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Post-Game Talk: Kings drop series to Oilers

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Such a weird season.

Doughty was 7th in GP for d-men on the roster at 39. Bjornfot played the most games on defense at 70. Then played 0 playoff games, as did Doughty. Then the guy that was an afterthought deadline acquisition basically for free, ends up with the most goals and pts on D in the playoffs.

Doughty was the biggest proponent, or at the the most public, of getting the team back into competitive games again. Then he's not even in the lineup in those important games, through no fault of his own. When he played his last game of the year, the Kings were actually 7pts ahead of the Oilers. A +10 goal differential, while the OIlers were -1. Then from March 8th to the end of the season, the Oilers were 12pts better, with a +35 differential, to the Kings -7.
 
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Telos said:
All-time love for Dustin. It would have been epic if we could have won one last series for him before we got curb stomped in the second round, but massive shoutout to him for knowing he was done and going out in style. It was clear he was cooked. Outside of a handful of hits, he had nothing really in the series. He has nothing left to prove and honestly should be ready to go for the first game of next season to send that jersey straight to the rafters...

Again, shoutout to Maatta, Edler, and Stetcher. They held their own and played some rock-solid defense for us down the stretch there. I might even be inclined to re-sign Stetcher as an extra veteran defenseman for a year or so.

Quick and Danault are the MVP's of the season. Couldn't have reached the postseason without either. So happy we signed Danault, easily one of the best signings we've ever seen. Who knows what happens in goal over the next year or two, but my God am I glad Quick is still around next season...

Kopitar needs to stop to 2nd line center. The transition holding this team back from contender status more than anything is we have no one to take the reigns upfront with all these highly drafted forwards in the system. We may end up regretting passing on the likes of Eichel when we had the chance. We all know, pessimists and optimists alike, that the excuses are done. The 'they are just kids' label has officially fallen. Next season is make or break for a lot of these guys. Boom or bust.

TMac isn't going anywhere. Honestly, I don't place a lot of blame on him as most do. He dealt with the roster he had, was he perfect? No. But he made a lot of the roster moves that everyone from the stands could see needed to be done which is not common, at least in LA. There is no chance in hell Blake is firing TMac after leading this beleaguered, injured ass, team to the postseason and taking the Oilers to 7 games. You guys are dreaming. Marco Sturm on the other hand...

The offseason is going to be iffy. Blake has proven to have done a reasonable job when it comes to signings and trades. I would like to see the Kings add some more toughness to go along with their speed. But the main thing is they need to add some dynamic piece on offense. Probably a goal-scoring winger, but just some more firepower on the top 6 than Iafallo and company and for the love of all the hockey gods develop a f***ing powerplay...

Anyways, good season. Steps were taken, but they are shaky steps at best. The vets carried this team. The kids did alright, especially on defense despite Durzi's questionable defending, but they haven't proven much of anything and no one has shown that they can hold their own. It's time to put up or shut up. There are serious expectations going into next season. Not Cup expectations, but player performance expectations that if they aren't met, players need to be dealt.

GO KINGS GO!
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Exactly. It would be one thing if we went into the playoffs as the one seed and lost in the first round.

That can give you cover to fire the coach.


You fire a coach after the type of season the kings had and that position will become radioactive.

Good luck getting anyone good to Sign on.
 
KingsofLA said:
This kid has come a long way. His 1st year in Ontario was flat out horrible. Be patient with him because he has improved each year of his pro career
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May be interesting to see where he fits next year. Doughty, Mikey, Roy, Walker, Spencer (who I think will be better as he gets more time to adjust to NHL physicality), Clarke maybe, and Tobi are all in the conversation. I assume one of Walker/Roy goes, and the defense needs some big bodied guys who can play defensively, and maybe of those is Tobi
 
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A nice little touch too is they pulled the goalie early and didn't give up an empty netter against McDavid and company. Nice heart shown to keep that puck out of the net even after multiple giveaways and still got it back in deep for some more shots. I was a little impressed, to be honest.

Iafallo gave many reasons to kick him while he was down, but at least I can give him props on that diving save and getting stick on puck right there at the end. His future is shaky at best, but way to be there and fight till the end.
 
