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GDT: pre-season finale LA Kings vs Anaheim Ducks @7:30 9/29/18

Fishhead

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All this game taught me is that sending Brickley or Wagner down at this point would be silly. Both have earned a spot with their play.

I'll save judgment on the rest until I see the team actually playing with regular season intensity out there.
 
tny760

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Fishhead said:
All this game taught me is that sending Brickley or Wagner down at this point would be silly. Both have earned a spot with their play.

I'll save judgment on the rest until I see the team actually playing with regular season intensity out there.
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intensity wasn't the issue here though, this was just a tired, scouted to death system being abused by a team that did its homework
 
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Well this was an incredibly frustrating pre season. We got over 30 shots tonight and I don't Gibson had to break a sweat. I just don't get it. This team came out guns blazing last year and was dynamic offensively. And then when things went bad we reverted back to a mosh of Terry Murray/Darryl Sutter type hockey and now they can't seem to get out of it. Lots of chemistry issues as well within all the lines. Only positive from this game was Wagner and JAD and they both got less than 10 min of TOI tonight.
 
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kingsboy11 said:
Well this was an incredibly frustrating pre season. We got over 30 shots tonight and I don't Gibson had to break a sweat. I just don't get it. This team came out guns blazing last year and was dynamic offensively. And then when things went bad we reverted back to a mosh of Terry Murray/Darryl Sutter type hockey and now they can't seem to get out of it. Lots of chemistry issues as well within all the lines. Only positive from this game was Wagner and JAD and they both got less than 10 min of TOI tonight.
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It's like if they open it up, the defense will totally collapse . Steven seems caught in the middle.
 
Raccoon Jesus

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On the plus side, some of the regulars looked good too. Toffoli actually showed some skating and creativity again. Iafallo looks like he's on a mission this year. Kopitar looks ready to be dominant again. Phaneuf did a little bit of everything.

Pretty much everyone else can go take a long walk off the Manhattan Beach pier tonight, but if Stevens has his way they'll just have their back to the ocean and walk up The STrand instead
 
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All jokes aside, Muzzin and Forbort look bad. Brickley will save the defense. Muzzin and his passes... Forbort and his defense under pressure.


Cringe worthy.
 
damacles1156

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At some point every single NHL team takes away your ice, regardless of the system you're running. There are only so many systems you can implement, and they are all over 40+ years old.

The players make the plays, not the system.
 
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At some point every single NHL team takes away your ice, regardless of the system you're running. There are only so many systems you can implement, and they are all over 40+ years old.

The players make the plays, not the system.
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Yeah and when the new players start playing like the old players.. Something is up.

I know you like to beat that drum a lot, but at this point, they're playing an ineffective style which has to do with coaching. New players come in, good players, and there isn't a good sustained offense.


The talent is there and it's not the same group of people where you might have a point. A lot has changed, a lot of new players. Same poor result.


You're wrong about this mate.
 

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Team is boring. We are excited about a 2nd rounder, a 4th rounder and undraffed college ufa - that’s how tough our prospect system is.

The 70’s line is boring, the Kings are old and slow, the D is the same it was last year; stale.

Kings really have to clear out a forward and defensemen and actually make room for a few young kids to make this roster more exciting,
 
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All jokes aside, Muzzin and Forbort look bad. Brickley will save the defense. Muzzin and his passes... Forbort and his defense under pressure.


Cringe worthy.
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I really hope Blake gives Voynov a second chance.
 
tny760

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damacles1156 said:
At some point every single NHL team takes away your ice, regardless of the system you're running. There are only so many systems you can implement, and they are all over 40+ years old.

The players make the plays, not the system.
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offensively, sure. and wagner showed us last night what happens when you break those systems, you skate the puck past it..

defensively, on the forecheck specifically this team is not being coached to do what's effective. you want to pressure the puck and retrieve it like stevens says, you don't send 1 forechecker deep and station the other one at the blue line, you attack the defensemen with 2 forecheckers. that's the modern NHL. maybe you get hit with the stretch pass occasionally but guess what, you force the other team to make the hard play and you live with the results.
 
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Stevens on the hot seat if we are sub .500 after 20 games?

Our “window” is getting smaller and smaller.
 
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