Game 10: Anaheim Ducks 4 @ Los Angeles Kings 0

[kingsfan28]

Haha. I'm actually the baby that will sleep happily tonight. Getzlaf's black eye was a total game winner for me.

Courtesy of Shore, right?

 

[Kingspiracy]

Courtesy of Shore, right?

I thought Nolan tagged him with a dirty one

 

[kingsfan28]

I thought Nolan tagged him with a dirty one

Either way, good on them.

 

[Legionnaire]

Courtesy of Shore, right?

I was thinking Nolan too. May have to rewatch the replay just to see it again.

 

[Legionnaire]

Either way, good on them.

I don't know why I'm so happy about this, but I am. Maybe it's because I miss old time hockey and bench clearing brawls but this was a good game despite the play and the score. Or maybe it was just because Getzlaf got what was coming to him.

 

[SettlementRichie10]

I mean, were you guys paying attention over the offseason? This team clearly took a step back on paper back in July.

The contender Kings died as far as I'm concerned sometime between Richards snorting another pill and Voynov slapping his wife. The glory days are kaput.

We're gonna ride out this black hole through Kopitar's prime. We'll likely put together one more dark horse squad at the end of Doughty's, but that's it, boys.

Most players never sniff a Cup. We drank from two. I really don't care how bad we suck from here on out. We had our three untouchable years.

The only thing that flabbegasts me is the shock and outrage from the fanbase when it was obvious just how bad this team was going to be two months ago.

 

[Mike Carr]

Lucic was the main man for screening the goalie. Our D who clear the crease have gone or gotten old and we have no top offensive D player to quarterback the PP and generate offence. We desperately need changes but have too many bad contracts to be able to do so - We had a chance if Kopi took 8.5 and we traded/waived Clifford/Greene etc, but now we are bad and in cap hell, and we have little top end talent in the pipeline. Unless we can pull off some miracle trade and get Pearson and Toff on really good contracts we are screwed for a long time.

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

10 games, zero regulation wins. 0 goals in 3 straight games. Under 2 goals per game. A severe lack of skill and speed. This looks like the team before Murray got fired. No trading picks or young players, this is BAD

 

[ADifferentTim]

Solid night for the Tank! 27th place worst goal differential in the league. 2 points out of last place (AZ).

Forbort probably with a game/2 suspension for 2nd fight.

Gilbert is a goon.

Love Getzy throwing punches like he's tough.

I'd be more mad, but the Ducks window is closed so no point in worrying about them.

That Forbort suspension will only help with the tanking cause.

Hmm, I wonder when the LA Kings gonna receive a one-night sponsorship from Konami and appropriately call it "Konami Night".

This pair of .gif files is from Metal Gear Solid.

 

[KingsFan7824]

When did it become about feelings? We rip Lombardi because of his unending loyalty to a guy like Richards. Now we rip Lombardi/Sutter because how must guys in the AHL feel not getting called up, or how must Brown feel without the C, or how Budaj must feel after Sutter said he wasn't good. How must Kopitar and Carter feel when Lewis gets more ES ice time than they do? Brown even had more ES ice time than Kopitar. The guy that wasn't good enough to keep the C just had more ice time than he did. How does that make Kopitar feel?

 

[The Tikkanen]

I mean, were you guys paying attention over the offseason? This team clearly took a step back on paper back in July.

The contender Kings died as far as I'm concerned sometime between Richards snorting another pill and Voynov slapping his wife. The glory days are kaput.

We're gonna ride out this black hole through Kopitar's prime. We'll likely put together one more dark horse squad at the end of Doughty's, but that's it, boys.

Most players never sniff a Cup. We drank from two. I really don't care how bad we suck from here on out. We had our three untouchable years.

The only thing that flabbegasts me is the shock and outrage from the fanbase when it was obvious just how bad this team was going to be two months ago.

Colonel Troutman has put out a call to the LA Kings.

 

[Basilisk]

Relax, guys. These are all just warm-up games......

 

[KingTrouty]

I passed out last night, did Nolan **** up Getz? People were saying in the GDT that Getz had a black eye. Getz tried to go after Shore?

 

[no name]

I can't believe I missed this game. I looked at the box score and got excited. Can someone give me a rundown on the fights. How did everyone hold up?

 

[KingsFan7824]

3 straight shutouts. Carter scored the last goal for the Kings in, of course, OT against Nashville. They have 6 ES goals in the last 7 games, scored by Toffoli, Doughty, Kopitar, McNabb, Pearson, and Carter.

In the 6 losses, outscored 20-6. Although 2 were into empty nets, so 18-6. Outscored 8-2 in two home games, and 12-4 or 10-4 in four road games.

In their OT/SO wins, couldn't hold a 3-2 lead against Dallas on the road, couldn't hold a 3-0 lead at home against Vancouver, and couldn't score the first goal at home against either Columbus or Nashville, and never got the lead in either game until the OT goals.

