GDT: 2023-24 season game 61 LA Kings vs Vancouver Canucks @7:30pm 3/5/24

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Just don't suck. As mentioned already, Canucks going to be up for this game. 11-7 again tonight lets do this. JAD with the Hattie!!! Calling it first baby!!!

JAD hasn't scored a Hattie since Pee Wee hockey in Calgary

 

[AbsentMojo]

I know the 1-3-1 isn't popular, but when it works it's so suffocating.

Fortune favors the brave.. except when Jersey won their cups in the 90s. I just think it creates passive mentality - rope a dope.. I want to see controlled aggression and attacking

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Like Turcotte,would like to see him just tee it up and let'er rip!!!

 

[GoldenBearHockey]

Turcotte does not look out of place, he's definitely grabbing this opportunity and making the most of it

 

[tigermask48]

I know the 1-3-1 isn't popular, but when it works it's so suffocating.

It was never really a problem of the 1-3-1 being bad or ineffective or even unpopular.
The problem is/was, it may be the dumbest call ever running it down two goals in the third period of a must win playoff hockey game.

With a lead though, sure run it for a few shifts to keep players fresh and kill some time.

 

[Herby]

Fortune favors the brave.. except when Jersey won their cups in the 90s. I just think it creates passive mentality - rope a dope.. I want to see controlled aggression and attacking

The problem is when you encounter players who can beat it by themselves, which McDavid has been able to do consistently vs. the Kings, and also teams that are relentless on the forecheck. Tonight we saw Miller beat it once with a nice individual play, but that's been it for the most part so far in these two games. It's only been 4 periods but perhaps the people who said the Canucks would be a good matchup for the Kings might be right, they have some very good players, but no McDavid, MacKinnon or Drai, and their forecheck is nothing to be scared of.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Fiala is everywhere...great to see

 

[No Name The Nameless]

43 is looking very trustworthy

 

[tny760]

43 is looking very trustworthy

i was literally about to write a post about him

he's not exactly a replacement for roy since he doesn't have the edge but man he's looking like a reliable defender. good reads, low event. needs a little seasoning but i think there's something there

 

[Schmooley]

Turcotte does not look out of place, he's definitely grabbing this opportunity and making the most of it

Him and Byfield are starting to gel together. I have a feeling Turcotte will get some key goals in the playoffs. Hes that kind of player.

 

[Brownie to Pancakes]

i was literally about to write a post about him

he's not exactly a replacement for roy since he doesn't have the edge but man he's looking like a reliable defender. good reads, low event. needs a little seasoning but i think there's something there

he had a really rough game the other day but mostly looks rock solid

 

[AbsentMojo]

The problem is when you encounter players who can beat it by themselves, which McDavid has been able to do consistently vs. the Kings, and also teams that are relentless on the forecheck. Tonight we saw Miller beat it once with a nice individual play, but that's been it for the most part so far in these two games. It's only been 4 periods but perhaps the people who said the Canucks would be a good matchup for the Kings might be right, they have some very good players, but no McDavid, MacKinnon or Drai, and their forecheck is nothing to be scared of.

They play it alot.. Maybe as you say if they deploy it strategically against he right teams in the right situations. Running it like the Koala did v EDM when down goals in the playoffs is just sad.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Byfield...

 

[AbsentMojo]

Roy with dumb pinch

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

C'mon Quinton use your head please

 

[kingsfan28]

crap.

back on the pk

 

[AbsentMojo]

Heard they pulled Lindholm from the game.. edit: guess not just saw him... he is involved in trader rumors

 

[Sol]

Awful ref

 

[tny760]

blatant holding the stick on QB on that break too

wild

 

[kingsholygrail]

I'm just used to the refs being shit.

 

[Omni Owl]

Terrible officiating.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Like five straight no calls on the Canucks

 

[Little Psycho]

Where was the call there? Ref had a good view

 

[psych3man]

Obvious interference on Danault during pp
Obvious hold on 55
No calls

 

[dman3474]

This is when you need a someone to go hit the piss out of Vancouver and frustrate them even more.