GDT: 2023-24 season game 37 LA Kings vs Tampa Bay Lightning @4:00pm 1/9/24

[johnjm22]

Here are your current TOI leaders in the NHL.

Player	Team	S/C	Pos	GP	TOI/GP
Drew Doughty	LAK	R	D	37​	26:02
Noah Dobson	NYI	R	D	40​	25:51
John Carlson	WSH	R	D	38​	25:34
Seth Jones	CHI	R	D	27​	25:25
Cam Fowler	ANA	L	D	40​	25:12
Mike Matheson	MTL	L	D	39​	25:04
Miro Heiskanen	DAL	L	D	37​	25:03
Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	L	D	40​	24:57
Brock Faber	MIN	R	D	39​	24:47
Cale Makar	COL	R	D	36​	24:45
Travis Sanheim	PHI	L	D	39​	24:37
Kris Letang	PIT	R	D	39​	24:36
Charlie McAvoy	BOS	R	D	32​	24:32
Victor Hedman	TBL	L	D	40​	24:32

 

[kilowatt]

That Faber trade is gonna sting for a long time.

 

[Lt Dan]

Oh but brilliant Gnome King GM

I looked a good 8 minutes for this. I had to hit the internet way back machine

 

[YP44]

I can't remember a situation similar to what's happening now with the Kings where the coach isn't replaced (capped out after GM just made his "over the top" trade while the team is freefalling after a hot start). I can't imagine that TM is still the coach by the time the team is back to LA.

AEG will give Blake at least another year but I can't see how he survives the optics of doing nothing to change things up when the team looks this lost. McClellan has got to go, I think it's almost inevitable at this point.

I hope you are right, who would you want as coach?

Here are your current TOI leaders in the NHL.

Player	Team	S/C	Pos	GP	TOI/GP
Drew Doughty	LAK	R	D	37​	26:02
Noah Dobson	NYI	R	D	40​	25:51
John Carlson	WSH	R	D	38​	25:34
Seth Jones	CHI	R	D	27​	25:25
Cam Fowler	ANA	L	D	40​	25:12
Mike Matheson	MTL	L	D	39​	25:04
Miro Heiskanen	DAL	L	D	37​	25:03
Rasmus Dahlin	BUF	L	D	40​	24:57
Brock Faber	MIN	R	D	39​	24:47
Cale Makar	COL	R	D	36​	24:45
Travis Sanheim	PHI	L	D	39​	24:37
Kris Letang	PIT	R	D	39​	24:36
Charlie McAvoy	BOS	R	D	32​	24:32
Victor Hedman	TBL	L	D	40​	24:32

Really should Doughty be playing all those minutes? If the best thing you bring to the table is being able to play large minutes, not sure that is enough.

 

[The Butcher]

I hope you are right, who would you want as coach?


Really should Doughty be playing all those minutes? If the best thing you bring to the table is being able to play large minutes, not sure that is enough.

Honestly Sutter would be at the top of my list as crazy as it sounds.

I think Berube could teach this team to stick up for each other and bring out whatever toughness the boys have in them. I can't see the Kings spending all this money and then giving the keys over to an unproven guy like Sturm.

 

[Moses Doughty]

Honestly Sutter would be at the top of my list as crazy as it sounds.

I think Berube could teach this team to stick up for each other and bring out whatever toughness the boys have in them. I can't see the Kings spending all this money and then giving the keys over to an unproven guy like Sturm.

The sad part is that they totally would try and make Sturm coach since they've been trying that for so long.

Berube would be a good choice to light a fire under this team. I've seen Gallant mentioned but I wouldn't go near him. He's even worse at incorporating younger guys into the lineup than Todd

 

[Lt Dan]

Berube would be a good choice to light a fire under this team. I've seen Gallant mentioned but I wouldn't go near him. He's even worse at incorporating younger guys into the lineup than Todd

Berube would be great just for the Uncle Owen and Aunt Berube jokes

 

[YAYSAY]

That Faber trade is gonna sting for a long time.

And the Vilardi one too

 

[Johnny Utah]

Dean Evason - listen to this interview on Cam and Strick podcast.

