GDT: GM#54 LA Kings vs Philadelphia Flyers @4:00pm 2/7/19

[Sol]

Idk whether to be happy that they've put a streak together, Adrian is doing great with out carter's hollow corpse taking a spot.


God I do want Hughes

 

[KINGS17]

Ah, we are on course now.

 

[Sol]

Kempe's glorious, smug ass "yeah that was in" smirk is life.

He went past the Flyers bench and motioned them to sit down Lmao. Amazing.

 

[Ryan120420]

Toffoli trying to not get traded the last few games.

Or it could be him showcasing his talents.

 

[crassbonanza]

That was honestly so much fun, that shootout had me on the edge. Haven't been that excited watching a game in a long time.

 

[tny760]

Nope he actually dangled UNDER Quick's stick

strange

the way the puck flipped around it just didn't make sense to me how that couldn't have been 2 opportunities

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

He went past the Flyers bench and motioned them to sit down Lmao. Amazing.

I missed that. Gonna have to rewind. Better see a gif of this. I love when he's on, he's so cocky

 

[redcard]

I feel conflicted, I like seeing wins but I know I'm rooting for losses, I just want losses right now, this team is so much better without Carter apparently

Just root for wins. You're not the GM, you're not the coach, you're not the players, rooting for wins or losses doesn't effect whether or not the team wins or loses. This team will finish wherever they finish regardless.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Doughty got under the Flyers fans skins and there throwing temper tantrums hahahaha

 

[crassbonanza]

I won't be mad at players for winning games. What's unfortunate is that the Kings are stuck in Siberia because they have no cap room, older guys and not much to bring up in terms of big impact guys. I mean, they are playing Leipsic, a guy they got of the waiver wire major minutes. That's how little talent they have to draw from.

It reminds me of the way things were years ago. The only way to really fix this team for the longterm is to draft well. The wins are fun but to scrape into the playoffs just to see how far away they are from the elite teams is a somewhat underwhelming feeling.

The only top 10 pick on the Kings squad that won the cups was Doughty. You do need good drafting, but you don't have to Oiler's to accomplish that. I'd rather see confidence in our youngsters and a mid 1st round pick than begging for some lottery balls to bounce our way.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

That was honestly so much fun, that shootout had me on the edge. Haven't been that excited watching a game in a long time.

It’s a pleasant change to see them playing games where you know it’s not over 5 minutes into a game.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Kings had 80% of the high danger chances tonight. 80%. Against a team that just won 8 straight.

You're god damn right I'm going to root for wins when they earn them.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Stolarz: f***

 

[johnjm22]

I haven't been able to watch any of these games because of work. How do the Kings look? Are they actually playing well? Or are these wins aberrations?

 

[AzKing]

Toffoli trying to not get traded the last few games.

I would hope it ends up more that he is peaking at the right time to trade him.

 

[kingsboy11]

I haven't been able to watch any of these games because of work. How do the Kings look? Are they actually playing well? Or are these wins aberrations?

I'm not getting my hopes up, but they have played well on this road trip

 

[Little Psycho]

Great Scott they want to make the playoffs

 

[crassbonanza]

I haven't been able to watch any of these games because of work. How do the Kings look? Are they actually playing well? Or are these wins aberrations?

They're playing really well, especially the bottom 6. This game had both Walker and LaDue in, and the speed from the backend was noticeable.

 

[tny760]

I haven't been able to watch any of these games because of work. How do the Kings look? Are they actually playing well? Or are these wins aberrations?

i think they look very good

more dynamic with walker and ladue in, albeit at the expense of some of my comfort in the defensive zone

forbort still a trainwreck and anchor to doughty

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I haven't been able to watch any of these games because of work. How do the Kings look? Are they actually playing well? Or are these wins aberrations?

They're actually playing very well. You can maybe throw out the previous two due to opponent, but tonight they played very structured, limited Philly's chances (see above re: 80% of the high danger chances), crushed it on the PK vs. a PP that was 7 for their last 10...just a complete game from everyone, no goalie carries or one-line efforts. They actually had a few more breakaways and just couldn't finish as Stolarz played well too.

Only player I want to dump on tonight is Forbort.

 

[redcard]

I haven't been able to watch any of these games because of work. How do the Kings look? Are they actually playing well? Or are these wins aberrations?

They've looked fine, Kempe and Toffoli have stepped up and we're getting timely goals. But they've been against bad teams so grain of salt and all that.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

oh, and Toffoli's got his groove back.

 

[kovacro]

Well, if anything it makes the guys that are rumoured to be available more intriguing to other clubs looking to buy at the deadline.

 

[johnjm22]

I'd rather miss the playoffs and pick top 3 than make the playoffs and lose in the 1st round.

But I'd rather pick 17th overall and make the playoffs than pick 11th overall and miss the playoffs.

 

[KingsHockey24]

We win without Carter.

Thompson>Carter.

 

[AzKing]

oh, and Toffoli's got his groove back.

That's why I am hoping they can move him at a high point because his value goes down in his UFA year. The Kings aren't going to pay Toffoli $6-$7 million/year. They can't afford it. He signed a team friendly deal last time at $4.6.