GDT: 2024-25 season game 4 LA Kings vs Toronto Maple Leafs @4:30pm 10/16/24

[The don godfather]

Jeez. Change the goalie I guess.

 

[DoktorJeep]

So far, the promise of a hard to play against team was all talk.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Good thing Akil was scratched.

 

[Peter James Bond III]

So, who do you prefer, Hagens or Martone?
Matters not, the Kings would ruin their development.

I bet Spence is laughing.
Sucks for Akil. He would have had family and friends be able to see him in Ott or Tor.
Plus, he’s got more game than most of these forwards

I got up at 6 AM for this? Going back to bed.

 

[kilowatt]

So far, the promise of a hard to play against team was all talk.

Hard to play against? They meant hard to watch

 

[johnjm22]

The Kings can't generate diddly poo offensively and they have no systematic team D to fall back on to keep pucks out of their own net.

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

They did win the 2020 lottery to get Byfield at number 2.

Guess I better start making videos for higher end prospects. I have a feeling the 2025 draft thread will get very busy.

McQueen please

 

[ru4reals]

Hopefully just a few more games like this and a housecleaning will be coming. You can do this Jim.

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

I don’t know about you guys but man am I feeling uncomfortable.

 

[AbsentMojo]

Akil is a winner - makes sense he's scratched because this org is run by losers - and thats not an exaggeration

 

[johnjm22]

It didn't even feel like the Leafs played that well.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

caleb jones eats shit into the boards and gives up possession and a minute later they score… so cool

He's a Blake special

 

[AbsentMojo]

No explanation for Spence out of the lineup by the broadcast crew... especially noteworthy since Edmund is out

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

Seven years into the Blake regime and in game 4 of the season the Kings are icing three borderline NHL/AHL defensemen

 

[funky]

Kings have given up 11 goals in the last two games, and there’s plenty of hockey left to play.

And injured their starter. At least that was the rumor up here.

 

[johnjm22]

I think this is kind of exciting.

It's still too early, but maybe this season turns into a disaster and we get a top 5 pick, plus Bluc gets fired. It'd be a dream.

 

[SmytheKing]

Really lazy play by Gavrikov. That was an embodiment of the Gavy that we've seen this year and last year.

Don't worry Blake will resign him.

Nah. He'll hold onto him for the stretch at the end so they can end up 3rd or 4th, lose in the 1st round, then lose him for nothing in the off-season.

 

[kingsboy11]

A healthy Doughty would help, sure, but does anyone think this team would be playing any better if he was still here?

 

[DoktorJeep]

Crypto and FanDuel being the most prominent brands associated with the team. Not much to be proud about nowadays.

FanDuel set to take over Diamond RSN branding from Bally Sports

FanDuel is set take over branding of the current Bally Sports RSNs with content and advertising as part of the deal.

awfulannouncing.com

 

[Steve Zissou]

Nah. He'll hold onto him for the stretch at the end so they can end up 3rd or 4th, lose in the 1st round, then lose him for nothing in the off-season.

Oh, you are predicting Rob will pull another Roy?

 

[BaileyFan]

You guys shouldn’t be getting too excited. A game like this is gonna be the one that convinces Blake to trade Turcotte/Spence + a 2nd for his stopgap veteran 4C and bottom pair RHD. Doughty being injured is Blake’s personal get out of jail free card.

 

[johnjm22]

Remember we play Montreal tomorrow. A loss there and things look really ugly.

 

[BaileyFan]

Sportsnet intermission panel unanimously picked the Kings to miss the playoffs them the host goes “yeah but the Oilers are hoping they make it”.

Glad to see that the greater hockey world is finally waking up to what a farce the BLuc regime is.

 

[kilowatt]

You guys shouldn’t be getting too excited. A game like this is gonna be the one that convinces Blake to trade Turcotte/Spence + a 2nd for his stopgap veteran 4C and bottom pair RHD. Doughty being injured is Blake’s personal get out of jail free card.

For Turcotte’s sake, I hope that happens. He should be a middle six player right now.

 

[Schrute farms]

Spence has to be sick or ailing somehow. Not playing him tonight otherwise makes zero sense...even for this organization.

Thomas not even getting one game yet is...weird. Even for this organization.