GDT: Game 64: Predators @ LA Kings | 03.22.22 | 9:30p

[Legionnaire11]

(37-22-4) 78 pts
Predators Lineup:
Forsberg-Johansen-Duchene
Tolvanen-Granlund-Kunin
Trenin-Sissons-Jeannot
Cousins-McCarron-Tomasino

Josi-Carrier
Ekholm-Lauzon
Borowiecki-Tennyson

Predators Injuries:
Dante Fabbro - DTD - Upper Body
Matt Benning - IR - Upper Body



(34-22-8) 76 pts
Kings Lineup:
Iafallo - Kopitar - Kempe
Moore - Danault - Kaliyev
Vilardi - Byfield - Kupari
Grundstrom - Lizotte - Andersson

Maatta - Spence
Moverare - Durzi
Edler - Stecher

Kings Injuries:
Tobias Bjornfot - DTD - Lower Body
Andreas Athanasiou - IR
Dustin Brown - IR - Upper Body
Matt Roy - IR - Lower Body
Drew Doughty - IR
Mikey Anderson - IR - Upper Body
Viktor Arvidsson - IR - Lower Body
Brendan Lemieux - IR - Lower Body
Sean Walker - IR - Torn ACL, MCL

Goalies:

David Rittich
(5-2-1) .895

vs

Jonathan Quick
(16-12-7) .908

Last Game:
Predators: W | 6-3 @ ANH
Kings: L | 1-5 @ VGK

Betting Odds:

Recap:

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[weeze]

Duchene has already scored more goals than ever and is close to passing his career high of 70 from 13'-14' season. If the 9-95-92 line keeps playing like this and lines 3 and 4 chip in like they do, the Preds are going to be fun to watch! Gotta get that #2 line clicking now. Seems like Granny has been a little snake bit for a while.

 

[drwpreds]

Man, just look at the points leaders comparison between us and the Kings. Those Kings leaders numbers are what we USUALLY have- not this year though, lol

 

[Jonesey]

 

[hockey diva]

Your mommas appreciated the effort and the win last night. They expect you to let them go to bed and wake up to another win. They also send cookies

 

[AnalogKid]

I love Arvy and miss him but we are better without him (runs and hides for cover)

 

[Aardvarksson]

I love Arvy and miss him but we are better without him (runs and hides for cover)

How dare you


But yeah that seems to be the consensus from fans

 

[drwpreds]

I love Arvy and miss him but we are better without him (runs and hides for cover)

I mean, we are obviously doing fine without him- but I would still love to plug him into the top 6 on this team.

 

[GoldOnGold]

I mean, we are obviously doing fine without him- but I would still love to plug him into the top 6 on this team.

Yeah we're doing pretty dang well but I definitely think he would be doing better than Kunin or Tolvanen with Granlund

 

[nine_inch_fang]

In what way would he be doing better than Kunin and Tolvanen? Strictly in points I would assume is what we're talking about here? That is possible but what do you lose with his ineffectiveness forechecking?

Or while injured...

 

[Flgatorguy87]

Duchene has already scored more goals than ever and is close to passing his career high of 70 from 13'-14' season. If the 9-95-92 line keeps playing like this and lines 3 and 4 chip in like they do, the Preds are going to be fun to watch! Gotta get that #2 line clicking now. Seems like Granny has been a little snake bit for a while.

Granny is a distributor that is trying to do too much because he's not getting results. They have got to put Tomasino on his line. Granny is just being wasted because we don't have linemates who are matching his ability at the moment.

 

[GoldOnGold]

In what way would he be doing better than Kunin and Tolvanen? Strictly in points I would assume is what we're talking about here? That is possible but what do you lose with his ineffectiveness forechecking?

Or while injured...

Arvy could finish. He has nearly as many goals this year as Kunin and Tolvanen combined.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Granny is a distributor that is trying to do too much because he's not getting results. They have got to put Tomasino on his line. Granny is just being wasted because we don't have linemates who are matching his ability at the moment.

He seems to be in a bit of a funk at the other end of the ice too. No biggie players will have their ups and downs… the way some others are rolling it’s not the worst time…

 

[drwpreds]

Arvy could finish. He has nearly as many goals this year as Kunin and Tolvanen combined.

