LAK 2 : CAL 1 - We slayed the almighty backup

[YP44]

You need a VPN account, good sir.

I tried VPN book and it is said it was connected but it still blocks out flames/oilers games.

What I need is a crash course in how to use technology. I think it's a user error sort of thing.

 

[Bandit]

This offseason I was guilty. With Chiarelli and McLellan I felt they could be a dark horse team (more of a spoiler than anything else). Well, they still suck and arguably look worse.

And damn, that presser was FANTASTIC. Straight ****ing truth which is rare.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/mclellan-on-struggling-oilers-maybe-we-get-rid-of-some-players/

Everyone has to watch that clip. Best thing I've watched this year. I'm surprised he didn't roll up his sleeves before that speech.

It was good, but seems weird that he boiled it all down to one guy. I'd take what he said to heart if I was an Oiler though. Coming from San Jose, Maclellan knows chokers.

 

[Trolfoli]

No one has produced consistently on the powerplay. Which is all the more surprising the Kings have such a highly ranked one. lol

So no one's stood out on the PP means that Brown's earned the spot? Brown has terrible play-making ability. It doesn't come naturally to him. You can see him sit there and think about where to go with the puck, which at the NHL level allows teams to adapt to what he's going to try and do before he does it. There is just no reason to put someone like Brown with his skill set on the PP.... can't pass, can't shoot...

There are three teams with fewer PP opportunities than us this year. We're near the bottom of the barrel, but it's not historic or anything. I just see that as conflicting with our league-leading-by-several-percent possession and the fact that we're shorthanded more than anyone but Winnipeg.

... A lot of penalties are drawn when you put defenders in high risk situations. Are the Kings getting defenders out of position regularly? Are they creating high risk opportunities where the defender is better off dragging guys down? Do they have an agitator that draws a lot of retaliation penalties?

Kings' bread and butter is high volume/low risk shots and rebounds... there just isn't much of a way to get a penalty on a point shot. Most rebounds are in the net or cleared before a penalty can happen.

 

[Scottkmlps]

This offseason I was guilty. With Chiarelli and McLellan I felt they could be a dark horse team (more of a spoiler than anything else). Well, they still suck and arguably look worse.

And damn, that presser was FANTASTIC. Straight ****ing truth which is rare.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/mclellan-on-struggling-oilers-maybe-we-get-rid-of-some-players/

Everyone has to watch that clip. Best thing I've watched this year. I'm surprised he didn't roll up his sleeves before that speech.

Hell, half of HF Boards had the Oilers making the playoffs and the Kings on the outside before the season started. Those were good times.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

... A lot of penalties are drawn when you put defenders in high risk situations. Are the Kings getting defenders out of position regularly? Are they creating high risk opportunities where the defender is better off dragging guys down? Do they have an agitator that draws a lot of retaliation penalties?

Kings' bread and butter is high volume/low risk shots and rebounds... there just isn't much of a way to get a penalty on a point shot. Most rebounds are in the net or cleared before a penalty can happen.

I think that's the most reasonable explanation, that 'rush' chances especially are where penalties are drawn.

But i also doesn't match the eye test to an extent. I mean, last night you have Pearson getting half-nelsoned while trying to get to a free shot at the empty net while CGY has more men on the ice and not even a glance. YOu have Kopitar getting held all the way down the ice which doesn't draw a call, then literally 10 game time seconds later, Muzzin gets a ******** call presumably because the refs feel bad and CGY scores right away.

I think being too strong on the puck hurts us in that regard, and that a lot of the bad possession teams have a host of 'skill' players who go down when touched (Kadri, for example). The things Kopitar in particular has to do to draw a call are mind boggling.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Can't believe they were able to keep it close, Ortio or not.

Edit: Rosen expounds on that in his blog: " Via the play by play log, the Flames’ first shot on goal from within 15 feet of the net was Sean Monahan’s game-tying power play marker midway through the second. Calgary didn’t take an even strength shot on goal within 10 feet of the net until Sam Bennett’s net-bound drive 45:44 into the game, and finished with an average shot distance of 40.9 feet on 23 shots. In Los Angeles’ zone, there was probably 45 seconds of scramble time, and 59:15 of cool and collected checking hockey that didn’t cede anything close to a surplus of shot attempts or chances against."

 

[cyclones22]

Can't believe they were able to keep it close, Ortio or not.

Edit: Rosen expounds on that in his blog: " Via the play by play log, the Flames’ first shot on goal from within 15 feet of the net was Sean Monahan’s game-tying power play marker midway through the second. Calgary didn’t take an even strength shot on goal within 10 feet of the net until Sam Bennett’s net-bound drive 45:44 into the game, and finished with an average shot distance of 40.9 feet on 23 shots. In Los Angeles’ zone, there was probably 45 seconds of scramble time, and 59:15 of cool and collected checking hockey that didn’t cede anything close to a surplus of shot attempts or chances against."

Good insight. And he's a fine play by play guy on the radio, too.