2017-18 Kings News/Rumors/Tidbits

[Frolov 6'3]

What?

The clip was so funny, especially because Doughty didnt even notice what was going on.

Doughty reminds me of a friend. He has exactly the same facial expressions. Its scary.

 

[regulate]

what do you think about kempe at this point of the season? in last few games i had this feeling that he might soon start to deliver again. and where to put him in the playoffs?

Kempe has not scored a goal in 21 straight games. That has been his pro history in North America so far. Long droughts without goals. Unfortunate for the Kings during this playoff stretch, they need his secondary scoring. He does have 9 assists in those 21 games. But 21 games is 25% of the season, and it hurts when offensively oriented players are not putting the puck in the net.

 

[KINGS17]

Kempe has not scored a goal in 21 straight games. That has been his pro history in North America so far. Long droughts without goals. Unfortunate for the Kings during this playoff stretch, they need his secondary scoring. He does have 9 assists in those 21 games. But 21 games is 25% of the season, and it hurts when offensively oriented players are not putting the puck in the net.

I like a lot of aspects of Kempe's game, but if he can't find a scoring touch on a consistent basis, he will be a top six/top nine tweener.

 

[Legionnaire]

I remember when I had my first beer.

I BELEIVE!!! This team is as good as any in the league when they're on their game.

Let's Go Kings!!!

And actually that's more of a post from someone who had 31 first beers...but I was sotally tober.

 

[KingTrouty]

Thinking about subscribing to The Athletic, anyone here have it? Do they have a Kings reporter? I thought I read they did.

 

[RONNIEC]

Kempe has not scored a goal in 21 straight games. That has been his pro history in North America so far. Long droughts without goals. Unfortunate for the Kings during this playoff stretch, they need his secondary scoring. He does have 9 assists in those 21 games. But 21 games is 25% of the season, and it hurts when offensively oriented players are not putting the puck in the net.

I believe his game is affected by Steven's frequent lineup rotation.
Some nights Kempe was the center on the 2nd line, some nights he was the winger, and sometimes he was even on the 3rd line.
His qualities are there, just missing the goal(s).
Get him a consistent role, and his scoring will be back.

 

[KingTrouty]

I believe his game is affected by Steven's frequent lineup rotation.
Some nights Kempe was the center on the 2nd line, some nights he was the winger, and sometimes he was even on the 3rd line.
His qualities are there, just missing the goal(s).
Get him a consistent role, and his scoring will be back.

I'm not a huge supporter of Stevens, but if anything, he did Kempe a solid by playing him with Toff and Pearson after Carter returned.

 

[Little Psycho]

We only played the Avalanche once this season and it was an OT win. Really need this win.

 

[Frolov 6'3]

Kempe always had troubles to get open for a shot and still has.

He can learn a few things from Toffoli.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

The Avs are 6-1-3 in their last 10 games...

 

[RONNIEC]

I'm not a huge supporter of Stevens, but if anything, he did Kempe a solid by playing him with Toff and Pearson after Carter returned.

I think Carter was the center of TT and TP most of the time since he is back while AK still shifting from line to line??

 

[KingTrouty]

I think Carter was the center of TT and TP most of the time since he is back while AK still shifting from line to line??

Kempe was played with Toff and Pearson for a few games, while Carter had Rieder/Lewis

It's all over the place right now with Lewis out. I guess we're done with Brodz this year?

 

[KingTrouty]

He had Toffoli on his right wing for the last four games, and Pearson on his left for 3 of the last 4. He was rotated around quite a bit when Carter first came back.

 

[BigKing]

Kempe does not have a great scoring touch. That's always been the knock on him and it has played out so far in his pro career. He's generally been playing with good players all season too so I put zero "blame" on Stevens for it. The only thing that could maybe boost him would be power play time but the power play hasn't been bad so why screw with it?

Hopefully he can find a balance between the insanely high shooting percentage he had at the start of the season v. the insanely low percentage he has had in 2018.

 

[RONNIEC]

Kempe was played with Toff and Pearson for a few games, while Carter had Rieder/Lewis

It's all over the place right now with Lewis out. I guess we're done with Brodz this year?

Yes, AK played a few games with TT and TP, but I don't see the consistency by Stevens.

Our top 2 lines should be:
Iafallo - Kopi - DB
TP - AK - TT

Don't want to see Rieder moving up from 3rd/4th and stir up the first 2 lines again.

Amadio - Andreoff - Brodz had a good 6-game road trip last month... I don't know why the coach break them up...
If this could be our 4th line, then our 3rd would be Rieder/Mitchell - Thompson - Cliff..

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

A big problem with Kempe is how unnoticeable he is if he isn't using his speed or creating chances. There's too many floaters on this team.

 

[KingTrouty]

Yes, AK played a few games with TT and TP, but I don't see the consistency by Stevens.

Carter has only been back a handful of games and Stevens is already putting Kempe back with the line he spent most of the year on and you don't think that's consistency?

Small sample size, but Kempe hasn't been disrupted much from the Tanner/Tyler line, other than a handful of games when Carter first came back. And it was expected that Carter would go back to the 70's line.

Also, you left Carter off your roster.

 

[Winger23]

Yes, AK played a few games with TT and TP, but I don't see the consistency by Stevens.

Our top 2 lines should be:
Iafallo - Kopi - DB
TP - AK - TT

Don't want to see Rieder moving up from 3rd/4th and stir up the first 2 lines again.

Amadio - Andreoff - Brodz had a good 6-game road trip last month... I don't know why the coach break them up...
If this could be our 4th line, then our 3rd would be Rieder/Mitchell - Thompson - Cliff..

So where's Carter?

 

[Little Psycho]

They need to give up on Rieder at this point. I rather have Brodz back.

 

[Winger23]

They need to give up on Rieder at this point. I rather have Brodz back.

If these are the lines for tonight Stevens has lost his f***ing mind.

 

[KingTrouty]

They need to give up on Rieder at this point. I rather have Brodz back.

Top 3 LW's are underwhelming. Pearson as a RW? Center depth is nice.

Amadio did play his worst game against WPG, but everyone was awful. I don't think he looked good against MIN, either, but I may be conflating the two games. He needs a strong bounce back game.

 

[KingsFan7824]

Kempe would mix it up with a defenseman after the whistle here and there. Remind them that he's there. The edge he played with earlier in the year doesn't seem like it's been around lately.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I can't recall Pearson ever being on RW but those lines are godawful. Stevens doing his best to sabotage our run. "gonna trade for this defensive, faceoff winning 4C....and play him on 3LW." f*** off.

 

[go4hockey]

Yes, AK played a few games with TT and TP, but I don't see the consistency by Stevens.

Our top 2 lines should be:
Iafallo - Kopi - DB
TP - AK - TT

Don't want to see Rieder moving up from 3rd/4th and stir up the first 2 lines again.

Amadio - Andreoff - Brodz had a good 6-game road trip last month... I don't know why the coach break them up...
If this could be our 4th line, then our 3rd would be Rieder/Mitchell - Thompson - Cliff..

So you don’t want Carter in the lineup at all? Don’t see him anywhere.

 

[KingTrouty]

Maybe

AI - Kopi - Brown
Pearson - Carter- Brodzinksi
Amadio - Kempe - Toffoli
Clifford - Thompson - Rieder/Mitchell/AA

?