HockeyFan33
4th Line Grinder
We'll see what version of the Kings play will be against the Av's. McKinnon leads the league in points.
I'm sad but Keep hope alive! Go Kings Go!That was a good game. Calgary is a good team. You can't win them all. On to Colorado, which will most likely be a tougher game.
Very frustrating to say the least.This team can suck you in and make you feel good for a couple of games and them lose to Vancouver and Calgary and make you go hmmm. Boys are still searching for consistency and are likely going to have to battle all season for that 3rd to 5th spot in the Pacific.
I also guessed 2 points for the Flames, on Page 1 of this game day thread:Congratulations to the following posters who correctly guessed the Kings noobs would score 0 points and/or that the Flames noobs would be credited with 2 points:
Both (2 points):
JETS GARAGE
Kings 0 (1 point):
Byron
beady eye
Flames 2 (1 point):
SirJW
Rogie-Vachon
Guinevere
Forum Gold
DRGinLBC
VCRW
rinkrat
notbob
HiFi
mik999999
sonnyboy11
Rusty
CIrvine
Liz4LA
Clif
empire
TooCool
Shackleford
Nyssa42
hornman
Again special shoutout to @JETS GARAGE for being the only poster to get both points for this one. Frustrating loss for multitudes of reasons. Not least of which was Calgary clearly had money on the board to win this for Wolf. Congrats to the former Jr. King and lets hope he doesn't become a nemesis. Beyond that this was clearly one of those evolution of identity games. Hiller referenced the Sammy fight in his presser regarding focusing the team, and they did close the shot gap after the fight (and truly played with some good pace and connectivity), however this still seems like a team that's trying to figure out their sandpaper. It's easy to see how much they miss a guy like Turc and what he's bringing every shift. Harder to tell what they're missing/getting in Jeannot out and Lee and Helenius in.
Gavrikov's turnover is downright bad, but I'm not sure if he expected Danault to be higher or if Danault expected him to turn that back to the corner. One things for sure, Danault's play lately has been more suspect than Gav's and this was a mistake of communication and execution. Don't get me wrong, Gavrikov had a simple play to the backhand to make, but chose the riskier forehand (lazier too). How much of that was hubris for his recent play vs tired play is probably what he needs to sort out. The second goal immediately following it's easy to blame Englund for getting beat as the lone defender back, but Spence was cheating down the boards hard and Huberdeau blew the zone knowing what to expect. How much Hiller wants to activate that follow up shift with the D may have been part of it, clearly he wanted to give Spence a chance late to make up for it with the deployments.
I agree with all of this. Someone mentioned in the previous GDT that Gavi took a hard hit in the BJs game on Saturday, so maybe he's nursing an injury. These boys need the 2-day break that's coming up after tomorrow. The wacky game times have to be messing with their bodies as well, not being able to stay on a scheduleGavrikov's turnover is downright bad, but I'm not sure if he expected Danault to be higher or if Danault expected him to turn that back to the corner. One things for sure, Danault's play lately has been more suspect than Gav's and this was a mistake of communication and execution. Don't get me wrong, Gavrikov had a simple play to the backhand to make, but chose the riskier forehand (lazier too). How much of that was hubris for his recent play vs tired play is probably what he needs to sort out. The second goal immediately following it's easy to blame Englund for getting beat as the lone defender back, but Spence was cheating down the boards hard and Huberdeau blew the zone knowing what to expect. How much Hiller wants to activate that follow up shift with the D may have been part of it, clearly he wanted to give Spence a chance late to make up for it with the deployments.
fixedI also guessed 2 points for the Flames, on Page 1 of this game day thread:
GDT - ***LA Kings @ Calgary Flames GDT 11/11/24 5:30pm on FanDuel***
I had 2 for the Flames. 2nd page. I need all the points I can get!Congratulations to the following posters who correctly guessed the Kings noobs would score 0 points and/or that the Flames noobs would be credited with 2 points:
Both (2 points):
JETS GARAGE
Kings 0 (1 point):
Byron
beady eye
Flames 2 (1 point):
SirJW
Rogie-Vachon
Guinevere
Forum Gold
DRGinLBC
VCRW
rinkrat
notbob
HiFi
mik999999
sonnyboy11
Rusty
CIrvine
Liz4LA
Clif
empire
TooCool
Shackleford
Nyssa42
hornman
Drum4Pigs
Again special shoutout to @JETS GARAGE for being the only poster to get both points for this one. Frustrating loss for multitudes of reasons. Not least of which was Calgary clearly had money on the board to win this for Wolf. Congrats to the former Jr. King and lets hope he doesn't become a nemesis. Beyond that this was clearly one of those evolution of identity games. Hiller referenced the Sammy fight in his presser regarding focusing the team, and they did close the shot gap after the fight (and truly played with some good pace and connectivity), however this still seems like a team that's trying to figure out their sandpaper. It's easy to see how much they miss a guy like Turc and what he's bringing every shift. Harder to tell what they're missing/getting in Jeannot out and Lee and Helenius in.
Gavrikov's turnover is downright bad, but I'm not sure if he expected Danault to be higher or if Danault expected him to turn that back to the corner. One things for sure, Danault's play lately has been more suspect than Gav's and this was a mistake of communication and execution. Don't get me wrong, Gavrikov had a simple play to the backhand to make, but chose the riskier forehand (lazier too). How much of that was hubris for his recent play vs tired play is probably what he needs to sort out. The second goal immediately following it's easy to blame Englund for getting beat as the lone defender back, but Spence was cheating down the boards hard and Huberdeau blew the zone knowing what to expect. How much Hiller wants to activate that follow up shift with the D may have been part of it, clearly he wanted to give Spence a chance late to make up for it with the deployments.
I know quite a few of us were hoping that the Kings would draft Wolf, and were perplexed when they didn't, but wow he looks so much like Quick that it's uncanny. Really hope he can keep it up and has an excellent career. Maybe one day we will see him in a Kings uniform.Not least of which was Calgary clearly had money on the board to win this for Wolf. Congrats to the former Jr. King and lets hope he doesn't become a nemesis. Beyond that this was clearly one of those evolution of identity games. Hiller referenced the Sammy fight in his presser regarding focusing the team, and they did close the shot gap after the fight (and truly played with some good pace and connectivity), however this still seems like a team that's trying to figure out their sandpaper. It's easy to see how much they miss a guy like Turc and what he's bringing every shift. Harder to tell what they're missing/getting in Jeannot out and Lee and Helenius in.
Gavrikov's turnover is downright bad, but I'm not sure if he expected Danault to be higher or if Danault expected him to turn that back to the corner. One things for sure, Danault's play lately has been more suspect than Gav's and this was a mistake of communication and execution. Don't get me wrong, Gavrikov had a simple play to the backhand to make, but chose the riskier forehand (lazier too). How much of that was hubris for his recent play vs tired play is probably what he needs to sort out. The second goal immediately following it's easy to blame Englund for getting beat as the lone defender back, but Spence was cheating down the boards hard and Huberdeau blew the zone knowing what to expect. How much Hiller wants to activate that follow up shift with the D may have been part of it, clearly he wanted to give Spence a chance late to make up for it with the deployments.
It was a hard fought two points…but he stuck to the game plan, showed a lot of character and came away with the W.Congrats to Jets Garage Jake for getting the 2 points!