***GDT - Los Angeles Kings @ Edmonton Oilers - 01/24/13*** (6:30 PM)

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Originally Posted by taz42

Yep, got a huge target on their backs this season.

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which is why I am glad we won last year. Honestly even if we had won a game already I would have thought it would be hard to repeat. There is a reason only two teams have done that in the history of the NHL...

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Originally Posted by coop21

I'm assuming the coaching staff went over the too many men on the ice rule in "training camp," right? Right? RIGHT, DARRYL??????

(Sorry. A bit p***ed off right now.)

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Wait. 5 plus a goalie? I thought it was 6 minus a goalie. These are hockey players not mathematicians!!!

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Originally Posted by KOPI! PEVS!

45 years isn't a drought? Jesus I feel bad for the cubs in the case :dancing-broccoli:

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Yes, there have been generations of cubs fans who have not seen success.... Red sox fell under that catagory before 2004

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Originally Posted by Ice24

Not repeating but will be fine??? What is the purpose of playing this game! When you have reached the peak, nothing but another championship is a disappointment and a failure of a season. This team was built to win multiple championships not one and then that will be fine. With your analogy they are right on track.

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Of course I want them to repeat but odds are against them. It has been like 15 years. Even teams like mighty Pens and Wings failed to do so. Its the nature of the game and league. I am a realist and I don't expect my teams to win the championship every year.

While I'm disgusted by the effort and overall tentativeness the Kings appear to be playing with, lets put things in perspective...

They are the Stanley Cup Champions. We all hoped they wouldn't be hungover but it's clear they are. I accept this now.

This is a half-season. The Kings had one week of camp. Yes, so did the rest of the league, but it took the Kings virtually all of last season to play to form. That's just how they function.

Mitchell and Green were out. These guys are top Dmen on ANY team.

I'm pissed about the loss (happy that Edmonton got into OT because that was a bs call). I didn't expect this much of a lack of urgency from the Kings, but I'm also new to being a fan of the championship team.

But there's NO WAY I start trading players this season, unless its a deal I just can't refuse. This season will be for the teams that learn to play as a unit the fastest, not for teams that spent the summer partying, celebrating victory.

I'm filing a missing persons report on Brown in the morning. Will let you all know what I find out.

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Originally Posted by jammer06

Well at least I won a million spacebucks.....

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That shows just how smart you were to bet on Oils. I'm just like that faithful old dog that never gives up. Not smart but, so damned stupidly faithful-crying:

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Originally Posted by ilovela

which is why I am glad we won last year. Honestly even if we had won a game already I would have thought it would be hard to repeat. There is a reason only two teams have done that in the history of the NHL...

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Not true. Besides the Red Wings and Canadiens, the Penguins won back to back in the early 90's, the Oilers won a pair of back-to-back cups in the 80's, and the Islanders won 4 straight in the early 80's. Granted, the era of the dynasty is long gone, and repeating is incredibly difficult, especially nowadays.

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Originally Posted by taz42

Right. We had a little peace of mind while Kings weren't playing. Now, depression, bad temper, bad language, lots of swearing, all evil things on earth have returned to us

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Exactly. Nailed on the head.

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Originally Posted by wupmasta2000

While I'm disgusted by the effort and overall tentativeness the Kings appear to be playing with, lets put things in perspective...

They are the Stanley Cup Champions. We all hoped they wouldn't be hungover but it's clear they are. I accept this now.

This is a half-season. The Kings had one week of camp. Yes, so did the rest of the league, but it took the Kings virtually all of last season to play to form. That's just how they function.

Mitchell and Green were out. These guys are top Dmen on ANY team.

I'm pissed about the loss (happy that Edmonton got into OT because that was a bs call). I didn't expect this much of a lack of urgency from the Kings, but I'm also new to being a fan of the championship team.

But there's NO WAY I start trading players this season, unless its a deal I just can't refuse. This season will be for the teams that learn to play as a unit the fastest, not for teams that spent the summer partying, celebrating victory.

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Brown was clutch after the deadline last season but I still think we can move him in an effort to get a sniper. Players like Nash and Kovi are able to take matters into their own hands in games like this. They don't need to be team players all the time.