WTS Vancouver Yakety Sax 2/29

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Pregame:
ez win
The Kings will be desperate for points..They play a stifling (I call it boring) style..Even though Kempe's out for them..We're still going to have earn the win.
The pressure is definitely on Blake and the Kings. If they falter and miss the playoffs we might see a house-cleaning the likes of the one in Vancouver a few seasons back.
If we lose tonight it will be 6 loses in our last 7 . This is a must win
PLD is the worst contract in the entire league - worse than Seth Jones.

First Period:
Don’t Kings fans want to **** PLD for being lazy and disinterested? Why is he on PP1?
Demko is gonna die mid-game from overexertion at this rate.
Kopitar is still so good, the ageless wonder.
Byfield wearing a gold chain on top of his jersey is certainly a choice, seems like a really bad idea that could end poorly
As Ferraro reminds us - Kings have the best pk in the league.
Juulsen with the execellent screen there, either block it or get outa of the way
Another game where we have 3 shots and it's almost the end of the 1st.

Second Period:
I do not want to face LA in the first round
This game is going to be painful to watch. My strategy for games like this is to turn the sound down and listen to soothing down tempo electronica.
I know a lot of Canucks fans hate Doughty, but I've always loved the guy, unreal talent and a character to boot
Talbot looks rancid in net. Completely lost. It would be great if hte (sic) Canucks could generate half a chance or so.
Juulsens face looks like he should be a body builder
Is that another Doughty point? I f***ing hate that guy lmao damn
Holy f***. Cue the Benny Hill music
Easiest game in Cam Talbot's career?
The f***ing Kings were shorthanded with one forechecker who was triple teamed and somehow won the puck battle.
I hate playing the Kings so much. They have always had our number.
Jeeeez is Kopitar the most underrated star of the last generation?
I got a feeling Canucks are about to score 5 unanswered
Byfield embarrassing our guys there, he's so good
Is Tocchet betting on games again? Does he have a bet that these lines will actually work or why is he so insistent on them?
If anyone has troubling sleeping, just let them watch this game.
They are playing suffocating hockey,but it’s boring as f*** to watch

Third Period:
Boeser is back to streaking!
Games far from over boys. Why all the doom and gloom in here. Guaranteed we are gonna Boston them tonight.
Ian Cole is bottom feeding honey glazed ass at this point.
Can demko ever poke check or, is there some reason people can just skate rent free right through his crease?
Kopitar showing EP what real two way dominance looks like...
Ep blew it behind la net gotta win those wanna clean ice apply for a zamboni driver job
We have 3 regulation wins in the last 15 game…. Time to panic?

Post Game:
This team always chokes in crunch time, not surprised to see it happening again
Who would want this version of EP at 12+ mil? When has he put the team on his back this season against a team that isn't bottom of the barrel?
Truly sad…again we are losing against another remnant of a contender.
I guess those young guys for the Kings are starting to turn out. That f***ing sucks for the division lol
Didn’t realize the Kings were playing their third game in four nights
Mikheyev no goals in 30 games. Literally Loui Eriksson
Wondered if the Pettersson drama would turn this into a trap game and ... apparently yes. But also not helped by bizarre lineup decisions by the coaches. None of the lines worked and none of the lines made sense.
LA, and other big teams give the Canucks fits. They can't get on the inside, they lose on battle and positioning, and then the team is chasing. That won't beat LA/BOS/VGK etc... doing this. The only way to beat them is to play quicker, which requires positioning and successive passes. That gets them out of the mud and moving

 

[jammer06]

They didn't burn down the town after this?

 

[rinkrat]

 

[kingsjohn]

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this guy was my personal favorite

 

[Statue4Deano]

It’s so funny when Kings fans complain about how terrible the team is with no heart or bad coaching or whatever the complaint of the day is after a loss or two.

Meanwhile the results speak for themselves. It’s 59 games into the season. The Kings play an elite style of defense first, hard along the boards, puck control hockey. #3 in goals allowed #4 in shots allowed #2 PK and now #11 in PP. And other teams fans recognize it and acknowledge how frustrating it is to see their team sucked into that type of game.

This is the team that Rob Blake built. They’ve beaten every elite team in the league this season. All of them. Florida, Vancouver, Boston, New York, Carolina, Toronto, Colorado, Edmonton. It’s not a fluke. Are the Kings elite? Overall, no. The offense is very average but they aren’t nearly as far off as some folks think they are.

