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Raccoon Jesus said:
I dunno, I actually think if anything the amount of youngsters on this roster is a good sign, and we do have our picks. If we do turnover a gm/coach in the offseason and some guys turn their performances around, I could see a refreshed team on the ice next year, like the Bruins retool.

You start rebuilding, you might as well tear it the **** apart, including trading guys like Doughty...and in that case, we're done for probably a decade again, because the franchise would be lucky to land a C like Kopi or D like Doughty or G like Quick ever again.
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Personally, I think DL gets another year to show he can do the retool -- and he should, two Stanley Cups and all. Expansion and the Richards and Voynov blowups haven't done him any favors (but then, he hired those guys!). God knows what kind of calls Robitaille is taking, or will be, from suite holders, fancy season ticket types, and sponsors.

Tons of pressure! Glad I'm only a fan.

(A few have mentioned a Tix price hike for next year; how much?)
 
That was the most painful Kings game I've ever attended and I was there for the 2011 playoffs against the Sharks... Not enough energy, fight, or even organization. Half the time it looked liked no one knew what to do.
 
I don't know how big it is, but raising ticket prices going into next year in combination with missing this year's playoffs would be a terrible piece of management that will cost them a lot of tickets and probably season seats resulting in huge loss of money and likely a front office housecleaning.
 
Model62 said:
Personally, I think DL gets another year to show he can do the retool -- and he should, two Stanley Cups and all. Expansion and the Richards and Voynov blowups haven't done him any favors (but then, he hired those guys!). God knows what kind of calls Robitaille is taking, or will be, from suite holders, fancy season ticket types, and sponsors.

Tons of pressure! Glad I'm only a fan.

(A few have mentioned a Tix price hike for next year; how much?)
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Not sure if I'm allowed to post the link but there's a discussion about it on LGK, and it's not a small increase.
 
20-29-19 in regulation, good for 23rd in the league, behind teams like Dallas and Winnipeg. Whatever the various reasons for their record during the standard 60 minutes of play, and there are a number of reasons for it, 20-29-19 isn't going to get you to the playoffs. Unless you win every game that goes into OT/SO, which they haven't done. They have 6 losses. Those 6 missed points would put them 1 up on the Blues.

It's not the OT/SO record though. It's losing at home to Philly, or against Colorado, Carolina at home, in Buffalo, Detroit at home, Dallas at home, Arizona at home, Florida at home, and Vancouver at home. All in regulation. Most of those lost points at home. Too many points to leave on the table at home. They have the 22nd best home record in the league, without a good enough record on the road to cancel it out. Again, many reasons for it, but that's your season right there.
 
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Raccoon Jesus said:
I don't know how big it is, but raising ticket prices going into next year in combination with missing this year's playoffs would be a terrible piece of management that will cost them a lot of tickets and probably season seats resulting in huge loss of money and likely a front office housecleaning.
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Ziggy Stardust said:
Not sure if I'm allowed to post the link but....
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It probably depends on location and seniority. Mine only went up 2.5%, which is typical. Unfortunately I moved further South in OC and probably won't renew. In the past I've been able to sell games to recoup $$$ for the ones I couldn't make the drive for, but this year tickets are selling for under $20 to a lot of games. For tomorrow's game you can grab tickets 15 rows up at center ice for around $50, or you can get tickets 5 rows from the glass in the corner for the same price. That's insane, even against Arizona. It tells you how down the dedicated fans are on this team right now.
 
Fishhead said:
It probably depends on location and seniority. Mine only went up 2.5%, which is typical. Unfortunately I moved further South in OC and probably won't renew. In the past I've been able to sell games to recoup $$$ for the ones I couldn't make the drive for, but this year tickets are selling for under $20 to a lot of games. For tomorrow's game you can grab tickets 15 rows up at center ice for around $50, or you can get tickets 5 rows from the glass in the corner for the same price. That's insane, even against Arizona. It tells you how down the dedicated fans are on this team right now.
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Can't really blame the fans for rejecting the on-ice product. It's even more appalling when you have to go out of your way to attend and all the money you put into attending a game. It's not even entertaining hockey.
 
Ziggy Stardust said:
The only time to trade Doughty is if it becomes difficult to re-sign him. Much like what happened with Blake. Can't afford to lose a player of that caliber for nothing and let him walk as a UFA.
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It was difficult to re-sign Kopitar last season.
 
KINGS17 said:
It was difficult to re-sign Kopitar last season.
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I hope he's proud of himself. If he wanted better wingers, he could've accepted a little less money, but he got paid and now has to play with two wingers who are on the verge of retirement.

Maybe Purcell and Setoguchi will be promoted as Kopitar's wingers next season.
 
Ran into a hot goalie, STL was playing tight. Sucks, our season is probably over now.
 
Regulation record by month:
Oct, 0-5-4
Nov, 6-5-3
Dec, 5-5-4
Jan, 4-6-3
Feb, 4-6-3
Mar, 1-2-2

Anaheim is 2-8 in OT. Nashville is 3-7. The Kings are 11-3, but are a -9 in regulation, while the Ducks are a +8, and the Preds are a +5.

Back in 14-15, the Kings had better regulation records than both Calgary and Winnipeg, but were terrible in OT. So a good regulation record doesn't guarantee you anything, but since better than 2/3's of games end in regulation, a bad regulation record makes things very difficult. There's not one team in the playoffs right now that isn't at least .500 in 60 minutes.
 
Leo W said:
Ran into a hot goalie, STL was playing tight. Sucks, our season is probably over now.
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This was more than just a hot goalie, this was another pathetic effort from many of the big money guys who are supposed to lead the team
 
Raccoon Jesus said:
We've had three years of looking and 'performing' better than the other team 85% of the time and losing.
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This. Either win, or lose while playing exciting hockey. Losing and playing boring hockey is just terrible for the fans. My sympathy goes out to those shelling out money to these boring, pathetic performances.
 
This team really needs new leaders, the current leadership group is not cutting it. A least go down fighting, that third period was so flat for such an important game. Its good they are not going to make the playoffs, because if they can't step up in these situations it would just be a quick first round exit anyway.
 
CowMix said:
This team really needs new leaders, the current leadership group is not cutting it. A least go down fighting, that third period was so flat for such an important game. Its good they are not going to make the playoffs, because if they can't step up in these situations it would just be a quick first round exit anyway.
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That's basically like saying they need guys with cheaper contracts. They've already changed the captain. Who would be next? Doughty? No. Carter? Maybe, I guess.

They're stuck with what they have with contracts and leaders. It's done. None of it's changing. It's make or break with what they got.
 
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