GDT: 2024-25 season game 41 LA Kings vs Edmonton Oilers @6:30pm 1/13/25

[yankeeking]

Lewis should not have played tonight and maybe not Moore, neither has done much yet since coming back and this was a 3 games in 4 nights situation. I get we have to work the guys back in but Lewis is really struggling and Moore hasn't been himself so far .......hopefully a couple days off we can get back on a roll this weekend

 

[kingsholygrail]

They like Lewis too much to bench him. He might be on a retirement run for all we know.

 

[Trash Panda]

lol, one day I'm accused of being SN, now I'm Sol! Now, that's a f***ing insult...how dare you.

With the way I can change aliases around here, I should teach Jesse how to do it so he doesn't have to worry about what he's posting all the time.

As far as the game last night, did you expect the Kings to dominate a legit Stanley Cup contender for 60 minutes? That would kind of be an unrealistic expectation, don't ya think? Kings held their own, if you didn't see that...you were either watching something else or refuse to accept what you were watching.

The expectation is that the team does whatever it needs to give it a chance to win. Running 11/7 with the sharp end of the roster completely gassed on the road is alright in a nutshell I suppose, but the TOI is an issue.

Burroughs- 2:47

It’s not exactly a stretch to say that 2:47 can’t be eaten up by 6 other D, especially when your next lowest TOI on the back end is about 10 minutes. Nobody plays worse hockey than that pylon anyways.

Looking at the forwards, you’ve got two centers on the long side of 30, playing more minutes than they probably should consistently do. Can’t tell me that another forward (Especially a center), wouldn’t help alleviate some of the fatigue.

Lewis should not have played tonight and maybe not Moore, neither has done much yet since coming back and this was a 3 games in 4 nights situation. I get we have to work the guys back in but Lewis is really struggling and Moore hasn't been himself so far .......hopefully a couple days off we can get back on a roll this weekend

I completely agree that Lewis isn’t bringing much to the table that someone else couldn’t, but you can’t sit Moore right now.

He needs to get into game shape, and I can’t imagine a better time to get him going than during the Kings inevitable January/February skid.

 

[Axl Rhoadz]

The expectation is that the team does whatever it needs to give it a chance to win. Running 11/7 with the sharp end of the roster completely gassed on the road is alright in a nutshell I suppose, but the TOI is an issue.

Burroughs- 2:47

It’s not exactly a stretch to say that 2:47 can’t be eaten up by 6 other D, especially when your next lowest TOI on the back end is about 10 minutes. Nobody plays worse hockey than that pylon anyways.

Looking at the forwards, you’ve got two centers on the long side of 30, playing more minutes than they probably should consistently do. Can’t tell me that another forward (Especially a center), wouldn’t help alleviate some of the fatigue.


I completely agree that Lewis isn’t bringing much to the table that someone else couldn’t, but you can’t sit Moore right now.

He needs to get into game shape, and I can’t imagine a better time to get him going than during the Kings inevitable January/February skid.

It's easy to bitch about the 11/7 when they lose - but they win with it far more often than lose. So, I got nothing for you there.

 

[shuchukfan]

Then why is she your ex? That would a be a solid + in the win column

Maybe he wasn't the one getting sucked.

 

[AbsentMojo]

Kings as a team only had 8 hits.. 4th line duo 1 combined. They must have been so frightened to take a pen they couldnt hit? They have Jeannot they should use him... he did have 7 hits at Winnepeg. To me in a game like last night you bring out the body to get some momentum.. they had none last 40 minutes.

 

[AbsentMojo]

My my Mr Kempe - what a well disguised slew foot you had there.. I dont think anyone noticed durign the broadcast... Im not for slew footing, but I am for payback. Still havent forgotten the hit on Mikey.. i consider this partial payment.

 

[KopitarGOAT420]

Frustrating game last night... Team continues to play VERY well defensively but the offense has definitely dried up recently.

Kings need to find a way to inject some finishing into the lineup... Why wait until the TDL? It's pretty clear the team could use another scoring winger. Let's go out and get someone.

Also, Laferriere needs to get back on track. And Fiala continues to be a serious concern. Think it's time to shake some of the lines up a bit - powerplay included.

The problem is we're running out of places to put Fiala and Moore...

 

[KINGS17]

Edmonton proving once again they can beat the Kings at any type of game they want to play.

 

[BigKing]

They say that the days of the goon are over but we've got Burroughs playing less than 4 1/2 minutes the last six games. Just pretend he is a forward playing defense and we're right back to the 90s with his Tony Twist type minutes.

 

[Sol]

Absolutely, the 30ish+ year olds look absolutely brutal right now. It's not like Lewis, Kopitar, Moore, Danault et al forgot how to play hockey in a week, no matter how much I like to bang on some of those dudes, and Kopitar is right back up to 20+ minutes again. I mentioned it before Calgary, there's no reason you shouldn't be rotating some guys in and out right now, or at least 12-6 for a night. If you're superstitious and HAVE to run 11-7 and you're going to give some liability ass dman 5 minutes, then you can't have a 37 year old in there getting 20 minutes on the road for 3 games in 96 hours. And now you have to wonder how it will affect the next stretch of games, too. Those coaching decisions have literally lost us these games.

This is why I don’t understand why anyone praises Hiller when he has the same insecurities as Todd did. Not enough trust in the youth and now he’s going off the back of Kopitar with the most bizarre roster management I’ve ever seen.
Some serious bad coaching.

Man, it’s gotta be hard living a double life as two posters that argue with one another. Did you mean to respond to this post logged in as Sol?

Two sides of the ledger, using the same arguments, is honestly crazy work. Bravo.

As far as that argument goes, yes, I was unfortunate enough to watch a team run out of gas starting at the end of the first period, and then watch the oilers skate around them for the next two frames. Oddly similar to the Calgary game.

