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Here's the cliff, everyone jump. EDM wins 4-2
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And will probably finish with his lowest goal total in his career. Had 10 goals in the lockout season (47 games).
Kingspiracy
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Definitely, a baby is a huge change. They can turn your world upside down. Hopefully he can re focus for next year, because they can change all of your priorities.
damacles1156
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damacles1156
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Not a career low then.
Kopitar can still make his career average point total, if he scores some more over the next two games.
Not bad , considering he had long stretches of just not producing. Bravo Kopitar.
KingsFan7824
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It's crazy that both Kopitar and Doughty are having some of their best seasons in assists, but Kopitar will have his worst goal scoring and shot total season, and Doughty's only PP goal so far came from center ice. Doughty has a career low in shooting%, and Kopitar usually has around 30 goals when his shooting% is as high as it this year.
Obviously somebody is scoring the goals, but the Kings are in danger of missing the playoffs.
Such a weird year. Then again, they beat the Hawks and Rangers in the last 2 rounds of the playoffs last year with 0 goals from Kopitar. Like this season, I'm not exactly sure how that happened either.
damacles1156
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Gaborik scored a lot of them, and Muzzin has been killer production from the blue-line to make up for Doughty's lack of goal production the PP.
Real_Estate-Agent
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Thank you - I lost my first wife when she was 31 years old.
Sometimes we forget that hockey is just a game - a fun distraction while dealing with day to day challenges - but it is just a game.
damacles1156
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Quick Warning here.
If your going to just post a bunch of fail gifs. I am going to delete them.
Especially if you haven't added to the discussion, that goes for Kings fans as well. It's basically trolling with adding nothing to the PGT discussion taking place.
If you want to post a fail gif, with added discussion attached to it, that is (A) Ok.
If your going to just post a bunch of fail gifs. I am going to delete them.
Especially if you haven't added to the discussion, that goes for Kings fans as well. It's basically trolling with adding nothing to the PGT discussion taking place.
If you want to post a fail gif, with added discussion attached to it, that is (A) Ok.
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Raccoon Jesus
We were right there
I can't wait until Stoll gets re-signed.
Needed this
A rested Kings team with a chip on their shoulder. People think these guys are dead or something come next year, they didn't get knocked out of the league, just potentially this year's playoffs. While I think other teams have caught and potentially surpassed us, we're still a contender for at least another couple of years. Shame this one was a waste, but maybe it's a necessary setback.
Just some thoughts.
The fact is the team is barely missing the playoffs, if they do. A lot of monkey wrenches popped up this year:
- Voynov's drama
- Voynov's drama leaving us playing with a short roster on the road
-Sekera's injury
- Pearson missing half the season
- Minor injuries to Gabby, Kopi, Toffoli, AMart, Regehr, Muzzin
- Losing a buttload of shootouts / 4on4 OT
- And of course, referee Ian Walsh bonehead early whistle
If any of those, or some other things I'm forgetting, don't happen then we'd be playoff bound right now. Hell, if even just Voynov's situation didn't happen our D would've been better most of the season, Doughty wouldn't be so tired, and we'd have at least a couple more points.
So the team, for all its problems, is still a good team and a few tweaks and a bit of good fortune away from being a SC contender again.
There are two things that alarm me
#1 Dean's kept some serious baggage he should've let lose like Greene and Richards.
#2 The team overall really does seem to give inconsistent effort. Losing doesn't bother me nearly as much as lack of effort does. Some other teams have hit adversity this year and answered the call better than our team has. Maybe the team has bought too much into the idea they can turn it on whenever they feel like and it's finally come back to bite them?
Added a few things in boldfaced but I agree. And they're all reasons, but they're all excuses. I know our team has little reg-season margin for error, but other teams have been successful in spite of their injuries. Unfortunately our big guys are having issues and our prospects aren't stellar (no banging on Shore and McNabb who have been great in their own rights, but they're not similar to plugging in a Forsberg or Strome), so when we have those issues, and our vets are drained, we're doomed. It's kinda funny really that for all the mega issues we had all year, it took some teams playing over their heads to the extent that we could end the year with a record-high point total for missing the playoffs...but I guess that's what this team does
Not mad, no shame even, I love this team and we at least know our big guys can do it all because they have twice. I expect the confidence/arrogance will piss them off good and they'll finally get to have a good summer of rest/conditioning/rehab to get back to where they need to be to be a thread for another couple of years at least.
kingsfan28
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Shocking how Doughty's pp goal was his 1st of the season, and it took a shot from the redline to get it.
Also, that was Sutters first loss in regulation to the Oilers since he became coach. His team this year gave away 4 points to them . barf!
Also, that was Sutters first loss in regulation to the Oilers since he became coach. His team this year gave away 4 points to them . barf!
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The Kings won 35% of their face-offs tonight.
Ah, nothing like an Animal Hoise reference to make me feel better.
Can't argue with that, it is just a game. I'm deeply sorry about your loss.
Ah, nothing like an Animal Hoise reference to make me feel better.
Thank you - I lost my first wife when she was 31 years old.
Sometimes we forget that hockey is just a game - a fun distraction while dealing with day to day challenges - but it is just a game.
Can't argue with that, it is just a game. I'm deeply sorry about your loss.
