GDT: GM#72 LA Kings vs New Jersey Devils @1:00pm

[Ziggy Stardust]

Doughty, Pearson, Toffoli for McAvoy, Pastrnak, DeBrusk. Do iiiit.

 

[kingsholygrail]

How can one team be so inconsistent?

 

[KingsHockey24]

We had five who played less than 10 minutes this afternoon. Pretty shitty ice time distribution.

Reider with 9:30 TOI
Clifford with 7:00 TOI
LaDue with 8:30 TOI
Mitchell with 9:00 TOI
Iafallo with 9:00 TOI

 

[BigKing]

Ruined three Saturdays in a row. Feels good, man.

We all know how many games are left, right?

Do they?

 

[BigKing]

LaDue lol.

Team is better with Folin. Sorry.

Another stellar game for LaDue against a good team.

Looks good against non-playoff teams though.

 

[KINGS17]

Doughty, Pearson, Toffoli for McAvoy, Pastrnak, DeBrusk. Do iiiit.

Boston would be foolish to make this deal.

 

[KINGS17]

LaDue lol.

Team is better with Folin. Sorry.

Another stellar game for LaDue against a good team.

Looks good against non-playoff teams though.

...but, but he is ready to break through as a top 4.

 

[KingsFan7824]

Gave up 2 SH goals to NJ this year, a PP goal, and 5 ES goals. Scored just 1 ES goal themselves.

Quick gave up 8 goals on 54 shots, for a sv% of .852.

The +/- was:

Doughty, -5
Kopitar, -3
Toffoli, -3
Pearson, -3
Muzzin, -3
Carter, -2
Brown, -2
Kempe, -2
Forbort, -2
Clifford, -1
Folin, -1
Iafallo, -1
Martinez, -1
Lewis, -1
Rieder, -1
Brodzinski, 0
MacDermid, 0
Mitchell, 0
Shore, 0
LaDue, 0
Phaneuf, 0
Thompson, 0
Gaborik, 1

Everyone sucked against NJ this year. Basically nobody was immune to being out there for a goal against.

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

Boston would be foolish to make this deal.

Doubt Boston even does McAvoy for Doughty straight up.

 

[Winger23]

...but, but he is ready to break through as a top 4.

Still better than forbort.

 

[KINGS17]

Caption this...hey look it's already the third period.

 

[KINGS17]

Still better than forbort.

Still doesn't make LaDue a top 4.

 

[Winger23]

Still doesn't make LaDue a top 4.

Not stating he is.

 

[KingsFan7824]

We had five who played less than 10 minutes this afternoon. Pretty ****ty ice time distribution.

Reider with 9:30 TOI
Clifford with 7:00 TOI
LaDue with 8:30 TOI
Mitchell with 9:00 TOI
Iafallo with 9:00 TOI

Get down early, still trying to win the game, and some guys showed up less than others that didn't show up.

 

[Herby]

We had five who played less than 10 minutes this afternoon. Pretty ****ty ice time distribution.

Reider with 9:30 TOI
Clifford with 7:00 TOI
LaDue with 8:30 TOI
Mitchell with 9:00 TOI
Iafallo with 9:00 TOI

They had a ton of PP’s early and were down 2 most of the game. Obviously not going to play Mitchell, Reider and Clifford a ton when looking for goals.

 

[Little Psycho]

Still better than forbort.

I want to see LaDue and Folin in and Forbort out.

 

[KingsFan7824]

They had a ton of PP’s early and were down 2 most of the game. Obviously not going to play Mitchell, Reider and Clifford a ton when looking for goals.

That too.

 

[KINGS17]

Not stating he is.

Never said Forbort was.

 

[Bandit]

LaDue lol.

Team is better with Folin. Sorry.

Another stellar game for LaDue against a good team.

Looks good against non-playoff teams though.

LaDue looked better than Doughty today. Not hard, but still...

 

[BigKing]

LaDue looked better than Doughty today. Not hard, but still...

So did I

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Aside from Quick, and when Doughty starts throwing a fit, there’s a general lack of emotion with this team. I don’t see any intensity or sense of urgency. They just seem so ho-hum and indifferent.

 

[BigKing]

Like Doughty said in the Summer: need to bring in Prust for veteran leadership.

 

[KingsFan7824]

Aside from Quick, and when Doughty starts throwing a fit, there’s a general lack of emotion with this team. I don’t see any intensity or sense of urgency. They just seem so ho-hum and indifferent.

I keep thinking that it's obvious that it can't be true, it's not real, it's just a thing you say, but they really did sell their soul for the 2014 run. Teams don't do all of the things they did. Teams rarely do just one of the things they managed to do. Some things they did have never been done. They even scored with the crowd chanting we want the Cup. It's ridiculous.

Set financially. They've got their families. They've got their Cups. You don't want to say professional success ruined them, because that's dumb, and I'm just a fan, and certainly don't know what it's like to get paid millions to do anything, but a lot of guys on the team don't have a lot left to play for I guess. Outside of a major injury, even Doughty knows he's going to get a giant contract, one way or another.

 

[KINGS17]

Like Doughty said in the Summer: need to bring in Prust for veteran leadership.

When is Doughty going to figure out he is supposed to be the veteran presence.

 

[tny760]

I figured they would lose, and in my mind I put this down as a loss after last saturday's debacle. Good thing I didn't waste my time watching this game. On to the next one.

samesame

all but guaranteed this team won't show up unless they get their normal start time on the normal channel against the opponent's true 1G