GDT: 2024-25 season game 62 LA Kings vs Vegas Golden Knights @5:00pm 3/9/25

[KopitarGOAT420]

This Kings lineup is it... Hopefully those late Vegas goals don't cause the Kings coaching staff to think twice about it because they absolutely need to stay with these lines/pairings.

If Kuemper is in net, that game ends 6-2 or 6-3.

Kuzmenko seems to play pretty well with Kopi and Kempe and the powerplay already looks a lot more dangerous. Byfield, Fiala, and Laferriere continue to play great together. Moore-Danault-Foegele is a near perfect 3rd line. And Turcotte / Helenius replacing Lewis on the 4th line has been a huge positive.

The D pairings also look much better (Although Edmundson still ended up somehow playing over 21 minutes last night).

Need to keep this group rolling moving forward - they can do some serious damage.

 

[CarlSneep]

Can’t say I’ve seen a Kings defenseman jump up and collect a rebound for a goal in a while

 

[Trash Panda]

Can’t say I’ve seen a Kings defenseman jump up and collect a rebound for a goal in a while

Matt Greene is the last one that comes to mind. Lol

 

[Kudelski37]

Yea I'm thinking Copper might be cooked after his injury, but I'm almost positive Portillo is an upgrade over Big Sieve Dave. Shades of Stephan Fiset out there, or Jason Labarbera

Didn't Blake say Portillo is out for several weeks/month with an injury at the TDL presser?

 

[AbsentMojo]

Yea I'm thinking Copper might be cooked after his injury, but I'm almost positive Portillo is an upgrade over Big Sieve Dave. Shades of Stephan Fiset out there, or Jason Labarbera

You didnt need to reach that far back for an example - how about Cal Pete with his .868 save pct.. bad reads, slow reactions..I looked what he doing now - at Philly AHL Lehigh 3.28 and .880 .. man he smellin up the place everywhere he goes