GDT: GM#60 LA Kings vs Nashville Predators @5:00pm 2/21/19

[Minor Boarding]

You guys think this is Blake's tanking strategy? To ice two defensemen in top 4 roles that he knows are going to cost this team every time they step foot on the ice?

The defense is Doughty (who made a lotlof boneheaded plays this year, the average Martinez and the rest is just professional tankers???

Which two are the tanking masters to you? Phaneuf and Forbort? Forbort and LaDue?

 

[Little Psycho]

Pk had a view of that goal lol.

 

[kingsboy11]

What was their record last year? Guessing an unsustainable good record. Got behind all of the time last season.

I don't remember the exact number, but they were among the best in coming from behind. But they gave up the first goal in like 62% of their games last year.

 

[BigKing]

4th line embarrassing the Top 3 lines once more.

 

[Minor Boarding]

4th line embarrassing the Top 3 lines once more.

Todd Elik is somewhere playing better than the Kings top 9 this year.

 

[kings11]

None of those guys are top 4 d-man with the possible exception of Miller. I don't like to comment on players I haven't seen much of, but I've seen Hults and Anderson. Both have a long long way to go to be top 4 d-man in the NHL. It's more likely they never make the league than make it as top 4 guys.

LaDue is 26 years old and in and out of the lineup.
McKeown is 23 and in the AHL
Roy is 24 and just getting taste of the NHL on a bottom feeder team.

This is just like the forwards when people celebrate because we have drafted so many NHL 4th liners. Defense are just like forwards. Give me one Charlie McAvoy over three LaDue's or Roy's.

You can be optimistic all you want, but the reality is the best d-man LA has drafted in the last decade is Colin Miller. We can split hairs on whether he is truly a top 4 or not, but if hes the best d-man you draft over a decade things probably are going to be as ugly as theyve been for the Kings the last 5 years.

Anderson has made great strides this past season and i'll stick to my opinion that he's ahead of any Dman we've drafted the last couple years..
Cernak is playing top 4 on a cup contending team as we speak!
Miller ^^^
McKeown, well you seem to not have read my comment. Put him back on our team and he's at worse our #5. The Carolina Hurricanes are decent with their defensive corps so that could be why he's still in the AHL

^^^ Thats 3 guys that could have really helped this club instead of being moved in ill advised trades...

 

[Little Psycho]

Quick swimming a lot

 

[Minor Boarding]

All things considered, this isn't the Kings worst showing this season..

Sadly.

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

That was close, but pulled out the loss

 

[crassbonanza]

Kopitar's slow methodical zone entry attempts never seem to work, It's like he is not capable of handling the puck at speed. Kempe/Leipsec are constantly able to gain zone entries, maybe we should change the late game/powerplay units. Because the Kopitar/Doughty/Brown/Carter set up has noone capable of generating a controlled zone entry and they just end up wasting time turning the puck over.

 

[redcard]

I'm so cold

 

[fsanford]

Kopi almost pushed us to 53 points, but hit the post

22 games left.,

 

[LAKings88]

Carter is still irrelevant.

 

[fsanford]

Carter is still irrelevant.

Who?

He is milk carton material at this point.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Carter is still irrelevant.

I thought Carter looked great.

 

[Minor Boarding]

Honestly if you play bad it's better to just suck as the Kings do this season.
At least high picks could help to get some new decent prospects to the organization.

If Carter/Kopitar had a lights out year we would just end in the middle of the NHL without anything to look forward to.

 

[kingsboy11]

If the boys plan was to play so bad that no one will want to trade for them, well its working to an absolute tee

 

[kovacro]

Another fine performance by Dopey Kopi.

Keep the L train going boys. Next stop Florida.

 

[LAKings88]

I thought Carter looked great.

I remember thinking he was a good add. Fffft.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

I remember thinking he was a good add. Fffft.

Just not as good as Mark Parrish.

 

[regulate]

I'm so cold

Do not go into the light.

 

[regulate]

New strategy. Roll four 4th lines.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Great news, Oilers win.

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

Kings have lost 6 in a row, hottest team in the league

 

[Herby]

Anderson has made great strides this past season and i'll stick to my opinion that he's ahead of any Dman we've drafted the last couple years..
Cernak is playing top 4 on a cup contending team as we speak!
Miller ^^^
McKeown, well you seem to not have read my comment. Put him back on our team and he's at worse our #5. The Carolina Hurricanes are decent with their defensive corps so that could be why he's still in the AHL

^^^ Thats 3 guys that could have really helped this club instead of being moved in ill advised trades...

I don't disagree that all those trades were horrendous, I think most people acknowledge the Kings were one of the worst managed teams in the league for three years.

Even if those trades had never been made the Kings drafting over the last decade has been historically bad.