I would say Evason, Gallant, then Berube in that order.

 

[Telos]

The Faber trade isn't going to sting nearly as much as the PLD trade. Faber was a great prospect, but he was in a logjam and we got one of our best players back in return who is signed long-term in their prime. The PLD trade is shaping up to trading a now better-producing winger, our best utility forward, and a couple of decent throw-ins for a pylon that has a boat anchor of a contract that will financially crippple the organization for nearly a decade. They aren't even comparable in my opinion.

 

[KINGS17]

Regarding Carrlyn, I admire her talent and not doubting she earned her role, but I always think she's meant to be catering to the 6-12 age group by the way she speaks.

Seeing her and Darryl together is very incongruous to my senses.

Not many are aware of this, but Darryl Evans was in charge of giving the ice girls skating lessons.

 

[FeartheFur]

I’m mad too. But fellas. It’s a good team. A point on the road against a good team? Take it and run.

 

[bmr]

The Faber trade isn't going to sting nearly as much as the PLD trade. Faber was a great prospect, but he was in a logjam and we got one of our best players back in return who is signed long-term in their prime. The PLD trade is shaping up to trading a now better-producing winger, our best utility forward, and a couple of decent throw-ins for a pylon that has a boat anchor of a contract that will financially crippple the organization for nearly a decade. They aren't even comparable in my opinion.

100%. Fiala is a great player, even with some of his questionable decisions. Which of the Doughty/Roy/Spence/Clarke players are you going to dump for Faber? Has to be 2 of those.

I dunno, BtoP, having been a low level team sport player in my agile days, a group was definitely more gee'd up and on their toe's when the captain was strong and acting like a petit général.

It's human nature to look to the chosen leader and they are extremely useful at crux time. They can make others clutch.

My disagreement with you is made with all due respect!

I would just like to officially go on record and say you have the best name on this board.

I’m mad too. But fellas. It’s a good team. A point on the road against a good team? Take it and run.

Normally I would agree with you. However, it's the same old story on a different day. Have lead, give up lead, go to overtime, lose in overtime or shootout. I think we would give Todd a break if he puts the fastest/skilled players on the ice.

 

[bmr]

Not many are aware of this, but Darryl Evans was in charge of giving the ice girls skating lessons.

Maybe that's why he's always smiling so much?

 

[Brownie to Pancakes]

I’m mad too. But fellas. It’s a good team. A point on the road against a good team? Take it and run.

1 of 4 points so far, both choked 2 goal leads. You can't bright side this

 

[RocketKing]

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Oh but there will be sooo many opportunities to exceed this level of suckage and very soon.

 

[Sausages]

I would just like to officially go on record and say you have the best name on this board.

Thanks, I thought it was die Wurst.

 

[YP44]

I’m mad too. But fellas. It’s a good team. A point on the road against a good team? Take it and run.

This Tampa team does nto have same depth as previous teams

 

[tigermask48]

Playing Iafallo at center would have been a better move that the dipshit trade for PLD. Don't care if he's never played center in his life. Couldn't possibly be worse. PLD has 16 points and the year is nearly half done. Even Huberdeau isn't that bad, and Calgary fans want to launch him into a brick wall.

Iafallo was a center in college. He was only converted to a wing once he joined the Kings. AI is actually a part of that group that "failed" alongside Vilardi, Kupari, Byfield, etc.

 

[Bandit]

Iafallo was a center in college. He was only converted to a wing once he joined the Kings. AI is actually a part of that group that "failed" alongside Vilardi, Kupari, Byfield, etc.

Even better (worse?).

 

[tigermask48]

Even better (worse?).

No way it would have been worse. Doubly so now that we know what PLD actually brings. Both AI and PLD are bad at faceoffs, and streaky scorers, the only differences are AI cost half as much and you never questioned his work ethic (his hockey sense maybe, sure).

To me you can do a heck of alot worse at center than Kopitar, Danault, Iafallo, Lizotte at Center. All 4 are hard working tenacious forwards you can build around.
But that requires Todd to actually use all his lines, which isn't happening.