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

[Lt Dan]

Not that mods are beyond reproach, but it always says a lot about someone when they try to absolve themselves of responsibilities for their actions when they accuse mods of supporting "the old boys club".

There are plenty of people who disagree passionately, and maybe even crossed lines. A lot of people get into it with GBH but he doesn't get punished by mods.

But it's unsurprising that people who can't discuss issues honestly want to blame everybody else for their inability to get along.

I would attribute it to the change of hormones that go along with a pregnancy

 

[Axl Rhoadz]

Ok. Byfield does more then play offense. He is like a baby Kopitar. Turcotte reminds me of Williams. No offense to one of the greatest player we ever had.

Yah, but he hasn’t proven to be a 80+ point player at the age of 22. HE’S GOT TO GO.

 

[Maynard]

I would attribute it to the change of hormones that go along with a pregnancy

Wow so I’ve been ignoring a pregnant girl?

Wish I’d done that with my first wife. Heyyoooo…

 

[Herby]

Come on, Byfield is nowhere close to what Kopitar was defensively. Even at that age, Kopitar was already one of the best defensive centers in the NHL, in addition to being by far the teams best offensive player.

 

[King'sPawn]

Ok. Byfield does more then play offense. He is like a baby Kopitar. Turcotte reminds me of Williams. No offense to one of the greatest player we ever had.

I think it's fair to say Byfield is nowhere close to Kopitar was at the same age, offensively or defensively. But that's okay. Kopitar was and is a special player.

Byfield doesn't have to be Kopitar-good. Those aren't fair expectations. He just needs to be consistently good.

 

[DoktorJeep]

Kopitar wasn’t blocked by Craig Conroy, so we have the benefit of seeing him as top C since day 1. Stop comparing QB to Kopitar.

 

[Sol]

Byfield is blocking himself and people have the nerve to say he is a game breaking talent…

If you want to see game breaking talent then you look at Kopitar smoking Pronger game 1 in the NHL and never looking back.

Byfield is how many years in the NHL and all he has to his name is the rare flashy goal or producing next to Kopitar, which Iafallo did as well and people thought he sucked. I don’t get the reason to use such extreme descriptors and pretend he’s a great player when he’s only consistent at being disappointing.


It’s no shock that once Byfield is left to his own devices that he is back to being an offensive black hole while Kopitar and Kempe have not even seen a drop in production with him gone.

 

[GoldenBearHockey]

Not that mods are beyond reproach, but it always says a lot about someone when they try to absolve themselves of responsibilities for their actions when they accuse mods of supporting "the old boys club".

There are plenty of people who disagree passionately, and maybe even crossed lines. A lot of people get into it with GBH but he doesn't get punished by mods.

But it's unsurprising that people who can't discuss issues honestly want to blame everybody else for their inability to get along.

It's because I am always right bud, you know that.......just saying, I wish that was the reason, but it's more because I've probably calmed down, all the people who want to bitch and moan, even now...will bitch and moan...I saw a post earlier that I had made back in 2014 about the Kings Offense....and there were people in January of 2014, bitching and whining about how THAT team wasn't a contender wouldn't do anything, etc etc....

So sure.....most of the times people just talk to hear themselves talk.

Come on, Byfield is nowhere close to what Kopitar was defensively. Even at that age, Kopitar was already one of the best defensive centers in the NHL, in addition to being by far the teams best offensive player.

No, he isn't, but he's getting there, Kopitar is a 1st ballot HHOF, no doubt of anyone in the league, not sure if trying to compare Byfield to Kopitar...is fair to Byfield...at all.