 

[LAKingSteve]

Love that they recognize how great Kopi is, even at this age.

 

[DRGinLBC]

 

[Guinevere]

It’s nice to hear what we have been saying for years and doesn’t get said much with east coast bias, Kopi is one of the best 2 way forwards in the league!!

 

[McSorleyFan]

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Is that Bieksa?

 

[Birdman]

Quote of the year:

Ian Cole is bottom feeding honey glazed ass at this point.

 

[kingnut]

I do not want to face LA in the first round
I hate playing the Kings so much. They have always had our number.
Jeeeez is Kopitar the most underrated star of the last generation?
Byfield embarrassing our guys there, he's so good
I guess those young guys for the Kings are starting to turn out. That f***ing sucks for the division lol

Notable

 

[Rogie-Vachon]

"Holy f***. Cue the Benny Hill music"

LOL

 

[Halfwall]

It’s so funny when Kings fans complain about how terrible the team is with no heart or bad coaching or whatever the complaint of the day is after a loss or two.

Meanwhile the results speak for themselves. It’s 59 games into the season. The Kings play an elite style of defense first, hard along the boards, puck control hockey. #3 in goals allowed #4 in shots allowed #2 PK and now #11 in PP. And other teams fans recognize it and acknowledge how frustrating it is to see their team sucked into that type of game.

This is the team that Rob Blake built. They’ve beaten every elite team in the league this season. All of them. Florida, Vancouver, Boston, New York, Carolina, Toronto, Colorado, Edmonton. It’s not a fluke. Are the Kings elite? Overall, no. The offense is very average but they aren’t nearly as far off as some folks think they are.

You sir are a heretic.

 

[orpheus]

Yakety Sax Casucks Fans!

Don't talk back!

 

[DarkLeftHand]

It’s so funny when Kings fans complain about how terrible the team is with no heart or bad coaching or whatever the complaint of the day is after a loss or two.

Meanwhile the results speak for themselves. It’s 59 games into the season. The Kings play an elite style of defense first, hard along the boards, puck control hockey. #3 in goals allowed #4 in shots allowed #2 PK and now #11 in PP. And other teams fans recognize it and acknowledge how frustrating it is to see their team sucked into that type of game.

This is the team that Rob Blake built. They’ve beaten every elite team in the league this season. All of them. Florida, Vancouver, Boston, New York, Carolina, Toronto, Colorado, Edmonton. It’s not a fluke. Are the Kings elite? Overall, no. The offense is very average but they aren’t nearly as far off as some folks think they are.

I’m here for you, bruh! This team has been on an ascendant path for the last several seasons, and now we’ve hit a rough patch, in the midst of what started out as a thoroughly DOMINANT season.. and it’s already time to fire the GM and trade everyone?

There’s no effing way that if you go back to right after last seasons final playoff game loss against EDM, and tell this crowd how management was going to be further sculpting the roster.. would anyone be saying anything negative. Blake has done diligent work thus far, but possibly sacrificed some great assets to make the changes. Although for every Brock Faber and Gabe Vilardi you ship out, another Arthur Kaliyev dies on the vine. That’s the very unpredictable nature of sports..

 

[Statue4Deano]

I’m here for you, bruh! This team has been on an ascendant path for the last several seasons, and now we’ve hit a rough patch, in the midst of what started out as a thoroughly DOMINANT season.. and it’s already time to fire the GM and trade everyone?

There’s no effing way that if you go back to right after last seasons final playoff game loss against EDM, and tell this crowd how management was going to be further sculpting the roster.. would anyone be saying anything negative. Blake has done diligent work thus far, but possibly sacrificed some great assets to make the changes. Although for every Brock Faber and Gabe Vilardi you ship out, another Arthur Kaliyev dies on the vine. That’s the very unpredictable nature of sports..

Like it or not, management has been blatant with their intentions. Win now. At nearly any cost. Blake built a contender with a very specific path to get through the West.

Maybe they can’t thread that needle but the results through game 59 say they have the roster and gameplan to beat any team on any given night. You absolutely could not say that last season. This year's squad is better from Line 1 through D pair 3 and all the way down to backup Goalie.

About 35 of those 59 games the team has looked like a powerhouse. About 25 of those 59 they look like a mix of disaster and disinterested. Missing a key player like Arvidsson explains a lot of that variance in effort and execution.

If this team gets healthy they’ve got as good a shot as any team to get to the Conference Final. Anything more than that would require the stars aligning like 2012 or 2014.