GDT: WCQF Game 2: San Jose Sharks @ Los Angeles Kings | Saturday, Apr 16 2016 - 7:30PM

[Trolfoli]

also lol first response is about cap circumvention

Going to have to win some games before the complaining about it really starts.

Yeah I wouldn't be surprised if he DIDN'T go tonight given Sutter's past comments about conditioning/game readiness

But that's he's cleared and taking warmups is awesome.

I don't believe anything Sutter says publicly about the playoffs.



MUST WIN!!!!

 

[Little Psycho]

Good news about Gabby.

 

[The Pale King]

I don't know how effective Gaborik will be out of the gates, but at least he can work on getting back up to game speed for the rest of the series. It'll be a nice morale boost either way in the room. Hopefully I'm wrong though and he opens the scoring on the PP.

Can't cough up leads so quickly this time out (or at all), and the transition game has to be way, way better. GKG!

 

[KingPuckChoo]

McBain in = win. In McBain we trust. Kings 473-0 all time with McBain in the lineup.

doze are fantastik statz-making!! i iz all aboarding!!!

 

[The Pale King]

McBain in = win. In McBain we trust. Kings 473-0 all time with McBain in the lineup.

Riposte digging deep and crunching the numbers. You should see if the Oil are looking for a new advanced stats guy, I heard they fired one not too long ago.

 

[Drumstick Handler]

With Gaborik in the line up I'm confident when it comes to scoring but with Martinez out I'm concerned with the already leaky D. Makes it so much harder even to move the puck up the ice and establish any kind of cycle game.

Doughty and Muzz, we're counting on ya.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Forwards have to do a better job backchecking to make up for the crappy defensive depth on the roster. Can't have Kopitar getting clowned by Pavelski again.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Gaborik even if not up to speed presents a scoring threat the Sharks must account for. That's why he's better in the line up than not. Sharks can't risk assuming he's not ready to go. This also frees up the lines so they can finally be balanced again. Gaborik has been a pretty big hole since he got hurt. of course if he's so not ready that it's actually a threat to the Kings, then yeah he'll sit still.. lol

 

[The Night King]

Send these chokers home with a loss.

 

[Peter James Bond II]

Gaborik even if not up to speed presents a scoring threat the Sharks must account for. That's why he's better in the line up than not. Sharks can't risk assuming he's not ready to go. This also frees up the lines so they can finally be balanced again. Gaborik has been a pretty big hole since he got hurt. of course if he's so not ready that it's actually a threat to the Kings, then yeah he'll sit still.. lol

Agreed. All he needs to do is get open and Kopi or Lucic get the puck on his stick and he can pick upper corners with ease.

It would be a bonus if Toffoli would get going. For some reason, I think Lecavalier is going to have a big game.

 

[Papa Mocha 15]

Come on Jose.. bring it...

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

We have to move the puck out of our own end MUCH faster tonight

 

[BallPointHammer]

We have to move the puck out of our own end MUCH faster tonight

Yea. D-men are doing way too much back tracking, regrouping, east-west noodling. Move north and get out of the d-zone QUICKLY even if it's not necessarily creating offense. Forwards have to help more too.

 

[The Butcher]

The Kings need to get back to putting these guys in the boards every chance they get while walking the fine line of avoiding penalties.

 

[Little Psycho]

Hope our guys target Vlasic.

 

[Scottkmlps]

It's happening. Clifford scratched.

 

[KingsFan7824]

It's happening. Clifford scratched.

Hopefully they come to play. Lines don't matter if you can't win faceoffs.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Clifford and Andreoff played a lot better than King in Game 1. No clue what King did to remain in the lineup.

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

I'm not the biggest Clifford fan, but he was one of the Kings best players in game 1

 

[Scottkmlps]

I'm not the biggest Clifford fan, but he was one of the Kings best players in game 1

Yeah, that move is mind boggling. King hasn't added anything the last 20 games.

 

[Bandit]

I'm not the biggest Clifford fan, but he was one of the Kings best players in game 1

Yeah, hard to understand Clifford out given the game 1 he had. One of the only Kings with a motor in the game. I don't like Andreoff either, but I feel like him getting sat is pretty crappy too considering how he's been playing.

 

[Bandit]

Hopefully they come to play. Lines don't matter if you can't win faceoffs.

Yup. We got murdered last game. Makes me miss Stoll. The good version of Stoll, anyway.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Carter shouldn't be taking any end zone draws. He's been pretty bad at them. Least in Game 1 he was dreadful on the dots.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Aaaaah Pia. Time to take off my pants.

 

[kingsfan28]

When Pia sings, we beat the Sharks.