GDT ***San Jose Sharks vs. LA Kings GDT 1/7/26 7:30pm on FanDuel***

Rog or Reg? said:
There's definitely good reasons for optimism, and more than anything it was actually fun to watch the last two games. We played hard and aggressive, kept our foot on the gas and controlled play for the most part. Heck, even QB looked much better.

Once again, I don't want to get too excited, but I'll take any positivity then I can get right now. I was actually forced to watch the freakin Ducks for a while. By the way what the hell happened down there in Anaheim? The Quackers are having a rough go of it lately. They took the Express Elevator from the penthouse to the basement. Ouch.
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Last night was then first time I was excited to watch a Kings game in a good while, and given the absolutely depleted roster the result is okay. And it’s more than okay they scored 3 goals given the absolute drought they’ve had. Reasonably excited to watch WPG too - they have their own scoring issues.

Ducks have a poor defensive game. I thought the dropoff would come, but this is even worse for them than i expected. It’s sweet. Of any Pac team to rejoin the playoff picture after being out I’m pulling for SEA because I like that city and the team is honest.
 
Statue4Deano said:
This loss doesn’t bother me. I’ll take this kind of loss any day over the vast majority of the 1-0, 2-1 wins snooze fests.
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The disallowed goal bothers me. The fact that the Kings have very limited high end talent from 3 years of absolute suckage and draft lottery picks bothers me. The f***ing bullshit drop passes bother me.
 
DarkLeftHand said:
The disallowed goal bothers me. The fact that the Kings have very limited high end talent from 3 years of absolute suckage and draft lottery picks bothers me. The f***ing bullshit drop passes bother me.
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DarkLeftHand said:
The disallowed goal bothers me. The fact that the Kings have very limited high end talent from 3 years of absolute suckage and draft lottery picks bothers me. The f***ing bullshit drop passes bother me.
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The disallowed goal didn't really bother me. If the teams were reversed we'd definitely want that goal called back. "Distinct punching motion" :mhihi:

The problem is the Kings haven't sucked enough the past 3 years to get higher picks, so that was expected and doesn't bother me.

OK, I hate the drop passes. That garbage needs to end.
 
DRice said:
The disallowed goal didn't really bother me. If the teams were reversed we'd definitely want that goal called back. "Distinct punching motion" :mhihi:

The problem is the Kings haven't sucked enough the past 3 years to get higher picks, so that was expected and doesn't bother me.

OK, I hate the drop passes. That garbage needs to end.
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The picks I was referring to was Turcotte, Byfield, and Clarke, when we were actually draft lottery status for a few really putrid seasons.
 
DarkLeftHand said:
The picks I was referring to was Turcotte, Byfield, and Clarke, when we were actually draft lottery status for a few really putrid seasons.
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When all is said and done they might pan out quite well. Getting 3 top 6/top 4 players out of 3 top 8 picks isn't bad at all.

Let's be real - players like Celebrini are a pipe dream unless you pick 1st overall.

Remember the times of Hickey, Teubert, Tukonen...?

And if you compare to the Ducks, before they hit home runs with Carlsson and likely Sennecke, their draft record in the top 10 was McTavish, Drysdale, Zegras and Mintyukov...not bad, but none of these 4 will likely be anything close to a franchise cornerstone (well, maybe Zegras). They did do very well to acquire Gauthier with the help of Drysdale...but that's a topic separate from drafting success.
 
Bollocks said:
When all is said and done they might pan out quite well. Getting 3 top 6/top 4 players out of 3 top 8 picks isn't bad at all.

Let's be real - players like Celebrini are a pipe dream unless you pick 1st overall.

Remember the times of Hickey, Teubert, Tukonen...?

And if you compare to the Ducks, before they hit home runs with Carlsson and likely Sennecke, their draft record in the top 10 was McTavish, Drysdale, Zegras and Mintyukov...not bad, but none of these 4 will likely be anything close to a franchise cornerstone (well, maybe Zegras). They did do very well to acquire Gauthier with the help of Drysdale...but that's a topic separate from drafting success.
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Not to mention the Kings have been able to find some gems in the 2nd round (Faber being chief among them). Their biggest hurdle was in trading so many 1st round picks away.

There have been quite a few misses and 1st and 2nd overall. Heck look at Kakko - the guy looked like a straight stud from a skill perspective but has never been able to fully translate his game to the NHL.

Ducks have been one of the better drafting teams, some of which comes from having so many lottery picks, and some of it seems to be a bit of luck (having the high picks during the right drafts, as you mentioned). McTavish seemed like a masterstroke at the time and I still expect him to turn things around, but who knew how well Sennecke would have done his first season (so far)? Pretty impressive.
 
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