GDT: 2021-22 season game 81 LA Kings vs Seattle Kraken @7:00pm 4/27/22 KINGS CLINCH PLAYOFFS EDITION

[Herby]

11 goals for AA in around 25 games played? 30+ goal pace.

Without question one of the most under appreciated players on this years Kings team. For a team that struggled to score goals all year he did it pretty consistently when he was in the lineup. Which was massive for a team that played as many 1 goal games as the Kings did. Absolutely crazy to me that people didn’t want his offense back in the lineup as his return was nearing.

I hope he is back next year on a 1 year deal, if he leaves we will miss what he has brought.

 

[johnjm22]

23 road wins. Pretty good.

 

[Sol]

finally someone that knows my pain

f***in $300ish a tire for my 37x12.5x15s last time i needed em, then the entire industry decided to abandon 15" wheels and i got banged for new 17" wheels on top of the now $500 per tire

sometimes you can go a size or two wider or narrower on the same wheel width if the size is really hard to find unless you have the same wheel diameter issue i had

Dude it’s so f***ing bad. In the pic I just posted the car near the inside of the tire wore out a lot more quickly since the dude cambered it. So now I’m trying to find 305/35zr/20 107Y. It’s insanely limited. I don’t want to change sizes since my two back tires are new but the front are completely f***ed so I want to not mess with the tread

 

[Choralone]

So with this game being in the bag anyone know a good site to buy tires from that aren’t ridiculously upMarked

I've been happy with Western Tire in my neck of the woods (Burbank).

 

[Docgonzo]

Spence is my favorite defender on this team except for Doughty. He’s just cool and smooth, smart thinking and talented. He’s going to a staple on that backend.

Just got to hope my other guy Nousiainen can put it all together.

 

[Schmooley]

I still think Lias can be a good player. Do you guys think it is smart to get rid of guys like Vilardi, Andersson, Grundstrom, AA in favor of keeping Iafallo and Brown?
Fagemo, Turcotte, Kupari also pushing for spots.
Crazy depth but seems like no one can earn a spot playing fourth line minutes and they showed a little bit more with more responsibility tonight.

 

[kings11]

finally someone that knows my pain

f***in $300ish a tire for my 37x12.5x15s last time i needed em, then the entire industry decided to abandon 15" wheels and i got banged for new 17" wheels on top of the now $500 per tire

sometimes you can go a size or two wider or narrower on the same wheel width if the size is really hard to find unless you have the same wheel diameter issue i had

Damnit, I’m in here complaining that tires for my Bolt are $300 a pop.. good thing I also decided against lifting my Jeep XJ..

 

[KingsHockey24]

I have a bike but I need to change out my tires since the last dude lowered the carView attachment 536900

Ride the bike instead.

It's good for your buns and thighs as Spongebob likes to say.

 

[ru4reals]

So with this game being in the bag anyone know a good site to buy tires from that aren’t ridiculously upMarked

LOL didn't know if you were serious or not. But I actually need tires for my ride as well. Dayum not even lookin forward to calling around I'm betting it's going to cost an arm and a leg. F***!!!!

 

[Little Psycho]

Ride the bike instead.

It's good for your buns and thighs as Spongebob likes to say.

Riding a bike in LA lol? Only at the beach, there's too many crazy drivers.

 

[Sol]

I've been happy with Western Tire in my neck of the woods (Burbank).

I’m in Burbank. I’ll take a look.

 

[Sol]

LOL didn't know if you were serious or not. But I actually need tires for my ride as well. Dayum not even lookin forward to calling around I'm betting it's going to cost an arm and a leg. F***!!!!

Dead serious unfortunately. That’s the reason why I asked. I really don’t want to spend 1k for two tires

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

Dude it’s so f***ing bad. In the pic I just posted the car near the inside of the tire wore out a lot more quickly since the dude cambered it. So now I’m trying to find 305/35zr/20 107Y. It’s insanely limited. I don’t want to change sizes since my two back tires are new but the front are completely f***ed so I want to not mess with the tread

37x12.50x20 here…. had them on order for 6 months before they came in. Bought 2 extra and 2 extra rims and mounted them in the bed so I can change out 2 at a time. I was always a nitto guy but went Toyo because of availability 546$ per !

