Around the League 20-21 Thread: Playoffs Edition

[Jericho111091]

Bortbort and Lewis played quietly well that series

 

[kovacro]

Man that Cernak trade sure turned out to be terrible, huh?

Meh, win some, lose some. DL made his fair share of beauties we all can recall.

Still remember when people on here were miffed he traded perennial future all star Roland McKeown to Carolina. That one worked out for nobody.

 

[kovacro]

Kings could have had Connor.

If they had kept their 1st round pick that year. Who knows what they would have done.

Bruins took Zboril (13), DeBrusk (14) and Senyshyn (15) right before Barzal and Connor went. Ouch

 

[DoktorJeep]

Was that Jamie Kompon on the Jets bench? Must be something in the water in LA, seems like everyone is doing better after leaving LA.

The Jets other assistant coach is Dave Lowry, who had the same job under John Stevens and Willie D (I think).

 

[kovacro]

Kudos to the Wild, facing elimination going into Vegas and getting the huge road win. I don't think many people figured that was possible after their two losses on home ice and Fleury playing extremely well.

Hoping they can go back to Minny and grab a win to force a Game 7.

 

[Mats26]

Was that Jamie Kompon on the Jets bench? Must be something in the water in LA, seems like everyone is doing better after leaving LA.

We are not to speak these words on this board. Don't even question it.

 

[Bandit]

Fact is McDavid shouldn't be getting his first goal of a series in game 4.

Fact is 2 guys can’t win by themselves in the playoffs.

 

[BringTheReign]

The whole "seems like everyone is doing better since leaving LA" is literally what half of our Cup teams benefited from when they left their prior team and arrived in LA (Carter, Richards, Penner, Muzzin, Gaborik, Williams, Mitchell, and on and on).

Hockey is a business; players and personnel move. I don't think we've been harmed by it anymore than we've benefited from it as compared to any other team. I'm not saying we shouldn't criticize moves, just saying this doesn't just happen to the Kings.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

The whole "seems like everyone is doing better since leaving LA" is literally what half of our Cup teams benefited from when they left their prior team and arrived in LA (Carter, Richards, Penner, Muzzin, Gaborik, Williams, Mitchell, and on and on).

Hockey is a business; players and personnel move. I don't think we've been harmed by it anymore than we've benefited from it as compared to any other team. I'm not saying we shouldn't criticize moves, just saying this doesn't just happen to the Kings.

I wonder what Dean Lombardi, Darryl Sutter, Milan Lucic, Martin Jones, and Tanner Pearson are all up to now. Probably enjoying much more success elsewhere as well.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Don't forget Tarasenko and Karlsson.

And Stutzle and Zegras and Caufield and

 

[Fishhead]

I wonder what Dean Lombardi, Darryl Sutter, Milan Lucic, Martin Jones, and Tanner Pearson are all up to now. Probably enjoying much more success elsewhere as well.

Muzzin has went downhill too, and he was supposed to help Toronto get over the hump.

It always seems like players who leave tear it up with another team because the only time you hear about them are when they are doing well. No one makes the news when they suck. It's never news when guys like Shore or King end up in in Europe a season later or if Andreoff ends up an AHL lifer.

 

[kovacro]

I wonder what Dean Lombardi, Darryl Sutter, Milan Lucic, Martin Jones, and Tanner Pearson are all up to now. Probably enjoying much more success elsewhere as well.

Don't forget Mike Futa. His broadcasting career has taken off!

 

[Bandit]

Kings could have had Connor.

And Barzal, and Chabot, and Boeser, and Konecny, and Aho, and Cernak oh wait.....

If they had kept their 1st round pick that year. Who knows what they would have done.

Bruins took Zboril (13), DeBrusk (14) and Senyshyn (15) right before Barzal and Connor went. Ouch

And Stutzle and Zegras and Caufield and

Do we REALLY need to do this in yet ANOTHER thread? Jesus Christ...

 

[BigKing]

Always felt like the ex-Kings went on to do well elsewhere...then the Kings were good for a short amount of time and that stopped. Now they suck again like the Kings usually do and ex-Kings go play for better teams and do well because they are playing for better teams.

