GDT: GM#79 LA Kings vs Calgary Flames @7:00pm 4/1/19 Kopitar's 1,000th NHL game

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It will be interesting to see what team shows up tomorrow. The Kings, after getting smoked tonight have to get on a plane and go face a team that basically needs the game tomorrow if they want to even have any hope of a wildcard spot. You couldn't find a tale of two teams going in exactly the opposite direction.
 
What makes no sense? They are playing the Coyotes tomorrow who are going to be playing their best and not sitting half of their good players like Calgary did tonight. Why? Because they are fighting for a Wildcard spot and are only 2 points behind the Avalanche. So it will be a much harder game.
Sorry, I read it as they won't be icing half of their good players, meaning... not playing them. You meant not icing as in playing them.
 
It's so hard to imagine such a miserable season, and there's still one team worse than them.

And there are a couple teams hanging around, too (the injured Devils and the Sabres - also known as Oilers East).

Exactly. How can that be?? Consider::::

Kings have two 20 goal scorers.
Kopitar 0 PP goals
Doughty 0 even strength goals and minus 34
Carter 6 even strength goals (7 if you count empty netter)
Toffoli 13 goals and 5.9 shooting %
Quick 15-23 3.40 and .887 save % (have to wait for tonights updating, guessing apx 3.40 and .887 save %)
Walker, Roy, Forbort, Phaneuf as part of defense corps.
League worst -63 goal differential.
and the worst coach in NHL history, WD.

There's a worse team than this??
 
It's so hard to imagine such a miserable season, and there's still one team worse than them.

And there are a couple teams hanging around, too (the injured Devils and the Sabres - also known as Oilers East).


More than one. Whats' EDM excuse? Two 100 point guys and not going to make the playoff for the 3rd straight year and 8 of 9.
 
Exactly. How can that be?? Consider::::

Kings have two 20 goal scorers.
Kopitar 0 PP goals
Doughty 0 even strength goals and minus 34
Carter 6 even strength goals (7 if you count empty netter)
Toffoli 13 goals and 5.9 shooting %
Quick 15-23 3.40 and .887 save % (have to wait for tonights updating, guessing apx 3.40 and .887 save %)
Walker, Roy, Forbort, Phaneuf as part of defense corps.
League worst -63 goal differential.
and the worst coach in NHL history, WD.

There's a worse team than this??

Can't even imagine aaaany team worst then us.... but there is. Just Brutal.
 
Quick is 55th out of 56 goalies in the league in save pct. Campbell is 3rd.

Both playing in front of the same team.

Quick's trade value is mush.
Over each of their last 5, they've had the same amount of good starts. 2. Quick has had almost double the starts. Who knows if Campbell's stats hold up under a full work load. We'll probably find out next season.
 
of the 240 coaches that have coached at least 100 games, WD ranks 140/240 in terms of win percentage (48.7%)
 
Jim Fox HATES this tweet.

I don't know why it's taboo to say that Quick sucks

No!! Quick battles, Quick competes. Quick is a pro's pro. Quick has led the Kings to 2 Stanley Cups. Game 7 hero!

That's all true. But all things good and even great, end. Maybe it's not the end. And maybe it is.

One thing is true...he is currently NOT the best goalie on the Kings. Can he be the best goalie on the Kings again? Possibly.
But truthfully, probably not.
 
No!! Quick battles, Quick competes. Quick is a pro's pro. Quick has led the Kings to 2 Stanley Cups. Game 7 hero!

That's all true. But all things good and even great, end. Maybe it's not the end. And maybe it is.

One thing is true...he is currently NOT the best goalie on the Kings. Can he be the best goalie on the Kings again? Possibly.
But truthfully, probably not.

Yeah dudes declining hard. Should have traded him when they had the chance sadly. Might have gotten something for that disgustingly long contract.

But here we are, Quick sporting a near 87% save percentage.
 
No!! Quick battles, Quick competes. Quick is a pro's pro. Quick has led the Kings to 2 Stanley Cups. Game 7 hero!

That's all true. But all things good and even great, end. Maybe it's not the end. And maybe it is.

One thing is true...he is currently NOT the best goalie on the Kings. Can he be the best goalie on the Kings again? Possibly.
But truthfully, probably not.
If compare the game logs they both show the same up and down stats. Campbell has one great stretch at the end of November and when he had some starts in January(he didn't start at all in December it looks like). And look, Quick had a great stretch in December. I think Jack should be given a shot at the work load next season and have Quick backing him up, but as far as this season goes, neither of them could save it.
 
Yep, the guys in front aren't gonna play for me, why should I?

I don't even care to go back and look but I think this started all falling apart when he went to yell at Willie D. I'm sure his numbers since then are just straight TRASH.

The leaders aren't playing, guys are clearly half-assing it even worse when they were when it was just 'things going wrong.'

I can't be mad about anything that happens in the last few games, lol, the damage was done all season. Kopitar and Drew could be -7 each and Kovy can sit on the bench and play 3 minutes a night and Quick could drop to .600, it doesn't change a thing, frankly if they 'finished with pride' it might be more insulting.

Just happy to see some promising futures, and curious to see what happens when Willie D is jettisoned. And love MacDermid playing old school, 'if you're not gonna answer the bell, I'm gonna punish you" hockey. Poetic justice.
 

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