GDT: 2023-24 season game 47 LA Kings vs St. Louis Blues @11:00am 1/28/24
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bland
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Good, had more rhythm in the first period than in the second and third. Gets in on it, pressures with good touch on the puck.
AbsentMojo
F-ing get up and hunt! Cmon Todd!
7:48 to be exact. He looked good but with such limited time hard to get in a groove esp when your sweat dries and turns to salt
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She made herself an easy target when she turned against the fanbase though.
AbsentMojo
F-ing get up and hunt! Cmon Todd!
DryIslandBartender
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What did she do? I’m out of the loop.
I miss the days of Heidi and Alex, they had a personality.
All The Kings Men
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Was that take as awful when I said it earlier in the season as it is today?
If so... shame on me.
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Personally I think some of us just take Mayor with some animosity because of his tone towards fans sometimes.
I think the big issue is they’re dog shit in OT and I missed the game but I’m sure they started with the usual suspects again.
All The Kings Men
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I absolutely made a similar point much much earlier in the season and while it was misrepresented and blown way out of proportion for the sake of making silly arguments I understand that it's a preposterous statement in the best of times.
It's completely useless today.
SettlementRichie10
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“If the team won more they would be better” is always banal sports analysis, but it’s much worse now on the heels of a historic skid.
I understand the intent of pointing this out is to further contextualize parity. But parity applies to everyone. The best teams find a way. The pretenders don’t.
Raccoon Jesus
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I think the context is what’s the kicker
Like it’s one thing to “lose the coin toss” so to speak
But when you keep blowing two goal leads to get there, that hurts; and then when it’s time for the coin toss and you purposefully hurt your own odds it’s not much of a coin toss.
Like it’s one thing to “lose the coin toss” so to speak
But when you keep blowing two goal leads to get there, that hurts; and then when it’s time for the coin toss and you purposefully hurt your own odds it’s not much of a coin toss.
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I agree.
As I said on the postgame show (but won't get credit for from some of you for saying) this team needs to learn how to win a game IN REGULATION when they score three goals.
I've repeated it and repeated it on the platforms I have access to... the record in games where they score 4 or more goals is 18-0-1 (or close to it)
When they score 3 goals in regulation they're 1-3-5
You have to find a way to win in regulation when you score 3 goals. Never mind fixing the shootout or OT. Don't let it get there.
Todd McLellan has been saying it for two or three years now... you're not going to win every game by scoring 5 goals.
That is an unreal stat. Bring back Darryl Sutter.
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As the best coach in the history of the Kings used to say: "It's a 3-2 league."
His teams played like he meant it.
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Yet another thing I said on the postgame show.
"We" throw that pharse around like a joke now but it was true then and it's true now.
You have to be able to win games 3-2.
Not blaming everything on Goaltending, but we all knew from the start 36 year old Talbot, Copley and Rittich is not going to get it done. But here we are. Thank you Bluc.
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All Bluc had to do was stay the course. They had all the pieces to put together a really solid hockey club. If Doughty cries about competing, offer to trade him, or sell him on your vision.
But that’s the problem, right? Gotta have a vision to sell someone on it.
But that’s the problem, right? Gotta have a vision to sell someone on it.
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After sooo many OT losses, you'd think maybe once TM would get the picture and do something different than just 9-11-8. It's comical at this point. Like there is literally NOTHING worse that could happen. They loss anyway. What's a worse outcome than the inevitable losing.
AbsentMojo
F-ing get up and hunt! Cmon Todd!
Can u imagine Koala investing in the stock market? he probably kept buying Enron after it was delisted
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Which team was it that ice'd 3 forwards in OT against us? Pretty sure we lost that one too.
Every team is going to play a lot of OT games in any season. All of those winner points matter, HUGE. It is up to the coach to do their main job no matter what--put the team in its best position to win every game. The decisions by Todd of who to play in OT leave me screaming at the tv every game, almost every shift.
OT is clearly a game of speed and skill (plus game sense). I so wish that obvious fact dictated Todd's choices. QB should have opened OT at least two years ago--best combination of speed and skill on the team.
This year I would have paired QB off the bat with 9 or 22, and opened with Spence or Clarke at D. Byfield--Kempe or Fiala--Clarke or Spence would certainly be formidable and scary to play against. Turcotte would have been excellent to open on OT tonight--he fulfills the speed/skill/brains requirement, is fresh overall and would have been a great message to send that we are trying something fresh that makes sense. Turcotte--Kempe--Spence to open.
OT is clearly a game of speed and skill (plus game sense). I so wish that obvious fact dictated Todd's choices. QB should have opened OT at least two years ago--best combination of speed and skill on the team.
This year I would have paired QB off the bat with 9 or 22, and opened with Spence or Clarke at D. Byfield--Kempe or Fiala--Clarke or Spence would certainly be formidable and scary to play against. Turcotte would have been excellent to open on OT tonight--he fulfills the speed/skill/brains requirement, is fresh overall and would have been a great message to send that we are trying something fresh that makes sense. Turcotte--Kempe--Spence to open.
Raccoon Jesus
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Came to actually share this so thank you haha
Just an absolutely wild stat for a team with aspirations
Sure you're not going to close out every game you score 3 goals in, but 1-8 when you score 3 goals in regulation is just weakness.
Yes, there is the odd game you will need to score 4 or 5 goals in--but rarely do playoff teams, especially in deep rounds, just overpower a team with offense. It's being able to lock horns for an entire game, shut it down with a lead, and maybe even win a 2-1 game, never mind a 3-2 game. This team is wholly unable to do that.
It's nice to be able to open up the offense when needed, but the 'when needed' has disappeared as the season's gone along, as experienced checking teams gain steam, as games gain important; and there's no point in being able to open up the offense when it comes at the expense of the other end in turn. It's the Kevin Fiala/Erik Karlsson conundrum.
