GDT: 2022-23 season game 46 LA Kings vs New Jersey Devils @7:30pm 1/14/23

[GoldenBearHockey]

yeah, but Quick has been mostly trash all year .. would these guys still be playing a more relaxed style with that in mind?

100%, because Quick hasn't been trash all year....he also has what, 15 year history of not being trash etc?

 

[ricardfromage]

That uh, that was an ugly game. I mean there was that one point where we looked sort of ok but it all ended up looking .....well....bad.

 

[bouncesonly]

My opinion on the goalie situation:

You can't play the same goalie every single game, your back-up is going to have to start sometimes.
The Kings are lucky as hell Copley has played as well as he has.
Unless Quick retires, there is not much the Kings can do this season. (Quick is not going to be traded or sent down, its just not happening)
When Copley regresses towards the mean, things are going to get worse, and it should be expected

If you go by Copley and Quick's win rate (85% and 38% respectively), Kings only have to start each goalie every other game for the rest of the season to finish with 100 pts......that's assuming their respective win rates hold for the rest of the season.....which is probably unlikely for Copley and hopefully doesn't get worse for Quick.