LA KINGS 2023/4 Regular season discussion

[lumbergh]

To get Vancouver

Vancouver would have to finish 1st in the conference ( 3 points behind Dallas 6 games to go - will be tough)
and LA finishes WC2 or

Vancouver wins the Pacific but is behind Dallas (currently) and
Vegas(92) wins more games than LA(91) who have to win more games than Nashville(92) - a real thread the needle scenario or

Edmonton (97p 7 games to go) would have to pass Vancouver (102p 6games to go) and LA would have to pass Vegas
Vancouver would be P2 and LA P3

LA is looking at Dallas (LA would be WC2) or Edmonton (LA would be P3) in the 1st round

Or Kings end up WC wild card ahead of Perds as 7 seed and face Canucks as 2 seed.

 

[Sam]

Vancouver 77/102/41/47
Mo 4/8 vs Vegas
We 4/10 vs Arizona
Sa 4/13 @ Edmonton
Tu 4/16 vs Calgary
Th 4/18 @ Winnipeg
3/5 at home, 3/5 against playoff teams, 0 back to backs, opponents have average of 86.60 points

Edmonton 76/99/37/45
We 4/10 vs Vegas
Fr 4/12 vs Arizona
Sa 4/13 vs Vancouver
Mo 4/15 vs San Jose
We 4/17 @ Arizona
Th 4/18 @ Colorado
4/6 at home, 3/6 against playoff teams, 2 back to backs, opponents have average of 79.67 points

Kings 77/93/35/39
Tu 4/9 @ Anaheim
Th 4/11 vs Calgary
Sa 4/13 vs Anaheim
Mo 4/15 vs Minnesota
Th 4/18 vs Chicago
4/5 at home, 0/5 against playoff teams, 0 back to backs, opponents have average of 62.60 points

Vegas 76/92/32/38
Mo 4/8 @ Vancouver
We 4/10 @ Edmonton
Fr 4/12 vs Minnesota
Su 4/14 vs Colorado
Tu 4/16 vs Chicago
Th 4/18 vs Anaheim
4/6 at home, 3/6 against playoff teams, 0 back to backs, opponents have average of 81.50 points

Nashville 77/92/36/42
Su 4/7 @ New Jersey
Tu 4/9 vs Winnipeg
Fr 4/12 @ Chicago
Sa 4/13 vs Columbus
Mo 4/15 @ Pittsburgh
2/5 at home, 2/5 against playoff teams, 2 back to backs, opponents have average of 75.20 points

The Kings probably finish 3rd in the division. Edmonton's fate is in their own hands after tonight but that's 6 games in 9 days to finish the season for them.

 

[lumbergh]

Vancouver 77/102/41/47
Mo 4/8 vs Vegas
We 4/10 vs Arizona
Sa 4/13 @ Edmonton
Tu 4/16 vs Calgary
Th 4/18 @ Winnipeg
3/5 at home, 3/5 against playoff teams, 0 back to backs, opponents have average of 86.60 points

Edmonton 76/99/37/45
We 4/10 vs Vegas
Fr 4/12 vs Arizona
Sa 4/13 vs Vancouver
Mo 4/15 vs San Jose
We 4/17 @ Arizona
Th 4/18 @ Colorado
4/6 at home, 3/6 against playoff teams, 2 back to backs, opponents have average of 79.67 points

Kings 77/93/35/39
Tu 4/9 @ Anaheim
Th 4/11 vs Calgary
Sa 4/13 vs Anaheim
Mo 4/15 vs Minnesota
Th 4/18 vs Chicago
4/5 at home, 0/5 against playoff teams, 0 back to backs, opponents have average of 62.60 points

Vegas 76/92/32/38
Mo 4/8 @ Vancouver
We 4/10 @ Edmonton
Fr 4/12 vs Minnesota
Su 4/14 vs Colorado
Tu 4/16 vs Chicago
Th 4/18 vs Anaheim
4/6 at home, 3/6 against playoff teams, 0 back to backs, opponents have average of 81.50 points

Nashville 77/92/36/42
Su 4/7 @ New Jersey
Tu 4/9 vs Winnipeg
Fr 4/12 @ Chicago
Sa 4/13 vs Columbus
Mo 4/15 @ Pittsburgh
2/5 at home, 2/5 against playoff teams, 2 back to backs, opponents have average of 75.20 points

The Kings probably finish 3rd in the division. Edmonton's fate is in their own hands after tonight but that's 6 games in 9 days to finish the season for them.

That Saturday Nucks at Oilers game could be decisive.

 

[Trash Panda]

The posturing about whom the Kings match with is fun, but inconsequential to the outcome.

This roster is gonna get its f***in cheeks clapped with a fierceness in the post season. No heart, no fire, no chance.

 

[Surf Nutz]

The posturing about whom the Kings match with is fun, but inconsequential to the outcome.

This roster is gonna get its f***in cheeks clapped with a fierceness in the post season. No heart, no fire, no chance.

