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Post-Game Talk: Official Kings (2) vs Soilers (3) Series talk

tigermask48 said:
Sad to say this team just isn't built that way. Even last night there was no push back, no fire, no killer instinct. The shift after all the garbage with Nurse, Malott should have been sent out to destroy whoever he was lined up with whether they were willing or not. That's his job on the team. Nurse took out the best Kings player on the ice and the response was Fiala kind of maybe grabbing him. Weak. Soft. I wish this team played with half the intestinal fortitude and chippiness the Oilers fans think the Kings play with. This team still has no balls.
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My hope is that they were told to keep their powder dry and unleash it when it matters. If the anger gets to fester and they go out hard and I mean very hard then maybe it catches Edmonton off guard. That’s my hope… expectations aren’t quite that although I do think they will go hard.
 
Statto said:
My hope is that they were told to keep their powder dry and unleash it when it matters. If the anger gets to fester and they go out hard and I mean very hard then maybe it catches Edmonton off guard. That’s my hope… expectations aren’t quite that although I do think they will go hard.
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I can see that logic and wish it checked out, but there are just too many examples over this season for that to be true. Someone pointed out yesterday Laf seemingly got benched for defending a teammates earlier this season, this isn't the first time this season that liberties have been taken and no one has done anything.

For whatever reason this team just doesn't seem to have that in them. It's likely the Kings continue to be the cowardly lion rather than some killer waiting to pounce on it's prey. Too much past behavior to indicate otherwise.
 
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tigermask48 said:
I can see that logic and wish it checked out, but there are just too many examples over this season for that to be true. Someone pointed out yesterday Laf seemingly got benched for defending a teammates earlier this season, this isn't the first time this season that liberties have been taken and no one has done anything.

For whatever reason this team just doesn't seem to have that in them. It's likely the Kings continue to be the cowardly lion rather than some killer waiting to pounce on its prey. Too much past behavior to indicate otherwise.
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Bro, you are seriously reaching or just haven’t watched this team much this season.

Give it a rest, enjoy the next two weeks and then you can go back to shitting on the team.
 
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tigermask48 said:
I can see that logic and wish it checked out, but there are just too many examples over this season for that to be true. Someone pointed out yesterday Laf seemingly got benched for defending a teammates earlier this season, this isn't the first time this season that liberties have been taken and no one has done anything.

For whatever reason this team just doesn't seem to have that in them. It's likely the Kings continue to be the cowardly lion rather than some killer waiting to pounce on it's prey. Too much past behavior to indicate otherwise.
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My guess is in part it’ll be based on game situation and who is doing the dropping on gloves. I imagine right now they want everyone ready for game 1 and not nursing broken bones in their hands. Not to mention they wanted to secure home ice which they have done.

I think with the Edmonton game, had we retaliated significantly, it’d become a shit show and someone else may have been hurt. Given their roster it’d been less risk for them had the game devolved into a complete war and is probably what they wanted and I’m sure is why D’Arcy was pulled. So the time in my book for the response is game 1…. However my expectations are average at best.
 
Should be a spicy series.

Foegele Factor - he's been excellent for LA. It wasn't popular for alot of folks at the time, but it's turned out to be a good piece of business by Blake. We got Foegele, they got a used 1985 Yugo in Arvidsson. The Kings definitely came out on the better end of that free agency swap.

Stay out of the box, goes without saying. LA needs to take advantage of their PP opportunities, easier said than done. Special teams will obviously play a big part. If the Kings can stay out the box and play 5-5, they have an excellent shot at winning this series.

We know the Coilers are banged up, have to be physical and hit them at every opportunity. Grind them down. Every team has bumps and bruises at this point in the season. Guess they could use the likes of Broberg, Holloway and McLeod right about now. :nod:

Ekholm is a huge loss for them, he cannot simply be replaced. As much as we dislike the one game suspension levied to Nurse, might be a benefit as he'll be in logging more minutes and he's average, at best out there.

We won't see Klingberg as he's on LTIR, without a timetable for return. Doesn't seem like a significant loss, but it's one less experienced depth piece on the blueline for the Oilers and that can sting.

Walman is still out, but by all accounts will be in for Game 1. The Kings should target him and lean on him hard.

Sounds like Evander Kane will return as well, but who knows what sort of game shape he is in missing the entire season to date.

Not sure if we see Frederic out there, but if we do, I don't think he will be near full go for them. That deal has not worked out for Edmonton thus far.

Getting Jeanott at any point in this series will be a boost.

Interested to see who they start between the pipes in Game 1. There is speculation that they may go with Pickard.
 
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Herby said:
You aren't, the Oilers are the betting favorites for this series.

I think that this series, perhaps more so than any series in the playoffs is going to be crushing to whichever team loses it. I know people will say the same about Col/Dal and Fla/TB, but three of those four teams have recent cup success and I think Dal/Col especially will be chalked up to the seeding system.

If the Oilers lose to the Kings, that would not only be another year of the dynamic duo without a championship, but now it would be losing in the 1st round to a team they have already beaten three years in a row, it would be seen as a big step back. And not saying these guys are ancient, but Drai turns 30 this year, this would be seen as a very disappointing season and there will be questions about the entire roster construction if you go another year without winning with those two, specifically about goaltending and defense.

