GDT ***LA Kings @ Seattle Kraken GDT 4/13/26 6:30pm on ESPN & Disney+ ***

[BarryWom]

Congrats Boys, now lets win the whole Thing!!

 

[empire]

The cup is almost ours, let's do this. GO KINGS GO.

 

[Pevsfreedom]

What a weird year. Didn't watch any of it (I mean mainly a 2 year old + 10:30pm start times throws things off a bit). Can't not watch playoffs.

 

[King of Pentacle5]

I’m so happy to see the boys clinch a PO spot. BUT…dumping a 3-0 lead to a non-PO contender that’s had a sub-par season and their 4th string goalie when it counted the most is pathetic. IMO, they should all be a bit embarrassed this morning.

I’m with Eddie Garcia that this team has given me 0 reason to think they can win even one PO game, let alone an entire series. They just seem to lack focus and talent. Their breakout last night was terrible. If it wasn’t for those lucky bounces that QB got, the Kings would have LOST that game. The score would have been 3-2 Kraken. That’s NOT good enough.

More than the POs, I’m looking forward to the moves that I hope KH will make this summer to create a contender. He has 2 full seasons with Bread to do so.

 

[Clif]

This acknowledges that the coaching change was a needed coaching change but not a full philosophical change, which is what's needed.

Yes, the coaching change was only step one. That said

-There is a bigger shift in play from
Hiller to Smith than there was from McClellan to Hiller.
-DJ’s timeout last night actually resulted in offensive play again. They even scored.

The tendency to sit back and defend is deeply engrained and going to take very deliberate work to flush out. Teams play this way to end games, we’ve even seen EDM do it to the Kings. But it’s chronic with this group. It’s automatic. Some games it’s going to be clear you need to keep pushing.

 

[jom]

I was going to say that most likely the Kings will play EDM but now I'm not so sure. It's a little muddled. The Kings best shot getting out of the first round is if they play Anaheim. The Ducks are on a bit of a slide at the moment.

I don't give the Kings much of a shot of beating Vegas, EDM or Colorado which seem to be the other possibilities.

I still think it was best for the Kings (in the long run) to miss the playoffs but here we are. I just hope this doesn't give the Kings management some "confidence" this is actually a good team. There needs to be some big changes in the off season...including the coach....IMO.

jom

 

[Madness20721]

At least the Kings won't lose to the Oilers in the first round for the fifth year in a row. The Kings have no chance getting past Colorado.

 

[Statue4Deano]

The resurgence of Trevor Moore deserves some recognition. Since we dumped Hiller, Moore has become a top 6 winger again. He’s been exactly what we needed on the 2nd line next to Byfield and Laf.

The Kings have 3 solid lines again and in a division where most team barely have 2 that gives us a shot to get out of the first round.

 

[Statue4Deano]

I was going to say that most likely the Kings will play EDM but now I'm not so sure. It's a little muddled. The Kings best shot getting out of the first round is if they play Anaheim. The Ducks are on a bit of a slide at the moment.

I don't give the Kings much of a shot of beating Vegas, EDM or Colorado which seem to be the other possibilities.

I still think it was best for the Kings (in the long run) to miss the playoffs but here we are. I just hope this doesn't give the Kings management some "confidence" this is actually a good team. There needs to be some big changes in the off season...including the coach....IMO.

jom

Vegas and Edmonton are bad this year. Think about how terrible the Kings have been for most of the season. Vegas is only 4 points better. As long as the Kings finish in the top 3 in the division I think they’ve got as good a chance as anyone to get into the 2nd round.

 

[05/29/93]

I’m so happy to see the boys clinch a PO spot. BUT…dumping a 3-0 lead to a non-PO contender that’s had a sub-par season and their 4th string goalie when it counted the most is pathetic. IMO, they should all be a bit embarrassed this morning.

I’m with Eddie Garcia that this team has given me 0 reason to think they can win even one PO game, let alone an entire series. They just seem to lack focus and talent. Their breakout last night was terrible. If it wasn’t for those lucky bounces that QB got, the Kings would have LOST that game. The score would have been 3-2 Kraken. That’s NOT good enough.

More than the POs, I’m looking forward to the moves that I hope KH will make this summer to create a contender. He has 2 full seasons with Bread to do so.

To be fair, they didn’t blow the whole 3-0 lead, as Seattle never tied it up. Still, your points remain true and disturbing, as the game should never have been that close.

 

[FBJ]

Has anyone read or heard why Panarin sat the final 7:30 of the game last night?

 

[Halfwall]

Has anyone read or heard why Panarin sat the final 7:30 of the game last night?

I'm thinking he might be sick. He was terrible all night.

 

[Rog or Reg?]

I'm thinking he might be sick. He was terrible all night.

I think so too. He was awful last night...slow, sloppy, hesitant...he did not appear to be the same playmaker. Let's just hope it's something minor, but something did seem off with him for sure.

 

[Rog or Reg?]

What a weird year. Didn't watch any of it (I mean mainly a 2 year old + 10:30pm start times throws things off a bit). Can't not watch playoffs.

10:30pm starts are tough. When I was in Maryland, I had to be up for work at 5:30am. So I'd go to bed at 7:30 and sleep until the game, then get another four hours sleep after the game. Not an easy routine for sure, but I couldn't live without my Kings. Even caught Kings games at the old Cap Centre (God, what a dump).