Seems like a faction here believe they have a decent chance against the Nucks.

You sound like a Golden Seal 's adjacent fan anyway.

 

[Lt Dan]

Hey what happened to the vato that used to do the playoff odds and magic numbers?

 

[chris kontos]

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[AbsentMojo]

Hey what happened to the vato that used to do the playoff odds and magic numbers?

Our mutual friend, Forest, recommend this site National Hockey League Playoff Chances - Sports Club Stats

 

[Lt Dan]

Our mutual friend, Forest, recommend this site National Hockey League Playoff Chances - Sports Club Stats

Thanks brother. I almost didn't recognize you without a koala avatar

 

[AbsentMojo]

Thanks brother. I almost didn't recognize you without a koala avatar

RIP Koala and his avatar. Edit: on further thought, I think the Koala avatar deserves a redux because the team still really has that distinct eucalyptus odor cc: @Lt Dan

 

[Herby]

Seems like a faction here believe they have a decent chance against the Nucks.

You sound like a Golden Seal 's adjacent fan anyway.

It wouldn’t be a day at hfboards without Muzz Murray questioning the loyalty of members who have been posting here longer than he has.

 

[Johnny Utah]

How can we call Vancouver soft with Soucy, Miller, Joshua and Zadorov and all we have is Englund.

 

[AbsentMojo]

How can we call Vancouver soft with Soucy, Miller, Joshua and Zadorov and all we have is Englund.

And even Petterson plays the body a lot.. 120 hits this season up from 74 last. There is an arms race in the Pacific - seems most GMs got that memo.

 

[Lt Dan]

How can we call Vancouver soft with Soucy, Miller, Joshua and Zadorov and all we have is Englund.

They have that perfect sear where there is a rigid crust yet it is tender on the inside

 

[Fripp]

Vancouver is softer than every West playoff team that isn't the Kings. They're like the garlic, black peppercorns, and rosemary and Colorado/Dallas/Winnipeg are mortars & pestles that will easily grind them down into a roast rub.

 

[bland]

How can we call Vancouver soft with Soucy, Miller, Joshua and Zadorov and all we have is Englund.

Because they are the only ones who haven't realized that you can bully the Kings into submission yet

 

[Surf Nutz]

And even Petterson plays the body a lot.. 120 hits this season up from 74 last. There is an arms race in the Pacific - seems most GMs got that memo.

3-0-1

 

[Sol]

What the canucks have in grit they lack heavily in talent. Im not worried about them. But when you have dudes like McDavid taking out your players, now thats a team that the Kings will get piped from.

 

[DoktorJeep]

How can we call Vancouver soft with Soucy, Miller, Joshua and Zadorov and all we have is Englund.

The Kings D struggle against north-south forwards who weigh 225 lbs on average. The Canucks don’t have those guys. Edmonton, Vegas, Colorado, Dallas and Nashville do. That’s why the Canucks are our best matchup in round one, followed by Winnipeg.

But either of those have the matchup in goal, except that Demko has been injured. So BLuc is praying for the Canucks right now.

 

[Johnny Utah]

This is how Vancouver plays MacDouche…

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

This is how Vancouver plays MacDouche…

DiGiusieppe being kind of a p***y there though, that looked like the Kings. McDavid comes after you and you don't take the opportunity to choke slam him? Future King right there.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Posted this in the GDT kind of on accident as it was about the season as a whole rather than just a reaction to the game

It's funny. There are some bad seasons in Kings history...a lot more bad than good. But even in the bad you got the sense we were building towards something...exciting youth, a high draft pick, some passion and fun, at least physical play for pride.

This might be one of the most pointless and depressing seasons in Kings history, watching a capped out, aging out, boring, soft, answerless team devoid of futures flail around buoyed only by a hot start, hurtling towards an endless black hole guided by incompetent executives whose understudies that would inevitably take over might be worse than they are and being fellated by the local media for it.

Now I remember why I was losing interest in hockey the FIRST time Blake burned the franchise on his way out, thanks Rob, for being such a pivotal figure in LA hockey.

 

[chris kontos]

RIP Koala and his avatar. Edit: on further thought, I think the Koala avatar deserves a redux because the team still really has that distinct eucalyptus odor cc: @Lt Dan

ah. the cat piss eucalyptus odor.

 

[chris kontos]

zadorov. gudas. killorn.
there were all these guys available and blake gets our sweet pierre ?
i guess it would be funny if these and other decisions made by the kings front office were made by a different team. funny in a cynical, sick way.
over this season ive never been less enthusiastic about the team and its future than i am now. i hope for change but with every change they make my reaction is amazement that management can be so detached and apathetic towards the team, the season, the teams future and its personell. its like every move they made and make is wrong. for this kings fan its becoming more like watching a slow motion train wreck in horror than having fun with prospects for the future as a champion. it shold be interesting at least to watch this years push to and possible sucess in the playoffs.

 

[tny760]

zadorov. gudas. killorn.
there were all these guys available and blake gets our sweet pierre ?

wrong agents!