GDT: 2024-25 season game 59 LA Kings vs Chicago Blackhawks @5:30pm 3/3/25

[funky]

6.4 AAV estimate on Gavrikov? Blake gunna get a wakeup call.

These 2 should be our future. Doughty should be elsewhere. Gav should be traded. How many more one dimensional dman should we carry. Anderson is one of the worst defenseman in the O zone I have saw in years. Moverare does nothing offensively, Gav stands people up on the blue line but is not an offensive threat. I just don’t see what people love about Spence. For a two way undersized dman I don’t see a lot of offense.

Saying that the coaching staff would staple Makar’s nutsack to the bench if he tried anything fancy or not systematic.

Get a new regime that doesn’t think it is 2005.

 

[The Butcher]

Just when I was starting to think positively about this team.

What a f***ing joke.

 

[bland]

He should be in over Burroughs.

Not for 7 minutes a night.

With Rittich in free fall and Kuemper on permanent injury watch, I would rather they dress three goalies and keep one in the room just in case than play any defenseman that little.

 

[kingsfan28]

5 losses to last place teams, getting smoked again to a team as one writer put it, isn't even trying to win is pathetic! Do we even have coaches who prepares them anymore for trap games like these?

 

[SherVaughn30]

I have a theory on why the Kings are awful on the road. Hiller doesn't get his favorable match-ups on the road, as he gets out coached by the home teams coaches. They are somehow a playoff team at home and a non playoff team on the road.

Losing 5-1 to the bottom dwelling Hawks is absolutely inexcusable! Something else I have noticed is this team doesn't even play well anymore even if they score the first of the game! Hiller's system is starting to fail in the 2nd half of the season, when going gets really tough!

Not for 7 minutes a night.

With Rittich in free fall and Kuemper on permanent injury watch, I would rather they dress three goalies and keep one in the room just in case than play any defenseman that little.

Anyone with a common sense sees Rittich is playing his way off this team with his awful performances in net. They really need to give Copley another go at it or acquire another goalie to backup Kuemper.

 

[bland]

They were finally coming around looking like a fun exciting up and coming team at one point this year. It started getting flat when Moore and Lewis came back.

That was more coincidence than anything, since those happened at the same time Kopitar's wheels fell off.

No depth player ever means as much as a #1c being unable to produce at even strength AND on the PP. THAT is the primary reason for the teams struggles, not what the third or fourth line are doing.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Spencer Knight is gonna be a better long term future #1 netminder then what Portillo will be for the Kings!

 

[Schmooley]

Spencer Knight is gonna be a better long term future #1 netminder then what Portillo will be for the Kings!

Why would you even say this? No one in the world thinks Portillo is better than Knight. I dont know if anyone on here is too impressed with Portillo.

 

[bland]

I have a theory on why the Kings are awful on the road. Hiller doesn't get his favorable match-ups on the road, as he gets out coached by the home teams coaches. They are somehow a playoff team at home and a non playoff team on the road.

Losing 5-1 to the bottom dwelling Hawks is absolutely inexcusable! Something else I have noticed is this team doesn't even play well anymore even if they score the first of the game! Hiller's system is starting to fail in the 2nd half of the season, when going gets really tough!


Anyone with a common sense sees Rittich is playing his way off this team with his awful performances in net. They really need to give Copley another go at it or acquire another goalie to backup Kuemper.

Copley hasn't regained form since his last injury, unfortunately.

The best case is always to have a young homegrown kid able to come in for a stretch, but they are a year away from Portillo being that kid.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Why would you even say this? No one in the world thinks Portillo is better than Knight. I dont know if anyone on here is too impressed with Portillo.

Portillo had strong season with the Reign last season, but took a step back this season.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Why would you even say this? No one in the world thinks Portillo is better than Knight. I dont know if anyone on here is too impressed with Portillo.

Their ages are comparable. While Knight was drafted in the 2019 draft 1st round #13, Portillo was drafted the same year in the 3rd round #67(basically top of the 3rd round). Knight has actually been a bit of disappointment for where he was drafted. Hard to surpass Bob in Florida right now, so Knight's future is better clear with the Hawks. Bedard/Knight are core pieces going forward for them.

Portillo didn't workout with the Sabres because they already have good goalie depth in their system. Portillo became an opportunity for the Kings, but Portillo's development this season has been puzzling with the strong season he had last year.

 

[kingsfan28]

The perfect storm of suck:

Play a last place team ✔︎
Play a team with former Kings ✔︎
Play a team with a player coming back from injury or who just traded for ✔︎
Continue to mismanage the roster ✔︎
Last game of the roadtrip ✔︎

3 straight road losses being outscored 15-4
1 pp goal