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Who the f*** is Trevor Moore?
Or maybe the curse of Patrick Roy.No Canadian team has won the cup since '93. The tainted win not only cursed the Habs but all teams in CA apparently.
Or maybe the curse of Patrick Roy.No Canadian team has won the cup since '93. The tainted win not only cursed the Habs but all teams in CA apparently.
In all fairness, it would be really boring to watch 120 minutes of hockey where your team doesn't score.Hell fellas. Earlier today some Montreal fan was trolling saying how boring the Kings are to play. He said it reminded him of the New Jersey deal teams from the 90’s. What a f***ing idiot. First in the league goals per game is the Kings. Also. 2 games against Montreal. 8-0. Laughing my ass off right now!
I am still thinking it's possible that Clarke battles for the best of the draft. I thought he could challenge for first overall before the draft. Same with Byfield.Now if Clarke can be as good as Byfield…
I love how he added the "try to skate it right up the middle out of the zone and get swarmed" to his repitoire. He keeps things fresh.on the plus side we've hit the fiala bad penalty and stupid backhanded pass across the defensive slot out of the way so he should score any minute
Kings playing much better than I expected. Awesome. The emergence of Byfield and Moore have been fantastic, and Kopitar/Doughty are playing like they're in their 20s again. And of course, goaltending is much more consistent.
Honestly, my biggest and only complaint at this time is PLD.
It’s actually their Royalty also. PM me and I will explain how the monarchy worksIt blows my mind that Canadians think they’re better than the US when they still have British royalty on their currency.
When I see him not barreling down on people like I know he can, I get frustrated. Dude has it in him for sure and he can skate a hell of a lot harder.I'm going to cut PLD some slack this year. Once he gets better player around him and learns the system , I think he'll be fine. I remember VA struggled when he got here too. PLD isn't hurting the teams play.
My only complaint would be Spence and his lack of goals and points overall. 9 points in 22 is ok, yet they're all assists and for a guy running pp 2, it should be better.
Guhle looked like a traffic cone in the way of a semi, and he's not a small guy. Byfield just bowled his ass over and didn't even break stride.
When Kopitar was put with grinders like King to get him going, he'd get going.When I see him not barreling down on people like I know he can, I get frustrated. Dude has it in him for sure and he can skate a hell of a lot harder.
When I think about what would happen if he was between Kempe and Byfield while Kopitar was with Grundy and Laf I feel a little better. Gotta give credit to Carl, he's working on his passing and vision, but he's still straight north-south. Laf is still like an excited kid on the first day of school out there. I know they want him to keep shooting, but his shot isn't good enough to routinely beat NHL goalies yet, and he doesn't know how to wait for traffic. He just launches it. Neither of those guys have structure in their game, they don't back off into soft spots to form triangles, it's just skate skate skate.
When Kopitar was put with grinders like King to get him going, he'd get going.
Now he's playing with young guys and seems to feed off their energy.
PLD's been with snipers and grinders and he goes about his job with the enthusiasm of a zoologist who has to help keep the panda's penis hard.
Time on Ice tonight was a beauty to behold. Moore led all Kings forwards with 17:19 and Byfield surprisingly played the fewest minutes of any King tonight with 11:29. Kopitar only played 14 minutes! That’s a far cry from the 20+ minutes Kopitar was getting the last couple years.
It’s good TMac feels he can do that, it’ll help with the upcoming schedule plus it’s all minutes in the bank for the post season.Time on Ice tonight was a beauty to behold. Moore led all Kings forwards with 17:19 and Byfield surprisingly played the fewest minutes of any King tonight with 11:29. Kopitar only played 14 minutes! That’s a far cry from the 20+ minutes Kopitar was getting the last couple years.
He looks like a new Drew partially because he lost a lot of weight during last summer training.Proud of the boys. I'm glad I was wrong about Byfield, that 1st goal had shades of young Kopi written all over. Doughty has noticeably elevated his game this year, looks like a new Drew.
Not even a PPG… what a bust we must trade this bumThat’s now 8 goals and 21 points in 23 games for Byfield
I bet some of the zoologists who specialize in that line of work think it's pretty exciting.PLD's been with snipers and grinders and he goes about his job with the enthusiasm of a zoologist who has to help keep the panda's penis hard.
When you're getting 8.5/yr, you're supposed to be the guy who makes other people better. Winning cures a lot, but PLD is absolutely the turd in the punchbowl at the moment.When I see him not barreling down on people like I know he can, I get frustrated. Dude has it in him for sure and he can skate a hell of a lot harder.
When I think about what would happen if he was between Kempe and Byfield while Kopitar was with Grundy and Laf I feel a little better. Gotta give credit to Carl, he's working on his passing and vision, but he's still straight north-south. Laf is still like an excited kid on the first day of school out there. I know they want him to keep shooting, but his shot isn't good enough to routinely beat NHL goalies yet, and he doesn't know how to wait for traffic. He just launches it. Neither of those guys have structure in their game, they don't back off into soft spots to form triangles, it's just skate skate skate.
Kaliyev needs to be up on the 3rd, he's turned a corner with his positioning and board work. He used to be all over the place too, but now he's been skating less and getting to dangerous spots. Far more efficient. I'm not saying turn Laf into a grinder, but he could learn a lot about making the simple plays on the 4th with Lewis and Lizotte. Yeah, the third isn't hurting the team, but the coaches gotta see that it's just all over the place. But there aren't a ton of options, I guess.
When you're getting 8.5/yr, you're supposed to be the guy who makes other people better. Winning cures a lot, but PLD is absolutely the turd in the punchbowl at the moment.
I agree I'd like to see him and Kaliyev reunited. Thought they had some chemistry.
ooooh TASTY...I love when those past, ridiculous posts come back to haunt. Mr. Kontos was also extremely vocal about some twisted idea that Kaliyev would be banished to the AHL for the season because evil koala had a personal vendetta against him.You wanted Rob Blake fired all summer long.
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Van owns us and a healthy demko is worth points, plus they've added to their back end with Soucy and Cole Edmonton VGK top two seeds LAK Seattle Vancouver Calgary 4 teams fighting for last spot and wild card, 3 spots Anaheim San Jose It's not THAT far fetched a world in which the Kings...forums.hfboards.com
You also were quite dramatic in the discussion about Anze Kopitar's extension.
But hey, you weren't the only one who was overreacting over the summer. I know critical thinking can be hard during the summer heat.
Yea they were starting to find each other in the offensive zone.I agree I'd like to see him and Kaliyev reunited. Thought they had some chemistry.
100%Yea they were starting to find each other in the offensive zone.
Also it it could move Grundstrom down to the 4th line. He deserves the bigger role but him Lizotte and Lewis were really rolling and were such a good line.
Yea they were starting to find each other in the offensive zone.
Also it it could move Grundstrom down to the 4th line. He deserves the bigger role but him Lizotte and Lewis were really rolling and were such a good line.