For the Kings, four straight losses to the same opponent, all four in the first round, this would be the Dollar Store version of the Buffalo Bills. And all while trading away so many 1st round picks and top prospects for older players, when you trade what the Kings have traded for win-now pieces you can't lose every year to the same team. Serious questions about roster construction and playing style, specifically how there was never any adjustment away from the preferred style of play over the entire four years.

A lot on the line for both squads, and their management teams.
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Don't forget that McDavid is only signed through 2026. If the Oilers lose to the Kings in the first round, the conversation around Connor McDavid's next destination will be deafening. Would McDavid want out? It would be an existential crisis for the franchise.
 
lumbergh said:
Don't forget that McDavid is only signed through 2026. If the Oilers lose to the Kings in the first round, the conversation around Connor McDavid's next destination will be deafening. Would McDavid want out? It would be an existential crisis for the franchise.
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He'll want to get out of there regardless.
 
Sol said:
Thought it’d be a good idea to have a section on our boards for all Kings vs Oilers related news and discussion


Would be interesting to see what happens with Nurse and how the Kings prepare for game 1. They need to come to the realization that the cup team won games because they knew that physicality is the best way to win.

Dustin Brown smoked Sedin and the series got sealed. The infamous Brown and Roszival incident that saw the Coyotes lose the series the very next shift.

Series are won by how willing you are to throw your weight around. Kings need to put the Oilers
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The 2020's Kings are the Canucks from this video. Easily bullied off their game.
 
This really is playing out like the Rocky series. First series went to game 7, considered the best series between the two. Second series goes 6, not as good but still satisfying. Third series getting a little goofy. So will this be Rocky IV?
 
kingsholygrail said:
This really is playing out like the Rocky series. First series went to game 7, considered the best series between the two. Second series goes 6, not as good but still satisfying. Third series getting a little goofy. So will this be Rocky IV?
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Ahh man, I thought III and IV were the best! However, V was absolutely brutal, I think I walked out of the theatre.
 
I see people here have the series lost already. Here my view - The obvious stay out of the box, Oilers PP deadly. Happy our PP has improved so Oilers can't go taking liberties without repercussion. If we win game one we win in five. If we lose in game one we win in seven.
 
Lakers just released their 1st round schedule - they play Sat/Tue. Seems odd to have two day break between games, would have thought Kings would me Sun/Tue. I’m wondering if series will actually start on Monday.
 
how to fix the PK against the oilers. 3 men on McDavid and 1 on Drasaitl. That should get our PK above 50% against them.

The oilers PP was 9-19 giving them an astounding 47% PP. And the Kings had the 2nd best PK at the end of the regular season at 87% Pk.

Just goes to show how none of it means anything against the Oilers who destroyed the Kings Pk.
 
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Of interest to all you bigshot gamblers:
King are +900 to win the western conference
On it like a blind dog to raw red meat
 
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As if it doesn’t suck living in Canada all by itself who the f*** lives in bumf***ingegypt Edmonton of all places. If I googled troglodyte shithole city 2 cities would pop up Chicago and Edmonton! lol
 
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Schrute farms said:
Kings in 5
(maybe even a sweep -- yes, i am serious)
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If Jeannot is back and Byfield is healthy, I can see that. If they decide to goon it up and take out Kuemper and other impactful players, then it could be another first round loss...unless they retaliate.
 
shuchukfan said:
If Jeannot is back and Byfield is healthy, I can see that. If they decide to goon it up and take out Kuemper and other impactful players, then it could be another first round loss...unless they retaliate.
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I don't think either team survives this one enough to get past the next series honestly..edmonton is too banged up already, but they've already demonstrated they're taking someone down with them if they're losing.
 
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Power Play Results Last Year:

Game 1
EDM 3/4
LA 0/2

Game 2
EDM 1/3
LA 0/3

Game 3
EDM 3/7
LA 0/5

Game 4
EDM 1/1
LA 0/1

Game 5
EDM 1/5
LA 0/1

Series Totals:
EDM 45% (9 for 20)
LA 0% (0 for 12)

I didn't even have to pull up a calculator to figure out the King's PP%!

Obviously, you're not going to win diddly poo when you give up 9 PP goals in 5 games, and don't score a single one yourself.

This is the key to the series.
 
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johnjm22 said:
Power Play Results Last Year:

Game 1
EDM 3/4
LA 0/2

Game 2
EDM 1/3
LA 0/3

Game 3
EDM 3/7
LA 0/5

Game 4
EDM 1/1
LA 0/1

Game 5
EDM 1/5
LA 0/1

Series Totals:
EDM 45% (9 for 20)
LA 0% (0 for 12)

I didn't even have to pull up a calculator to figure out the King's PP%!

Obviously, you're not going to win diddly poo when you give up 9 PP goals in 5 games, and don't score a single one yourself.

This is the key to the series.
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Gonna give a little credit here to EDM though, I remember their PK being very good.
 
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