LA KINGS 2023/4 Regular season discussion

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I've got no problem with it because the Bruins have elite goaltending.

He had NYR #1, not Boston

Which just goes to show how little he cares for LA to ignore all his own models

NYR is in the standings up there but by most metrics they're middle of the pack, we have them beat SOUNDLY in every conceivable way, so while I don't particularly care because rankings are just fun, it flies in the face of his own regular reasoning
 
Kings started their season 10 days before the Ontario Reign's first game, but have only played one more game so far..
 
Brown immortalized by Kings' statue, induction into U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame | NHL.com

"...Kings defenseman Drew Doughty, Brown’s roommate on the road, said Brown needed a special board under his mattress to make the bed hard. Brown would stretch and ask Doughty to crack his back."

"...Brown will be inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame with Brian Burke, Katie King Crowley, Jamie Langenbrunner and Brian Murphy at a ceremony in Boston on Wednesday."

“...I go, like, ‘Luc, who has statues out there?’” Brown said. “And he’s like, ‘In general? Or, like, hockey players?’ ‘Let’s just start with hockey players.’ He goes, ‘Well, me and Wayne.’”
 
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PLD needs some legit wingers.

Don't know why they don't send Laffy down and put Fagemo with PLD.
If you look at Laferriere’s game log, he has put up exactly one point for every 5 game block. No points in this last four games. 1 assist, even plus minus in his last nine games. Just kinda taking up ice time.

He isn’t bad and has had some nice back checks, but he could use time in the AHL.
 
If you look at Laferriere’s game log, he has put up exactly one point for every 5 game block. No points in this last four games. 1 assist, even plus minus in his last nine games. Just kinda taking up ice time.

He isn’t bad and has had some nice back checks, but he could use time in the AHL.
Agreed - he just needs time to develop. Going to be a very good player for us and has the size and presence to be a difference maker. I think Arvy/PLD/Turcotte could be interesting.
 
I’m not a big analytics guy but I’ve liked what I have seen from PLD. Points aren’t there playing basically third line and pp 2 now. He drives play tho and gains entry pretty well. Hasn’t been awful defensively either. I think he is a big factor in overall record which ultimately is more important than stat watching. I don’t think he has been a passenger at all.

Lafferiere is a smart player with great hands. It’s a matter of time before he starts putting them in. I imagine he goes back to the AHL when RV returns.
 
PLD needs some icy hot on his balls, if he even has any.
he has them, but the're very very tiny. jingle balls.

are we playing anymore? did the kings move to rosarita beach? do we still have an nhl charter?
im getting anxious.
 
I’m not a big analytics guy but I’ve liked what I have seen from PLD. Points aren’t there playing basically third line and pp 2 now. He drives play tho and gains entry pretty well. Hasn’t been awful defensively either. I think he is a big factor in overall record which ultimately is more important than stat watching. I don’t think he has been a passenger at all.

Lafferiere is a smart player with great hands. It’s a matter of time before he starts putting them in. I imagine he goes back to the AHL when RV returns.

The analytics absolutely love him fwiw but even they say he's gotta shoot more (so it probably matches the eye test relatively well from that standpoint)

Like I said earlier I'm willing to give him some time to air it out but we didn't pay 8.5m for Jordan Staal.
 

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