I'd like to see a line of:Kane and Holloway need to be bumped up and Nuge and Foegele bumped down.
Just do it.
The Draisaitl line got absolutely owned by the Kopitar line last game.
That simply cant happen again.
The team needs to tighten up defensively as well to have any chance at winning. The little things matter.
Im expecting a much more detailed game today.
Kings haven't won a regulation playoff game since Game 4 in 2022Key to the game. Don't let it get to Overtime. Kings are 7-17 since their last cup win. 5 of those 7 wins were in Overtime.
Key to the game. Don't let it get to Overtime. Kings are 7-17 since their last cup win. 5 of those 7 wins were in Overtime.
I’d give it a go, on Holloway’s 2nd goal he flew down the RW and made a shot that Nuge/Forgele would never make, and Kane needs a better center than McLeod.I'd like to see a line of:
Hyman - McDavid - Holloway
I’d give it a go, on Holloway’s 2nd goal he flew down the RW and made a shot that Nuge/Forgele would never make, and Kane needs a better center than McLeod.
Besides, Drai is getting nowhere with Nuge and Foegele. That Foegele is on the 2nd line is ridiculous in the first place.
Then there was the night in Wichita, Kansas, when he was the goalie for the Wichita Thunder of the ECHL. Skinner recalls giving up nine goals. League records show it was eight, but the point remains the same.
"I remember hanging out with [Oilers defenseman Vincent Desharnais]. We went back to our apartment and I remember saying, 'I don't know if the NHL is going to happen for us. It seems so far away,'" Skinner said. "Those are the moments you look back on and you feel a lot of gratitude. Because of that experience, it made me want to work that much harder."
"I've been thinking about that lately, what success really is to me," Skinner said. "There is a quote, and I forgot the book, but it really resonated with me. Somebody said, 'A form of success is meaningful relationships and meaningful work. Trying to strive for that is what makes you successful.'
"Learning from how you deal with loss and failure really helps you for when the lights are on you, the cameras are on you and you are in the NHL. It's important to know how to deal with that. The same goes for success."
hes playing like a kid who has said " im never playing in the AHL again"Same here. I really like Holloway. I thought he was going to be better sooner but he's still so young. Nice to see how confident he looks since coming back up.
I'm not really concerned honestly. If we get the lead, LA is done. They need to open and they just can't against us.
But we can play LAs game too and we're still a better team than LA even playing LAs "style", just need to play smart....skill will prevail. Skinner needs to be better but he'll bounce back tonight. I have more faith on him this years than last. And while I'm not making excuses because good teams create their own luck.....LA has scored lucky goals. Doughtys break away, Kempes double mid air tip and Fialas (1 in 500 ) goal.
We are not a perfect team by any means but we do have the tools in the tool kit to do the job. As Ekholm said last game, "we're not going 16-0"
I agree. Skinner should be on a very short leash. If he lets in a couple of early goals, then it's Pickard time.They better come out strong and take this game. If Skinner shits the bed early we need to bring Pickard in while there's enough runway to try to win the game.
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Hopefully this is the only time your behind tonight... (was that believable?)
tbh I think its a coaching copout to say we don't care about matchups. Even the best team in the league I ever watched, in the 80's, Sather, and Muckler cared about matchups and exploited and benefitted from them anyway they could. Not disputing what you are saying, Knob has stated that but I don't agree with it. Also the teams mantra is we don't worry about opponents, we focus on what we're doing isn't always working out so well EV and it could even hold us back in that regard.While I don't like that LA can push their matchups, reality is that Knoblach didn't seem that concerned about chasing matchups anyways other than the occasional o-zone faceoff on an icing, so it may not be all that different here.