 

[KingsHockey24]

Riding a bike in LA lol? Only at the beach, there's too many crazy drivers.

This is why you bicycle in little gym shorts, wait for someone with a nice car to offer you a ride, rob him, and leave. Easy right? It's LA after all.

 

[ru4reals]

Dead serious unfortunately. That’s the reason why I asked. I really don’t want to spend 1k for two tires

Yeah that's probably the going rate now a days. With gas and now tire prices it's f**ken insane.

 

[tny760]

Dude it’s so f***ing bad. In the pic I just posted the car near the inside of the tire wore out a lot more quickly since the dude cambered it. So now I’m trying to find 305/35zr/20 107Y. It’s insanely limited. I don’t want to change sizes since my two back tires are new but the front are completely f***ed so I want to not mess with the tread

i always laugh at those bozos that dump their cars to the ground but can't be bothered to worry about suspension geometry. unfortunately i guess he got the last laugh selling it before he had to deal with the consequences.. seen some of those dumped imports lately with literally like 30 degrees of negative camber, they must be going through tires every 10k miles, it's insane... not my scene.

those p zeros are good tires though, shame he wasted them. if it's rwd i don't think staggered fitment is too big of a deal, i think Zs or g35s or something came with staggered fitment from the factory even. if it's awd though i wouldn't. non-truck stuff ain't really my wheelhouse though

bummer either way

 

[Sol]

37x12.50x20 here…. had them on order for 6 months before they came in. Bought 2 extra and 2 extra rims and mounted them in the bed so I can change out 2 at a time. I was always a nitto guy but went Toyo because of availability 546$ per !

I have Michelin Pilots in the back that are in really good shape but I have Pirelli P Zeros in the front that need to swapped out. I was thinking of getting the Toyo Proxes but I don’t want to have two different sets. Also nitto didn’t have my size and load

 

[King'sPawn]

Ok, so when is it going to be? He is waiver eligible next season and spent the majority of this one on the AHL.

I just don’t get how we can get comments like this every dozen or so games he plays well while
Ignoring all the other games. Everyone said the same thing after the Nashville game

“Lol at the people who doubt Vilardi”
“Yeah Vilardi isn’t an NHL’er, sure pal”
“Anyone still doubting Vilardi?”

And then he plays so bad for large stretches of games he gets scratched and it’s like people just pretend that part never happened.

My thoughts on Gabe have been consistent. Skilled one-dimensional finesse player who either scores enough to be a 2nd liner in the league or doesn’t score enough and plays overseas or in the AHL. It’s the same thing as AA. Is that an unfair opinion? And if it isn’t, when is the offense going to come through to warrant an NHL role? It has to be more than every dozen games. Even Pavel Ross and Scott Parse (which are his downsides) flashed occasionally to. Gabe adds nothing if he isn’t scoring and he has 5 points in 24 games.

The thing is, Gabe has had a mix of average with good and bad games. It's more of a 2:6:2 ratio of good:average:bad games (at the NHL level). A scorer doesn't automatically have a bad game just because he doesn't score.

He gets defensive lapses, but he creates opportunities which doesn't always result in a goal.

As far as expectations, barring exceptional circumstances, anything less than 35 points for Byfield, Vilardi, or Kaliyev would be a disappointing season for that player. Right now, Iafallo's 6th in team scoring with 37. So I expect them to battle for top-6 in team scoring. For the other younger players (Kupari, JAD, etc) I expect 15.

Those are just my expectations.

 

[johnjm22]

I still think Lias can be a good player. Do you guys think it is smart to get rid of guys like Vilardi, Andersson, Grundstrom, AA in favor of keeping Iafallo and Brown?
Fagemo, Turcotte, Kupari also pushing for spots.
Crazy depth but seems like no one can earn a spot playing fourth line minutes and they showed a little bit more with more responsibility tonight.

JAD also.

I haven't seen anything from Andersson that makes me think he can be an NHL player. He's gone IMO.

A pipeline can only fit so much water in it before it starts to leak.

Sounds like it's time for a quantity-for-quality type trade.

