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Sol said:
I feel bad for the people flying out potentially to Melbourne to watch the Kings play a nothing game lol. Especially against the Yotes. Think it’d be much more interesting for the Kings to have some exhibition matches against the Oilers/Flames/Knights. No one cares about the Coyotes.
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I would LOVE to be one of those people. I wish I could. I'd take a 2-3 week vacation in Australia (and probably visit NZ, too), and get to watch some hockey - because I love hockey. It'd be awesome.
 
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johnjm22 said:
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Thank you for this, you should start a thread though. This is gonna get asked 4,032,923,136 times

Johnny Utah said:
Off to Vegas!
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bring me back one of these bonus points if you also bring back one of the girls
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They signed a contract with Bally's for the broadcasts. 63 games on Bally's and nine on KCAL - 9. Rest are national games.

Pretty disappointed. I'm a psycho that just bought a new place last month and the HOA includes Spectrum. Looks like they don't carry Bally's so I'm still in the same boat of doing the ESPN + VPN trick.

At least they ditched "DAGGER!" because the contract with Sinclair ended just so they could sign back up with them. That's kind of amusing.
 
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BigKing said:
They signed a contract with Bally's for the broadcasts. 63 games on Bally's and nine on KCAL - 9. Rest are national games.

Pretty disappointed. I'm a psycho that just bought a new place last month and the HOA includes Spectrum. Looks like they don't carry Bally's so I'm still in the same boat of doing the ESPN + VPN trick.

At least they ditched "DAGGER!" because the contract with Sinclair ended just so they could sign back up with them. That's kind of amusing.
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My wife and I are about to buy a house, too. Wild times out there.
 
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Was Jacob Doty injured last year or was he just healthy scratched for 90% of the season.

Saw he was joining the Kings to Australia which seems weird.
 
Doty was injured.

Why is it weird? The Kings are soft as shit and he’s top 3 toughest in the AHL. Not sure if you watched last pre season but he made a statement.

Coyotes are tough - they have Josh Brown, Lawson Crowse and Liam O’Brien. Plus, Matt Dumba is always good for a cheap hit or two.

We don’t want any of the top line players fighting (Kempe or PLD) or any of the young smaller players like Spence or Clarke getting run.
 
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Johnny Utah said:
Doty was injured.

Why is it weird? The Kings are soft as shit and he’s top 3 toughest in the AHL. Not sure if you watched last pre season but he made a statement.

Coyotes are tough - they have Josh Brown, Lawson Crowse and Liam O’Brien. Plus, Matt Dumba is always good for a cheap hit or two.

We don’t want any of the top line players fighting (Kempe or PLD) or any of the young smaller players like Spence or Clarke getting run.
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This. Plus the added preseason game factor
 
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Johnny Utah said:
Doty was injured.

Why is it weird? The Kings are soft as shit and he’s top 3 toughest in the AHL. Not sure if you watched last pre season but he made a statement.

Coyotes are tough - they have Josh Brown, Lawson Crowse and Liam O’Brien. Plus, Matt Dumba is always good for a cheap hit or two.

We don’t want any of the top line players fighting (Kempe or PLD) or any of the young smaller players like Spence or Clarke getting run.
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I mean yes - but.. what about the rest of the season.

We're going to have him play one of these games and then forever in the AHL?
 
Johnny Utah said:
Oh yes I see what ur saying. I hope he gets look with the Kings but he’s on an AHL only deal. He would have to sign an NHL deal.
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Yup. Him playing one of these exhibition games does nothing for us in the long run.

All we got is a punching bag named Englund on the back end who might not even make the team.
 
KingsHockey24 said:
Yup. Him playing one of these exhibition games does nothing for us in the long run.

All we got is a punching bag named Englund on the back end who might not even make the team.
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Wouldn't call Englund a punching bag - he did well in some fights last year.

Unlike McEwen, who got his jaw broken, then healed and then got rag dolled by Hague and didn't throw one punch.
 
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Sol said:
I feel bad for the people flying out potentially to Melbourne to watch the Kings play a nothing game lol. Especially against the Yotes. Think it’d be much more interesting for the Kings to have some exhibition matches against the Oilers/Flames/Knights. No one cares about the Coyotes.
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Would this be any different if it were Nashville or NYR in Melbourne ? Its a cool idea playing outdoors in Australia no matter who they play. The guys get to train in a totally new environment then enjoy the place when they're not.
 
BigKing said:
They signed a contract with Bally's for the broadcasts. 63 games on Bally's and nine on KCAL - 9. Rest are national games.

Pretty disappointed. I'm a psycho that just bought a new place last month and the HOA includes Spectrum. Looks like they don't carry Bally's so I'm still in the same boat of doing the ESPN + VPN trick.

At least they ditched "DAGGER!" because the contract with Sinclair ended just so they could sign back up with them. That's kind of amusing.
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I'm now on Sling, so no go for any of those. Hopefully someone who knows about this will pin a thread on the various ways to watch them.
 
kingsfan28 said:
Would this be any different if it were Nashville or NYR in Melbourne ? Its a cool idea playing outdoors in Australia no matter who they play. The guys get to train in a totally new environment then enjoy the place when they're not.
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I just don’t think I could justify a gimmick even if it was a neat idea. I’d save that money and buy tickets for a rivalry game against an interesting team in the 100s rather than fly out for an expensive price for a friendly match.
 
BigKing said:
They signed a contract with Bally's for the broadcasts. 63 games on Bally's and nine on KCAL - 9. Rest are national games.

Pretty disappointed. I'm a psycho that just bought a new place last month and the HOA includes Spectrum. Looks like they don't carry Bally's so I'm still in the same boat of doing the ESPN + VPN trick.

At least they ditched "DAGGER!" because the contract with Sinclair ended just so they could sign back up with them. That's kind of amusing.
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Spectrum basic doesn't carry Ballys. I had to get the Silver plan for it.
 
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Johnny Utah said:
Wouldn't call Englund a punching bag - he did well in some fights last year.

Unlike McEwen, who got his jaw broken, then healed and then got rag dolled by Hague and didn't throw one punch.
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That trade still makes no sense at all.....only thing I can figure is Lemieux must have not been good in the clubhouse or had some off ice issues the kings wanted to part of.
 
mysterman2 said:
That trade still makes no sense at all.....only thing I can figure is Lemieux must have not been good in the clubhouse or had some off ice issues the kings wanted to part of.
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then give him the Avery treatment and just send him away. Why pay a pick to bring in someone shit to rid of Lemieux?
Very happy Lemieux is no longer on the team.
 
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