The Official 2016-17 LA Kings Thread

[Schildog]

If they draft either they take it all right?

Thing about Doughty is there's only two years left on his contract. I don't know how he could be retained. The window is over for this team.

 

[Tank]

As they start planning for next year, one thing is painfully clear: they need to find a scorer to play with Kopitar. It's a waste of his talent to skate him with Brown and Iginla. 

Im thinking this new German kid (Kempe) might be worth a shot on the wing with him for the last couple of games once they're eliminated.

Edited March 28, 2017 by Tank

[Angel Oracle]

Otherwise, my only focus is on one week from tonight, to see McDavid play in person for the first time as he tries for his first scoring title.

[Tank]

you'll like him, AO. he's really quick and has pretty amazing hands.

[Schildog]

i must have been asleep whilst germany conquered sweden tank!

[Tank]

13 hours ago, Schildog said:

i must have been asleep whilst germany conquered sweden tank!

oh yeah, february 31, 1948. 

[Angel Oracle]

The heavy set lady is about to sing.

[Schildog]

it's done ao. it's done. 

[Thomas]

"Hello darkness my old friend."

[Tank]

"it's nice to see you once again."

[nando714]

How did Kopi do as the C?

Too much pressure eh?

[Angel Oracle]

Two more Predator points = turn out the lights, the party's over.

[Thomas]

2 hours ago, nando714 said:

How did Kopi do as the C?

Too much pressure eh?

Hard to judge considering the meh on his line.

[nando714]

3 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Two more Predator points = turn out the lights, the party's over.

End it fast then tank!!!

[Tank]

8 hours ago, nando714 said:

How did Kopi do as the C?

Too much pressure eh?

I'm not really sure how any of us can measure something like this. Most of a captains work is unseen by fans.

[Tank]

St. Louis and Nashville both at 91 points with four games left. Kings at 81 points with five games left. The Red Sea would need to part for us to get in.

[Angel Oracle]

And, it's a wrap.    How they let Arizona beat them twice in one season, SMFH. 

[Tank]

that was a sad, pathetic display.

get to work, dean, and let's make the kings . . . great again.

[Angel Oracle]

Start with unloading Brown and Gaby, for whatever salary dump Dean can get (even if having to pay 2/3 of their salaries).

Make the Kings a faster team.

[Thomas]

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

Make the Kings a faster team.

I think the team speed (or lack thereof) is exaggerated because of the team's inability to pass out of their own zone to a moving target.  They resemble a lower level beer league team in this regard. They rarely get outnumbered chances and resort to dumping the puck in after the other team's defense has had plenty of time to setup killing what little chance they have to score 5v5.

[gotbeer]

Too much to ask for a bit of help from the Kings tonight?

[disarcina]

Goodnight Irene  (no playoffs for us this year) and a fond farewell to Bob Miller -- Kings hockey simply won't be the same.

It's really unfortunate the way Bob Miller's final two seasons unfolded -- with him missing much of last year and then this year -- Jonathan Quick going down and the Kings fading fairly early and then with the All Star game in LA with Bob Miller sort of a major part of the festivities -- he goes down and is pretty much lost for the season (as were the Kings).

Final games this weekend going to be very bitter-sweet.

Probably better for Bob Miller's health that it's not a critical must win game that ends up being a nail biter to make the playoffs...........

Bob Miller will really be missed. He really made watching LA Kings games a real treat.  He was a  normal humble guy with a great sense of timing with his sharp wit.

 

[Pujols4MVP]

Go Kings Go !  Beat them Oilers !

[Pujols4MVP]

On 3/22/2017 at 9:49 AM, Tank said:

no way do you move doughty. not a chance. sure, he'd bring in top talent, but what you gain in hay you lose in oats.

gaborik and brown were both bad contracts, and both should be exposed in the vegas draft. 

somehow they need to figure out how to bring in some scoring in a way that doesn't hurt the roster too much. we need a kwame brown for pau gasol kind of trade.

Agreed. Doughty is the kind of guy to build a team around, Kopi not as much as Doughty, scoring centers can be found but Top notch Elite Dmen much harder to find.

[gotbeer]

Thanks for the help.  Much appreciated.