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GDT: 2021-22 Season game 57 LA Kings vs Buffalo Sabres @10:00am 3/6/22

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We are currently second in the Pacific with 69 points in 57 games, on pace for 99 points. If we exclude the first eight games of the season (where we went 1-7), we're on a 112-point pace. That's pretty wild. We're also ahead of both Dallas and Nashville. Even still, we're only 12th in the league in terms of points percentage. The only Eastern Conference playoff team that we're currently ahead of in the standings is Washington, on a technicality, because we have more ROWs. Still, had someone told me that we'd be in second place in our division in March, I wouldn't have believed them.

On the flip side, the Ducks are all but out of it now with 61 points in 57 games, on pace for 87 points. The Canucks have now passed them. If any California team is going to make the playoffs, it's us and only us. The Sharks on on pace for an 80 point season. It's nice to be out of the dark ages again.

I wonder what we'll do at the trade deadline? I'd love to see Vilardi called up before then to see what he can do. Give him top line minutes with Kempe and Kopitar and see what happens. A guy like Andersson could help our bottom six too.
 
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kilowatt said:
We are currently second in the Pacific with 69 points in 57 games, on pace for 99 points. If we exclude the first eight games of the season (where we went 1-7), we're on a 112-point pace. That's pretty wild. We're also ahead of both Dallas and Nashville. Even still, we're only 12th in the league in terms of points percentage. The only Eastern Conference playoff team that we're currently ahead of in the standings is Washington, on a technicality, because we have more ROWs. Still, had someone told me that we'd be in second place in our division in March, I wouldn't have believed them.

On the flip side, the Ducks are all but out of it now with 61 points in 57 games, on pace for 87 points. The Canucks have now passed them. If any California team is going to make the playoffs, it's us and only us. The Sharks on on pace for an 80 point season. It's nice to be out of the dark ages again.

I wonder what we'll do at the trade deadline? I'd love to see Vilardi called up before then to see what he can do. Give him top line minutes with Kempe and Kopitar and see what happens. A guy like Andersson could help our bottom six too.
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i feel for vilardi and lias, i don't watch the whole games but in the highlights they genuinely looked bored when they score those goals.. not sure if they're good enough to keep up in the bigs but sometimes they really look wasted in the A

i kinda hope they stay idle at the deadline to see what the house can get done, but i'd understand i guess. hard to argue with results.
 
BringTheReign said:
I’d like to see Vilardi up too, but folks wondering why JAD is on the 1st line should watch his work in Ontario from earlier this year. They asked him to go down and work on his offensive game, and he did exactly that. He led the team in PPG, and I believe was over a Pt/G as well.

It’s important for an organization that players see others get rewarded for achieving what they’re asked, so I’ve got no problem with it even if I’d prefer Vilardi there.
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I'd like to see JAD on the PP. I believe he was doing well there in Ontario.
 
Martyros said:
Byfield's gotta work on his passing game. Far too often is he passing behind players on an odd man rush.
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Yeah he hasn't learned how to put the puck where others can skate onto it yet. What's stifling him a bit is the lines he takes. He seems to be getting where he needs to be, he's just not taking the shortest route there. Once he figures out where to go when he doesn't have the puck and buy himself that extra half step it will become easier for him.
 
regulate said:
Last game of the road trip tomorrow. They will just plug in Grundy with RV and Peppy out. Reign players are 3,000 miles away. Only extra player now is Moverare. TMac is back tomorrow.
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I was being silly to make a point.
 
Chazz Reinhold said:
It looks like Athanasiou is drawing in based on how they skated yesterday according to Dooley:

Anderson-Dolan – Kopitar – Kempe
Moore – Danault – Arvidsson
Iafallo – Byfield – Brown
Athanasiou – Lizotte – Kaliyev
Grundstrom

I'm not sure I understand the Kings' fascination with Athanasiou. His individualistic style of play is the exact opposite of what has made the Lizotte line so good. Grundstrom fills the necessary role much better.
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Well if you’re going to deal a guy, might as well showcase him I guess.
 
Seems like it was good that I slept through the whole game. Seems like it was boring
 
Nice win in the chamber of horrors. Sabres could be winless at home but when the Kings show up bad things have been known to happen. Happy to get out of that place with a W!
 
Had to get 2pts today, to make any pts missed tomorrow, against a much better team, not hurt as much. They've managed 4pts already on what will be a 4 game trip, so whatever happens tomorrow, happens. Be ready to not throw any pts away Thu and Sat.
 
They will probably call up Lias and get him on the 3rd line...move Brown up to line 2 (to kill it) and Todd will be back just in time, to bench Lias,
after he makes 1 Dustin Brown type gaffe ...the kind Brown makes 2-3 times per shift. Even though Lias has won all 3 of his board battles, made 2 great plays and has 2 shots and created a few chances...
 
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Peter James Bond II said:
They will probably call up Lias and get him on the 3rd line...move Brown up to line 2 (to kill it) and Todd will be back just in time, to bench Lias,
after he makes 1 Dustin Brown type gaffe ...the kind Brown makes 2-3 times per shift. Even though Lias has won all 3 of his board battles, made 2 great plays and has 2 shots and created a few chances...
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Nope, they will just make Quick play 3C and sit Byfield......

I mean seriously, how f***ing stupid could they be not to right?
 
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Team is in a weird place now that all 4 lines will have been scrambled (as of tomorrrow). To me the 2nd line is crucial to keep scoring. Who do you slot in for RV - lets assume he out a week (of course hope its none).. Ill guess that TM puts 22 there and Grundstrom to the 4th line.
 
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Team is in a weird place now that all 4 lines will have been scrambled (as of tomorrrow). To me the 2nd line is crucial to keep scoring. Who do you slot in for RV - lets assume he out a week (of course hope its none).. Ill guess that TM puts 22 there and Grundstrom to the 4th line.
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Yeah it's the first forced shakeup we've had in a while, unfortunately.

That can be good as it jams up the advance scouting a bit, so there's a positive to it too...possibly. Unless that positive is Brown over 20 minutes.
 
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It's gotta be fun to be Byfield and see that the only forwards that didn't get any PP time were Arvidsson (injury), Lizotte (PKs, though), and QB.
 
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