GDT: 2020-21 season game 15 LA Kings vs Arizona Coyotes @6:00pm 2/18/21

[fsanford]

Hope JAD is OK

He was on the bench at the end of the shootout.

 

[cyclones22]

Thank goodness they won. Watching Arizona trying to turtle and counter punch their way to a win was wholly unsatisfying.

 

[Ray Martyniuk]

Colin Fraser, Hunter and his favorite, Dwight King. Remember when people were saying Dwight King was a decent NHL player and we were just being too hard on him lol.

Love him or hate Dwight King gave the Kings even more size than they already had...Kopi,Carts,Penner,King,Nolan...that was a whole lot of size to contend with...remember before the Kings brought up King and Nolan and traded for Carts they were barely a play-off team if my memory serves me right

 

[crassbonanza]

I've been impressed with TMac. He is making solid personnel choices and has been getting more out of his roster. He also has been holding guys accountable and even getting solid improvement out of their game and development.

He is doing a fine job of balancing development and trying to win. It's one of the reasons I liked that he got 5 years, he can look at the longterm benefits.

 

[Sol]

Love him or hate Dwight King gave the Kings even more size than they already had...Kopi,Carts,Penner,King,Nolan...that was a whole lot of size to contend with...remember before the Kings brought up King and Nolan and traded for Carts they were barely a play-off team if my memory serves me right

That was just the team on a hot streak. Dwight King definitely had his moments where he came up big but by no means was he actually a good player. The fact he kept getting top 6 minutes was mind blowing

 

[Ray Martyniuk]

Anyone want to explain why Grundstrom was shooting first and GV fourth?

Must of looked great in practice I'm thinking

 

[Kingspiracy]

The dark days as a kings fan. Just happy Sutter and DL are gone.

Really? I still think those two could latch on somewhere and drag another franchise to the promise land.

 

[crassbonanza]

Love him or hate Dwight King gave the Kings even more size than they already had...Kopi,Carts,Penner,King,Nolan...that was a whole lot of size to contend with...remember before the Kings brought up King and Nolan and traded for Carts they were barely a play-off team if my memory serves me right

That was Sutters first move if I remember right. He went to Manchester before taking over and watched the team. When he came on board they called up Kings and Nolan.

 

[Ray Martyniuk]

That was just the team on a hot streak. Dwight King definitely had his moments where he came up big but by no means was he actually a good player. The fact he kept getting top 6 minutes was mind blowing

Top 6 on occasion...when Penner was here in 2012 he played LWing with Richards and Carts! King as I recall played with Stollie and J Willliams

 

[Ray Martyniuk]

That was Sutters first move if I remember right. He went to Manchester before taking over and watched the team. When he came on board they called up Kings and Nolan.

I think you are right. Then they sent J Johnson to Columbus and brought Carts in and Voynov up from Manchester

 

[Sol]

Really? I still think those two could latch on somewhere and drag another franchise to the promise land.

I highly doubt it. Unless DL is a reformed man that suddenly likes Euros and Speed. And on top of that. I remember there being articles about Sutter after the Kings fired him in regards to him having issues with brown I believe and some other players. Sutter knew how to light a fire under the Kings, but how much of it was coaching or just the fact that Murrays suffocating system was gone, Idk.

 

[crassbonanza]

I defended King a bit too long, i will admit, but he was a huge part of the 12-14 success for us.

 

[Lt Dan]

Top 6 on occasion...when Penner was here in 2012 he played LWing with Richards and Carts! King as I recall played with Stollie and J Willliams

King replaced Penner on Richards and Carter's line a lot that year

 

[HookKing]

That was Sutters first move if I remember right. He went to Manchester before taking over and watched the team. When he came on board they called up Kings and Nolan.

Which was actually somewhat of a disaster. I believe the Kings lost 5 of their next 6.

 

[Ray Martyniuk]

He was on the bench at the end of the shootout.

Saw JAD take a shift in the OT,so that was a relief,he really got hammered earlier,probably should have been a boarding call

 

[Sol]

Top 6 on occasion...when Penner was here in 2012 he played LWing with Richards and Carts! King as I recall played with Stollie and J Willliams

Ah yeah, Richards. The guy who kept getting top 6 ice time when he couldn't hold on to the puck and or play defense. It took a miracle for the Kings to finally stop giving him icetime and PP time. He was so bad after the Bolland hit.

 

[Ray Martyniuk]

King replaced Penner on Richards and Carter's line a lot that year

That was after the 2012 Cup win

 

[Ray Martyniuk]

Ah yeah, Richards. The guy who kept getting top 6 ice time when he couldn't hold on to the puck and or play defense. It took a miracle for the Kings to finally stop giving him icetime and PP time. He was so bad after the Bolland hit.

Loved Richards he was the consummate team player

 

[Bandit]

We won, the shooters weren’t Brown, Carter & Iafallo, and we’re bringing up Dwight King? Okie dokie...

 

[Docgonzo]

King replaced Penner on Richards and Carter's line a lot that year

That’s because by the time we got him Penner was awful and was one foot out of the league.

 

[Kingspiracy]

I highly doubt it. Unless DL is a reformed man that suddenly likes Euros and Speed. And on top of that. I remember there being articles about Sutter after the Kings fired him in regards to him having issues with brown I believe and some other players. Sutter knew how to light a fire under the Kings, but how much of it was coaching or just the fact that Murrays suffocating system was gone, Idk.

They were'nt perfect but the style of game they brought was effective then and probably now. It just wasnt sustainable for the team too keep playing. Speed and flash only get teams so far. Id love to see another dl lead franchise meat grind their way to cups like we did.

 

[Sol]

Loved Richards he was the consummate team player

He was really good when he was on, and he was really bad after the hit. I soured a lot on Richards mainly because he was getting such a long rope to bounce back when his game was absolutely brutal. And when the Kings didn't use the buy out on him it was infuriating.

 

[Sol]

Must of looked great in practice I'm thinking

Grundstrom has good hands and a good shot. Evident by the beautiful dangle he scored a few weeks ago I think.

 

[Bandit]

Good win. True Lies is on Amazon Prime, I’m out.

 

[Sol]

They were'nt perfect but the style of game they brought was effective then and probably now. It just wasnt sustainable for the team too keep playing. Speed and flash only get teams so far. Id love to see another dl lead franchise meat grind their way to cups like we did.

I don't know how effective he'd be in the current NHL. He got fired for a reason. His model stopped working and he got too emotional to be a GM.