Post-Game Talk: Demko def. Kings - 3-2 (SO) (Boeser, Pettersson - Miller SO Winner)
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Hughes will be the teams best player here on out.
Podz looks bad... really bad. This is why you can't rely on draft picks when you have your elite players. You need more certainty in their supporting cast. That said, the picks you do use need to hit. Podz and Lekkermaki picks might leave us with a single tweener.
Podz looks bad... really bad. This is why you can't rely on draft picks when you have your elite players. You need more certainty in their supporting cast. That said, the picks you do use need to hit. Podz and Lekkermaki picks might leave us with a single tweener.
The coach doesn't share your pessimism about Podkolzin.....describes him as a 'bull' on the forecheck and a kid with a superior effort-level.
Still think he'll be a key player for Vancouver down the road.....but it's going to require patience.
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Definitely still young, but I keep hearing about this 'bull' and wicked shot, but all I see is an awkward skater, that loses most battles, and has a crest seeking muffin.
Hoglander has shown much much more. His battle level and skating are top notch, also a noticeably more skilled scorer.
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Just accept were drafting 9-12 now
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From my perspective, Podz is pretty strong against the boards..His biggest problem is maintaining consistency, which isnt easy when you're only getting limited minutes....When he's playing like he's afraid to make mistakes, it brings out the worst in his play.
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I want to see the minutes more dispersed to our younger players as well; but saying those minutes will ride Hughes or Pettersson in to dust is such a laughable take. I would say there's some credence to that theory for goalies but a young, elite defenseman or center isn't going to be 'feeling this' going in to next year or the year after because he was playing big minutes. I would say these big minutes are important for these players moving forward.
Can’t help you, too busy with life that I haven’t had time to finish like a bunch of games on the Switch. I haven’t touched my gaming laptop for like year and half until Diablo beta hit
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That Scott Oake segment on HNIC that pronounced 'Kings rebuild complete' was laughable...Fiala and Kempe are fine players, but the teams current success is all on the backs of Kopitar,Doughty,Arvidsson,Danault (all around 30, or older)..Thats not going to be sustainable for very long.
Compare that with the young and elite Sens core..
Having said that..The Kings are a really good veteran team ..A playoff team..Well coached..well balanced, and difficult to play against...
Compare that with the young and elite Sens core..
Having said that..The Kings are a really good veteran team ..A playoff team..Well coached..well balanced, and difficult to play against...
With still identified yound rebuild pieces to come. Lots of the forwards are in their lineup
Their rebuild was done when they started adding - they looked at what they had and said yep.. we think we are good
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Brandt Clarke will most likely be elite, he's killing it ...(wont fill the shoes of superstar Doughty though)..IMO..but again, most of their top picks have not turned out relative to where they were drafted.
Lets not confuse quantity with quality.
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Too early to write them off me thinks.. similar situation to laf and kakko in nyr
In very good insulated situations where the focus is on trying to get them to blossom for the next wave
I would gladly take la's quantity
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Not me..you need to hit home runs at the top of the draft, and you need to draft the difference makers (the top 5% of NHL players)..You're chances of winning a championship are very slim without them..
LA's best chance of winning the cup is in the next few years with Doughty and Kopitar in the lineup.
Other than Clarke who's tracking exceptionally well..none of their younger players are even tracking to be elite at this point
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LA's original build was heavily supplemented by 're-tooling'
They had a 1D, 1G and 1C that they believed in, despite being a bubble team, recently out of the lottery basement. They went all in with trades that would help them over the next several years, The longevity of a couple of em, has allowed them to do so again.
They had a 1D, 1G and 1C that they believed in, despite being a bubble team, recently out of the lottery basement. They went all in with trades that would help them over the next several years, The longevity of a couple of em, has allowed them to do so again.
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LA is trying to serve two masters, they want to win now with their vets in every major role and they want their prospects to magically develop without proper ice time and opportunity. Look at Buffalo, Tage doesn't become Tage stuck playing wing for Lizotte and blocked at centre by Kopi/Danault.
Their prospects were and are very good but they're all going to turn out more poorly than they should have other than maybe Byfield and Clarke. Other than those two, they should just cash their farm in and go all in on the next couple years if they don't plan on opening ice time up.
Their prospects were and are very good but they're all going to turn out more poorly than they should have other than maybe Byfield and Clarke. Other than those two, they should just cash their farm in and go all in on the next couple years if they don't plan on opening ice time up.
The 'bubble version of Demko' can get into the heads of opposing teams. Canucks will likely finish this season around the .500 mark.
But hard to say where they'd be if a healthy and dialed-in Demko had played 60 games or so this season. You should never 'apologize' for winning games on the back of elite goaltending. Just be thankful you have it.
But hard to say where they'd be if a healthy and dialed-in Demko had played 60 games or so this season. You should never 'apologize' for winning games on the back of elite goaltending. Just be thankful you have it.
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Fair.. i would just like to wait until they either do it or not.. like say if byfield gets his own line next year as kopitar winds down.. if he throws up 60 points?
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