Vs another Cali team? Not a chance.
Difference is the Jets could afford to be patient. Jets fans were just happy to have a team. Oilers fans hadn't seen playoff action for 10 years so management could not afford to be patient. Not to mention our scouting staff has failed at their jobs year after year whereas half of Winnipeg's current roster is draft picks from 2011-2016.
Only problem for Chevy is a contract like Kulikov. Absolutely will have to be moved. Perreault and Mason could be gone as well.
I don't know if we did rush. The Reinhart deal fits that description. Trading two good picks in a deep draft for a bust who looked closer to being ready. At the end of the day though, our GM admitted on draft day that they weren't taking 'the guy who went 16' (Barzal). If we took Eriksson-Ek or Svechnikov (rumored) we still wouldn't be that much further ahead. Our scouting staff is the issue.Oiler fans are patient also. 10 years of no playoffs and we still were near the top of the league for ticket sales. I think we rushed when we got Mcdavid to try and speed up the process but it backfired and now it looks like it set us back.
I don't know if we did rush. The Reinhart deal fits that description. Trading two good picks in a deep draft for a bust who looked closer to being ready. At the end of the day though, our GM admitted on draft day that they weren't taking 'the guy who went 16' (Barzal). If we took Eriksson-Ek or Svechnikov (rumored) we still wouldn't be that much further ahead. Our scouting staff is the issue.
Wrong about Vegas apparently, wow the Kings are not good.
Wrong about Vegas apparently, wow the Kings are not good.
The Kings have very little offense.Wrong about Vegas apparently, wow the Kings are not good.
The Kings have very little offense.
Wrong about Vegas apparently, wow the Kings are not good.
Watched game 2 and both he and Quick were spectacular. Quick may have been even more impressive because LV was really piling it on the entire game and he made some remarkable saves, but LA got a couple of decent chances throughout as well.Kings can't score. Can't buy a goal. Other than that they have been good..
Nice to see Fleury get another solid team to backstop. The guy doesn't get enough credit. Never really understood him losing the starting job in Pittsburgh. His save percentage in this series is crazy good.
The Kings just aren't getting the bias from the officials that they're accustomed to. The league is OK with the Knights advancing. If the Kings were playing a Canadian team, the officials would give them some help. I love watching them go down. Hoping for the same thing for the Ducks.
The Kings/Vegas series has been my favourite to watch so far. So much speed and outstanding goaltending. It’s been fun watching a California team get screwed by officiating too. Welcome to our world. When did Drew Doughty turn into a ****ing idiot. I was actually embarrassed for him when he drew that penalty and then mocked the Vegas player by making a show of clapping his hands and pointing to his head to say something like “not very smart”. Did he already forget the the dumb thing he did in the series got him suspended for a game that his team went on to lose? Nice to see the Kings lose, the Vegas team hasn’t been around long enough to have annoyed me yet.
I’m a little surprised to see you this. I guess it says a lot about where Doughty’s game has gone.Yeah. The previous version of Doughty would just get visibly upset, then spend the rest of the game making opponents wish he was not upset. The man would become a results bending demon. The current doughty is somebody that succumbs to being reactive and that will almost automatically do something stupid before the game is over that hurts the team.
If you only ever saw THIS Doughty you would wonder what all the fuss was about.
This is why I don't want Doughty as an Oiler. Would be yet another player that his past his best that we overpay for. I was a big Doughty fan and still saying that.
Nice to see Fleury get another solid team to backstop. The guy doesn't get enough credit. Never really understood him losing the starting job in Pittsburgh. His save percentage in this series is crazy good.
Watched game 2 and both he and Quick were spectacular. Quick may have been even more impressive because LV was really piling it on the entire game and he made some remarkable saves, but LA got a couple of decent chances throughout as well.
It’s a shame (for Quick) that he’s played so well and still not been able to get a win in the series. Shows you how low the margin for error in the league is.
I’m a little surprised to see you this. I guess it says a lot about where Doughty’s game has gone.
Not sure if its burn out of Drew just no longer having the same focus and expecting to be somewhere else next contract.
In the end though Doughty didn't make any key difference in this series or the last time Kings made playoffs and that should factor into what he's worth presently.
Lol, I haven’t watched any of this series yet. What’s your beef with them?For some reason Columbus annoys me
Lol, I haven’t watched any of this series yet. What’s your beef with them?