Here and Now: The Preseason

[SaltyElkHunter]

Says game is blacked out?

 

[kingsfan28]

Game blacked out in LA again.any options?

nhl networks too? that's where it's on.

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

Yup no game me. For me I guess where do you guys live?

 

[kingsfan28]

Stevens isn't an NHL coach.

this. the casual, comfortable camp, where all the bad habits started and they let them get away with it, no longer exists.

 

[Little Psycho]

Pp getting worse and worse

 

[kings11]

Walker has been bad and is getting pushed around

 

[kingsfan28]

Using his stone hands the right way. no goal for lewis.

 

[HookKing]

Everyone was ripping on Willie but he was right about one thing, Kovalchuk is awful.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Yup no game me. For me I guess where do you guys live?

Ventura County.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Now we know why Hutton was always injured, the guy gets hit like Drewiske on every play.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Someone said 'vintage' Quick but honestly I haven't seen him this in control and efficient since 2012. ZERO wasted movement. Who is this guy?

He's had a great preseason but this looks like someone else.

 

[King'sPawn]

Vegas dominated that second period, but Quick kept them in.

Really rough period for Kovalchuk. He was bad in the first period, too.

Did Carter even play in the second? I don't think I saw or heard his name once.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I see Amadio is finally making some believers

 

[Telos]

Kovy definitely looks like trash so far. Last season, he at least had some offensive mojo going for him so that you can kind of forgive his defensive gaffes, but this season he just looks terribly all-around. Here's hoping he puts things together. Honestly, all we need is his shot.

 

[HookKing]

Someone said 'vintage' Quick but honestly I haven't seen him this in control and efficient since 2012. ZERO wasted movement. Who is this guy?

He's had a great preseason but this looks like someone else.

That was me. My theory is he was bad last year (despite the awful team in front of him) because he was actually healthy for the first time in years. He looked like he was on the olympic swimming team and forgot how to simply play goal with a healthy body. The last two games have been totally different.

 

[bland]

Quick should be judged by his consistency, which includes his ability to stay healthy.

World class athletes don't just fall off the map, they fade away. When he gets hurt and plays thru it, which he will because he is ultra competitive, then thats when you see the over compensation. You know Quick is in trouble when he tries to save pucks that haven't even been shot yet. That leads to over challenging, sliding out of the crease, all the stuff that permeates his game when he is struggling.

When healthy, he will play well.

 

[kingsfan28]

Wagner just dumped that guy!

 

[King'sPawn]

It was inevitable.

 

[Little Psycho]

The D is going to be a dumpster fire this season

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Is this a replay of the game from Staples Center?

 

[Telos]

I just knew they were going to tie it in a minute again...

 

[kingsholygrail]

Is this a replay of the game from Staples Center?

Yup. Kings have a good 1st. Spend the rest of the game on their heels and run out of gas in the 3rd.

 

[kingsfan28]

and they did it again.

2-2.

 

[bouncesonly]

I think USA Today’s prediction for 55 points this season is going to be pretty pretty pretty accurate.

 

[kingsfan28]

Toffoli stopped that would've made it 3-0. then Vegas scores two.