The Kings inconsistent season continues with a disappointing loss to the Sharks. Does Todd McLellan have any answers? What should the Kings lineup look like and where does PL Dubois fit in? That’s and more next on this edition of Locked on LA Kings.
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everyone 👍 if you want TMac replaced by a new Head Coach
👍if you want a new GM for the KINGS
Last night was my first Hockey game and even tho Kings lost it was so fun. Now my wife and I have to understand the game so… SUBSCRIBED
Is the season slipping away? 4-11 in the last 15- looks pretty slippery to me??
maybe they need to miss the playoffs to force them to get rid of McClelland.
Let the new lines take effect.
Where to play PLD? Ontario 😂🏒
On a more serious note, maybe they just need Arvidsson back and maybe Dubois will click with him
Wow! What happened to the Kings team that started the season so great? I miss that team right now.
Pld sucks Gabe valardi much bad trade
We suck in shot outs
What if the Kings are sellers at the deadline? Who is available?
He should he not very good I don’t know why we traded for he has shown me nothing
I don't say this lightly, but PLD seems to be suffering from little heart syndrome. He's clearly struggling, but he can't carry the puck, he can't play defense, he passes the puck blinding to no one way too much. He rarely hits or uses his size effectively and doesn't seem to have any hustle in his game. For God's sake man, at least get nasty and show you care.
Clark took a poop an himself last night. PLD sucks
👍if u want the kings to pick up a #1 goaltender never mind coaching yet
Ya we have same lineup for shootouts but not the same goaltending tho Eddie 🤔
That’s positive thinking and boy do I hope you are right……BUT… I think PLD is a bust. He just doesn’t have the drive to win, or at least consistently. He just doesn’t appear to be a competitor !
hi as a canucks fan i dont watch the kings too much….would you trade PLD for huberdeau do you think it could help you if he works beter on the kings?
Wow Eddie, can’t believe you want your boy Spence out of line up in favor of Clarke.
The team is handcuffed by the moves Blake made feel obligated to play PLD to get him going but traded great players for him
Disappointed is TM not playing PLD at least as the 2C. TM making PLD pay his union dues before he plays him in the top 6? PLD needs a skilled Winger or two on the second line. Pair PLD and Fialla the rest of the year. TM is too much of a position and system guy. Focus on relationship or chemistry between players/pairs and let them play the best way they can play. Moore and Danault has good relational or chemistry between them. I'm not surprised the Kings have scoring issues when the coach cannot get the best out of PLD.
At this point as a GM, I'm just wheeling and dealing. Aside from Kopi, Drew, and Kemp, everything must go. Fiala goes bye, Byfield goes bye, Kaliyev, Liz, Roy, Clarke, PLD (if anyone will take that contract which i doubt) etc…all gonna go bye bye. I want to see a brand new team with guys who compete and are hard to play against. Enough with this pond hockey bs. The Kings need to get back to the meat and potatoes that won them 2 Cups. This is not your daddy's Kings with Quick, Richards, Big Willie, Mr. Game 7, Scuds, and the like. This is a total aberration, and I was telling you that even when all of you were ready to hang that dirty banner. Anyways, I'm out. Don't bite the messenger.
I went to the game last night and I thought I was goodluck but I guess not. Trust me it’s worse in person! They couldn’t even enter the zone correctly at all and whenever I saw them go up the ice they made the worst passes and the worst entries I’ve ever seen! I mean how it is possible to never fix how you enter the god damn zone correctly.
Eddie, how do we (you?) get these concerns and sentiments outside YouTube? Telling each other how bad the coaching is and the season is slipping away makes us (including me) feel better but really doesn't get us anywhere or closer to a new coach which is what the Kings clearly need and is likely to have a positive effect. The way they played the first two months was not a fluke, it showed what they are capable of. The main thing they need now is leadership to get that out of them again. What to do?
Even if the kings make the playoffs I don't think they can beat vegas, colorado, edmonton, or vancouver
Our last chance Eddie is the All-Star break. A chance to re-group. We now look like a young team. How did we go from a deadly team, to a re-build team in 44 games. PLD,=Not Good, Coach=Not Good. We will lose our playoff position around d game 51. We are in big trouble.
Put PLD in the press box for 7. 5 years and Blake blew it with this bad contract.
Let’s not forget other bad moves by Rob Blake……Kovalchuck
Cal Peterson, Quick, PLD, Willy Desjardins
The problem with PL Dubois is the coach's problem. Good coaches find the right players to play with each other. PL Dubois did not all of a sudden loose his skill. It's a team sport and the coach needs to find the right players to complement each other. Granted players like Moore and Fiala can play with just about anyone, but Dubois is not like that.
For feedback Friday Eddie, is it me or do the Kings look tight during this rut? When I watch them they are putting out a vibe of "Here we go again." How did we go from a team that was stacked all the way down to Ontario to a team who is relying on Rookies up and down the line-up? Kopitar is old, PLD is a bust (let's just say it) Talbot started out great, but it didn't last. Our Coach is a disaster (Let's just say it) and our GM is his friend, and his moves and mid season Press Conference was laughable (Let's just admit it) now we have a team up and down the lines filled with Fagemo, Laffaire, Anderson-Nolan, Lewis, Kaliev, England, Clarke, and Riddich. When you really look at it, we aren't a great team. I've heard the Arvidson savior speech, but isn't he hurt every year for an extended period? I use to look at the schedule, and think Win here, Win there, now every team looks scary. The San Jose loss should of been it for Todd. Come on, you lose to the Sharks? If all of us were being honest, didn't we know that was going to happen. When we hit OT, you knew we were going to lose. Our 2 wins came against top teams as if they were the ones thinking "Oh, we will beat the Kings tonight, and overlooked us." That's not a good feeling. Just wait until we start getting teams back-up goalies because their in Arizona the next night. I do believe the team is being coached in a manner where they can't play loose, and they are being told to stick to the system. We are a 3-2 team. This is straight up embarrassing. The Oilers made a change, and they've won 14 straight! 14 straight! We lost to the Sharks, and by the time you read this we probably have lost to the Sabres (Hope I'm wrong) but I don't feel good about it as I'm writing this. We are a loyal group of fans who deserve better than Todd's pressers of "Well it got away from us, but I thought we played a good first period speech" or Blake telling us that " A Coaching change hasn't entered his mind, and Victor Arvidson will save us in mid-February." Boy this is bad, at least we have you Eddie, but even the look on your face can't hide the fact of what you are really thinking. GKG, I guess?
Sharks on three game winning streak, playing sharp lately
Eddie I say again it's time to Fire both TMac and specially Blake the worst GM in the NHL he is killing this Kings organization who Wasted $8.5 Million for a whopping 8YEARS on PLD a total bust no matter what line he plays that line will suffer and lets not forget Blake gave away top prospects and players who all have more points then PLD and wasted $15 Million on another bust Cal Petersen and Tmac $5Mill a year highest paid coach! It is very confusing for PLD to get paid soo much for doing NOTHING!!!