GDT ***LA Kings @ Anaheim Ducks GDT 1/17/26 7:00pm on FanDuel***

[symbology]

Hiller started this bit of idiocy last season with the 5-forward strategy. I don’t think anyone has been okay with it, especially Juice.

I think I started to bitch about it in the playoffs. This season I bitched about it every time people complained of the power play. I had a fair amount of people disagreeing with me because the 5 on 5 worked for a little bit last year and folks expected it to work again. Some folks agreed with me. Many were happy to let Kempe rot at the point in hopes that great PP from the end of the year would return. It never did.

I was begging for a mobile LHD that could play on the PP so Kempe would not get stuck there.

 

[JC6388LAKings]

This Kings team really seems to like retreading back to their 14-15 season performance with all those excruciating OT losses, but with much worse coaching and O. I don't know if I should watch or just flat out write off this team until Hiller is fired. Hell, even if he's fired, we still have Luc and Holland, who are the bigger negative constants than Hiller himself. Seems the Kings just want to toil away under .500 with their lamentably lackadaisical effort in their games. This is just unbelievably pathetic.

 

[VCRW]

I was begging for a mobile LHD that could play on the PP so Kempe would not get stuck there.

I think that is a prayer we have all uttered since Gavrikov rejected L.A. My hopes are far more focused on finding that LD1 than on who becomes the next 1C. I just hope Holland’s bad signings on the back end don’t screw that up.

 

[Dr. Tran]

What can I say but same sh*t different day. I thought yesterday we were going to OTL our way through the season & they’re proving me right.

 

[Dr. Tran]

I find it highly doubtful that Hiller is getting fired while the Kings still have the possibility of making the playoffs. Everyone asking if he's gone yet are going to need to wait until we're eliminated, the post season, or after a poor playoff performance.

We’re going to OTL our way through this season. We won’t be good enough to win but good enough to collect points & make it seem like we’re doing well when we’re not. That’ll take us to the last week or so before we’re eliminated. After which Hiller will be fired when it’s too late to make any difference.

 

[Pevsfreedom]

I find it highly doubtful that Hiller is getting fired while the Kings still have the possibility of making the playoffs. Everyone asking if he's gone yet are going to need to wait until we're eliminated, the post season, or after a poor playoff performance.

But we did the whole poor playoff performance thing really well already, like 3-4 times!

 

[Pevsfreedom]

By the way, Fukufuji got a shutout yesterday in his Asia League game 3-0. Yep, he’s still playing!

This is the news I needed.

 

[kIngsX]

Doughty looks tired. If anyone needs an Olympic break, he’s the guy. But nope….

 

[Madness20721]

The Kings have some of the most undisciplined and low hockey IQ players in the league.

 

[ICE24]

We need to look at the bright side of this loss. How many points away are the Kings from receiving the most lottery balls?

 

[Guinevere]

Another OT loss

 

[jammer06]

Congratulations to the following posters who correctly guessed 3 kings and/or 5 ducks goals over the last two games. Nobody nailed the sh*t on goals for either team (18 kings, 33 ducks):

Kings 3 goals (1 point):
SirJW
beady eye
Nyssa42
motalare
TooCool
dneprovec

Ducks 5 goals (1 point):
AngelEyes
RoS
Rusty
SirJW
Birdman
Shackleford
McSorelyFan
VCRW
motalare
HiFi
TooCool
hornman
randdog
CIrvine
empire
sonnyboy11

The jet lag was wiping me out last night so thankfully most of that game was in a misty haze. Not sure what this team has left but it's looking more like the marketing team is gonna know Kopis final game with plenty of time to plan...

 

[05/29/93]

Only bright thing I can see is if the Kings were winning a lot more of these OT / SO games, they would be higher in the standings but the underlying issues would remain, just better camouflaged. This way, there is no hiding it.

 

[DarkLeftHand]

The Kings have some of the most undisciplined and low hockey IQ players in the league.

The lack of hockey IQ in general on this team would probably explain the terrible power play. These clowns have zero vision.

 

[orpheus]

Rams winning in OT broke my brain. I thought L.A. teams weren't allowed to so, lol.

 

[sonnyboy11]

Congratulations to the following posters who correctly guessed 3 kings and/or 5 ducks goals over the last two games. Nobody nailed the sh*t on goals for either team (18 kings, 33 ducks):

Kings 3 goals (1 point):
SirJW
beady eye
Nyssa42
motalare
TooCool
dneprovec

Ducks 5 goals (1 point):
AngelEyes
RoS
Rusty
SirJW
Birdman
Shackleford
McSorelyFan
VCRW
motalare
HiFi
TooCool
hornman
randdog
CIrvine
empire

The jet lag was wiping me out last night so thankfully most of that game was in a misty haze. Not sure what this team has left but it's looking more like the marketing team is gonna know Kopis final game with plenty of time to plan...

Jammer - I also had the Ducks with 5.