GDT: 2024-25 season game 24 LA Kings vs Anaheim Ducks @12:30pm 11/29/24

[Sol]

Correct me if i am wrong, but byfield is suffering from not playing with kopitar and kempe. I think Kopitar creates a lot more space for the players he plays with.

He just isn’t a very good player. It’s not too deep.

 

[Sol]

Just watched the highlights since I missed the game. The amount of second chances the ducks had were unbelievable comparatively. I think that dimension is really missing in the Kings. Kings never really crash the net anymore for rebounds which is stupid. Ducks seemed to have many good chances especially in the first period.

Kings defense got beat a loooot yet we somehow won.

 

[Kingkopitar]

He just isn’t a very good player. It’s not too deep.

mm dont agree. reminds of me the people who were saying kempe was a bust for two years. I just think he is adjusting.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

We know his grandfather is from Spain because I interviewed him after the trade and the first thing I asked him was about his last name.

And legendary Soviet hockey player Valeri Kharlamov family background traces to Spain also but doesn't mean he's Spanish he wasn't trained in Spain as a hockey player and neither was Portillo...just saying

Why would I read the whole thread that's time consuming and boring really...if I have a comment or like somthing I'll let them know if not well...

You're awfully opinionated for someone who doesn't read the thread or pay attention to what anyone else says.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Correct me if i am wrong, but byfield is suffering from not playing with kopitar and kempe. I think Kopitar creates a lot more space for the players he plays with.

But Byfield is adament...he wants to play Centre...live by the sword die by the...

 

[Lt Dan]

We know his grandfather is from Spain because I interviewed him after the trade and the first thing I asked him was about his last name.

Orale'

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Turc's Grandfather(Real Turcotte) is French-Canadian and so is Uncle Jeff Turcotte so that makes Turcotte Canadian? Turcotte is French Canadian American

 

[Bandit]

mm dont agree. reminds of me the people who were saying kempe was a bust for two years. I just think he is adjusting.

 

[Sol]

mm dont agree. reminds of me the people who were saying kempe was a bust for two years. I just think he is adjusting.

You just compared the last pick of the first round to a 2nd overall pick. No one really cared about Kempe at all since he was the person the Kings drafted directly AFTER winning the cup. You’re comparing apples to oranges. Kempe has been a pleasant surprise for the most of us who weren’t expecting much besides speed and some good hands.


Byfield on the other hand… much different story. OK hockey IQ sprinkled in with mental midget syndrome and you have the Jack Johnson version of a forward. All the skills and no toolbox.

 

[Statto]

And legendary Soviet hockey player Valeri Kharlamov family background traces to Spain also but doesn't mean he's Spanish he wasn't trained in Spain as a hockey player and neither was Portillo...just saying

Why would I read the whole thread that's time consuming and boring really...if I have a comment or like somthing I'll let them know if not well...

But it might impact on how he (Portillo) pronounces his names, which I thought was the point of the discussion.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

You'll want to let it go

@Sol has fully embraced his hatred of Byfield almost as much as he did his hatred of Quick

There's no turning back now, nothing anyone can do

But based on the players he does this to, take it as a good sign

 

[Sol]

You'll want to let it go

@Sol has fully embraced his hatred of Byfield almost as much as he did his hatred of Quick

There's no turning back now, nothing anyone can do

But based on the players he does this to, take it as a good sign

EXCUSE ME??? I wanted him to break out this year as badly as you guys. But as his biggest cheerleader I’m sure he’s even disappointed you.

Look either I’m right or i cursed him to do good. Last season when I lambasted him, Kopitar made him produce. Now let’s see how Quinton “he’s too young” Byfield excuses hold up now that he isn’t.

Or now that Celebrini at 18 has eclipsed Byfield lol

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

EXCUSE ME??? I wanted him to break out this year as badly as you guys. But as his biggest cheerleader I’m sure he’s even disappointed you.

Look either I’m right or i cursed him to do good. Last season when I lambasted him, Kopitar made him produce. Now let’s see how Quinton “he’s too young” Byfield excuses hold up now that he isn’t.

Or now that Celebrini at 18 has eclipsed Byfield lol

Celebrini comes from an Athletic family so wasn't awed by the bright lights and had the advantage of training with his Papa Italian-Canadian Rick Celebrini and his Mother was no slough either so...

