Around the League: You Like Mammoth?

[M2Beezy]

Somehow that would annoy me less.

Because then it's at least something historic, and you can give the Oilers credit for an insane comeback.

This comeback is also pretty impressive but it leaves this bad taste in your mouth because it feels like Hiller handed them all the momentum on a silver platter.

Not to mention Byfield gonna have nightmares about what could have been if he simply cleared the puck in game 4 with the Edmonton net empty. That shit was career defining

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Not to mention Byfield gonna have nightmares about what could have been if he simply cleared the puck in game 4 with the Edmonton net empty. That shit was career defining

He's a good trade target this offseason IMO. Will likely need a fresh start.

 

[SillyRabbit]

Avs have had some INSANE puck luck tonight, what the hell was that lol

 

[me2]

We all called it in Game 3.

Oilers were winning the next 4 straight.

Hiller ended their season with that challenge.

TBF they were crushing Edmonton in game 4 before losing their nerves. LA choked away two games in what should have been 4-0 series win. It's not just that Edmonton cane back its the nature of LAs capitulation.

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

Colorado deserved a luck one after Dallas got two like that last game.

 

[valkynax]

TBF they were crushing Edmonton in game 4 before losing their nerves. LA choked away two games in what should have been 4-0 series win. It's not just that Edmonton cane back its the nature of LAs capitulation.

Honestly given what EDM did last season, even if they are down 3-0 against LAK a reverse sweep will not surprise me the least bit.

Was pretty hilarious when people thought MTL has more chance for a comeback than EDM did.

And yeah, Hiller is a complete MORON lmao.

 

[Vector]

Do the Kings actually do anything this offseason to improve the team?

 

[Jyrki21]

There will be no weekend hockey...

 

[SillyRabbit]

Do the Kings actually do anything this offseason to improve the team?

Nah. Surely they will get them next year...

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

Yeah even if that went in that was going to get overturned on review.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

Do the Kings actually do anything this offseason to improve the team?

Rob Blake's contract is up. I expect they'll clean house.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

I know it's not sunshine and rainbows in Canuck land but man I'd hate to be a Kings fan right now.

 

[Nuck Bonino]

cant see them beating any of vegas, colorado or dallas.

No way their goaltending gets them to the finals.

nah this league will make sure that golden boy Connor McFairy gets to the finals again

 

[Attack Vector]

What an incredible finish.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Congratulations Oilers. I now hope you get swept by Vegas.

But seriously LA that was embarrassing!

 

[SnapIt]

I know it's not sunshine and rainbows in Canuck land but man I'd hate to be a Kings fan right now.

I’d hate to be a Kings fan and see the Canucks fans pity them

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

The LA Kings are in a decent spot if they want to rebuild. No real long-term anchors.

They can certainly recoup a ton of picks and prospects if they elect to sell some guys now.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Do the Kings actually do anything this offseason to improve the team?

They got to fire Blake.

 

[Jyrki]

Disastrous night for us here lol. Let's hope the Jets can pull through at least.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Hiller should be fired tomorrow.

Absolute pathetic.

 

[F A N]

They should strip Kopitar of his captaincy. His playoff record as captain is one for the record books.

 

[CanucksSayEh]

This series looked like the Canucks last regular season. Half way through, while on an absolute roll, switch to playing scared and 'safe' hockey. Worrying about defending a lead, rather than increasing it.

If you overly focus on play in your own end, then that is exactly where you will play.

 

[Bubbles]

Jack Michaels needs to calm the f*** down. Pickard is crap and he's trying to prop him up as Patrick Roy or something.

He's marginally better than Skinner which says a lot how terrible they both are.

I can't wait till Vegas ventilates them both. I guarantee they'll go back to Skinner at some point in the series when Pickard shits the bed.

 

[thecupismine]

Do the Kings actually do anything this offseason to improve the team?

The question is: what can they do?

They built a deep, solid roster, but their number one dman is 35 and number one center is 37. It’s very, very difficult to win in this league when the top of your lineup can’t match your opponents in the playoffs. 10 years ago Kopitar and Doughty would’ve pulled a Barkov/Forsling on McDrai, but for the fourth year in a row they just feasted.

In terms of the future, Byfield plays the wing, and Brandt Clarke doesn’t look like he has the defensive chops to be that go to, all around number 1 guy.

This team needs a Jack Eichel kind of trade in order to take that next step into being a real contender.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Rob Blake's contract is up. I expect they'll clean house.

I don't. It seems to be more of a boys club there than almost anywhere else. The sheer number of chances Blake has gotten despite being a complete moron is shocking.

If nothing else, Hiller has to go. That coaching challenge alone warrants it, but when you add in him defaulting back to the asinine turtle defense that led to one of the most lop-sided OTs in NHL history, I truly don't know how you give him another chance.

Both third periods of game 3 and 4 were just shocking levels of ineptitude that the Kings never really got back from.