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Kings Lose 2-3 to Ducks in OT; Brown Lets Perry Live

3-14 after regulation. The fewest wins in the league. Tied for the 2nd most losses, only 1 off from the top spot. The only team with 0 wins after 60 on the road. Used up all of the OT karma in the playoffs last year I guess.

3-7 at home. That's with the last change. 1-7 in the division. 4 times against the Ducks. Twice with Calgary, both losses, a huge 2 extra points right now. Losses to the Coyotes, and the Oilers, another 2 huge extra points.

It's annoying having to look at these little details in the regular season. That's the problem with them hanging on to a playoff spot by a thread. Nothing is easy.
 
I think a lot of you guys need to temper your expectations. Yes, the team went on a miraculous run last year, but the cracks were beginning to show. It wasn't like 2012, when they Sherman marched their way through the western conference. They disappeared for huge stretches in multiple series, and beat NYR on sheer guile.

This is a team very much in need of a retool. These blown leads, mental lapses, bizarre stretches of suck, they're all symptoms of that. The LA Kings may have been better than their regular season record indicated in years past, but not this season. They've played like a bubble team all year long, and will go through the usual ups and downs of a bubble team.

Let's cheer the triumphs and brush off the defeats, because things will be drastically different next year anyway.
 
2012 was ridiculous. Teams with home ice advantage in every round don't even do that. 2013 and 2014 are more normal, no matter how unique last year may have been.
 
Frolov 6'3 said:
Such a horrible OT/SO stat has nothing to do with expectations.

The worst teams in the league are doing better.
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I'm not saying the SO/OT stats aren't anomalous, because they are. It's just that the Ducks are a better team. It sucks to say, and of course things change in the playoffs, but the Ducks are just a better team as of March 19th, 2015.
 
KingsKnight said:
I think most people are focused on the negatives, but this is a huge HUGE point for us. We were about to get 0 points there near the end, so I'm actually happy we were able to get at least one. Let's not pretend the ducks don't have the skill to get it done. They're good, but forget about them. This is moment we've been waiting for against the Flames. We're finally a point clear of them with the same number of games. Huge. Now lock down and stay in.

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Points in 15 of their last 19 games? Not going to complain. For what this team has gone through, with the Voynov situation, Pearson, Martinez, Kopi, & Gaborik injuries? We're lucky they're in a playoff spot at this point.
 
need AMart back asap, need his speed and skill on the backend. the lack of Alec and Voynov all season have severely changed how this team plays in their own zone and in transition to attack. we see this nightly.

factor in the loss of Scuds and Willie the past two offseasons and it magnifies LA's D-zone coverage.

the 70s line v2 with King needs to be dismantled immediately once Tanner gets the green light. i can't watch King drag around 77 & 73 any longer and not provide support. the team is in desperate need of Pearson's north-south speed to open the ice up and stretch the opponents D. once again King has done an admirable job as a short term replacement, but yet again shows he is a #3 that should only play up in limited stints.

the offseason re-tool and refresh will be a welcome change, because this team needs an infusion of hunger and speed. it has largely been kept intact for 3 seasons now and the competition around them has or is catching up to them.
 
Anaheim made some nice pickups. Coupled with Kesler they are not the same team they were in the last playoffs.

Happy for the point. Too many blown leads and OT losses this year tho.

The league is so close with parity that it's hard to see those points go.

Pearson, Martinez, and Voynov are all big losses out of the lineup.
 
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The LA squad drove play most of the evening, with a d-zone break down on Maroon's goal (Kopi a split second late on his read), and the coverage gaffe + moving pick on the game winner.

Got a point, still trending in the right direction.

Ducks' defense will have some difficulty in the post season, I think.
 
Richie10 said:
I think a lot of you guys need to temper your expectations. Yes, the team went on a miraculous run last year, but the cracks were beginning to show. It wasn't like 2012, when they Sherman marched their way through the western conference. They disappeared for huge stretches in multiple series, and beat NYR on sheer guile.

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yeah I guess so, winning the Cup 2/3 years, and then some of us actually have the nerve to "expect" to make the playoffs is just crazy talk.

... and cuz winning the division is for quS$*es :laugh:
 
KingsKnight said:
I think most people are focused on the negatives, but this is a huge HUGE point for us. We were about to get 0 points there near the end, so I'm actually happy we were able to get at least one. Let's not pretend the ducks don't have the skill to get it done. They're good, but forget about them. This is moment we've been waiting for against the Flames. We're finally a point clear of them with the same number of games. Huge. Now lock down and stay in.

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What does one of these look like if you are Edmonton, an oil spill?
 
Last night's game was fine. We got a point we needed, we'll move on and play better.

Losing tough games like this makes our team better... just reading some player quotes they understand they need to be better and lock down more.

Whatever, lets just eff up Vancouver and get back on the road.
 
One point here is fine. Two points Saturday would be great.
Don't like losing to the Ducks but Kings were not outplayed.
Both teams got a lead and went into protect mode, and lost the lead.
If the Kings get Pearson and Amart back it will help scoring.
Still hoping Kopitar starts to put up points, and Brown too
 
All good. Ducks owned the Kings last regular season as well IIRC. We know how that turned out.