Shots on net: outshooting teams 311-254. Goals: outscored 30-20. So 57 more shots on the net, and 10 fewer goals.

A lot of big contracts. No Quick. Starting the 3rd string goalie. No Gaborik. Lost some depth that was actually playing ok with McNabb. Living by 3v3 OT.

Taking all things into account, and even with the questions coming into the year, it's about the worst possible scenario for the first 10 games of the season(they could have 0 wins). Which really just continues their worst possible scenario streak since winning the Cup on Friday the 13th.

 

[KingsFan7824]

I can't believe I missed this game. I looked at the box score and got excited. Can someone give me a rundown on the fights. How did everyone hold up?

I like to think that it was just the Ducks being bored during the game, and trying to force the Kings into doing something/anything.

 

[Butch 19]

Carter had a kid. Kopitar had a kid. Brown had all the kids. Real life makes the Kings suck I guess.

yeah, good teams don't have any fathers on the roster.

 

[PJ Kings Hockey]

Yep. He wasn't happy with the late period goal and called him out for it along with the other goals he gave up. He also said there is no help coming from Ontario.

I don't think I've heard Sutter ever be that critical of the goaltending. Budaj is a mediocre NHL back-up. So is Zatkoff. They're the best we've got right now and they need some help. Like Mike Carr said, we are missing a Lucic to screen the goalie and our D are not clearing the crease. Who will MAKE THEM PAY if opposing players try to occupy prime real estate? Add to that the other team's goalie is seeing the puck so he's not finding it too difficult to stop the puck.

I disagree with Kopitar. I don't think the Kings are losing because of lack of emotion. They have just got to have players slot into the right roles to help the top players score and to help the goalie out. Then they can find it easier to get back to the good habits that have brought them success in the past.

 

[Reaper45]

That Forbort suspension will only help with the tanking cause.

Hmm, I wonder when the LA Kings gonna receive a one-night sponsorship from Konami and appropriately call it "Konami Night".

This pair of .gif files is from Metal Gear Solid.

What?

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

When one guy sucks, he's slumping.

When the whole team sucks consistently, it's the coaching.

Love Sutter, think he's a fantastic coach, but I truly think he's reached the end of his shelf life here.

I don't see why some posters here are upset, this is kind of what it will take to enact some change. But Sutter did have one good quote last night, something about this is our team, no one is coming up from Ontario to save us.

I don't think the parts are as bad as some make it seem, but they certainly are not performing. It's a collective, though, not one person, which says to me the message is stale. You know these guys will play for Kopi, so something else smells.

The game came off the rails in the 2nd but I see what Sutter was saying re: goaltending, yes we scored zero goals in the end but Budaj didn't give us a chance to win either. But letting everyone ELSE off the hook is just the same ol free pass excuses that lead to apathy down the stretch last year imo.

Don't care what happens next. Sutter has been here longer than most coaches and I admire what he's done as much as I admire Stoll and Richards. But yeah.

 

[Fat Elvis]

I've done a lot of thinking and analyzing of the Kings season thus far and I've come to a conclusion. The Kings are not a good team. I know that's a stretch and may come out of left field, but it's fact.
When your best forward is Tanner Pearson and Alec Martinez leads your team in points, you're not on a good team. (And I like both those players).
When Big Dwight King plays on your first line, you're not on a good team.
When your "best defensive forward" is putting up Jack Johnson-esque Minus -9 in 10 games, you're most likely not on a good team.
When you miss McNabb, you're probably not on a good team.

Team Road Apples

But winning two cups in 3 years was totally worth it

 

[KingsFan7824]

yeah, good teams don't have any fathers on the roster.

I wasn't being serious.

When one guy sucks, he's slumping.

When the whole team sucks consistently, it's the coaching.

Love Sutter, think he's a fantastic coach, but I truly think he's reached the end of his shelf life here.

I don't see why some posters here are upset, this is kind of what it will take to enact some change. But Sutter did have one good quote last night, something about this is our team, no one is coming up from Ontario to save us.

I don't think the parts are as bad as some make it seem, but they certainly are not performing. It's a collective, though, not one person, which says to me the message is stale. You know these guys will play for Kopi, so something else smells.

The game came off the rails in the 2nd but I see what Sutter was saying re: goaltending, yes we scored zero goals in the end but Budaj didn't give us a chance to win either. But letting everyone ELSE off the hook is just the same ol free pass excuses that lead to apathy down the stretch last year imo.

Don't care what happens next. Sutter has been here longer than most coaches and I admire what he's done as much as I admire Stoll and Richards. But yeah.

They went through a similar stretch of games back in Jan/Feb 2014. They scored like 3 goals in 6 games, all of them by Kopitar. I think I can remember we all had fun with that one. Then they ended up winning the Cup that year. But, of course, that was a vastly different team, in many ways.

