Holy shit, viel tries to take a flying elbow at turcotte of all people....three kings immediately jump him and i'm as hard as a diamond in a blizzard
Danault has kind of looked like shit this preseason, hope he shakes the rust off
At work but just saw the clip on X.
Hard to recall many responses like that from the Kings during the Bluc era. Most of the time, the best you would get is the poke from Gavrikov but now we got Lee going up high and Burroughs flying in with the gloves off already.
Sure, the latter two are fighting for a roster spot but, man, we haven't really even seen that from guys fighting for roster spots in the past.
I asked if Jeannot was the one that made the hit that freed up the puck for the Thomas goal the other night because that type of play was something you don't see from the Kings very often. I know it is only preseason, but sometimes preseason can say a lot like it did for Kovalchuk's first season with the Kings.
This team looks weaker on paper, but a beautiful thing about hockey is that the team element still means so much. Been banging the drum for years and years now that all this talent means nothing if they don't start playing like they care about one another. The reaction we saw from the hit on Turcotte tonight is what you see from winning teams. Here's hoping that same attitude continues in to the regular season and isn't an isolated incident from fringe roster guys.
This team will be much more fun to watch with that type of attitude, younger guys with more minutes and no PLD.