Around the League 2019-20 Pt. 2

[kingsfan28]

With that win, the leafs are one step closer to NOT getting the top pick in the draft.

 

[Steve Zissou]

 

[Bandit]

Could? Practically guaranteed.

 

[Herby]

I have bet the underdogs in every game and in every series bet of these playoffs.

This loss by Columbus will go into the bad beat playlist, especially if they lose tomorrow.

How on Earth does that happen in a close out game?

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

What a crazy day.

I watched damn near every second of every game (minus some back and forth for Dodgers) and man.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Pearson had 2g 1a in the series.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Pearson had 2g 1a in the series.

As productive as Crosby and more productive than Malkin. Looks like Rutherford goofed there.

 

[bouncesonly]

Leaf's 6 on 5 is nuts....talent wise/cap wise, Matthews/Tavares/Marner/Hyman/Nylander/Reilly...$48 mil, another $5 mil if you includer Andersen

King's? Kopi/and then......? no and then?

 

[Frolov 6'3]

Kubalik never did much until he was moved up to the top line, then he took off. Should be interesting to see how year 2 goes, after the huge contract demand .

Nope.

Moved up due to effort, points with little ice time.

 

[KingsFan7824]

I have bet the underdogs in every game and in every series bet of these playoffs.

This loss by Columbus will go into the bad beat playlist, especially if they lose tomorrow.

How on Earth does that happen in a close out game?

Because there's no script? If there was, we'd roll our eyes. How does Toronto look like they're going to lose 3-0 without much of a fight in a close out game? Same reason.

 

[KINGS17]

Toronto may beat Columbus in Game 5. In my mind it is 50/50. Neither of these teams gets past the next round.

 

[Zero Pucks Given]

I'm still in disbelief. How do you **** up so badly to a team that was coming off a nasty collapse of their own just 24 hours prior?

 

[kilowatt]

Random question that I've been wondering about: Why didn't the Kings re-sign Frolov?

 

[Sleeping Dog]

Random question that I've been wondering about: Why didn't the Kings re-sign Frolov?

Last off-season? He was too old!

 

[Sleeping Dog]

With Pittsburgh getting eliminated, let’s not lose sight of the fact that Marleau’s Cupless streak continues. Jumbo Joe's does too, but his season ended in March.

 

[kilowatt]

Last off-season? He was too old!

Ha, no, back in 2010. He still had a somewhat productive year in 09-10 and was only 28. The only left wing worth a damn on the Kings at that point was Ryan Smyth, with Alexei Ponikarovsky, a rookie Kyle Clifford, and a few games from Marco Sturm and Dwight King rounding out the rest of the left side. Frolov had been slowing down a bit, but surely he would have improved that team?

Frolov - Kopitar - Brown
Smyth - Stoll - Williams
Ponikarovsky - Handzus - Simmonds
Clifford - Richardson - Lewis

Mitchell - Doughty
Johnson - Scuderi
Martinez - Greene

Quick
Bernier

Besides the obvious lack of a true second-line center, that's not a terrible team.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[Minor Boarding]

Random question that I've been wondering about: Why didn't the Kings re-sign Frolov?

You wraparound your head on that one.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

The summer Frolov became a free agent was also the summer of Kovalchuk. By the time Kovalchuk came to a decision, Frolov had signed with the Rangers, and the Kings picked up what was left over: Alexei Ponikarovsky.

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

Toronto may beat Columbus in Game 5. In my mind it is 50/50. Neither of these teams gets past the next round.

I think either beat the Lightning, who are an injured mess

 

[deeshamrock]

I think either beat the Lightning, who are an injured mess

And now Hedman's out. I think they're toast.

 

[Bandit]

And now Hedman's out. I think they're toast.

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer flying elbow...

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Andy Andreoff carried the Flyers to the #1 seed.

 

[Telos]

Ha, no, back in 2010. He still had a somewhat productive year in 09-10 and was only 28. The only left wing worth a damn on the Kings at that point was Ryan Smyth, with Alexei Ponikarovsky, a rookie Kyle Clifford, and a few games from Marco Sturm and Dwight King rounding out the rest of the left side. Frolov had been slowing down a bit, but surely he would have improved that team?

Frolov - Kopitar - Brown
Smyth - Stoll - Williams
Ponikarovsky - Handzus - Simmonds
Clifford - Richardson - Lewis

Mitchell - Doughty
Johnson - Scuderi
Martinez - Greene

Quick
Bernier

Besides the obvious lack of a true second-line center, that's not a terrible team.

Let's be real, Frolov wasn't on the top line near the end, he was their 3rd line left wing. He was never in Murray's good graces and banished there long ago. I still loved him all the same. He was productive on the bottom 6 and was easily our best possession player and still one of the best in the NHL, but 2010 was the year of Kovalchuk and Frolov was an easy casualty to make ironically (given that if we had won the sweepstakes, Kovalchuk would have shared the same fate).

Losing Frolov stung, I was one of his biggest fans, I have a signed jersey and game-used stick of his, but losing him and Kovalchuk helped open the door to what led the Kings to the cup. Who knows what would have happened otherwise, that's the benefit of winning the cup, suddenly your mistakes can be taken as positives.

 

[Bandit]

Andy Andreoff carried the Flyers to the #1 seed.

Does anyone need more proof that this year is a farce? I’ve got nothing against Philly, other than their fans, but they are not a #1 seed.