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We'll be back next year. Flames win 3 - 1

I blame Mercury Insurance for running a promotion all season with the prize being 2015 playoff tickets. I hope they are liable somehow for a civil suit or something.

Another cool thing is the section in the 200s I want to move to next season is seeing a $12 per game increase over this season. Got to be the only non-playoff team in the league increasing a season ticket by $12 a game.

As for the team, this will be a great motivator for next season. The consensus will shift back to this team not being elite and they will have a lot to prove next season. The rest should help as I feel I just finished a marathon after the last three seasons and I'm only a fan.

Pride comes before the fall and this season was full of arrogance in nearly every aspect: from management, coaching, the team and its fans.

Lombardi brings Richards back even though the eye test says he is done even if he didn't regress further but Dean was hungover from the Cup so he brings him back..."we'll just do it again with him". Arrogance.

Must win game on the road against a team you just embarrassed 8-2 five nights earlier. You roll into their building and toss in your back-up goalie in what is essentially a playoff game. Team comes out and plays like the two points will just be handed to them but the Oilers have pride and starting a back-up in such a huge game is just wiping Edmonton's nose in ****. Arrogance from Sutter and the team.

Even the damn television broadcasts were one big j/o session over last year's Cup. A myriad of excuses made all season with the underlying message seeming to be that it will all be okay until it wasn't okay. Well, that's not even true because I'm pretty sure I heard Jim Fox say "They did everything right" at the end of last night's game. Arrogance.

The most arrogant moment of the season, however, was retiring Blake's jersey. That's how good this organization felt about itself: we have so much goodwill that we can retire the number of the most polarizing figure in franchise history because we are the effing 2-in-3 Cup champs. They were like Big Ern in Kingpin when he (spoiler alert) wins the tournament at the end with the $1MM and is all "I can do whatever I want...I'm finally above the law". Arrogance.

Last year's run was possibly the best ever in professional sports. Hard to go through that and have it not change the mindset of the entire organization, including the fans. I didn't touch on the fan portion but there has been a ton of arrogance and it is time for a lot of people to eat crow and take their medicine from fans of other teams.

In case anyone forgot, magic like '14 and even '12 is rare. This team will not be as cocky and I am looking forward to everyone having something to prove. Hopefully we can pull back on all of the tv cameras and reality show type garbage and let these guys just play hockey. There is business to do next season and it better pale in comparison to the extended Cup parade that this season felt like. It's not easy to win in this league and management, the team and its fans shouldn't take that for granted.
 
DocWest said:
Agreed. We seem to get scored on the second the opponent gets possession of the puck, so why bother pulling Quick when it's almost a gurantee it's going to allow a goal. I'm actually way more concerned with our inability to get empty net goals ourselves. It's ****ing baffling. We get hemmed in our zone for the rest of the game and if we do *somehow* get free, we can't get through the neutral zone.

I think the last goal we got when we pulled Quick was against the Preds this year when we came all the way back just to lose on their first shot in OT.
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Ah yes, I forgot about that, incredibly dynamic. And out of character.

Three goals in the last 2:01, as I recall. King's goal to make it 6-4 was 5-on-5, and Sutter pulled the goaltender shortly thereafter and it worked for both the 5th goal and the 6th goal. That place was rocking!

And maybe as an epitaph to our season, we allow the back-breakers 18 seconds into overtime...fittingly, allowing a shot right up the middle. Our defense. Really terrible.
 
BigKing said:
I blame Mercury Insurance for running a promotion all season with the prize being 2015 playoff tickets. I hope they are liable somehow for a civil suit or something.

Another cool thing is the section in the 200s I want to move to next season is seeing a $12 per game increase over this season. Got to be the only non-playoff team in the league increasing a season ticket by $12 a game.

As for the team, this will be a great motivator for next season. The consensus will shift back to this team not being elite and they will have a lot to prove next season. The rest should help as I feel I just finished a marathon after the last three seasons and I'm only a fan.

Pride comes before the fall and this season was full of arrogance in nearly every aspect: from management, coaching, the team and its fans.

Lombardi brings Richards back even though the eye test says he is done even if he didn't regress further but Dean was hungover from the Cup so he brings him back..."we'll just do it again with him". Arrogance.

Must win game on the road against a team you just embarrassed 8-2 five nights earlier. You roll into their building and toss in your back-up goalie in what is essentially a playoff game. Team comes out and plays like the two points will just be handed to them but the Oilers have pride and starting a back-up in such a huge game is just wiping Edmonton's nose in ****. Arrogance from Sutter and the team.

Even the damn television broadcasts were one big j/o session over last year's Cup. A myriad of excuses made all season with the underlying message seeming to be that it will all be okay until it wasn't okay. Well, that's not even true because I'm pretty sure I heard Jim Fox say "They did everything right" at the end of last night's game. Arrogance.

The most arrogant moment of the season, however, was retiring Blake's jersey. That's how good this organization felt about itself: we have so much goodwill that we can retire the number of the most polarizing figure in franchise history because we are the effing 2-in-3 Cup champs. They were like Big Ern in Kingpin when he (spoiler alert) wins the tournament at the end with the $1MM and is all "I can do whatever I want...I'm finally above the law". Arrogance.

Last year's run was possibly the best ever in professional sports. Hard to go through that and have it not change the mindset of the entire organization, including the fans. I didn't touch on the fan portion but there has been a ton of arrogance and it is time for a lot of people to eat crow and take their medicine from fans of other teams.

In case anyone forgot, magic like '14 and even '12 is rare. This team will not be as cocky and I am looking forward to everyone having something to prove. Hopefully we can pull back on all of the tv cameras and reality show type garbage and let these guys just play hockey. There is business to do next season and it better pale in comparison to the extended Cup parade that this season felt like. It's not easy to win in this league and management, the team and its fans shouldn't take that for granted.
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I get your passion and appreciate it, but I don't think it was arrogance, but more as in "missteps" from Lombardi.

