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"That's just like, your opinion, man"
But they weren’t. They were legit penalties.
Just because people expect 2 penalties to be called in an elimination game doesn’t mean the ref has to follow the script.
Shame about your PK.
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Just because people expect 2 penalties to be called in an elimination game doesn’t mean the ref has to follow the script.
Shame about your PK.
What Kings fans hope for is for Blake and co to be cleared out. What they'll get ... is 0-4-1.
Master Yoda
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I was dead on. What do I win? After game one though, I didn't think Kings would win even 1 game.
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They definitely got the easier pathway there especially if Vancouver does beat the preds cause I don’t think the shit Vancouver is pulling off now is gonna work against the Oil. Dallas,Colorado,Vegas are a problems for the Oilers though depends how much gas those teams have left since they gotta get through actual contending teams just to make it to the conference finals.
Love your post.Props to LA for battling to the bitter end. Unfortunately despite the coaching change, coaching still sunk them for a 3rd year in a row playing that system. Also a tip of the cap for most of the Kings posters for engaging in quality discussion, things rarely got out of hand despite a couple of the games going that way.
Hope you can find a taker for PLD in the offseason
Regarding PLD, I always believe that the talent that is in an athlete doesn't just disappear, over such a short term.
Kings can hope that PLD rights his own listing ship. It is possible.
It really feels like the only option. Every other options feels worse. It's more than just his incompetence. The guy radiates an aura of "punch in punch out." That's poison on a team. You need everyone buying in.
CantHaveTkachev
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Kings didn't score a single PP goal in 5 games
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it only gets more expensive the longer you wait
if you rip the bandaid off you're making the best of what appears to be an awful decision
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Kings became dangerous when they had to abandon the 1-3-1 down by 2 wake up Kings management
Frank the Tank
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Refs gave the Kings the game they wanted by putting the whistles away in Game 4 and the Oilers still beat them on the one PP chance they had.
I get not being able to stop the Oilers PP when they throw out looks you don't see on your regular season game footage and get on a heater, but the Kings coaching staff failed by not finding a set-up to score a PP goal because the Oilers PK was porous all season.
I get not being able to stop the Oilers PP when they throw out looks you don't see on your regular season game footage and get on a heater, but the Kings coaching staff failed by not finding a set-up to score a PP goal because the Oilers PK was porous all season.
Master Yoda
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Oilers vs Kings + refs would've been a fun series.
People love to complain about the refs but what they’re REALLY mad about is poor discipline and drastically inferior special teams.
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Respect to the HF Kings fanbase, you guys are super likeable and knowledgeable posters. It's not easy to put up with some of the crazies in the Oilers fanbase and the concern troll Oiler haters that infest these threads.
Definitely Oilers being 100% on the pk. Question now is we're the kings that bad on the pp or were the Oilers just that good on the pk?
The Kings' gameplan was obstruction. I can't believe penalties were called.
Preaching to the choir, man. The Kings had a lot of speed in their game and pressure. Still iffy on defense, but played kinda like the Oilers all the way until mid-December and then they just sort of stopped for whatever reason. And it was all while carrying PLD's dead weight. He never got going this season at any point. Maybe one game here and there, but never a stretch where he felt effective.
Now if the remaining Canadian teams could all lose their next few games all will be right in the world. Although I'm more excited for a series against the canucks than against the preds.
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Now his parents have to shell out 7 million to Talbot and Rittch for allowing him to score 7Oilers don't win that without Hyman's dad buying off the refs
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Some say…
The Kings played well. There was less of the dirty stuff this year. Just a hard fought series.
Neither is really all that surprising. The Oilers PK was really solid this year once Knoblauch took over, and they have literally the best PP of all time. If there’s ever a team you don’t want to start exchanging penalties with, it’s Edmonton
Don’t take stupid, blatant penalties and you won’t end up on the PK maybe? The Kings lack of discipline is on them, not the refs. The refs let a LOT go
Neither is really all that surprising. The Oilers PK was really solid this year once Knoblauch took over, and they have literally the best PP of all time. If there’s ever a team you don’t want to start exchanging penalties with, it’s Edmonton
Don’t take stupid, blatant penalties and you won’t end up on the PK maybe? The Kings lack of discipline is on them, not the refs. The refs let a LOT go
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Oilers did have the 7th ranked PK in the league with Knoblauch.
Raccoon Jesus
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I don't understand why people act like this has to be mutually exclusive
The refs f***ing sucked on both sides, they were not prepared for the temperature of the game, had no in game consistency, and made ego calls (in game 3 especially).
The Kings also blew it for themselves, it was not a ref conspiracy and there is no blame to displace.
This was the case every time they went away from it. When you have a player like Kempe, take off the leash.
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Hopefully for Kings fan sake, this loss brings in a new GM/coach.
I think Blake has lost the plot.
I think Blake has lost the plot.
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Game 3 was ridiculous, the refs completely lost control of the game. I can't recall another circumstance where penalties were just handed out without any explanation. For that 5 on 3 after the Englund hit, even the NHL.com penalty tracker had no idea wtf was going on.
