GDT: 2024-25 season game 31 LA Kings vs Pittsburgh Penguins @ 4:00pm 12/17/24

[GoldenBearHockey]

Too much puck watching, led to the tying goal, led to numerous chances, just mental fatigue it looked like...

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

What’s the new tank phrase for the year. Last year wasn’t it taking wienie for cellibrinni?

 

[Schmooley]

-Danault- still gets a 1st at deadline
-Fiala-1st and good prospect
-Gavrikov-easily gets a first and he 100% waves to go to a playoff team.

-Kempe gets a haul at the draft 1st 2nd and possibly a good prospect

-Drew gets a 1st if you eat 4 million of his contract (he gets pissy when guys gets moved and asks for a trade.)

-Moore gets you a first

That’s a hell of a chunk to rebuild with!

The funny thing about this is if they kept Kempe and Doughty but traded the rest of those guys theyd probably be in the same spot next year as they are now just with 4 extra first round picks and capspace to bring in a great player or two.

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

The funny thing about this is if they kept Kempe and Doughty but traded the rest of those guys theyd probably be in the same spot next year as they are now just with 4 extra first round picks and capspace to bring in a great player or two.

Problem is the need a 1C and you typically draft them in the lotto pics

 

[Trash Panda]

Q had a pretty f***in rough game.

 

[kings11]

The funny thing about this is if they kept Kempe and Doughty but traded the rest of those guys theyd probably be in the same spot next year as they are now just with 4 extra first round picks and capspace to bring in a great player or two.

What’s funny is thinking Kempe will continue to thrive without Kopitar, much like Brownie you would see significant regression in his play.

 

[Peter James Bond III]

Q had a pretty f***in rough game.

Alex Turcotte > Quinton Byfield

And contract wise, 100% truth.

 

[Trash Panda]

Alex Turcotte > Quinton Byfield

And contract wise, 100% truth.

A healthy Alex Turcotte is the straw that stirs the drink on any line he plays on.

He won’t ever have the game breaking ability of Q, but he certainly has a game that simply makes everyone else better around him. I hope he sticks with Kopi and Juice for a while, because he is that Justin Williams lite that those two will greatly benefit from.

 

[kingsfan28]

I didn't see this but would have been par for the course all night

Malkin selling a trip fresh off high sticking the puck twice told everyone what the script was

Pens feed showed it. The guys at the NHL Network picked it up , after wondering why PD was holding him mouth. F-Malkin and his trash wannabe team!!!

Q had a pretty f***in rough game.

so did Spence. He looked like he did to start the year. Seriously, two open shots in the slot and he shoots it 3 feet over the goalie!

 

[Sol]

A healthy Alex Turcotte is the straw that stirs the drink on any line he plays on.

He won’t ever have the game breaking ability of Q, but he certainly has a game that simply makes everyone else better around him. I hope he sticks with Kopi and Juice for a while, because he is that Justin Williams lite that those two will greatly benefit from.

Uh… what game breaking ability have you seen that Turcotte won’t possess?

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Uh… what game breaking ability have you seen that Turcotte won’t possess?

 

[Sol]

You mean dekes then? Maybe Qb does have him beat in dekes. The first goal is bad ass but when I think of game breaking talent I am thinking of a player who takes over games and Byfield has come no where close to doing that enough to be considered a game breaking talent.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

What’s the new tank phrase for the year. Last year wasn’t it taking wienie for cellibrinni?

diarrhea for Misa? failed operations for Hagens?

 

[Omni Owl]

Obligatory f*** Malkin. I wanted to see him get lit up this whole game...

 

[SherVaughn30]

Let down game tonight and one that lack of scoring from some players, came back bite them in butt! Wasn't able to watch the game, but saw 1-0 and 2-1 leads. Kings are not getting those insurance goals to put the game away(take away all the empty net goals). Pens are awful defensively and not much better goaltending wise, but they have enough offense to come from behind in games.

Byfield continues to be a ghost. At the rate he's going, he won't match his 55 points from last season. He seems to have digressed. The type of coach Hiller is, when certain players are in big scoring slumps, he is not the type of coach with the rest of this coaching staff to tap into players going again offensively. I strongly believe Byfield can be a 1C, but not with this coach and system. I'm going to say it anyways(I know it will stir up quite a bit of ppl here), Byfield's production slumps at times reflect what happened to PLD. The examples of both have similarities. PLD showed flashes, but wasn't consistent offensively, and the same thing is happening to Byfield.

The two teams the Kings are strongly competing with, Vegas/Oilers, are good offensive teams. Playing defense first, good goaltending with some marginal goal scoring where the team sits on leads, is not enough to even win a 1st round considering this team is not good enough to win the Pacific Division(I see them ending in 3rd place if there is some good fortune ahead, as the Oilers will pass them).

 

[KingsOfCali25]

A healthy Alex Turcotte is the straw that stirs the drink on any line he plays on.

He won’t ever have the game breaking ability of Q, but he certainly has a game that simply makes everyone else better around him. I hope he sticks with Kopi and Juice for a while, because he is that Justin Williams lite that those two will greatly benefit from.

I love Turcotte on the top line with Kopitar and Kempe but I really think Turcotte is the guy that can bring Kaliyev back to the scoring threat he was supposed to be.