GDT: Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Los Angeles Kings 0 (Final)

[Reclamation Project]

That's not bold. This is bold - Pittsburgh won't be called "contenders" all night.

 

[Ollie Weeks]

Anyone else surprised at how Nolan has pretty much regressed since the (Olympic) break.

Guy's game has gone down the tubes since then.

Yeah I've noticed that as well. JFTC highlighted it a couple times too. Its too bad because he's so cost-controlled.

 

[KopitarFAN]

The two guys L.A. signed in the offseason as insurance policies playing in the NHL in October. Didn't take long. Fortunate that Columbus claimed Cracknell off waivers with all those injuries that keep piling on. Van Der Gulik seeing some action as well tomorrow as well, it seems.

Will Jordan ever get a Weal chance in the big club? The saga continues...

It's not like he was passed over, dude makes too much money.

 

[Ron*]

That's not bold. This is bold - Pittsburgh won't be called "contenders" all night.

Contenders, my ass. They are the 2014-15 Stanley Cup Champions, as they have been every season since the advent of Sid the Kid.

Well, they got it right once in ten seasons. That's batting .100.

Funny how reality has a way of upsetting the pundits' predictions.

 

[Holden Caulfield]

I guess the potential bonuses ruled him out for emergency recall? Or he has a games played bonus of 40+ of one game. Interesting, I'll have to look at CBA.

Anyways looks like Kings options for emergency recall were Maxim Kitsyn, Brian O'Neill, Andrew Crescenzi and David Van der Gulik (among forwards). It's almost too bad Kings signed Zykov last year as signing a junior player to an ATO would have been the other option (like Kings did with Schenn a couple years back). Michael Amadio, Matthew Mistele and Spencer Watson would have been options for this however only a top guy like Zykov would have been considered.

 

[scryan]

I was like "ahh that's nice for him, but who?"

Sucks for weals

This.

However, is lewis at like 8 games out? We can put him on retroactive LTIR if he is not back in two games (and be able to activate him when ever he is ready) yes?

 

[Kingspiracy]

Thats a sweet looking GDT Ron.

 

[Reclamation Project]

This.

However, is lewis at like 8 games out? We can put him on retroactive LTIR if he is not back in two games (and be able to activate him when ever he is ready) yes?

They must feel he's close. LTIR only works on a player that misses 10 games and 24 days.

 

[Holden Caulfield]

This.

However, is lewis at like 8 games out? We can put him on retroactive LTIR if he is not back in two games (and be able to activate him when ever he is ready) yes?

It's 24 days and 10 games. So if Kings put Lewis on retroactive LTIR he must stay on LTIR until November 1st (game 10 is on October 31st, day 24 is November 1st, game 11 is on November 2 so doesn't matter pretty much).

So basically yes.

 

[Little Psycho]

Miss this guy

 

[Reclamation Project]

Me too

But all that matters is he's healthy come Game 1, Round 1. Or Game 1, Round 4.

 

[kingsfan28]

"We're not the same team we were," Sutter said. "[Drew] Doughty missed a lot of camp. [Jake] Muzzin missed a lot of camp. Brayden [McNabb] has to learn how to play in the NHL. We're having to do it as we go along here. It's totally different than last year."

"You look at all those things and it's a big difference," Sutter said. "Jordan Nolan never played in the playoffs for us and only played 60 games last year. We're trying to find out if he can help us.

I really can't see Nolan playing past this season.

 

[deeshamrock]

I guess the potential bonuses ruled him out for emergency recall? Or he has a games played bonus of 40+ of one game. Interesting, I'll have to look at CBA.

Anyways looks like Kings options for emergency recall were Maxim Kitsyn, Brian O'Neill, Andrew Crescenzi and David Van der Gulik (among forwards). It's almost too bad Kings signed Zykov last year as signing a junior player to an ATO would have been the other option (like Kings did with Schenn a couple years back). Michael Amadio, Matthew Mistele and Spencer Watson would have been options for this however only a top guy like Zykov would have been considered.

Van der Gulik has been called up and will join the team today in Pitts. per Lisa Dilman this morning. 48 games played in the NHL as an LW (sporadic callus over a period of years) 13 pts.

 

[Reaper45]

I guess the potential bonuses ruled him out for emergency recall? Or he has a games played bonus of 40+ of one game. Interesting, I'll have to look at CBA.

Anyways looks like Kings options for emergency recall were Maxim Kitsyn, Brian O'Neill, Andrew Crescenzi and David Van der Gulik (among forwards). It's almost too bad Kings signed Zykov last year as signing a junior player to an ATO would have been the other option (like Kings did with Schenn a couple years back). Michael Amadio, Matthew Mistele and Spencer Watson would have been options for this however only a top guy like Zykov would have been considered.

O'Neill or Van Der Gulik were really the only options.

 

[Holden Caulfield]

O'Neill or Van Der Gulik were really the only options.

Agreed. I was just laying out all the options that the Kings had available to them. Van Der Gulik was pretty much the obvious choice.

 

[Reaper45]

Andy Murray would've made Van Der Gulik a top six LW, just as we saw them try that with Jaroslav Bednar, Tomas Vlasak, Erik Rasmussen, Noah Clarke, etc.

May Van Der Gulik be etched in Kings fans' memory in the same vein as Scott Thomas, Derek Bekar, Brady Murray, John Tripp, Jon Sim, or Esa Pirnes.

Thomas was good as were Sim and Pirnes. Murray had promise too.

 

[Reaper45]

Agreed. I was just laying out all the options that the Kings had available to them. Van Der Gulik was pretty much the obvious choice.

I would've went with O'Neill personally. Small guy but he's been improving every year.

 

[KingCanadain1976]

The nhl needs to give us cap space the slava situation had nothing to do with hockey and shouldn't hurt our team. I will miss the game again being out of town I expect this to be close Go kings go

 

[Captain Mittens*]

Thomas was good as were Sim and Pirnes. Murray had promise too.

Thomas' one redeeming moment as a King was @5:42
[NHL]65904[/NHL]

Other than that, completely forgettable


Esa Pirnes moment of glory?




Sim, I 100% agree with. He should never been been waived. He was better than other players on the roster at that time.

Brady Murray had a few flashes at prospects camps, but he is a never was

 

[Ron*]

Updated Kings line combos.

Van Der Gulik will be centering the fourth line and wearing no. 36.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

@reallisa: Lewis and Kopitar close to returning but obv not going to take a chance at this stage.

Lewis should take one for the team and just go no LTIR, he would miss what one more game? And the Kings could bring up a better player than VanDerPoo

 

[Little Psycho]

@Rich_Hammond: Funniest day of training camp was when Van Der Gulik didn’t have a # on his helmet and Lombardi didn’t know who he was.

LOL same.

 

[Reclamation Project]

@Rich_Hammond: Funniest day of training camp was when Van Der Gulik didn’t have a # on his helmet and Lombardi didn’t know who he was.

LOL same.

 

[Holden Caulfield]

Lewis should take one for the team and just go no LTIR, he would miss what one more game? And the Kings could bring up a better player than VanDerPoo

To be fair it is very explicitly stated in CBA that if the NHL for any reason suspects the team is using LTIR to circumvent the cap (ie not really injured) that the NHL will challenge and an independant doctor is brought in. It then becomes a whole thing.

Obviously LTIR has been abused in the past and is still currently but with the Slava situation LA may not want to take any chances NHL will do something stupid.

 

[Sacha Baron Corbin]

Jones off first.