GDT: GM#27 LA Kings vs St. Louis Blues @5:00

[Ziggy Stardust]

It’s nice to see them racking up points against tough opponents and on he road, especially after that crappy homestand.

 

[KingTrouty]

*in regulation

*combined score of 9-3

 

[Omni Owl]

Cautiously psyched about Kempe. We could have a real gem and potential future 2C if he keeps up this play. We'd be f***ed without him, especially with Carter being injured. So glad he wasn't traded for some BS quick fix that DL became known for at the end. Solid b2b effort by the boys.

 

[HookKing]

Awesome roadtrip, not sure how much gas left in the tank for Chicago. Maybe Mitchell will be the spark...

 

[KingTrouty]

It’s nice to see them racking up points against tough opponents and on he road, especially after that crappy homestand.

It was/is a must, considering our last home stand, Ziggy!

 

[HookKing]

Cautiously psyched about Kempe. We could have a real gem and potential future 2C if he keeps up this play. We'd be ****ed without him, especially with Carter being injured. So glad he wasn't traded for some BS quick fix that DL became known for at the end. Solid b2b effort by the boys.

Kempe has the talent to be a 1C.

 

[kingsfan28]

Kuemper must've borrowed Quicks lucky shirt.

 

[KingTrouty]

Kempe has the talent to be a 1C.

Thought the same thing, Hook, when I read that post

 

[deaderhead28]

Good point. How about saying an offensive center who is lessening the loss of Carter. No way Shore-Dowd-Laich would have even 9 good that Kempe has.

Nah doesn't matter,Kempe can't win enough faceoffs

 

[KingTrouty]

4 pt lead on Vegas

 

[Aggie204]

Just this one night, the Kings-Jets alliance took down the evil Knights and Blues.

 

[LAKings88]

Sure is nice having someone not named Zatkoff as the backup.

I admit, he’s better than Zatkoff.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

It was/is a must, considering our last home stand, Ziggy!

Seems like the shootout win against the Ducks woke the team up. Although they’ve been sloppy at times in their own end, the offense picking things up is why they’re winning again.

It’s obvious what they need to do to win, and trying to play a shutdown game of prevent offense clearly wasn’t working to their advantage.

 

[kingsfan28]

Nah doesn't matter,Kempe can't win enough faceoffs

He still needs work, a lot of work, but hopefully in time he'll become good at them.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

I admit, he’s better than Zatkoff.

And LaBarbera and Brust and Cloutier and Fukufuji and Aubin and Ersberg.

Looking at backups around the league, I’d say the Kings are rather fortunate to have Kuemper as a backup option, so long as he appears in the amount of games you want to limit a backup goalie to.

 

[Sol]

Thought the same thing, Hook, when I read that post

100% number 1 c potential.

 

[KINGS17]

It's nice to see the Kings put together a big road trip. Much needed after the last home stand.

Gaborik's presence in the lineup has injected some extra skill and depth which was missing.

 

[KingCanadain1976]

100% number 1 c potential.

that was 29% in the face off dot Long way to go to get that spot imo

 

[tny760]

i'm not sure i see the potential for kempe to shut down top lines league wide which would kind of disqualify him from being billed as a 1C imo

i think he kind of thrives in that "jeff carter" position where you don't see the opposing #1s all the time but you're head and shoulders above the #2s. i don't really want to say that as a slight on him, i think being jeff carter would be pretty f***in awesome.

 

[Herby]

Beautiful sight seeing guys with 13, 13 and 9 goals at the 26 game mark who all play on different lines.

The last two times the Kings had three lines capable of scoring they won the Stanley Cup.

No idea why the previous coaching and management group was so adamant about having the bottom six filled with guys like Andreoff, Clifford, Shore.

 

[KingTrouty]

100% number 1 c potential.

This is why I love you

 

[KingTrouty]

that was 29% in the face off dot Long way to go to get that spot imo

He was ascending in FO. He had an off game from the dot. It happens, KC, my pal.

But yes, your 1C doesn't typically win 29%

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Beautiful sight seeing guys with 13, 13 and 9 goals at the 26 game mark who all play on different lines.

The last two times the Kings had three lines capable of scoring they won the Stanley Cup.

No idea why the previous coaching and management group was so adamant about having the bottom six filled with guys like Andreoff, Clifford, Shore.

I've got something to tell you, and you might want to sit down for this...

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

i'm not sure i see the potential for kempe to shut down top lines league wide which would kind of disqualify him from being billed as a 1C imo

i think he kind of thrives in that "jeff carter" position where you don't see the opposing #1s all the time but you're head and shoulders above the #2s. i don't really want to say that as a slight on him, i think being jeff carter would be pretty ****in awesome.

The 'problem' with Kempe as it has always been is his inconsistency. He goes full invisible when he's not scoring. But tonight I saw a dude who was willing to grind and compete for every last inch, and if he can put that together every night so that he's not a ghost when he's not on the scoresheet, then he will really be something to see.

Still obviously very young, I'm not knocking him, just saying after games like this he gets deserved recognition--but he's not getting the criticism when he's not good, which makes him look better than he is. #1 C potential? Possibly. But that's a huge leap from his projections last week.

 

[KingCanadain1976]

He was ascending in FO. He had an off game from the dot. It happens, KC, my pal.

But yes, your 1C doesn't typically win 29%

He also plays more then 14 mins 2 secs of ice time. I have been on the Kempe bandwagon from the beginning However hes still a long way from a number center ..