Lol I can see that my comment about you not understanding hockey got to you. Glad to see it found its mark. The only dude in the world who watched the game last night and thought that the Kings were in a foot race with the oilers lmaoooo

 

[FSL KINGS]

waiting for the incoming trade acquisition big time scoring forward that "just doesnt fit in"
team is depressing L8R

Blake doesn't have the assets to bid for a top end skill player. Feels more like a Josh Anderson type. Ricard Rakell on Pit?

Kings as a team only had 8 hits.. 4th line duo 1 combined. They must have been so frightened to take a pen they couldnt hit? They have Jeannot they should use him... he did have 7 hits at Winnepeg. To me in a game like last night you bring out the body to get some momentum.. they had none last 40 minutes.

Good thing Blake added toughness over the Summer.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

My my Mr Kempe - what a well disguised slew foot you had there.. I dont think anyone noticed durign the broadcast... Im not for slew footing, but I am for payback. Still havent forgotten the hit on Mikey.. i consider this partial payment.

Honestly don't even care. Happy birthday McDavid.

Getting away with highsticks and elbows in front of the refs all night. I like seeing the best player in the game getting gritty, but he gets such preferential treatment seemingly only against the Kings...I don't mind dudes going back at him at all. It's not like Kempe and Laf are plugs.

 

[Axl Rhoadz]

Edmonton proving once again they can beat the Kings at any type of game they want to play.

That's kinda not the bold take you think it is when the Kings just beat them two weeks ago....

 

[AbsentMojo]

Good thing Blake added toughness over the Summer.

Even with the likes of Edmundson and Jeannot its sanitized, emotionless, predictable, conservative and stifling. Smooth the highs, eliminate the lows.. dont stand out, dont be violent.

 

[King'sPawn]

After all these years, it really shouldn't surprise me, but the combined lack of hockey knowledge in this forum drops dramatically during games....

Last night's game was tight, zero room, Kings needed to bury the Kempe shot, the Byfield shot, the Foegle jam, and maybe 2 or 3 others,

Oilers buried one of there 3 chances, they had 26 shots from the "house" but only a few were dangerous, Kings had about 24 shots from the "house" and there maybe 4 dangerous ones?

That was a playoff game that was completely winnable, didn't get a bounce, didn't get a call here or there (not that it would have mattered on the power play to be frank)

But a lot of you guys are acting like the sky is falling.....it would be more amusing if it wasn't status quo.

Agreed.

Losing sucks. I get it. And as you said, they need to improve (and in general, I think the posters calling out issues are addressing some of them).

But the Kings just came out of a winning streak, winning some games they arguably should have lost. Now they have lost a couple close ones.

If they can capitalize on their chances, they're likely to find more wins.

 

[Omni Owl]

My my Mr Kempe - what a well disguised slew foot you had there.. I dont think anyone noticed durign the broadcast... Im not for slew footing, but I am for payback. Still havent forgotten the hit on Mikey.. i consider this partial payment.

Based, we need more of this. Its obvious we can't beat them fair and square so this is the only way. I don't think the team has it in them to do some questionable things in the post-season though, which means we'll be exiting the first round again. Hello Jeannot? This is your field of expertise.

A couple positives from last night were the play of Byfield and Kuemper, both guys were single-handedly trying to will a win. Q looks especially fast and dynamic lately, just keep it up. Kempe also looked dangerous, thank f*** he didn't get too injured...

 

[johnjm22]

Said it before, but LA has had one of the higher shooting percentages in the league, while simultaneously being dead last in slot shots.

So some amount of regression was likely in terms of scoring.

1 goal in the last 6 periods.

Still, I thought there was some good signs in this game for LA, but ultimately we don't have the horses up front.

 

[Rick Knickleback]

Maybe he wasn't the one getting sucked.

37 in a row clerks - Google Search

 

[GoldenBearHockey]

Kings as a team only had 8 hits.. 4th line duo 1 combined. They must have been so frightened to take a pen they couldnt hit? They have Jeannot they should use him... he did have 7 hits at Winnepeg. To me in a game like last night you bring out the body to get some momentum.. they had none last 40 minutes.

Hits are counted differently in each arena....

 

[bland]

Agreed.

Losing sucks. I get it. And as you said, they need to improve (and in general, I think the posters calling out issues are addressing some of them).

But the Kings just came out of a winning streak, winning some games they arguably should have lost. Now they have lost a couple close ones.

If they can capitalize on their chances, they're likely to find more wins.

That's how losing streaks traditionally start, but Hiller has done a damn good job nipping problems in the bud in his time here.

My my Mr Kempe - what a well disguised slew foot you had there.. I dont think anyone noticed durign the broadcast... Im not for slew footing, but I am for payback. Still havent forgotten the hit on Mikey.. i consider this partial payment.

THAT is a slewfoot. Can't believe that Oiler fans haven't started an inquisition on the main board yet.

 

[chris kontos]

This team is on the fast track to the cup.

 

[AbsentMojo]

Hits are counted differently in each arena....

EDM had twice as many hits as LA

 

[GoldenBearHockey]

EDM had twice as many hits as LA

Yes, still doesn't counter what I said, each arena counts hits differently,

Where did they play last night?EDM

And when they played in LA...LA doubled them in hits....

Do we really thing there were only 23 hits last night?

 

[AbsentMojo]

Yes, still doesn't counter what I said, each arena counts hits differently,

Where did they play last night?EDM

And when they played in LA...LA doubled them in hits....

Do we really thing there were only 23 hits last night?

My point was, the Kings after 1st had no momentum and I saw with my own 2 eyes they werent hitting.. i kept waiting for someone to step up and rock someone to shift the momentum and nothing happened.