 

[Sol]

i always laugh at those bozos that dump their cars to the ground but can't be bothered to worry about suspension geometry. unfortunately i guess he got the last laugh selling it before he had to deal with the consequences.. seen some of those dumped imports lately with literally like 30 degrees of negative camber, they must be going through tires every 10k miles, it's insane... not my scene.

those p zeros are good tires though, shame he wasted them. if it's rwd i don't think staggered fitment is too big of a deal, i think Zs or g35s or something came with staggered fitment from the factory even. if it's awd though i wouldn't. non-truck stuff ain't really my wheelhouse though

bummer either way

I have a widebody scatpack challenger so the P zeros are stock but yeah I need to get them out. I can get the P-zeros for cheap but I don’t really want to have two different sets because I heard it’s not good for the traction or something

 

[MBH]

Ok, so when is it going to be? He is waiver eligible next season and spent the majority of this one on the AHL.

I just don’t get how we can get comments like this every dozen or so games he plays well while
Ignoring all the other games. Everyone said the same thing after the Nashville game

“Lol at the people who doubt Vilardi”
“Yeah Vilardi isn’t an NHL’er, sure pal”
“Anyone still doubting Vilardi?”

And then he plays so bad for large stretches of games he gets scratched and it’s like people just pretend that part never happened.

My thoughts on Gabe have been consistent. Skilled one-dimensional finesse player who either scores enough to be a 2nd liner in the league or doesn’t score enough and plays overseas or in the AHL. It’s the same thing as AA. Is that an unfair opinion? And if it isn’t, when is the offense going to come through to warrant an NHL role? It has to be more than every dozen games. Even Pavel Ross and Scott Parse (which are his downsides) flashed occasionally to. Gabe adds nothing if he isn’t scoring and he has 5 points in 24 games.

It's tough for Gabe, because he can't self-create like AA can with speed.
You can dump AA to L4 if you get sick of his defensive issues, and the mofo worms his way back in because he doesn't need linemates to score and get your attention.
Gabe can't do that. He needs to play with skill.
Unfortunately the way the Kings are constructed, there are only 2 skilled lines.
Lizotte is not skilled. If you're on his line, you really should be skating around smashing things and crashing the net.
The Byfield line is essentially the same thing at this point.

So Gabe's got to find a way to say relevant - not an easy thing to do with the current composition of this team. If Byfield turns that corner and becomes more of a possession/skill guy, Gabe has a line.

If not, Gabe could hit the waiver wire.
Over on the Wings' board, I'm already imagining JAD and Vilardi hitting waivers.

 

[KingsHockey24]

JAD also.

I haven't seen anything from Andersson that makes me think he can be an NHL player. He's gone IMO.

A pipeline can only fit so much water in it before it starts to leak.

Sounds like it's time for a quantity-for-quality type trade.

I never saw the hype in Andersson.

Won't be surprised to see him leave for the KHL or something at this point.

 

[Little Psycho]

This is why you bicycle in little gym shorts, wait for someone with a nice car to offer you a ride, rob him, and leave. Easy right? It's LA after all.

You make it sound so easy. You try to rob him and he ends up being crazier than you. What then? Also pass on gym shorts while on a bike....don't need a chafing on top of that lol.

 

[KingsHockey24]

You make it sound so easy. You try to rob him and he ends up being crazier than you. What then? Also pass on gym shorts while on a bike....don't need a chafing on top of that lol.

Match made in heaven.

 

[tny760]

37x12.50x20 here…. had them on order for 6 months before they came in. Bought 2 extra and 2 extra rims and mounted them in the bed so I can change out 2 at a time. I was always a nitto guy but went Toyo because of availability 546$ per !

it's crazy huh, i'm hoping it's just a supply chain thing but who knows at this point. those toyos are heavy but they wear like iron. my buddy was running em for years on the nastiest trails around here and he never so much as blew a bead.. think the guy he sold the rig to is still running the same tires to this day

Damnit, I’m in here complaining that tires for my Bolt are $300 a pop.. good thing I also decided against lifting my Jeep XJ..

oh yeah my rig's a total money pit but hey, pay to play right.. thankfully it doesn't see a ton of road miles so they generally age out before running out of tread