If the team took a purposeful step back in the summer, and then a couple guys go out on a team with questionable depth, this means Sutter is at the end of the shelf? If we all aren't supposed to expect the Kings to be all that good this year, why are we expecting Sutter to work some sort of miracle? What does he have to work with? Following that, why are we blaming Lombardi at other times for not giving Sutter enough to work with, when we rip him for trying to give Sutter more to work with the last few years?

If the expectations of fans should be lowered, then let Lombardi not do anything else to ruin more of the future, and let Sutter coach the sinking ship since a new coach isn't going to make this roster good. The big contracts aren't going anywhere, and the core is only getting older, so what miracle will a new coach have with what he would have to work with?

 

[Model62]

It's a little early in an injury filled season to call out the coach, I think. Nobody's slotted in where they are supposed to be except maybe Dowd and Brown and hey look! Those two have looked pretty good everywhere but the scoresheet.

The first period was decent to good. That late goal took it out of them, and what confidence they had evaporated, and they couldn't get it back.

The Richards Voynov Holes still hurt. We've forgotten about Pancakes, but that's another hole Lombardi had to scramble to fill, and, well maybe the gm so keen on character might have done a better job evaluating the characters there, but, dang. It's just gonna be a tough stretch.

 

[deeshamrock]

I wasn't being serious.



They went through a similar stretch of games back in Jan/Feb 2014. They scored like 3 goals in 6 games, all of them by Kopitar. I think I can remember we all had fun with that one. Then they ended up winning the Cup that year. But, of course, that was a vastly different team, in many ways.

If the team took a purposeful step back in the summer, and then a couple guys go out on a team with questionable depth, this means Sutter is at the end of the shelf? If we all aren't supposed to expect the Kings to be all that good this year, why are we expecting Sutter to work some sort of miracle? What does he have to work with? Following that, why are we blaming Lombardi at other times for not giving Sutter enough to work with, when we rip him for trying to give Sutter more to work with the last few years?

If the expectations of fans should be lowered, then let Lombardi not do anything else to ruin more of the future, and let Sutter coach the sinking ship since a new coach isn't going to make this roster good. The big contracts aren't going anywhere, and the core is only getting older, so what miracle will a new coach have with what he would have to work with?

New start, fresh blood, new system, new energy, new roadmap...and last year, it got the Pens a Stanley Cup, from Jan forward with their new coach.
Along with the GM making a good call in getting the 2 fastest players at the deadline and creating a 3rd line that was tough to match up with.

Lombardi could have taken a different path over the summer by moving 2 of King/Clifford and Nolan and not signing Purcell or Seto...
He still thinks that his 'vision' will work, it hasn't for the last 2 full seasons. And I think this team tuned Sutter out 2 yrs ago.
Last year, all those hollow points they racked up were largely due to Quick keeping them in games where they played lazy, lackluster hockey and then woke up in the 3rd, tied or down 1 and played firedrill hockey to tie , win or get to OT. Few were the games were they dominated for most of each period and took a 3-1 lead in the third and nailed it down.

And he doubt if he'll change, despite seeing how the league has evolved ,I think he'll cite the Quick injury and other injuries.

Even with Quick, based on watching almost every game over the last 2 full seasons, and the competition in the division and conf (and the other conf) I didn't have the Kings in the playoffs.
Three elite players won't get you there, not with a weak bottom 6 and shaky d

 

[KingsFan7824]

New start, fresh blood, new system, new energy, new roadmap...and last year, it got the Pens a Stanley Cup, from Jan forward with their new coach.
Along with the GM making a good call in getting the 2 fastest players at the deadline and creating a 3rd line that was tough to match up with.

Lombardi could have taken a different path over the summer by moving 2 of King/Clifford and Nolan and not signing Purcell or Seto...
He still thinks that his 'vision' will work, it hasn't for the last 2 full seasons. And I think this team tuned Sutter out 2 yrs ago.
Last year, all those hollow points they racked up were largely due to Quick keeping them in games where they played lazy, lackluster hockey and then woke up in the 3rd, tied or down 1 and played firedrill hockey to tie , win or get to OT. Few were the games were they dominated for most of each period and took a 3-1 lead in the third and nailed it down.

And he doubt if he'll change, despite seeing how the league has evolved ,I think he'll cite the Quick injury and other injuries.

Even with Quick, based on watching almost every game over the last 2 full seasons, and the competition in the division and conf (and the other conf) I didn't have the Kings in the playoffs.
Three elite players won't get you there, not with a weak bottom 6 and shaky d

The Penguins added Kessel, and then couldn't score. That's when they changed coaches. Like the Kings in 2011. Add Richards, add Gagne, still can't score.

Lombardi didn't add anyone this summer. Just place holders. Can't move Brown or Gaborik. Have to fit Toffoli and Pearson in. Budaj isn't Murray.

There's no new start with the Kings. Not until these contracts play themselves out.