Speculation: How long can this go on?

[The Butcher]

They have to miss the playoffs for anything to happen and sadly, that may take a few more seasons unless Calgary/Vancouver/Anaheim can push the Kings off the cliff next year.

The most likely scenario I see is Bergivin taking over, Hiller stays as coach, and the exact same thing happens next year and possibly the year after.

 

[ahmedou]

 

[The Butcher]

Warnings on shampoo bottles were designed for people like the mayor.

 

[unicornpig]

-veniza goalie didn't play like one in the playoffs.
-team was tire fire in their own zone in 3rd periods of game 3 and 4.
-clarke and young players did not step up. they showed up in the last game when there was the least pressure. they did however get experience.
- over reliant on AK line and DD, when they were getting their shit pushed in night in and night out.

 

[ahmedou]

 

[Maynard]

I’ve always known he’s a complete moron but I at least thought he watched the games.

 

[tomd]

IMO there are a lot of parallels between LA and TB...will be interesting to see what direction each franchise goes and how much success they have in the next couple of years.

 

[shuchukfan]

And they also had Hiller.

 

[Herby]

Hoven must have already had his pre-production meeting with Robitaille and Blake and they have decided they are going to play the “it doesn’t make any sense” and “flukey” card.

 

[unicornpig]

IMO there are a lot of parallels between LA and TB...will be interesting to see what direction each franchise goes and how much success they have in the next couple of years.

Nope kings are much younger thank god. Also all their aging vets are signed long term with nmcs

 

[tigermask48]

1. Kuemper sure wasn't Vezina quality in the series and the defense sure didn't help.

2. Guess who had the 2nd best PP and guess who had the worst PK?

3. Only matters if your team shows ready to play for home games. The Kings did not for game 5.

4. Did they team try to win or did they just try not to lose?

5. Again, guess who had the best and which team had the worst defense?

6. Except Hiller benched them. All of them. Until game 6

7. I don't even know what this is trying to say.

8. Yep. They were the better team, and adjusted when needed.

It does make sense Hoven. You just can't see it from that deep in the echo chamber.

 

[BaileyFan]

Eichel, Kopitar, Point named finalists for Lady Byng Trophy

The comedic timing of this is pretty hilarious.

 

[AbsentMojo]

Who the F does he think is reading this drivel? there's so much gaslighting there he's going to blow up his block

 

[AbsentMojo]

Eichel, Kopitar, Point named finalists for Lady Byng Trophy

The comedic timing of this is pretty hilarious.

Cant you picture winner in drag receiving the award? Its just so anti-hockey

 

[1981 Oilers]

Yeah, I bet it was exciting for an Oilers fans, when you get to capitalize on a f***in' idiot of a coach just machine gunning his own dick every third period.

He definitely made some questionable calls

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Hoven must have already had his pre-production meeting with Robitaille and Blake and they have decided they are going to play the “it doesn’t make any sense” and “flukey” card.

We were right there

they just got soooooo many lucky bounces!

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

The most likely scenario I see is Bergivin taking over, Hiller stays as coach, and the exact same thing happens next year and possibly the year after.

PLz no Bergevin he'll fkc things up worse than Blake and Luc

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

He definitely made some questionable calls

That goal by Kane should not have counted once he pushed Kuemper's pad in the whistle should have been blown and the play dead...the Kings got screwed more times than I can remember it was pathetic how much the ice was tilted in favor of the fkcing Edmonshit team

 

[tigermask48]

We were right there

they just got soooooo many lucky bounces!

You mean to tell me that the Kings, with all these advanced stats that are "years ahead of what others use," don't have a way to quantify puck luck!?

 

[Choralone]

For coach, hire that trash can that kept Sutter out of the room.

 

[Sam]

The Chewbacca defense. It's a bold strategy, Cotton.

 

[MonkeysUncle]

How much rope do Blake and Luc actually have?

Was this stunning collapse the final shoe to drop?

Do they have infinite rope?

Is Uncle Phil even alive or has he been cryogenically frozen?

How does new management go about purging this toxic losing culture?

I wish they had brought in an outside hockey consultant to see what needs to look at organization top to bottom to see what needs to be done

 

[CarlSneep]

They brought in Marc Bergevin

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

They brought in Marc Bergevin

Sure he was outside the org

But it doesn't count if he's inside Luc's ass, like Brisson.

That triumvirate has been clearly behind some of the worst decisions in franchise history to the extent that even I am willing to give Blake some rope for some of the shit that has transpired

See: pacioretty nixing a trade and firing brisson, PLD

In retrospect being linked to both of those I can only surmise Vilardi said something unflattering in French

 

[Herby]

Sure he was outside the org

But it doesn't count if he's inside Luc's ass, like Brisson.

That triumvirate has been clearly behind some of the worst decisions in franchise history to the extent that even I am willing to give Blake some rope for some of the shit that has transpired

See: pacioretty nixing a trade and firing brisson, PLD

In retrospect being linked to both of those I can only surmise Vilardi said something unflattering in French

Like all of the Italians, maybe he kept bringing up the 2006 World Cup Final between Italy and France.