Clearly, he made a mistake with Richards. Can't blame the man for his loyalty, or maybe you can, but I rather have a GM with both a brain and a heart rather than some POS loser GM like Doug Wilson that has neither. Bottom line, loyalty goes a long way with players and the trust that brings along with it. Lombardi may have made a mistake with Richards but the increased understanding that the room felt for Lombardi's move during the season to demote him to the minors was tolerated at a much higher level than it may have been if Lombardi merely pulled the string and dumped Richards in the off-season.
 
Ziggy Stardust said:
And the Gretzky statue.

Come to think about it, Luc statue goes up, Kings miss the playoffs. Booooo!
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I think if any outside negative karma caused the Kings to miss the playoffs, it was the Rob Blake retirement ceremony.

(No I don't believe in karma but I do like to have fun tweaking the Blake supporters!)
 
BigKing said:
As for the team, this will be a great motivator for next season. The consensus will shift back to this team not being elite and they will have a lot to prove next season. The rest should help as I feel I just finished a marathon after the last three seasons and I'm only a fan.

Pride comes before the fall and this season was full of arrogance in nearly every aspect: from management, coaching, the team and its fans.

Lombardi brings Richards back even though the eye test says he is done even if he didn't regress further but Dean was hungover from the Cup so he brings him back..."we'll just do it again with him". Arrogance.

Must win game on the road against a team you just embarrassed 8-2 five nights earlier. You roll into their building and toss in your back-up goalie in what is essentially a playoff game. Team comes out and plays like the two points will just be handed to them but the Oilers have pride and starting a back-up in such a huge game is just wiping Edmonton's nose in ****. Arrogance from Sutter and the team.

Even the damn television broadcasts were one big j/o session over last year's Cup. A myriad of excuses made all season with the underlying message seeming to be that it will all be okay until it wasn't okay. Well, that's not even true because I'm pretty sure I heard Jim Fox say "They did everything right" at the end of last night's game. Arrogance.

The most arrogant moment of the season, however, was retiring Blake's jersey. That's how good this organization felt about itself: we have so much goodwill that we can retire the number of the most polarizing figure in franchise history because we are the effing 2-in-3 Cup champs. They were like Big Ern in Kingpin when he (spoiler alert) wins the tournament at the end with the $1MM and is all "I can do whatever I want...I'm finally above the law". Arrogance.

Last year's run was possibly the best ever in professional sports. Hard to go through that and have it not change the mindset of the entire organization, including the fans. I didn't touch on the fan portion but there has been a ton of arrogance and it is time for a lot of people to eat crow and take their medicine from fans of other teams.

In case anyone forgot, magic like '14 and even '12 is rare. This team will not be as cocky and I am looking forward to everyone having something to prove. Hopefully we can pull back on all of the tv cameras and reality show type garbage and let these guys just play hockey. There is business to do next season and it better pale in comparison to the extended Cup parade that this season felt like. It's not easy to win in this league and management, the team and its fans shouldn't take that for granted.
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This right here, this is the stuff that the stuff is made of.

If there was any question of motivation this season, yeah, missing the playoffs can change that. The only thing is that as there are changes, it changes the DNA of the team. Montreal had a run way back in the day, and they've never been the same since in the last 35 years. Won the Cup a few times, but it wasn't the 70's Canadiens. The Islanders were not just incredible with the 4 Cups, but many years before that, and they've never been the same. Oilers, same process. The Avs, as impressive a run in a 6 or 7 year period as you'll find, and same result. The Wings, still the best overall organization in the league going on 2+ decades, but not what they used to be 15 years ago.

A special team comes around maybe once. So many variables have to come together just right. The Devils found a way to get Stevens, Niedermayer, and Brodeur on the same team at the same time. That's unlikely to happen again for the Devils. If the Kings don't come back next year and win it, I imagine it's just going to get tougher and tougher in following seasons to climb that mountain again. Once a team losses whatever it is that gets them a few Cup wins, it's tough to get it back.
 
Oilers fan here:

Chin up, you'll bounce back next year. I'm sure the Kings organization are going to take a hard look at the mirror and be extra motivated going into next season. You have to factor in the fatigue over the last three seasons may have played a factor.

Just be happy that you're team isn't in a midst of a 9 year playoff-less streak with no end in sight ;)
 
Blue And Orange said:
Oilers fan here:

Chin up, you'll bounce back next year. I'm sure the Kings organization are going to take a hard look at the mirror and be extra motivated going into next season. You have to factor in the fatigue over the last three seasons may have played a factor.

Just be happy that you're team isn't in a midst of a 9 year playoff-less streak with no end in sight ;)
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Thx bud! Hope things turn around for you guys soon.
 
Its ****ing embarrassing going from winning the cup last year to missing the playoffs this year. I hope some of these guys are ashamed of themselves...
 
HansH said:
Wouldn't Richards be playing with Manchester to get them a Calder?
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That is a hell of a question. Deserving of it's own thread. I would put the chance of him playing in Manchester in the playoffs at less than 10%
 
I find it interesting that Calgary has not had a penalty called on them in 3 or 4 games. Quite interesting to say the least.
 
I would expect most if not all Kings players are going to decline WC invites.

Shore will be back in Manchester for the post season run.
 
Omni Owl said:
Its ****ing embarrassing going from winning the cup last year to missing the playoffs this year. I hope some of these guys are ashamed of themselves...
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I'm sorry, but that is just a ridiculous statement.

Please list all of the Kings you think didn't give a full effort this year and have something to be ashamed of.
 
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