The Kings clinch a playoff spot!

[Surf Nutz]

Jared Wright - Men's Ice Hockey - University of Denver Athletics

Jared Wright (18) Forward - NHL: Selected by the Los Angeles Kings in Round 6 (No. 169 overall) of the 2022 NHL Draft. Honors and Awards: AHCA All-American Scholar

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[redcard]

Because I am a firm believer in self-deprecating humor

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I always took you to be more of the self-defecating type

 

[Little Psycho]

We should all have PLD avatars. Some ideas stolen from the gdt


Perpetually
Loafing
Disaster

Plainly
Lacking
Determination

Purposely
Lacking
Desire

 

[Nasti]

Apparently the playoffs start on Saturday but the regular season ends on Thursday with all Western Conference games. My guess is the west doesn’t start their series until Sunday.

 

[Gjwrams]

So hopefully on a plane to Edmonton on Friday. As much as I loathe having to play those shits again, I sure as hell don’t want any part of the Stars.

 

[Rick Knickleback]

It needs to be Edmonton. I have close to zero confidence we can beat them but either we:
a) slay the dragon.
b) lose again and erode AEGs faith in Luc and Rob to the point where organizational change becomes necessary.

 

[Lt Dan]

We should all have PLD avatars. Some ideas stolen from the gdt


Perpetually
Loafing
Disaster

Plainly
Lacking
Determination

Purposely
Lacking
Desire

Para los fans que hablan

Pendejo
La Rata
Doloroso

 

[21Dog]

Para los fans que hablan

Pendejo
La Rata
Doloroso

me gusta

 

[Lt Dan]

me gusta

Orale' vato!

 

[LAKings88]

should do 1-3-1 avatars

 

[kingsholygrail]

I did the leg work a while back but it was something like 90% of all the Cup champs since expansion have been one of the top 4 teams in the league(1 or 2 from either conference). We often focus on the Presidents Trophy winners failing as some sign of underdogs making it, but in those years, it's usually the runner up to the Pres trophy winner that ends up taking it.

 

[Little Psycho]

Ummm maybe we should skip it this year.

 

[LAKings88]

Or

At least they didn’t get beat by the oilers again

 

[Nasti]

I did the leg work a while back but it was something like 90% of all the Cup champs since expansion have been one of the top 4 teams in the league(1 or 2 from either conference). We often focus on the Presidents Trophy winners failing as some sign of underdogs making it, but in those years, it's usually the runner up to the Pres trophy winner that ends up taking it.

Another reason why “just make the playoffs” is a lame goal.

 

[Lt Dan]

Another reason why “just make the playoffs” is a lame goal.

Just make the playoffs should only be the goal during a rebuild. Once a a team makes the playoffs, the goal should be a cup

 

[Kingfan1967]

I did the leg work a while back but it was something like 90% of all the Cup champs since expansion have been one of the top 4 teams in the league(1 or 2 from either conference). We often focus on the Presidents Trophy winners failing as some sign of underdogs making it, but in those years, it's usually the runner up to the Pres trophy winner that ends up taking it.

Best metric for winning the Cup? Selke and Norris winning teams are better than Hart and Art Ross winning teams.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Best metric for winning the Cup? Selke and Norris winning teams are better than Hart and Art Ross winning teams.

That's a good one too.

 

[tigermask48]

Best metric for winning the Cup? Selke and Norris winning teams are better than Hart and Art Ross winning teams.

My initial response was going to be "laughs in Erik Karlson." Then I decided to look deeper...

Norris winners winning the Cup in the year they win the Norris? Just checking back to 2000, and I don't see the correlation. Makar in 2022, Lidstrom in 2002 and 2008, and Keith in 2010 are the only ones that match-up. That's 4 years out of the last 23 that it lines up.

If you meant just Norris winning players, well, see my initial response because lol, Erik Karlson.

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

The Salty asshole in me couldn’t be more ecstatic we are getting swept by Dallas and Blake and Luc can go back to selling timeshares and that Edmonton is going to have to play final boss level cap circumvention Vegas in the first round!

 

[Lt Dan]

The Salty asshole in me couldn’t be more ecstatic we are getting swept by Dallas and Blake and Luc can go back to selling timeshares and that Edmonton is going to have to play final boss level cap circumvention Vegas in the first round!

It's too bad that they both can't lose in the first round.

 

[Kingfan1967]

My initial response was going to be "laughs in Erik Karlson." Then I decided to look deeper...

Norris winners winning the Cup in the year they win the Norris? Just checking back to 2000, and I don't see the correlation. Makar in 2022, Lidstrom in 2002 and 2008, and Keith in 2010 are the only ones that match-up. That's 4 years out of the last 23 that it lines up.

If you meant just Norris winning players, well, see my initial response because lol, Erik Karlson.

Hart winners have 1 or 2 Cups over the last 20 years (did it last year, to troll Edmonton, didn't save file and too long to do again) same as Ross winners, The Norris and Selke winners have more than them. (it all means nothing though). Presidents Trophy winning teams are 0-20 in that span

 

[Little Psycho]

The Salty asshole in me couldn’t be more ecstatic we are getting swept by Dallas and Blake and Luc can go back to selling timeshares and that Edmonton is going to have to play final boss level cap circumvention Vegas in the first round!

I’m feeling the same way. Yeah we’re gonna get f***ed but so are the oilers against some real competition

 

[bland]

The playoffs boil down to making the most right plays at the right time, especially in big moments.

How many players on this roster do you trust to rise to those occasions? Do you trust this staff to make the right decisions?

This Kings roster has very, very few players you can rely on, and so - SOOOO many that you can bet the farm to wilt in those moments.

They are coached and led on-ice to settle down instead of rise up. I don't see a single real leader on the roster, even though there are a bunch of honest effort players. They are rudderless from management down to the 4th line.

 

[Little Psycho]

I’ve never seen these boards so dead after clinching. Makes sense.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Hart winners have 1 or 2 Cups over the last 20 years (did it last year, to troll Edmonton, didn't save file and too long to do again) same as Ross winners, The Norris and Selke winners have more than them. (it all means nothing though). Presidents Trophy winning teams are 0-20 in that span

Well, Quick SHOULD have won a Vezina in2012, sothere's that

And Drew Doughty had the best 2014 of any player in the world

I’ve never seen these boards so dead after clinching. Makes sense.

It's f***ing depressing, I"ve never been so unenthused for the playoffs. I usually love them even when the Kings are out, but the Kings being a dead fish taints everything this time.