 

[Bandit]

So have McDavid & Draisaitl asked for a trade yet?

 

[KingsFan7824]

Muzzin has went downhill too, and he was supposed to help Toronto get over the hump.

It always seems like players who leave tear it up with another team because the only time you hear about them are when they are doing well. No one makes the news when they suck. It's never news when guys like Shore or King end up in in Europe a season later or if Andreoff ends up an AHL lifer.

Then it's, haha, look who the Kings had in their lineup for so long.

This all goes with losing. We're yearning for Kompon.

 

[The Butcher]

I was just having lunch and The Black Parade came on the radio at the place I was eating at.

Hard to imagine a band I hate as much as My Chemical Romance can bring me back to such a wonderful time. That pre game during the finals in 2012 was so unreal. I remember being at game 3 with my Dad and witnessing in person that legendary run.

Everything about the team feels so much different now but nobody can take those days away from us.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Abandon ship!

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

Blake will bring Gretzky back to run the Kings salary cap

 

[YAYSAY]

Bortbort and Lewis played quietly well that series

I don't think I saw Lewis once during OT

 

[King'sPawn]

Meh, win some, lose some. DL made his fair share of beauties we all can recall.

Still remember when people on here were miffed he traded perennial future all star Roland McKeown to Carolina. That one worked out for nobody.

Well, let's not forget it was a first and McKeown for Sekera.

Sure, McKeown may not have become who we hoped, but that was a horrible trade. Some thought it was bad. Others, like me, thought it could be conditionally good. But by and large people were right to criticize the trade

 

[bland]

Well, let's not forget it was a first and McKeown for Sekera.

Sure, McKeown may not have become who we hoped, but that was a horrible trade. Some thought it was bad. Others, like me, thought it could be conditionally good. But by and large people were right to criticize the trade

I will always defend that deal, the team had earned another shot, Sekera was perfect for the system, and they had a Voynov shaped hole. That one was worth it. Sekera got hurt, the team was spent, and he took the extras to go to Edmonton.

The Lucic trade, that was a disaster from Day 1. It was impossible to re-sign him, no cap space available, no expiring contracts, nobody they could afford to trade to retain him. That was the first sign of desperation from Lombardi, far too much was sacrificed for a rental on a team that needed to rebuild its dwindling asset list. That was the moment "retooling" was lost as an option.

 

[BigKing]

I will always defend that deal, the team had earned another shot, Sekera was perfect for the system, and they had a Voynov shaped hole. That one was worth it. Sekera got hurt, the team was spent, and he took the extras to go to Edmonton.

The Lucic trade, that was a disaster from Day 1. It was impossible to re-sign him, no cap space available, no expiring contracts, nobody they could afford to trade to retain him. That was the first sign of desperation from Lombardi, far too much was sacrificed for a rental on a team that needed to rebuild its dwindling asset list. That was the moment "retooling" was lost as an option.

Yeah. Defending champs reel off seven straight wins and need to replace Voynov. They absolutely earned the shot for what you'd expect to be a late 1st rounder, which it was in 2016. Hell, the Kings were being picked by "experts" to win the Cup that March/April while they were on the outside looking in since the assumption was they would make the playoffs.

I also understand the Lucic trade except that it was such an all-in move since there was little chance of re-signing him. Giving up the 1st in '16 meant that the '15 first should have been used better but, again, there are a ton of excuses to make for that 2015 team so I get thinking they could win with Lucic. It's just so hard to win the Cup so the probability was low and there were no long-term benefits of the trade.

 

[Lt Dan]

I was just having lunch and The Black Parade came on the radio at the place I was eating at.

Hard to imagine a band I hate as much as My Chemical Romance can bring me back to such a wonderful time. That pre game during the finals in 2012 was so unreal. I remember being at game 3 with my Dad and witnessing in person that legendary run.

Everything about the team feels so much different now but nobody can take those days away from us.

man that got me right in the feels

 

[KINGS17]

So have McDavid & Draisaitl asked for a trade yet?