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Statue4Deano
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I would much rather see the refs call a game like this vs what we saw earlier in the series. If the Oilers only get 2 PP per game I think can win game 6.
***Playoffs Rd 1, GM 5 GDT - Kings @ Oilers 4/25/23 >6:30pm< on KCOP Ch 13 & ESPN***
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VCRW
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Ouch... Kings need this mini-break.
Pevsfreedom
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next. only need to win 2 games. doesn't sound so bad.
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Illegal_Stick
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Brutal all around. Fiala was a disaster. Can’t blame Korpisalo for all of it, but do feel they have his number now. His angles on those shots from the circle are always off. Has me much less interested in resigning him personally.
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Ice24
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I don’t see any of those mentioned playing for the Kings next season as well as Gravikov. They will be hurting on the blue line once again. Clarke will be in but unless Blake pulls off a miracle it will be tough to make the playoffs next season
Pevsfreedom
somehow in south carolina
if this is the height of our rebuild then holy batman i am depressed.
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Ice24
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Byfield getting beat twice early in the game did not help Korpi.
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Ice24
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BTW, the Angels bullpen held. WTH
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dannybuoy1
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i ended up listening to the Espn broadcast tonight, and all Dominic Moore could say over and over was that the team was scared. I think this is the first time in a while I just saw half the team quit. I do not know how they beat this team again.
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Statue4Deano
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The Oilers offense is breaking the Kings will. Look at the guys who are still skating hard and still working their asses off. It's the guys with the most experience. This is a gutcheck moment for the younger players and some are responding to the challenge: Moore, Vilardi, Anderson, Grundstrom and the rest of the young players are getting tossed around in waves getting churned up by the Oilers.
The Kings might not win Game 6 but if they can match the play by the Oilers for 60 minutes at least they can end the season with their heads held high.
Pevsfreedom
somehow in south carolina
I'll be very disappointed if they end in 1 round without playing a full 60 after one of the best regular seasons in years. Still haven't put together more than about 40.
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Statue4Deano
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100% correct. Very frustrating series so far.
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K-Man #32
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With Korpi being solved do we re sign him or Vlad?
Or ride Copley next year and someone else ?
Or ride Copley next year and someone else ?
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Illegal_Stick
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Honestly the more I think about it, the more I think you don’t waste money on Korpisalo. He played great until they exposed a weakness and game four was lost because of it. Game five is not on him (other than kane scoring the literal same goal as game four) Not saying he’s terrible or anything like that, saying he’s going to get a decent raise and we’ve seen him crack under the pressure of only four playoff games. Copley and someone else can do it for cheaper. Use the money to get some actual toughness on that fourth line. Not Macewan toughness - ACTUAL toughness.
Gavrikov was a brilliant deadline move. The rest is suddenly not looking too magical.
Gavrikov was a brilliant deadline move. The rest is suddenly not looking too magical.
Pevsfreedom
somehow in south carolina
Never thought of Korpi as more than a rental, and I didn't really get that either.
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K-Man #32
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Blake probably did a scramble deal to try to repair our goaltending situation for the playoffs unfortunately Korpi was exposed
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Illegal_Stick
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And yeah, Korpisalo trade made perfect sense. You don't go in with one unproven goalie. Just saying I no longer think it was the steal that I once did and I certainly wouldn't pay top dollar for him. MacEwan was a mistake - not a mistake as in they gave up anything, but he just wasn't what we needed. I'd say Lemieux could have done more for us, but the penalties probably would have us swept.
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You know, I was genuinely upset about how Blake handled the Quick trade. I figured the Kings weren’t going to win the Cup, so why throw him away (even if he were going to play for another team next year) even if the trade would somewhat help the team? We also had Copley, the quickest to 20 wins in Kings history, which for some reason the Kings are hellbent on relegating to a back-up.
Korpisolo, IMO, was the best part of the trade. I don’t think he’s been “exposed.” The Kings weak team defense and mediocre collection of defensemen has been “exposed,” i guess. I’m not sure this was that big of a secret. Korpisolo, on the other hand, has made some incredible saves, creating the allusion that the Kings have actually been competitive in these games. The ice has been completely tilted toward the L.A. defensive zone in this series. But for Korpisolo, I suspect these would have been massive blowouts.
Oilers are the better team. It’s undeniable. (Frankly, at the end the season, the Kings played so poorly, I was wondering if we’d win a single playoff game.) That’s what TM is having the Kings play so passively against them. He knows we don’t have a team-wide answer, so the idea is to contain as much as possible and pray for a mistake. In other words, we’ll need to get lucky to win. But it also requires a goaltender to give you not the “one big save” (ie, the save that shouldn’t have been made) but multiple “big saves,” which obviously has a low success rate.
I hope the Kings can pull it out. Regardless, it’s not at all on Korpisolo. IMO, he’s reason we’ve pulled two games out. It DEFINITELY hasn’t been our stellar defense or potent offense.
Korpisolo, IMO, was the best part of the trade. I don’t think he’s been “exposed.” The Kings weak team defense and mediocre collection of defensemen has been “exposed,” i guess. I’m not sure this was that big of a secret. Korpisolo, on the other hand, has made some incredible saves, creating the allusion that the Kings have actually been competitive in these games. The ice has been completely tilted toward the L.A. defensive zone in this series. But for Korpisolo, I suspect these would have been massive blowouts.
Oilers are the better team. It’s undeniable. (Frankly, at the end the season, the Kings played so poorly, I was wondering if we’d win a single playoff game.) That’s what TM is having the Kings play so passively against them. He knows we don’t have a team-wide answer, so the idea is to contain as much as possible and pray for a mistake. In other words, we’ll need to get lucky to win. But it also requires a goaltender to give you not the “one big save” (ie, the save that shouldn’t have been made) but multiple “big saves,” which obviously has a low success rate.
I hope the Kings can pull it out. Regardless, it’s not at all on Korpisolo. IMO, he’s reason we’ve pulled two games out. It DEFINITELY hasn’t been our stellar defense or potent offense.
