GDT: 2022-23 season Game 2 LA Kings vs Seattle Kraken @7:30pm 10/13/22

[kingsboy11]

Seattle Kraken (0-0-1, 1pts, 4th in Pacific)@ Los Angeles Kings(0-1-0, 0pts, 6th in Pacific)
Staples Center | Los Angeles, CA
TIME: 7:30pm PT | TV: Bally Sports West RADIO: I Heart Radio App

REGULAR SEASON STATS
(For reference these were our team stats to end last season)

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

Scratched: Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Carl Grundstrom, Sean Walker
Covid: N/A
Injured: N/A

Injuries: Chris Driedger, Joonas Donskoi
Covid: N/A


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[Lt Dan]

 

[head eyes]

 

[Sol]

Re-signing Lemieux was a pretty weird choice with all the good forwards we have

 

[Little Psycho]

Sucks for Arvy but I think Pepe is needed in tonight's game. Yayy for Clarke!

 

[BringTheReign]

I wonder if we'll see Gabe or Arty in Arvidsson's spot.

 

[YP44]

I wonder if we'll see Gabe or Arty in Arvidsson's spot.

I would think Gabe given he played there in the pre-season and would have chemistry already. Could see it either way though.

 

[BringTheReign]

I would think Gabe given he played there in the pre-season and would have chemistry already. Could see it either way though.

Yeah, and Byfield has played well with Kaliyev in the past. Good call.

 

[AbsentMojo]

Durzi and Roy would be a bad pairing in Ontario

 

[Lt Dan]

Hopefully RV being out means that GV and AK move up lines. Not doing so would be total BS and NFK

 

[kingsholygrail]

With Arvy out, demote Vilardi to the 4th line.

 

[FSL KINGS]

Alright Todd, let's see if you're going to get your job done & show up with a prepared team at puck drop. Looking for major improvements transitioning the puck from defenders to forwards.

 

[AbsentMojo]

Re-signing Lemieux was a pretty weird choice with all the good forwards we have

Its like sending a soldier back into war after not having time to finish a surgery ... thats what the roster is like.. a work in progress. I dont think Lemieux shouldve been signed given after signing Fiala (and backlog of wings in development).. Kupari for sure could become a solid 4th liner - and would just need some boxing lessons.

 

[Fenway]

HF Sportsbook odds for tonight

Seattle Kraken @ Los Angeles Kings

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[Axl Rhoadz]

 

[riznat]

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Arvidsson with the dreaded back flu

 

[Little Psycho]

I didn't expect Durzi to be scratched.

 

[Cianide]

With Arvy out, demote Vilardi to the 4th line.

You must be smoking that stuff your avatar is smoking.

 

[Rick Knickleback]

I didn't expect Durzi to be scratched.

I did. That pass cost us at least one point. If you're Drew Doughty, maybe you can debit your account to pay for it, but Durzi has nowhere near the capital to make a play that stupid (to use TM's word). Sit and think about. It's the right call. I know that Durzi is a bit of a wild horse and that's part of his overall game, but some hockey sense needs to prevail in high leverage situations like that, especially when he took 10+ seconds to think about it.

 

[Herby]

Low-key this is a pretty important game for the Kings tonight. Seattle is on a back to back, the Kings are coming off a very poor performance and hit the road for 5 games (4 against playoff teams) and then Tampa the first game back.

It would be nice to hit the road following a dominant win, and would be pretty bad to hit the road with consecutive divisional home losses vs non-playoff teams.

 

[King'sPawn]

I did. That pass cost us at least one point. If you're Drew Doughty, maybe you can debit your account to pay for it, but Durzi has nowhere near the capital to make a play that stupid (to use TM's word). Sit and think about. It's the right call. I know that Durzi is a bit of a wild horse and that's part of his overall game, but some hockey sense needs to prevail in high leverage situations like that, especially when he took 10+ seconds to think about it.

Kinda stems back to a big problem (for me at least). A young player like Durzi makes a terrible play, he gets scratched. A veteran makes a terrible play (or has a rough stretch of games) and he'll get time to "work through it."

 

[ru4reals]

Well one thing that is for sure happening is Shane Wright will get his first NHL goal. Lol.

 

[Axl Rhoadz]

Kinda stems back to a big problem (for me at least). A young player like Durzi makes a terrible play, he gets scratched. A veteran makes a terrible play (or has a rough stretch of games) and he'll get time to "work through it."

Like Rick implied, this is bigger than a 'terrible play'. OP was kind by saying 10+ seconds...Durzi was jerking off with the puck for 20+ seconds before he made the dumbest pass imaginable with zero pressure to boot. It's a good lesson to learn, there are consequences. Most vets have earned the right to be excused for a mistake that bad -- rookies have not.

 

[Cianide]

Re-signing Lemieux was a pretty weird choice with all the good forwards we have

He is the

of this team.

 

[Fishhead]

Kinda stems back to a big problem (for me at least). A young player like Durzi makes a terrible play, he gets scratched. A veteran makes a terrible play (or has a rough stretch of games) and he'll get time to "work through it."

I agree with this.

At the same time, that bad play was only one of a few he made in game 1, that was just the most visible. He had issues all night with risky plays and not being aware of who was on the ice for the opposition. I thought he was surprisingly good positionally, which is where he usually struggles.

I'm sure conditioning played at least some part. I was pretty excited after Durzi's first period, but he really fell apart as the game went on. Lack of O2 to the brain.