GDT: The Official Los Angeles Playoff thread

[GoldiFox]

Columbus also up 4-2 on Chicago. They have gone 8-2-0 in their last 10 games.

Good night for the Canes.

 

[GoldiFox]

Wild score again. Up 4-1 late in the 3rd.

Great way for Calgary to start their 5 away-game run. Keep it up Flames!

 

[Blueline Bomber]

With tonight's victory over the Flames, Dubnyk will be 25-6-2 with the Wild. That's insane.

 

[GoldiFox]

Step 1: Collect Old Edmonton Players
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit

 

[Blueline Bomber]

The Wild are also one point behind Chicago now. They were 17 points behind them when Dubnyk joined the team.

 

[TheOllieC]

Good job Minny, now take it easy on LA tomorrow.

 

[Wolfpuck]

The Wild are also one point behind Chicago now. They were 17 points behind them when Dubnyk joined the team.

The Hawks are playing awful hockey right now. They have first round exit written all over them.

 

[Oogie Boogie]

I'm going to need to find a website or something to watch some of the upcoming playoff games

 

[the halleJOKEL]

there are several

 

[nobuddy]

Kings fans seem pretty darn happy with Sekera now. And in that last post quoted below, when you see the Kings projected defense vs. what the Canes will likely be icing, you realize just how far the Canes have to go.

smh canes should of ****ing kept steve sekera

 

[nobuddy]

flames should of worked harder tonight imo

by my count that is 35 out of 75 games in which this team didn't work hard enough or have enough heart

very inconsistent team imo

 

[Chan790]

smh canes should of ****ing kept steve sekera

Would be a lot easier to sign Sekera if we didn't have both fans and a FO that thinks it's perfectly acceptable to have nearly $10M in cap-space tied up in goaltenders.

People want to gripe about Semin's paycheck and performance...I'd rather gripe about the dead-cap-space of paying a backup goaltender like a starter because they refuse to pick one and move the other goalie...even for ******* future considerations in the off-season at this point, as long as it gets the salary off the cap-space.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

It's not a 1 way street though. Regardless of the Canes salary structure, IMO, it's way more likely that Sekera didn't want to re-sign here in the first place, and I've felt that since day 1. I'm very confident that Francis and Peters definitely wanted him back given how weak the defense is without him. They would have had to vastly overpay him just to entice him to stay, and even then, that might not have swayed him.

Think about it. He wasn't drafted / developed by Carolina and had only played 1.5 seasons here so he has no real ties to the org., no roots. He's in his prime (29 when next season starts) and this is his best opportunity to cash in after a couple of very good seasons. The Canes likely won't be contenders for a number of years yet (and maybe not even then) and he's only been in 8 playoff games his whole career, etc... IMO, there was very little incentive for Sekera to re-sign here before seeing what is out there in UFA land and even then, I doubt he'd come back (maybe if he wins a cup and the Canes through gobs of money at him, but even that is unlikely).

I honestly don't think Ward's, or Semin's, or Khudobin's, or Staals' salaries had anything to do with it. If you were in Sekera's shoes, would you rather go sign with the Kings for a little less money and know you are going to be a contender for probably the rest of your prime (as well as playing with Gaborik), or take a little more money and play in Carolina who is likely rebuilding and won't likely be competitive for a number of years? I know what I'd do.

 

[Anton Babchuk]

flames should of worked harder tonight imo

by my count that is 35 out of 75 games in which this team didn't work hard enough or have enough heart

very inconsistent team imo

smh should of kept steve iginla

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

Steve Iginla kinda screwed then over by vetoing a better trade to Boston. The local vitriol was kinda amusing.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

smh canes should of ****ing kept steve sekera

 

[TheOllieC]

LA losing 2-0

edit: who do you think you are steve palmetto?

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

Steve Virginia

 

[TheOllieC]

LA tied with Chicago 1-1 after the 1st. Calgary down 2-1 against Dallas after the 1st.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Sekera takes a penalty to put the Kings down 1.

Now down 2.

 

[Cane mutiny]

Tonight is not going well at all.

 

[TheOllieC]

Tonight is not going well at all.

#JustHurricanesThings

 

[Anton Babchuk]

goddamnit king's

 

[Cane mutiny]

LA looks so slow compared to the Hawks. Very bad showing by LA... don't look like they are fighting for their playoff lives at all.

 

[Cane mutiny]

It figures as soon as we get on their bandwagon, they start looking like the 'Canes!