GDT: 2021-22 season game 80 LA Kings vs Anaheim Ducks @7:30pm

[kingsboy11]

Anaheim Ducks (30-34-14, 74pts, 6th in Pacific)@ Los Angeles Kings(42-27-10, 94pts, 3rd in Pacific)
Staples Center | Los Angeles, CA
TIME: 7:30pm PT | TV: Bally Sports West RADIO: I Heart Radio App

SEASON STATS

*Lines subject to change*
**The website I use to get these doesn't have all of our players yet**

Scratched: Austin Strand, Tobias Bjornfot, Lias Andersson, Brendan Lemieux, Rasmus Kupari, Gabriel Vilardi, Troy Stecher
Covid: N/A
Injured: Sean Walker, Drew Doughty, Mikey Anderson

Injuries: Max Jones, Jakob Silfverberg, Sam Carrick, Urho Vaakanainen
Covid: N/A

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[Raccoon Jesus]

It's fan appreciation night and I wanted to say thanks to @kingsboy11 for doing the GDTs all year! Cheers buddy!

 

[KingsHockey24]

What Raccoon said.

@kingsboy11 if I ever catch you in Hermosa Beach I'll buy you a smoothie.

 

[King'sPawn]

Thank you @kingsboy11 for the GDTs and for being a great moderator throughout the year.

And thank you as well @Raccoon Jesus for being a great mod, eventhough you're an unapoligetic hater who's also a homer (j/k, you're great).

And thank you to all the people who contribute and discuss hockey, making this a fun forum.

 

[kilowatt]

and a special thanks to @Ray Martyniuk for something, probably

 

[ibleedkings]

and a special thanks to @Ray Martyniuk for something, probably

Don’t forget GB Hockey and Axl Rhoadz lol

 

[KingsHockey24]

Don’t forget GB Hockey and Axl Rhoadz lol

Caught Sol and Axl Rhoadz making out in front of the gym this morning.

We have such a loving and cheerful community!

 

[Peter James Bond III]

Just win. Dustin Brown's last regular season home game?

4-2 win. goals by Kempe, AA, Arvidsson and Kaliyev. But hard to bet against Phil.

 

[respD]

Dustin Brown's last regular season home game?

I've been wondering that too. Contrast with Getzlaf who announced retirement and gets to say his farewells over the last few weeks of the season. What will Dustin be thinking when the Kings do a little tribute for Getzlaf (handshakes after the game or whatever)?

It seems likely that if Brown knew he was not coming back he'd have said so (maybe not?). So I assume he intends to try to keep it going after this season.

 

[Little Psycho]

I've been wondering that too. Contrast with Getzlaf who announced retirement and gets to say his farewells over the last few weeks of the season. What will Dustin be thinking when the Kings do a little tribute for Getzlaf (handshakes after the game or whatever)?

It seems likely that if Brown knew he was not coming back he'd have said so (maybe not?). So I assume he intends to try to keep it going after this season.

Getzlaf already played his last game though, so doubt there will be handshakes. I think they'll still have a mini tribute.

Edit: don't think he's playing today, but he'll play tomorrow. Idk can't be bothered to confirm.

 

[cyclones22]

Echoing the thanks to kingsboy11 for the effort of creating these threads all season.

Honorable mention to the Ignore List for those two big trade deadline additions. Coming through in the clutch by seamlessly integrating them to the rest of roster quickly.

 

[Nasti]

A win tonight would mean the Kings could clinch as early as tomorrow with a Vegas regulation loss to San Jose.

 

[redcard]

Getzlaf already played his last game though, so doubt there will be handshakes. I think they'll still have a mini tribute.

Edit: don't think he's playing today, but he'll play tomorrow. Idk can't be bothered to confirm.

He's expected to play tonight

 

[Axl Rhoadz]

He's expected to play tonight

I would think he wouldn’t…don’t want to risk getting injured and unable to play last game at home. Ducks are hyping up that game and have raised ticket prices as well.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

A win tonight would mean the Kings could clinch as early as tomorrow with a Vegas regulation loss to San Jose.

lmao, like San Jose can stop f***ing us long enough to do the will of the hockey gods. I appreciate the thought though.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Hopefully you guys win tonight, and clinch a playoff spot. If you win, Vegas can’t catch you even if they win out all of their games (you’ll have 96 points at a minimum, Vegas can finish with 95 as a maximum).

Then I can move on to cheering for Dallas and/or Vancouver and/or Nashville (unless Nashville also wins tonight, giving them 96 points).

 

[Axl Rhoadz]

Hopefully you guys win tonight, and clinch a playoff spot. If you win, Vegas can’t catch you even if they win out all of their games (you’ll have 96 points at a minimum, Vegas can finish with 95 as a maximum).

Then I can move on to cheering for Dallas and/or Vancouver and/or Nashville (unless Nashville also wins tonight, giving them 96 points).

VGK currently has 89 points and 4 games left. You need to work on your math, bud. ;-)

 

[MarkusKetterer]

VGK currently has 89 points and 4 games left. You need to work on your math, bud. ;-)

I’m drinking. Ain’t nobody got time for math!

 

[KingsFan7824]

I've been wondering that too. Contrast with Getzlaf who announced retirement and gets to say his farewells over the last few weeks of the season. What will Dustin be thinking when the Kings do a little tribute for Getzlaf (handshakes after the game or whatever)?

It seems likely that if Brown knew he was not coming back he'd have said so (maybe not?). So I assume he intends to try to keep it going after this season.

The Ducks have been playing for nothing for a while. The Kings are in the middle of a race. They don't need that.

I'm sure everyone in that room knows whatever Brown is thinking. It's been a while, but did Selanne have some huge farewell tour as the Ducks were playing in meaningful games in 13-14? Or did everyone pretty much already know what was up, and only when they were fully done was there some sort of goodbye? Which happened to be on home ice after a Game 7?

 

[kingsholygrail]

Must win game.

 

[Little Psycho]

 

[kingsboy11]

damn Kopi almost had him on that breakaway

 

[Ollie Weeks]

Not gonna pewp on Kopi for that. He has had a good start to the game and Stolarz did leave that rebound for the taking, not like it was easy.

 

[SufferingSelfCreated]

Kopitar only has one move on the Breakaway. And it only works as a goal-scorer's goal, if you're scoring other ways. Otherwise they know exactly what's coming. Love the guy, but he's predictable af on the breakaway.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I laughed harder than I should have when moverare got stapled to the wall

Kopitar really busted thru down the middle there that was nice too see. Too bad the can opener hasn’t worked since cargo shorts were popular