frolov 6'3]

Took Kempe 6 years to break through and be a very good player. The way this franchise develops forwards can't wait in 6 years when Byfield finally breaks through. Les go!!!

I think this is even more than a break out year. This is ridiculous. He is on a 35 goal pace which I thought he seriously didn’t have the hockey intelligence for.

Last season was IMO his limit.

Good to be wrong but I hope people are not going to flame him again if he doesn’t score 30 together with 1st line play.

 

[kingsfan28]

kempe with the double doorframe lean for the interview

total alpha move

Yep.

 

[ru4reals]

I think this is even more than a break out year. This is ridiculous. He is on a 35 goal pace which I thought he seriously didn’t have the hockey intelligence for.

Last season was IMO his limit.

Good to be wrong but I hope people are not going to flame him again if he doesn’t score 30 together with 1st line play.

I think even if he doesn't score 30 just being consistent and playing solid hockey is all we can ask for. He's entering his prime hoping this is a start of something great from Adrian.

 

[kingsfan28]

I've come to the conclusion after finishing tonights game that there isn't any team in the league that gets away with with more crap than Vegas. The entire 3rd was fill with hooks, hold, sticks being slashed out of players hands mere feet in front of the refs and nothing is called.

 

[johnjm22]

Took Kempe 6 years to break through and be a very good player. The way this franchise develops forwards can't wait in 6 years when Byfield finally breaks through. Les go!!!

He scored 16 goals, almost 40 points in his first full season as a 20 year old.

After that the Kings tried to convert him to center. I think that really set him back for a couple years. But remember even last year he scored at a 20 goal pace.

I think Kempe has really learned how to use his speed and be assertive with it. That's something I think Byfield has to learn as well.

 

[Reaper45]

Was it just me or did Kopitar have a rough night last night? Dude consistently looks like he’s hurt/slow.

 

[mysterman2]

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING – KINGS BEAT VEGAS IN OT
EICHEL DO BETTER THAN LAST GAME EDITION

hangman005 :

DirtyDutchDiggler: Why is it every time we play the Kings, announcers are always reminding us that they are "happy to see you". I appreciate it. Really.
hangman005: Would be watching but at work... but so far at least we scored.
Puckstop40: No idea what’s up with the team lately.
Eyal: Sigh

That about sums up Vegas' GDT. Only 20 replies. There were more replies on a dude wandering into the thread asking for a way to get tickets than the actual game itself.

At first I thought it was a post game thread, but nope. Blew me away.

Thanks Vegas fans for saving me a bunch of time tonight!

I celebrate every season Vegas gets eliminated....its one more year for them closer to be in Cap Hell with high salaries tied to declining players. I want to see how pumped their crowds are when they are a mid level team and dealing with issues every other Team deals with.

Vegas Golden Knights Salary Cap, Draft Picks, and Player Contracts - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

 

[Ray Martyniuk]

I celebrate every season Vegas gets eliminated....its one more year for them closer to be in Cap Hell with high salaries tied to declining players. I want to see how pumped their crowds are when they are a mid level team and dealing with issues every other Team deals with.

Vegas Golden Knights Salary Cap, Draft Picks, and Player Contracts - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

They Definitely have put all their eggs in one basket

 

[Ray Martyniuk]

Was it just me or did Kopitar have a rough night last night? Dude consistently looks like he’s hurt/slow.

Looked pretty good to me on the OT goal by Kempe...

 

[Ray Martyniuk]

He scored 16 goals, almost 40 points in his first full season as a 20 year old.

After that the Kings tried to convert him to center. I think that really set him back for a couple years. But remember even last year he scored at a 20 goal pace.

I think Kempe has really learned how to use his speed and be assertive with it. That's something I think Byfield has to learn as well.

I like how Kempe battles for pucks too and takes the man when he needs to...And playing with Kopi helps as does the tutelage of Arvidsson...man I enjoy watching Kempe play he's learning to bring it every night

 

[Ray Martyniuk]

I think even if he doesn't score 30 just being consistent and playing solid hockey is all we can ask for. He's entering his prime hoping this is a start of something great from Adrian.

Hey Adrian is going to be LA's Rocky...Champion!!!

 

[Ray Martyniuk]

I wasn't able to see the game live stream feed was garbage but it looked great from the highlights especially the outcome

 

[mysterman2]

Yep.

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i want this pic on a t-shirt

 

[Axl Rhoadz]

I wasn't able to see the game live stream feed was garbage but it looked great from the highlights especially the outcome

Yup, boys were flying -- very solid game from start to finish. Unfortunately, every turnover seemed to end up in the back of the net.

 

[Fishhead]

Team takes a crap vs Edmonton and then wins vs Vegas.

Can these guys make up their minds? You going to suck or make the playoffs?

Not playing for over a week can do that, especially against a team that's been active and playing well. And they still should have tied it with a few minutes left.

 

[tny760]

I celebrate every season Vegas gets eliminated....its one more year for them closer to be in Cap Hell with high salaries tied to declining players. I want to see how pumped their crowds are when they are a mid level team and dealing with issues every other Team deals with.

Vegas Golden Knights Salary Cap, Draft Picks, and Player Contracts - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

i reckon that place is gonna be rocking with drunk, howling fairweathers for a while

heard people hooting and hollering when reilly smith skated the puck through the neutral zone into a 1v2 and dumped it, i think they have literally no clue what's going on

 

[Axl Rhoadz]

Not playing for over a week can do that, especially against a team that's been active and playing well. And they still should have tied it with a few minutes left.

And let's not forget that EDM is a team filled with a bunch of bums, right? All the other teams they've been beating lately must be asleep at the wheel as well.

 

[Reaper45]

Looked pretty good to me on the OT goal by Kempe...

I mean one play doesn’t make your night. He can look good on a goal and have a rough night overall.

 

[johnjm22]

Was it just me or did Kopitar have a rough night last night? Dude consistently looks like he’s hurt/slow.

Absolutely. He's just not that effective at either end of the ice anymore. He should be playing 15-17 minutes a night.

He rarely generates anything offensively. Relatively speaking, his points are largely coincidental these days as opposed to him driving the play.

He still has his good nights but they're fewer and farer between than ever before.

 

[Fishhead]

He didn't look good last night, but you don't have 44 points in 49 games without creating offensively. He's tied for the team lead in goals and has more assists than anyone by a wide margin. He's not as dominant as he was, but it just seems like a weird perception to me. He's still our best forward and it's a pretty big gap. He just needs to not be skated into the ground.

 

[Reaper45]

He didn't look good last night, but you don't have 44 points in 49 games without creating offensively. He's tied for the team lead in goals and has more assists than anyone by a wide margin. He's not as dominant as he was, but it just seems like a weird perception to me. He's still our best forward and it's a pretty big gap. He just needs to not be skated into the ground.

He’s still putting up points for sure. For me it’s the little things he used to be able to do that he just can’t anymore. He used to be able to control the puck and skate with a guy draped on his back, now his skating seems to be suffering and he can’t do it. Is that too many minutes over his career or is he at the point now where his brain thinks he can do it and his body just reacts a half second too slow?

 

[Axl Rhoadz]

I guess AA gets a pass today from the ‘he sucks’ talk since he scored a nice goal last night. Kopitar’s turn today.

 

[kilowatt]

When Kopitar is playing fewer than 20 minutes in regulation, it’s fine when he just looks fine. He’s still putting up points but he’s not a threat every time he touches the puck. That’s okay, he’s getting older, he still influences play significantly when he’s on the ice. He just probably isn’t going to cut to the middle and score anymore. He’s still an elite center.