***Vancouver Canucks vs. LA Kings GDT 3/5/24 7:30pm on BSW***

[sonnyboy11]

Welp, cya all Thursday!

 

[Liz4LA]

Nick jinxed Fiala by praising his non-penalty play. Truthfully, Talbot kept Kings in the game. You don't win when you're always giving the team set plays when they have the faceoff win.

 

[LB49er]

Going 1 on 3 was not the smartest thing to try.

Exactly, I thought he was going to circle back, and regroup. Instead, he tried a low percentage deke that ended up causing the stupid penalty and ultimate goal.

 

[orpheus]

 

[ChiKingFan]

Just rewatched. Bullshit that they call Fiala for that after letting the Canucks get away with it.

 

[Halfwall]

The first call yes, but the second call was a hook and was recorded as such on the score sheet. It was also incredibly light for all the other calls theyve been letting go.

I think you may have it backwards.

 

[Bill Hicks]

She's had a few gapers he's missed

What does he bring exactly? He panics with the puck, always has.
Him & Lizotte can go for all I care. You think our 4th line can hold up in playoffs? Gonna get run through the boards
all series.

 

[Kurisu]

12 24 84 to start OT +- yay for something different!

I was really curious about this when it was going to OT.

 

[ChiKingFan]

What does he bring exactly?

I thought the narrative was that he was brought back specifically to help with the PK, which…. I mean, it’s pretty hard to argue with the results.

 

[DRice]

Kings waste a great game from Talbot.

 

[Pevsfreedom]

bad 2nd questionable calls my god lewis open net miss.. coulda gone both ways. glad to steal a point.

 

[Kurisu]

Those three late missed chances was the difference. Poor Lewie.

 

[Halfwall]

Those three late missed chances was the difference. Poor Lewie.

Story of his whole career.

 

[fake_it_make_it]

Looks like for a moment in time, we're back on third again.

This felt like a playoff game, just very strong all around. even with the bummer ending.

 

[Clif]

Okay with this. Kings embarrassed VAN last week. Plus Canucks had been slumping, and that doesn’t last forever unless it’s TM-coached Kings this season. Could have won it in the third but easily could have lost it too.

 

[Halfwall]

The first call yes, but the second call was a hook and was recorded as such on the score sheet. It was also incredibly light for all the other calls theyve been letting go.

You may be right. I don't trust my memory over this wine.

 

[Kurisu]

Didn't Kopi used to be good at faceoffs?

 

[symbology]

Didn't Kopi used to be good at faceoffs?

This team's faceoff performance has gone to crap since December. Should not be that hard to figure out why a team with Kopitar and Danault are not a good faceoff team. Though, with Kopi you do lose quickness when you age.

 

[Nyssa42]

No one mentions how underrated Tocchet was as a player. Guy was a menace with surprisingly good skills.

I was just saying in the shoutbox when I was prepping for our previous game vs. Nucks what a beast he was. He had consecutive seasons of 45, 37 and 40 goals on the Flyers, and a 48 goal season with the Pens. 18 goals in 36 games his first season for the Kings. Unfortunately his time with the Kings was when we had a reputation for destroying good players mid-career. Heck, I wasn't even totally devastated by the Luc trade since we were getting Tocchet in return. He was tough and gritty and played even larger than his actual size. We could use a player like him right about now.....

 

[Statue4Deano]

I was just saying in the shoutbox when I was prepping for our previous game vs. Nucks what a beast he was. He had consecutive seasons of 45, 37 and 40 goals on the Flyers, and a 48 goal season with the Pens. 18 goals in 36 games his first season for the Kings. Unfortunately his time with the Kings was when we had a reputation for destroying good players mid-career. Heck, I wasn't even totally devastated by the Luc trade since we were getting Tocchet in return. He was tough and gritty and played even larger than his actual size. We could use a player like him right about now.....

Tocchet sticks out in my memory as a guy who I vividly recall from my first season being a Kings fan.

Trading him for a washed up Kevin Stevens was very dumb. Then trading Stevens for Luc was very smart. Those mid-to-late 90s Kings teams were such a disaster.