This- adding a 25-30 goal scorer to what we already have would be a good thing. You cannot have too much scoring depth, especially playoff time

 

[nine_inch_fang]

Not really sure in the logic of going backwards to a time when the team wasn't good but by all means revel in nostalgia

 

[Scoresberg]

Methinks Granlund is dead-tired right now. Playing every game of the season, top PP, top PK, centering 9 and 95 and handling the defensive duties for them. On top of that, he’s a guy who never takes a shift off.

Yeah, I think he might need some rest.

 

[GeauxPreds1]

Granny is a distributor that is trying to do too much because he's not getting results. They have got to put Tomasino on his line. Granny is just being wasted because we don't have linemates who are matching his ability at the moment.

I think moving Tomasino up would be a good idea. Move kunin down to the 4th line with cousins and McCarrons and put Tomasino with tolvanen and granny.

 

[LCPreds]

What about a Jeannot/Kunin swap?

 

[drwpreds]

Not really sure in the logic of going backwards to a time when the team wasn't good but by all means revel in nostalgia

When was the team not good?? Excluding the 2 shortened seasons due to Covid, our worst year during full seasons with Arvy on roster was 94 points, and that team made the SCF. The 19-20 team was probably the "worst" but even it was on pace for about 94 points.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

This- adding a 25-30 goal scorer to what we already have would be a good thing. You cannot have too much scoring depth, especially playoff time

Anyway, I think it was psychologically necessary to move on from some of the familiarity that had built up, and sending out Ellis, Arvidsson, and Jarnkrok was a good move just to freshen up the room and make sure the New Identity that some of the younger bigger hungrier guys were bringing had room to breathe. Maybe we gave up a few goals to do so, maybe not, but I bet we'd have been a worse team keeping those guys around than just their stats on paper would say. Josi and Forsberg are on whole new levels now after losing the "comfort zone" provided by having their buddies around, and Duchene and Johansen sure seemed to receive the wakeup call from being exposed in the Expansion Draft. You can't tally all that stuff looking at stats, but I suspect it had a big effect on how this team was able to emerge with a fresh outlook.

 

[Armourboy]

Sometimes it's addition by subtraction. I think in the case of Ellis and Arvy they really didn't see eye to eye with Hynes and what he wanted to do.

I also think Poile also saw the writing on the wall, they are both smaller players that are going to be injury issues from here on.

He killed two birds with one stone by moving them.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Anyway, I think it was psychologically necessary to move on from some of the familiarity that had built up, and sending out Ellis, Arvidsson, and Jarnkrok was a good move just to freshen up the room and make sure the New Identity that some of the younger bigger hungrier guys were bringing had room to breathe. Maybe we gave up a few goals to do so, maybe not, but I bet we'd have been a worse team keeping those guys around than just their stats on paper would say. Josi and Forsberg are on whole new levels now after losing the "comfort zone" provided by having their buddies around, and Duchene and Johansen sure seemed to receive the wakeup call from being exposed in the Expansion Draft. You can't tally all that stuff looking at stats, but I suspect it had a big effect on how this team was able to emerge with a fresh outlook.

If Arvy was still here then JOFA would still be a thing and those guys were so freaking complacent the last few years. I doubt any of Forsberg, Johansen, or Duchene's numbers look remotely as good as they have under that stagnant forward dynamic. Good for Arvy for performing well and "bouncing back," but he's still missed about 15 games already this season and his run here was through.

 

[GoldOnGold]

Anyway, I think it was psychologically necessary to move on from some of the familiarity that had built up, and sending out Ellis, Arvidsson, and Jarnkrok was a good move just to freshen up the room and make sure the New Identity that some of the younger bigger hungrier guys were bringing had room to breathe. Maybe we gave up a few goals to do so, maybe not, but I bet we'd have been a worse team keeping those guys around than just their stats on paper would say. Josi and Forsberg are on whole new levels now after losing the "comfort zone" provided by having their buddies around, and Duchene and Johansen sure seemed to receive the wakeup call from being exposed in the Expansion Draft. You can't tally all that stuff looking at stats, but I suspect it had a big effect on how this team was able to emerge with a fresh outlook.

This might very well be true, and I think that it would be a fine reason to make the moves we did. After all, it's hard to argue with results.

 

[101st_fan]

Fabbro now week to week.

 

[Legionnaire11]

Tuned in for the pregame, saw Hurricanes post game, then remembered we're on ESPN+ tonight...