One point or two in each game is just fine. Anything but 0.
 
We need the win on Saturday, should be an exciting game. I'm excited for all of these really, they're playoff games. To Richie10--It's less about expectations at this point because I think we all know the team is different and working thru it's personnel/chemistry issues, it just doesn't make blown leads easier to watch :laugh: I can't imagine we have blown this many leads since 09-10. But again, I think tonight was different, because it's the Ducks, I'm taking away from us less and giving credit to the opponent more. Couple of bad breaks sealed the game--Quickie being unable to go post to post (incidental contact imo, not a big deal, could have gone either way) and the gigantic pick in overtime (can see why they didn't call it because it looks like our player rode him into DOughty even if he DID get his hands up).

Win Saturday, then go 3-2 on the road trip, and we'll be set up decently for the final stretch. We need a win vs. the Canucks, a win vs. the Devils, a win vs. EITHER NYR/NYI, and a win vs. either MIN/CHI. THat's how I'd break that up. Not gonna win em all unless our mystical switch gets flipped.
 
I'm sure Gaborik has been brought up (should be at least)
He had one of the ugliest ovetime's I have ever seen. Went way off side, and then followed the duck d-man (without the puck) creating a cluster **** allowing kessler to walk in and snipe.
I remember when the only team LA would lose to when leading after 40 was the avs.
 
People forget the low points of the 2012 and 2014 regular seasons.

This year's regular season hasn't been any worse, just different.

I don't expect them to win the SC (I never do), but I do expect them to get in, and I do expect them to contend. Yes this team has holes, just like every team in the NHL.
 
I'm not happy about the penalty to Brown after that hit. What a load of garbage. I can almost guarantee you the ref conversation went like this:

Ref A: "I've got Stoner for the cross-check."
Ref B:"I've got Despres for roughing."
Ref A: "Crap, we can't give 'em a full 2-man advantage."
Ref B: "Better get Brown for roughing too, then."

Brown didn't do anything at all except lay a clean hit and take crap for it. I'm not saying it should have been a 2-man advantage, but Brown had no reason to be put in the box.
 
This is what the NHL has devolved to. Hit someone clean? You HAVE to answer, doesn't matter if he injures the guy or not, you're going to eat haymakers or get jumped by the entire team. Guess the refs can't be handing out 5 on 3's every game. In fact, now that I look at the video again, Stoner should have got a major for crosschecking Brown in the face and Despres should have got 5 for fighting after dropping the gloves and engaging Brown.
 
in my opinion, right now the King's system is far too dependent on luck. Granted, the entire game of Hockey is dependent on luck, but our system is especially susceptible. We always look for the shot, no matter how low quality, always cycle to our D at top for them to shoot all the time, never cycle to puck for too long or look for the creative play even once. We're always have 3 players stuck on the boards and zero players in the slot or looking for an opening in the middle. Always dump puck. This system essentially depends upon lucky bounces, deflections, and somehow winning all 50-50 battles. When we do all of that, the Kings are unstoppable, but over the course of the season we go through these huge slumps because of bad luck. I look at the Getzlaf assist as a perfect example of creative hockey; rather than just go for the low quality shot, Getzlaf makes a risky, skill play to pass into the traffic in the slot, and it works wonders. Quick is beat hard and no one has no idea what happened. When's the last time Kopi did that??

why was that 70's line so strong? Because they went for the creative plays, the skill plays, and the fast plays. when you have an entire team that does that, it can get weak, but when you have balance it opens up other lines to play that high possession game. But when you have a team full of Lewis' and Kings losing board battles, slowly losing their man, and always making the safe play, the entire team suffers. There is a time and place for low risk, safe play offense, and there is a time for high pace, high risk offense. We need to start mixing both together. If you have a team full of strong, two way players, aren't you in the absolute best position to try high risk hockey once in a while??
 
jimmy1100 said:
I'm not happy about the penalty to Brown after that hit. What a load of garbage. I can almost guarantee you the ref conversation went like this:

Ref A: "I've got Stoner for the cross-check."
Ref B:"I've got Despres for roughing."
Ref A: "Crap, we can't give 'em a full 2-man advantage."
Ref B: "Better get Brown for roughing too, then."

Brown didn't do anything at all except lay a clean hit and take crap for it. I'm not saying it should have been a 2-man advantage, but Brown had no reason to be put in the box.
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I don't think one fan argued about the hit, seemed to look clean from the nosebleeds. There was more confusion in the seats because i think that was the one play they didn't show a replay. I had to explain the outcome to some new ducklings across my GF who didn't know how to answer.

And of course everyone booed for a penalty against their angelic team. MY GF even noted/admitted both teams were playing fairly chippy.
 
onlyalad said:
One point here is fine. Two points Saturday would be great.
Don't like losing to the Ducks but Kings were not outplayed.
Both teams got a lead and went into protect mode, and lost the lead.
If the Kings get Pearson and Amart back it will help scoring.
Still hoping Kopitar starts to put up points, and Brown too
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Yup. The important thing is that the Kings were not outplayed like the last game against the Ducks where they were dominated. The game was pretty even.
 
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