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

[SaltyElkHunter]

This man2man defensive play is not gonna work with this depleted lineup! I saw that type of play when Laviolette was coaching the Caps. Kings need to switch to some zone coverage, while the Center stays responsible of the middle.


With Turcotte's skill set, he should not be playing 4th line.

Our blue line is very f***ing bad. We don’t have the horses!

 

[KingsofLA]

When ownership pays for bad engineers, you get crappy results. That is how you get Jones, Burroughs & Englund playing ahead of Spence, when you are already out of Doughty and Edmundson.

 

[johnjm22]

Jeannot and Foegle look completely irrelevant. That's 2 of our 3 main offseason acquisitions.

 

[Peter James Bond III]

Clarke, Turcotte and Lee. Maybe should call up more Reign. And play Akil tomorrow.

 

[Herby]

This man2man defensive play is not gonna work with this depleted lineup! I saw that type of play when Laviolette was coaching the Caps. Kings need to switch to some zone coverage, while the Center stays responsible of the middle.


With Turcotte's skill set, he should not be playing 4th line.

He's playing well in that role, he's looking like he actually could be an effective NHL center, where as most people had him pegged as a winger after all the injuries. Let him keep excelling as a C and don't move him to wing.

Unless you think the Kings should move QB back to wing and have Turcotte play 3C. I don't think the Kings are making any changes to the centers any time soon. It would be an another admission of defeat for BLuc if Byfield is moved back to winger.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Lets see LA bring up Chromiak and...not sure who the f*** they have outside of him...Jack Hughes but the wrong one and he's till in College

 

[SherVaughn30]

Jeannot and Foegle look completely irrelevant. That's 2 of our 3 main offseason acquisitions.

We don't know for sure. A better or different coach from Hiller, and those 2 might fit. The bigger issue is Blake just keeps getting outside players hoping they fit and make him look good. Blake/Hiller are nowhere near on the same page, and Hiller is not head coach material. He did a decent filler job last season, but I never thought he was any kind of coaching solution.

 

[KingsHockey24]

We've lost every game I haven't been able to watch.

Sorry fella's.

 

[Telos]

With Turcotte's skill set, he should not be playing 4th line.

He has to earn his stripes. If he is able to play on the fourth line, score 20 goals, learn how to fight, prove he can make a high glove save, stitch his own nameplate on his jersey, and walk Blake's dog then I can see him in the discussion for the 3rd line.

 

[SherVaughn30]

We've lost every game I haven't been able to watch.

Sorry fella's.

Well then make a better effort to watch the games! All the little details count! Just giving 25% watching effort is not gonna cut it!

 

[ru4reals]

We've lost every game I haven't been able to watch.

Sorry fella's.

On the flipside please don't watch another game perhaps Bluc and company can finally be canned.

 

[The Butcher]

We've lost every game I haven't been able to watch.

Sorry fella's.

You aren't missing much.

 

[FSL KINGS]

Couple of bounces & we were right there!

Turcotte & Fiala score!!! That was nice. PK looked better. They actually went to the net in the second. Solid bounce back game.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Looked at highlights of Rittich just now on the goals against him, from his body language he didn't look sharp enough. 1st goal, he was too aggressive, 2nd goal he didn't come out on top of the crease to challenge Matthews shot(there were no pass to threats from either side of him), 3rd goal I thought he could have challenge a bit. Overall, he didn't play with much confidence(it appeared to me he had some bad reads of the play) like he was doing in preseason. Copley's 2 goals, his own player deflected it past him and Tavares was left alone to redirect/backhand the puck past Copley's glove-side. Copley looked cool/collective and actually made some early good saves when he came in the game. I would have some serious consideration starting Copley tomorrow.

He's playing well in that role, he's looking like he actually could be an effective NHL center, where as most people had him pegged as a winger after all the injuries. Let him keep excelling as a C and don't move him to wing.

Unless you think the Kings should move QB back to wing and have Turcotte play 3C. I don't think the Kings are making any changes to the centers any time soon. It would be an another admission of defeat for BLuc if Byfield is moved back to winger.

Absolutely not, you move Byfield back to wing!

 

[Peter James Bond III]

I hope QB didn't break a finger. I guess we'll know during warmups tomorrow in MTL.
They probably won't talk about it, knowing the Kings.

Going to be a strange yr and probably see a few 1 in 10,000 things....like Jacob Ingham playing an NHL game, before Portillo....or Copley taking over #1 again. And lesser things, 1 in 100. Helenius ending up 4C by November. Or signing Shattenkirk. (please no) Or claiming a waiver wire. Would add a 1 in 100 signing Conmy at end of his season and he gets NHL games, if Kings are out. Kirsanov, Salin outside chances.

But surely, a stupid panic trade by November, is 1 in 2.

 

[Schmooley]

Couple of bounces & we were right there!

Turcotte & Fiala score!!! That was nice. PK looked better. They actually went to the net in the second. Solid bounce back game.

Are you saying this for real or in jest?

 

[FSL KINGS]

Are you saying this for real or in jest?

I'm really struggling right now. Might watch that game again. 78 to go.