 

[All The Kings Men]

And legendary Soviet hockey player Valeri Kharlamov family background traces to Spain also but doesn't mean he's Spanish he wasn't trained in Spain as a hockey player and neither was Portillo...just saying

Why would I read the whole thread that's time consuming and boring really...if I have a comment or like somthing I'll let them know if not well...

whats in it for you to argue this?

He and his family pronounce it Por-till-oh because they've lived in Sweden for generations but his grandfather IS from Spain where it was likely pronounced Por-tee-yoh.

This isn't controversial in any way.

 

[Sol]

Celebrini comes from an Athletic family so wasn't awed by the bright lights and had the advantage of training with his Papa Italian-Canadian Rick Celebrini and his Mother was no slough either so...

What..

 

[Kingkopitar]

You just compared the last pick of the first round to a 2nd overall pick. No one really cared about Kempe at all since he was the person the Kings drafted directly AFTER winning the cup. You’re comparing apples to oranges. Kempe has been a pleasant surprise for the most of us who weren’t expecting much besides speed and some good hands.


Byfield on the other hand… much different story. OK hockey IQ sprinkled in with mental midget syndrome and you have the Jack Johnson version of a forward. All the skills and no toolbox.

nah

 

[Frolov 6'3]

Turc's Grandfather(Real Turcotte) is French-Canadian and so is Uncle Jeff Turcotte so that makes Turcotte Canadian? Turcotte is French Canadian American

Amigo

It was about how his name is pronounced and where it came from.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Amigo

It was about how his name is pronounced and where it came from.

The English,Canadians and Americans all butcher Spanish,Italian and French surnames its kind of in their blood...unless its easy like Ferraro or Toffoli...don't ask them to say Cogliano or Celebrini,and Ceci are awful...How the hell do you get see-see out of Ceci on what planet does that remotely make sense and Celebrini is not Celebrate...they need to ask Papa Celebrini how the famiglia pronounced it like Prosciutto or Bruschetta is not brushetta the ch is a K sound like Chameleon and Prosciutto never mind the English won't get in a Millione years

 

[Bandit]

So this thread is now “ain’t got nothin better to do with my life but bitch about how names are pronounced”? If I was getting an NHL salary you could call me Susan for all I’d care.

Soo-zan
Su-tsun
Sue-son

Who cares.

 

[tny760]

The English,Canadians and Americans all butcher Spanish,Italian and French surnames its kind of in their blood...unless its easy like Ferraro or Toffoli...don't ask them to say Cogliano or Celebrini,and Ceci are awful...How the hell do you get see-see out of Ceci on what planet does that remotely make sense and Celebrini is not Celebrate...they need to ask Papa Celebrini how the famiglia pronounced it like Prosciutto or Bruschetta is not brushetta the ch is a K sound like Chameleon and Prosciutto never mind the English won't get in a Millione years

 

[Maynard]

The English,Canadians and Americans all butcher Spanish,Italian and French surnames its kind of in their blood...unless its easy like Ferraro or Toffoli...don't ask them to say Cogliano or Celebrini,and Ceci are awful...How the hell do you get see-see out of Ceci on what planet does that remotely make sense and Celebrini is not Celebrate...they need to ask Papa Celebrini how the famiglia pronounced it like Prosciutto or Bruschetta is not brushetta the ch is a K sound like Chameleon and Prosciutto never mind the English won't get in a Millione years

This actually makes sense. How can any of us be expected to be perfect with all these languages and dialects?

Just today I found out that they don’t use punctuation in Dumfukistan.

 

[tny760]

So this thread is now “ain’t got nothin better to do with my life but bitch about how names are pronounced”? If I was getting an NHL salary you could call me Susan for all I’d care.

Soo-zan
Su-tsun
Sue-son

Who cares.

whatever, sun tzu

 

[Bandit]

whatever, sun tzu

 

[Fripp]

whats in it for you to argue this?

He and his family pronounce it Por-till-oh because they've lived in Sweden for generations but his grandfather IS from Spain where it was likely pronounced Por-tee-yoh.

This isn't controversial in any way.

I think Nick said this during his first game up as a backup. Spanish name, had been Sweden-ized.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I think Nick said this during his first game up as a backup. Spanish name, had been Sweden-ized.

I always find hockey cultural trivia fascinating, reminds me of how much I learned about the world and history when studying literature. I’ve learned so much about European cultures and languages thru hockey…there’s a Finnish names thread on the main board now as another example.