Ziggy Stardust
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Being a fan since I was about 9, which was in the Gretzky era, I grew up expecting those Kings to be a playoff team, but also got used to the disappointment of them not stepping up to perform in the playoffs.
Those Tom Webster coached Kings were pretty inconsistent in their performances and would usually get trounced by Edmonton (save for their first playoff meeting in the Gretzky era in '89). They were still an inconsistent regular season team with Melrose behind the bench in '93, but that team played their hearts out to get to the Finals and I think they went further than any of us ever expected, except we didn't expect them not to make the playoffs again until 1998.
After the disastrous Larry Robinson years, we saw a little bit of success with Andy Murray, getting the Kings to the playoffs in his first three seasons, then they got hit by the injury bug for the next couple of seasons and didn't have the depth to overcome them. The Kings failed to reach the playoffs for six consecutive years thereafter.
It wasn't until Terry Murray was brought in where we started to see a glimpse of stability as far as playing defense goes. Then after two early exits in the playoffs in 2010 and 2011, it became apparent that this team was underachieving in 2012 and they needed a new level of intensity and a coach behind the bench who can push them to play up to and beyond their potential.
The Kings finally found an identity when Darryl Sutter was hired. They were a team that was notorious for their aggressive forecheck, and their aggressive drive to the net. They looked like a determined team, and they went on a tear to capture their first Cup. They followed that amazing run up with another deep run in 2013 after taking a lengthy amount of time off thanks to the lockout shortened season. The Hawks ran roughshod through everyone in the league that season and into the playoffs. But we saw how resilient this team was in 2014 and how determined they were to win when they won three consecutive Game 7s all on the road and the numerous comebacks that they staged throughout their second Cup run.
Why am I going through a history lesson of the Kings over the past three decades? It's a history of what some of us have been through, the various emotions, the highs, the many lows, and the standard that we want to see this team establish given what they have accomplished over the past three seasons.
Historically, the Kings were always known as a team that was notorious for underachieving, or for being pretenders. They were a team that was in that perennial "black hole" that Dean Lombardi described. Seeing them achieve the ultimate high in hockey may have spoiled some people, but to me it instilled hope that this team is no longer a pretender. Expecting them to be a playoff team or a Cup contender every year while this core is intact is something that this team should accomplish.
Seeing them sleepwalk through the season and teeter in and out of playoff contention throughout this season is not something I expected from a team that was supposed to be one of the deepest squads in the NHL. This season the Kings are mired with a number of underachievers and players performing below their standards. I see teams with less talent playing with more heart and desperation, the same level of heart, desperation and determination that we saw from this team in 2012 and 2014.
I'm not going to expect this team to win the Cup, reach the Cup Final or the Conference Final every year, but at minimum, this team should be in the playoffs so long as guys like Kopitar, Carter, Doughty, Quick, etc. are all on this roster.
kingsfan28
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This quote could've been used in just about any of the losses, and even a few games we won, not just after game 80.
damacles1156
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What a year for Muzzin, 40 points and 10 goals. Still a Corsi beast.
That minus Five is ugly, but he can clean that up going forward.
That minus Five is ugly, but he can clean that up going forward.
damacles1156
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Yes.
Players try and win every single game they play in. Do people actually truly believe Hockey players go out on the ice with the intent to lose ?
Seriously ? If that were true, EDM had nothing to play for tonight. They actually hurt themselves in the draft.
I can't believe people keep parroting this nonsense.
CowMix
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Players don't care about draft position, but teams safely in playoff spots don't like to risk injury by playing too hard in final games. Teams not in playoff spots will play harder because those final games are their playoffs for the year. If Winnipeg loses to Colorado then they will try really hard to beat Calgary.
That's not likely to happen. The Kings would have something to play for, while the Sharks are going to be more pre-occupied with booking their tickets to Maui. Smart money would be on the Kings beating the Sharks if that is what it came down to.
Kings need to take care of bizniz with the Flames themselves and hope they get a little help from the Jets (who will be at home in front of their insane fans).
As a Canucks fan I'd rather the Canucks play the Flames in the first round (honestly don't like our chances vs. the Kings in a seven game series), and if there is one thing we've learned, it is to never count the Kings out.
From the Canucks perspective, the Kings are like the 20 headed beast in a bad horror flick…just when you think the beast is dead, it somehow comes back to life. That's the way it's been all season, and the season ain't over yet.
damacles1156
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Nonsense.
Ask Patrick Kane about trying to avoid injuries. Players get injured on nothing play's all the time.
KingsFan7824
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This season has grown more annoying with each game, no question. I would not have thought they would be in this position either. A full year of Gaborik. Toffoli becoming a bigger part of the team. Carter still going strong. Maybe a bounce back year from Brown. I would not have guessed 16 goals, and fewer shots than ever, for Kopitar. Williams looking old, and making very poor choices consistently. Of course Voynov.
The way they're ending the season is also not something I would've said would be possible. Lose to Edmonton in an important game. Poor efforts against Minnesota, Chicago, and Vancouver. They've gotten up for so many big games the last few years, it's just, who knows. Coast through a game or two in December, ok. Coast through games in April when you need the wins, win or lose, not what you would expect. It's not just one guy either, which makes you think they really just don't have anything left in the tank as a collective group.
CowMix
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Patrick Kane was injured a while ago before the Blackhawks were safely in a playoff spot.
If the Kings were safely in a spot they wouldn't play Quick vs San Jose.
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