Hiller Hotseat Thread

[hokiecat]

The coach blows but the GM is equally to blame. He traded a NHL caliber center for no roster player. He changed Gavrikov and Spence into Ceci and Dumoulin (i.e. bigger with less offense).
Hiller is coaching for his job. Do you really expect him to give minutes to a guy who should be in the AHL over overusing some veterans? It's a Sophie's choice.

 

[ICE24]

On a side note, I said by Dec 28th the Kings would drop out of a playoff spot. I could be spot on. So I have that going for me, which is nice.

 

[GuyInARoom]

To be fair, Helenius is not an NHL caliber player right now. 3:03 is about right.

It’s not that Helenius himself will necessarily have a big impact, but reducing minutes for guys like Kopitar means we’ll have a better, more rested version of Kopitar when he is on the ice.

 

[Cross Traffic]

Double shifting Kopitar at 38 is the stupidest thing I have seen outside of having our two scoring wingers playing the freaking point on the power play.

How this Cro Magnon smooth brained idiot made it as a coach boggles my mind.

 

[Moog]

.....and all those people who thought Blake was doing a great job all those years.
......and all those people who thought Luc had a "plan" for the organization all those years.

All of them.....apologists.

The Kings are where they are BECAUSE of Luc and Rob.
Holland is just the latest poor decision made by : ............Luc and Rob.

Luc and Rob's mismanagement of this organization is going to last for quite some time.
It's their legacy.

Since Danny B. did not clean out the entire front office at the end of last season, the mediocrity will continue.

Stop your hate watching.
Stop going to the games.
Stop spending your money on merch.

...then, things may change. AEG does not care about winning. They care about your $$$.

 

[orpheus]

What better place than here, what better time than now?

 

[hokiecat]

.....and all those people who thought Blake was doing a great job all those years.
......and all those people who thought Luc had a "plan" for the organization all those years.

All of them.....apologists.

The Kings are where they are BECAUSE of Luc and Rob.
Holland is just the latest poor decision made by : ............Luc and Rob.

Luc and Rob's mismanagement of this organization is going to last for quite some time.
It's their legacy.

Since Danny B. did not clean out the entire front office at the end of last season, the mediocrity will continue.

Stop your hate watching.
Stop going to the games.
Stop spending your money on merch.

...then, things may change. AEG does not care about winning. They care about your $$$.

100% agree.

And the in-arena experience now matches the on-ice product. David Courtney (amazing) to Dave Joseph (very good) to Trevor Rabone (bleh). Jay Flats to Mikey. Good giveaways (Cartman mega bobblehead, legends bobbleheads including a Jay Wells bobble fists) to mini bobbleheads and Hello Kitty paper crown with anything worthwhile requiring a ticket pack. $25 beers, no cheap food options with McDonalds gone, and so on. The Kings see the fanbase as suckers to extract as much money as possible. AEG are trying to make the playoffs, not build a winner.

 

[DryKing]

100% agree.

And the in-arena experience now matches the on-ice product. David Courtney (amazing) to Dave Joseph (very good) to Trevor Rabone (bleh). Jay Flats to Mikey. Good giveaways (Cartman mega bobblehead, legends bobbleheads including a Jay Wells bobble fists) to mini bobbleheads and Hello Kitty paper crown with anything worthwhile requiring a ticket pack. $25 beers, no cheap food options with McDonalds gone, and so on. The Kings see the fanbase as suckers to extract as much money as possible. AEG are trying to make the playoffs, not build a winner.

It's sad to say, but I really miss having McDonalds available at the Kings game. I mean the prices were complete ripoffs, but way less of a ripoff than what they have now.

As to the giveaways, they are the cheapest things the Organization can handout while still meeting their sponsorship requirements. Truly pathetic. As you said, it's all just a money grab.

 

[VCRW]

100% agree.

And the in-arena experience now matches the on-ice product. David Courtney (amazing) to Dave Joseph (very good) to Trevor Rabone (bleh). Jay Flats to Mikey. Good giveaways (Cartman mega bobblehead, legends bobbleheads including a Jay Wells bobble fists) to mini bobbleheads and Hello Kitty paper crown with anything worthwhile requiring a ticket pack. $25 beers, no cheap food options with McDonalds gone, and so on. The Kings see the fanbase as suckers to extract as much money as possible. AEG are trying to make the playoffs, not build a winner.

I haven't been to a game at crypto for 3 years now. It's just not worth making the 50-mile drive into town. The on-ice product is average. The food is too expensive and the variety is poor. The "in-arena experience" is annoying and excessively loud. Why do they believe they need to fill every second of breaks in the action with invasive audio content programming or overly enthusiastic MCs pimping promotions and gimmick crowd participation stunts at jet takeoff sound levels??? Dieter on the keyboard was just fine.

And I am a live audio engineer... crypto's audio makes me ashamed.