GDT ***LA Kings @ St. Louis Blues GDT 10/21/25 5:00pm on FanDuel***

Congratulations to Rog or Reg? for being the only one to deny Nyssa42 the shutout by guessing within +/-1:00 of 1:47 of the first (1 point):

Great to get the 2 points, St Louis is a tough place to play. Thought the St Louis fans did a nice job welcoming back their former PbP guy although some of them did not appreciate him using is closer on them. Perry was Perry, Kuemper made a couple huge stops, I don't think anyone likes the face off rate, Kuzy made a great play to draw the penalty, and for those counting Kempe didn't want to come off the ice in OT. Great to get the 2 points, Dallas is definitely a different test.
 
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jammer06 said:
Congratulations to Nyssa for pitching the shutout Nobody guessed within +/-1:00 of 1:47 of the second for the kings, or 2:18 of the third

Great to get the 2 points, St Louis is a tough place to play. Thought the St Louis fans did a nice job welcoming back their former PbP guy although some of them did not appreciate him using is closer on them. Perry was Perry, Kuemper made a couple huge stops, I don't think anyone likes the face off rate, Kuzy made a great play to draw the penalty, and for those counting Kempe didn't want to come off the ice in OT. Great to get the 2 points, Dallas is definitely a different test.
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Hey Jammer!

I had 2:22 of the 2nd for the Kings! (#36) No shutout for Susan! Ha!

Thanx!
 
jammer06 said:
Crap you did. Will update
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I want my two points! (one actually, but two sounds better...and I get to post this!)

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Liz4LA said:
Now, can you stop putting Kempe at the point on the power play. The guy is being wasted there. Look at that shot.
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That’s the dilemma with a five-forward PP unit. They have to have someone with speed who can play defense at the top, and that’s Kempe.
The question is whether the PP is better with Kempe on the side and DD up top. I think it remains to be seen but for now I’m looking at how the 5 forwards look.
 
I kept laughing as this game went along knowing jammer's poll-totalling job was getting easier and easier. I promise a fun, easy-to-get-points question for tomorrow's game!

And then we have a back-to-back over the weekend that WILL be a 2-game question because jammer & I are both busy on Saturday night.

I hope everyone is as busy with work as me right now....can't complain about too much business as long as it's bringing in the cash!
 
Nyssa42 said:
I kept laughing as this game went along knowing jammer's poll-totalling job was getting easier and easier. I promise a fun, easy-to-get-points question for tomorrow's game!

And then we have a back-to-back over the weekend that WILL be a 2-game question because jammer & I are both busy on Saturday night.

I hope everyone is as busy with work as me right now....can't complain about too much business as long as it's bringing in the cash!
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Not fair! I got a hard one! And for only one measly point!

Rigged!:poop:
 
DoubleMinor said:
That’s the dilemma with a five-forward PP unit. They have to have someone with speed who can play defense at the top, and that’s Kempe.
The question is whether the PP is better with Kempe on the side and DD up top. I think it remains to be seen but for now I’m looking at how the 5 forwards look.
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Totally agree and I get the dilemma but part of the problem is the PP strategy. There are ways to activate Kempe from the point and get him prime opportunities but it depends on what strategy the Kings choose to employ.

Doughty has a great hard shot but often misses the net wide. He's not really suited for an overload strategy, based on his passing, which I believe the Kings are attempting to employ with PP1. He's a solid choice for the 1-3-1 however.

 
DryKing said:
Totally agree and I get the dilemma but part of the problem is the PP strategy. There are ways to activate Kempe from the point and get him prime opportunities but it depends on what strategy the Kings choose to employ.

Doughty has a great hard shot but often misses the net wide. He's not really suited for an overload strategy, based on his passing, which I believe the Kings are attempting to employ with PP1. He's a solid choice for the 1-3-1 however.

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As much as we should all be grateful for having Doughty the one area that has been a career long negative is his PP time. With his failure to hit the net, his poor passing and his poor zone entries (which have never really improved) ... The one part of his game that I don’t like. But again, fortunate that he’s been here.
 
DarkLeftHand said:
I think it’s by design, as I mentioned in a previous thread that the PowerPlay needs to create confusion by having the umbrella forwards cycle around the perimeter during play, so the defense loses track of who they need to focus on. You’ve seen the penalty killers zero in on him for the last season and a half when he’s stationary at the dot. We know he can score from there, but the trick is to confuse the defense into leaving him open for that one timer.
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A couple years ago Kempe was deadly from the wing on the PP. Teams took that away. But it’s exactly right that the Kings need movement on the PP to create high quality chances, like last night.

It’s really a testament to Kempe that he has been able to adjust and adapt and still score 35.
 
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