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tomd said:
Nylander is more realistic than Forsberg or Fiala
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I think he's more realistic than Forsberg based on Forsberg's contract, but Fiala is a near-certain goner in Minnesota with their cap issues. Nylander I could see being traded, but I think they package him for a top pair dman rather than for a package
 
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1. We deserve to know what happened to Arvidsson. He 'left practice' halfway through the first practice before game 1. Please tell us....no need for any secrets now.
2. AA has hopefully played his last game for the Kings. He's terrible fullstop.
3. Maatta was good the last few months, but that 3.3 million MUST be packaged with more $ for real offense.
4. I hope Iafallo was injured, otherwise he sucks. Sure, nice dive at the end, but the Kings needed offense from him. Small, no jam, already lost the speed he had. Not worth 4 million. Trade him for anything, if possible.
5. Stetcher was pretty stellar. Impressive, even. He should have been on the ice the last 4 mins instead of Roy.
Roy had 3 , 60 MPH shots that hit Smith square. Stetcher gets shots through and can even score.
Not sure to sign him...but should be considered. Less dollars than Maatta and good depth. Depends on how RHD play out...Walker? Brandt Clarke?
6. AA sucks and deserves 2 mentions
7. Fire Sturm. No explanation
8. Jonathan Quick arose to the occasion and was amazing. Glad he has 1 more year.
9. Please find another teams' #1 goalie prospect, aged 20-23. Villalta is horrid. Parik and Ingham? Not so sure. Petersen had better rebound, but need a top goalie prospect NOW.
10. Instead of having Glen Murray and Emerson doing development (maybe keep them) hire someone that
can teach players offensive skills. Like the year they had Pierre Turcotte help. The Kings get their hands on young forward and teach them: 1. defense. 2. structure. 3. board play. 4. OFFENSE? SHOOTING skills? No, the young forwards already know that!
11. Send Byfield and others like Vilardi, Thomas, Chromiak, Kupari, Fagemo, Helenius, *Turcotte, Pinelli, Madden, JAD, Kaliyev to Gary Roberts camp.
Byfield not allowed back in LA until he goes from 204 lbs to 225 lbs. No way he's 6'5" 220. AS he skates hunched over, his back looks boney and no bulk. He looks like a stringbean. He will need power to succeed. All finesse will never get him to near his potential
Kupari at 6'3" 200 and Arty at 6'2" 210 look MUCH BIGGER.
12. *Get Turcotte healthy.
13. Under no circumstances, sign: Maatta, Edler, AA. Need all the money they can muster for:
1 top 4 LHD and a legit top 6 winger.
14. Good job for becoming more physical, Mikey Anderson
15. Feel bad for Toby, Vilardi and even Lias Andersson. He has near elite hands but never got a chance in top 6.
16. Carl Grundstrom is most underrated King. Please sign him.
17. Thanks for everything, Dustin Brown!! We all love you. Even myself and others that ragged on his play.
18. I hope they hang on to Kupari. He's good on pk and 200 feet...I think he will score more, but needs to
develop. He does have speed, skills, shot. Can be powerful. Don't give up on him yet. Make him go to the net and also use his shot.
19. Arty is on his way to 20+ perennial goals. He's worked so hard on strength, size, skating, board play....now it's time to elevate his offensive skills and learn to find openings and get more shots off, ala Arvidsson style.
20. Blake has done good....this team would be in round 2 right now, if Doughty and Arvidsson played.
21. What off Brandt Clarke's surgery? Details please.
22. Lemieux was amazing in first 10 or so games and then got injured and was never that level again. WHY? Is he 100% healthy? He was ok much of the year, but NOT like those first 10 games.
 
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The best time to get rid of this man was ages ago.

The next best time is right now.
 
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After we get rid of Sturm time for Kopi to give up the "C". Thank you for all you've done, one of the all time great Kings a future HOFer and another legend, but it's time. Danault time.
 
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One more shoutout too while I was at it :P I was praising the vets because they were slower but were smart and did well holding off an offensive juggernaut, but also a shoutout should go to Mikey Anderson. Spence played valiantly and our defense held them off a lot more than I thought they would, but there is no stopping McDavid and I honestly thought that Anderson did a decent job at defending him.

He was getting his stick on the puck and skating with him around the net better than any of our other defenders. Being a 22-year-old defender with barely over 100 hockey games under your belt and being tasked with defending against the best player in the league is no small feat.

Sure McDavid dragged that choking Oilers roster over the finish line, but Anderson held his own and was a big factor in him not blowing the game wide open more than a few times over the past 2-3 games.
 
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