GDT: 2023-24 season Game 48 LA Kings vs Nashville Predators @4:30pm 1/31/24

[lumbergh]

What a way to go into the break

A completely undeserved win sponsored by goaltending and several posts while giving up nearly 40 shots yet again

Formula for consistent greatness

You'd be surprised by the number of times the outcome of Kings games goes against the shot totals.

 

[Sol]

I’m disappointed

 

[chris kontos]

crazy how different 3-5-3 coming off a win looks vs 2-6-3 with 5 winless

just enough to keep todd's job i bet

Were on a roll

 

[Shellz]

Blake thinks?

he just think… just once

 

[KingsHockey24]

I’m disappointed

Go break the speed limit in your batmobile.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Would be cool if Lewis sticks around long enough to be the first captain of the SLC expansion team.

Expansion will happen in 2025 I don't think he'll hang in that long...but maybe he becomes a coach of their PK

 

[LeftKinger]

Of course they win a game where the only real bright spots are Turcotte and QB. A game where they almost blow another lead and would have if it weren’t for some good goaltending and a few goalposts. Still have no hope this team does anything in the playoffs, if they make it in. I’m done bitching and moaning. This board needs this break, well at least I do.

 

[YAYSAY]

All this shows is that hey maybe if they tried playing the centers they drafted on the team and position they drafted them for then maybe they wouldn't have felt the need to get PLD

 

[dabeechman]

Good to see you around, it's been a long time!

I like what you've done with your hair.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

You'd be surprised by the number of times the outcome of Kings games goes against the shot totals.

OH i know, it's almost uncanny, nearly 1-to-1 inverse ratio

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

The 4th line needs to stay together and jell which it looked like they did tonight for sure

 

[FrozenKing18]

Keep Turcotte up there

 

[bmr]

Can't imagine how good this team would be if we kept Vilardi and Iafallo.

We literally gave up Durzi, Vilardi, Iafallo and Kupari for a chump.

 

[johnjm22]

Turcotte did more for the Kings in this game than Dubois has done in the entire season.

There hasn't bee a single game this year in which PLD was the deciding factor in a win. Not one.

No Turcotte tonight, no win.

 

[chris kontos]

5 goalposts

 

[Herby]

When you get 3 goals from the 4th line you are going to win somewhere north of 95%. It’s nice to see Turcotte add something to that line, it’s been a struggle recently.

The Kings just don’t have any killer instinct when protecting a lead, remember the good old days when a Kings lead after 40 was game-set-match. They were fortunate that Nashville didn’t tie it between the Forsberg goal to get it to 2-1 and the Lewis 3-1, even then they couldn’t even not make it a sweat. Fortunate to win in regulation, but there have been some games they have been unlucky not to win, so take the 2 points and try and regroup after this break.

Would you rather WC into the central or the pacific?

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Grundstrom scored a great goal on his Natural RWing...Carl needs to put his teeth in during interviews with Carrlyn and Daryl not that they haven't seen toothless hockey players...Carrlyn is a cutie LA's lucky to have her to brighten up some of the dreary broadcasts

 

[lumbergh]

OH i know, it's almost uncanny, nearly 1-to-1 inverse ratio

Of the 48 Kings games this season the winning team has outshot the opponent only 19 times.

 

[Trash Panda]

Turcotte and Q being the shining stars of the forward corps tonight, kinda drives home what most of us have been clamoring for all along.

Hopefully this spells the end of the Toddfather era for the Kings.

 

[chris kontos]

Somebody threw the octopus on the ice to ite in detroit!
First time in yrs

 

[Shellz]

Good to see you around, it's been a long time!

I like what you've done with your hair.

My hair?! Look at yours… you died it and growing it out? Looks…. Yeah

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

When you get 3 goals from the 4th line you are going to win somewhere north of 95%. It’s nice to see Turcotte add something to that line, it’s been a struggle recently.

The Kings just don’t have any killer instinct when protecting a lead, remember the good old days when a Kings lead after 40 was game-set-match. They were fortunate that Nashville didn’t tie it between the Forsberg goal to get it to 2-1 and the Lewis 3-1, even then they couldn’t even not make it a sweat. Fortunate to win in regulation, but there have been some games they have been unlucky not to win, so take the 2 points and try and regroup after this break.

Would you rather WC into the central or the pacific?

Is it the coaching? Team goes into total prevent any point they have the lead.

 

[21Dog]

Two shots in the last 15 mins, both went in.

Efficiency

 

[Herby]

If Blake waits for end of season to sign Kopitar to extension AAV is 2 million less

The multi-year extension just never made any sense.

Plenty of teams in other sports go year to year with older players. Is Blake worried that Kopi is going to bolt somewhere at 37 years old?

I know having Anaheim within driving distance is a reality, but come on the Ducks aren’t in a position to give big $ to Kopitar.

I’m mildly worried about next season, it’s the season after that where I fear that Kopi is going to end his career where he can’t keep up anymore, and doing it making $7m.

 

[Choralone]

Hopefully that's his point total next year.