GDT: 2023-24 season game 26 LA Kings vs Winnipeg Jets @7:30pm 12/13/23

[WHOneedsSOX]

Only 9pts ahead of Edmonton now too.

And haven't played them yet either. Those 9 points could be made up really easily.

 

[DelZottoHitTheNetJK]

Kings got absolutely out coached tonight.

They refused to dump the puck in. Refused. Against a team that probably didn't want to play along the boards in the third period of a B2B for them.

An embarrassing loss and the second blown 2-0 lead in 3 games. Horrendous

 

[jgs]

Well the Kings got smoked by Quick and Now by Volardi. Go Kings.

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

Purely Lazy Decisionmaking

 

[Rick Knickleback]

PLD is the Albert Haynesworth of the NHL.

Nice pull

 

[kingsfan28]

The Jets just cruised into the zone way too easy, all the d did was back up time after time.

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

In all seriousness it really stands for

Player Lacks Drive

 

[King'sPawn]

Don't worry. If PLD gets 7 points in his next game, he'll match Vilardi's scoring rate, and the trade will hurt a little less.

Or Vilardi can go scoreless for 6 straight games he'll match PLD.

This is when analytics really helps paint a picture when it showed that despite his scoring, PLD's beneficial deployment may have shown things to be misleading.

The good news, though, is that Huberdeau is showing the league "it can certainly get worse."

 

[Sol]

i'd say burn the tape but maybe you should play it back

last 3 games have been carbon copies

Todd hasn’t learn to call a timeout after getting reverse swept. No amount of tape in the world will teach the one trick koala anything.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Man stop whining about PLD! He's a smaller issue but not the big issue the Kings need to fix. The team reverted back to the old Kings before they had Gavrikov. Blake might need to look to find some depth in that regard. Lack of line match-ups is a big issue. In the playoffs, if you can't coach your team with line/player match-ups, you won't get far in the playoffs. When TMac coached the Sharks to the Cup Final against the Pens, but lost, that Sharks team was loaded with talent and size. This Kings team has talent, but lacks size, toughness and grit.

 

[VILARGOD]

Man stop whining about PLD! He's a smaller issue but not the big issue the Kings need to fix. The team reverted back to the old Kings before they had Gavrikov. Blake might need to look to find some depth in that regard. Lack of line match-ups is a big issue. In the playoffs, if you can't coach your team with line/player match-ups, you won't get far in the playoffs. When TMac coached the Sharks to the Cup Final against the Pens, but lost, that Sharks team was loaded with talent and size. This Kings team has talent, but lacks size, toughness and grit.

While I admire your optimism It was Deboer who lead the Sharks to that final

 

[SherVaughn30]

The Jets just cruised into the zone way too easy, all the d did was back up time after time.

Yeah what happened to that 1-3-1 system TMac uses?

 

[YAYSAY]

Man stop whining about PLD! He's a smaller issue but not the big issue the Kings need to fix. The team reverted back to the old Kings before they had Gavrikov. Blake might need to look to find some depth in that regard. Lack of line match-ups is a big issue. In the playoffs, if you can't coach your team with line/player match-ups, you won't get far in the playoffs. When TMac coached the Sharks to the Cup Final against the Pens, but lost, that Sharks team was loaded with talent and size. This Kings team has talent, but lacks size, toughness and grit.

Whining about PLD is perfectly valid considering he was the big off-season acquisition and huge haul was given up to bring him in, and then signed to a massive deal which should have made him a huge part of the core going forward, instead he's been the biggest disappointment thus far

 

[head eyes]

Man stop whining about PLD! He's a smaller issue but not the big issue the Kings need to fix. The team reverted back to the old Kings before they had Gavrikov. Blake might need to look to find some depth in that regard. Lack of line match-ups is a big issue. In the playoffs, if you can't coach your team with line/player match-ups, you won't get far in the playoffs. When TMac coached the Sharks to the Cup Final against the Pens, but lost, that Sharks team was loaded with talent and size. This Kings team has talent, but lacks size, toughness and grit.

Kings need to find some depth? Funny, because the player you don't want us to whine about and his $8.5M contract don't allow us to grab anymore depth.

 

[FeartheFur]

They sucked today. Everyone

 

[SherVaughn30]

While I admire your optimism It was Deboer who lead the Sharks to that final

Oops, you are right. That makes TMac even worse of a coach.

 

[Sol]

The Kings gave up more acquiring Richards than they did with PLD. Let that sink in.

 

[VILARGOD]

Adjustments need to be made. Since TMac doesn't do in game adjustments this break til saturday should favor the koala to come up with something

 

[King'sPawn]

Kings need to find some depth? Funny, because the player you don't want us to whine about and his $8.5M contract don't allow us to grab anymore depth.

Kings gave up depth.

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

Kings gave up depth.

Kings acquired the wrong player this dude has no soul!

 

[Little Psycho]

Ok that’s the last home game I’m going to in awhile.

 

[AbsentMojo]

Kings gave up depth.

On top of that they wasted all that cap on a single player and left G way understocked

 

[LAKings88]

Two blown 2-0 leads in the past three games. They don’t seem like world beaters anymore.

Vilardi with a big revenge game.

 

[VILARGOD]

At least him and Byfield have best friend bracelets amirite guys?

 

[kingsfan28]

Yeah what happened to that 1-3-1 system TMac uses?

it stayed in NYC to catch a broadway show.