GDT: GM#36 LA Kings vs Colorado Avalanche@7:30 Dustin Brown's 1,000th career game!

[Bandit]

Amazing how the worst D in the league still managed to give up just 1 goal.

Especially when you consider the D is composed of Drew Doughty and 5 melted parking cones.

 

[Shellz]

What a terrible 40 minutes. But, that hug between Kopitar and Brown makes it worth it. What a beautiful friendship.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Pottery

2-1 win in what Brown says pretty much 40 of the worst minutes they played all year and I think we'll all agree with that. Gutsy to pick it up at the end.

Also thanks to the Avs for actually playing to win in OT, such a breath of fresh air after all the garbage we've seen lately.

 

[Shellz]

Especially when you consider the D is composed of Drew Doughty and 5 melted parking cones.

HA.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

I feel awesome for the fans that are at Staples tonight for their first hockey game. What a exciting introduction to the game.

Hopefully they were 40 minutes late to the game.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

What a terrible 40 minutes. But, that hug between Kopitar and Brown makes it worth it. What a beautiful friendship.

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

Looked like Colorado was trying to lose in OT. Couple times that could've had a 2 on 1 and neither time did they even try. Then they just gave it away before Brown scored.

Good for Brown though. I'm not his biggest fan but I'm happy for him.

 

[deaderhead28]

Nice win for the standings.

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

Like Brown said, good teams find ways to win when they don't have their A game.

Next couple games are huge obviously. San Jose and Vegas.

 

[Little Psycho]

Especially when you consider the D is composed of Drew Doughty and 5 melted parking cones.

Melted parking cones could most probably stop the skaters. Ha they wish!

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Best team and goal differential in the Western Conference, would be the whole league if TBL hadn't ascended to another plane of existence. Not bad for a bunch of phonies, particularly a bunch of phonies playing with a bunch of wrong-handed defensemen and without Jeff Carter.

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

Especially when you consider the D is composed of Drew Doughty and 5 melted parking cones.

Are the melted parking cones better than the stationary parking cones of Regehr and Greene?

 

[Shellz]

I wish I could LOVE something.

 

[Fishhead]

The defense obviously needs another vet, but for all the grief they get they are still #1 in GA/GP by a good margin. They make a lot fewer mistakes than other teams, even though we concentrate on the Kings because we watch them all the time.

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

Best team and goal differential in the Western Conference, would be the whole league if TBL hadn't ascended to another plane of existence. Not bad for a bunch of phonies, particularly a bunch of phonies playing with a bunch of wrong-handed defensemen and without Jeff Carter.

I think Nashville has something to say about that. They're still the favorites in the West I'd imagine even with a healthy Carter.

 

[Little Psycho]

Best team and goal differential in the Western Conference, would be the whole league if TBL hadn't ascended to another plane of existence. Not bad for a bunch of phonies, particularly a bunch of phonies playing with a bunch of wrong-handed defensemen and without Jeff Carter.

They need to keep rolling and not look back. If things start crumbling, hope Blake knows what he has to do.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I think Nashville has something to say about that. They're still the favorites in the West I'd imagine even with a healthy Carter.

Not particularly arguing against that, just pointing against we have the most points, least GA, and best goal differential in the Western Conference as of this moment, so we're not quite as bad/dead as some theorize.

Hell outside of TBL no other team is even higher than +19, we're at +26.

 

[deaderhead28]

Melted parking cones could most probably stop the skaters. Ha they wish!

Wait!wait, our missing piece and future Norris defenseman Paul Ladue was called up to save this team.So 4 parking cones lol

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I said it earlier too but I LOVE Gaborik having his 'own' line on the third line. Easier matchups and allows him to dictate offensive puck play instead of having two great offensive players (like Kopitar-Gaborik) deferring to one another constantly.

The defense obviously needs another vet, but for all the grief they get they are still #1 in GA/GP by a good margin. They make a lot fewer mistakes than other teams, even though we concentrate on the Kings because we watch them all the time.

I totally agree. It's just a shame because the one hole is VERY glaring but if fixed everyone would be in the perfect spots imo with no other real team weaknesses. Can you imagine Doughty-Muzzin / Unicorn-Martinez?

 

[Bandit]

Not particularly arguing against that, just pointing against we have the most points, least GA, and best goal differential in the Western Conference as of this moment, so we're not quite as bad/dead as some theorize.

No way. Kings suck.

 

[deaderhead28]

Best team and goal differential in the Western Conference, would be the whole league if TBL hadn't ascended to another plane of existence. Not bad for a bunch of phonies, particularly a bunch of phonies playing with a bunch of wrong-handed defensemen and without Jeff Carter.

The 2012 president trophy Vancouver Connucks say hi.

 

[Kingspiracy]

I think Nashville has something to say about that. They're still the favorites in the West I'd imagine even with a healthy Carter.

Meh, get there first, then do a vlasic on them.

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

Not particularly arguing against that, just pointing against we have the most points, least GA, and best goal differential in the Western Conference as of this moment, so we're not quite as bad/dead as some theorize.

I agree. One of the top 5-6 teams in the league for sure. Things go right in the playoffs and you never know.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

The 2012 president trophy Vancouver Connucks say hi.

So does this guy

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

Meh, get there first, then do a vlasic on them.

Which guy do you take out though? Incredible depth on that team.

Obviously Nashville lurkers we're not being serious about actually intentionality hurting someone.