2023020729
LAK loses, 4 – 3 SO.
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[my pov tonight](https://youtu.be/eVTXPUF4Oz4?t=54)
Just reposting what I put in the other post game thread:
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Well I hate losing to the Sharks but 3 points out of 4 in regards to the last couple of games isn’t something I’m going to complain about.
I’m sure the Fire Todd/Blake contingency is growing but I don’t agree with it. The Kings imposed their will on the Sharks (for the most part) and were able to come back and earn at least a point. Todd made adjustments to make that happen.
The Kings have been forechecking better, passing better, and getting a little bit of luck. I think we will be fine.
Edit: SMH with the downvotes. Sorry but I stand by what I said. I’m not giving up on the team and I think things are starting to turn around. Go ahead and bring on more downvotes.
Can’t believe I paid to go to this game. Thought I’d finally see the boys do something, but nope. Rittich looked shakey
This team has played around 28 minutes of OT at home and scored nothing. Such a feeble group. I dont care its a skills contest you are constantly leaving points on the table
Aren’t the Sharks one of the worst teams in the league?
They need to start giving the torch to Byfield.
He’s quickly becoming one of our best forwards. Just a boy becoming a man before our eyes.
Todd is a Charlatan
Did this just fucking happen? Wake me from this nightmare
I don’t really understand why people are blaming Todd. I want Todd gone but this game wasn’t his fault. The kings can’t score a goal or make a fucking save in the shootout and the players can’t score in regulation or OT. Firing Todd won’t change anything unless they fire Blake and Robitaille first.
I’m generally overly positive to the annoyance of some. I’m trying to not let frustration get to me….BUT…I wish my head was the pipe Rittich crushed his stick on. I could forget this game. I fucking hate losing to the sharks.
wtf is happening to this team?? is it a mental thing? a leadership thing? a coaching thing? it’s so embarrassing to lose to the Sharks 🤡
I really thought the Kings would continue the momentum from the Rangers game. I mean they did start off with good momentum tonight but clearly it wasn’t enough. I really hope they can turn it around ASAP.
fucking do something with the lines this time Todd! holy shit, not having roy hurt something fierce… god damn, just give us something, move kopi to 2nd so he’s not getting tired as easily, let dubois center with fiala and kempe, stop putting kaliyev in the dog house for no fuckin reason, CONSISTENTLY WORK THE FULL 60!
Todd defenders are the worst no cap
FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Occasional Save Dave 😔
Don’t even know what to say anymore. The bottom fell out of this season so fast and so completely.
RANT TIME
Fucking pathetic. What was that 46 pathetic shots bouncing off goalies pads?
Kopitar is fucking toast in OT, I don’t want to see him in fucking OT. Doughty is fucking toast in OT. Not enough skill too fucking old, both of them!!! 3v3 is all skill and speed. 3 years ago yes for Kopi and doughty. Not anymore..
Why does danualt wear an A after one season on this team? He’s a bottom six forward I’m fucking tired of hearing about danualt like he’s a skill forward. Hes a clutch defensive forward period. . Hell danult should be moved to LD. Why is he in OT like he’s a skill player?? Why is he even playing top six?? Dude is barely doing jack shit this year
Why is Clarke out there playing elite defense and saving a goal essentially and getting yanked. Clarke is silk out there AND playing defense. Dude needs to play every fucking night I’m tired of it.
Put all the best fucking skill players on the ice in OT is what stupid ass Todd needs to do.
Todd either needs to be FIRED or someone needs to get in his ear and MAKE him to do what needs to be done for a bit until this team can start winning again. I’m fucking tired of it. Fucking pathetic. And what was that pathetic effort on the shootout??? Is it a Todd rule that they have to roll up and shoot the lamest most uninspired shot ever??? My goodness. Guys who can only bounce pucks off pads in 5v5 trying to snipe it through a crack the size of a cunt hair is fucking madness.
Why the fuck we let the bitch ass sharks wear their home threads in our barn???? What kind of cuck shit is that? No wonder that was so pathetic.
Those shootout attempts were dead in the water when Moore and Adrian got halfway in, they looked for their ‘go to’ moves and when they didn’t see them open just lofted a lame duck attempt into kahkonen…
Also, Kappo played great, but we lost that game in the 1st period when we couldn’t score on a multitude of good chances, something that seems to plague us 🙄 …sigh* gkg…
every so often two shit teams get together and one of em’s gotta win I guess
At this point I just expect them to lose before the game happens.
It’s over guys. That locker room is shot. I’m shot and I’m not even on the team. Good luck Todd.
Shootouts suck. Always have. Horrible way to end what was actually a fun game.
I think the book is out on how to attack this 1-3-1. Seeing similar attack patterns from teams, especially the far corner dump. It’s been very effective at starting cycles and setting up extended O zone shifts for opposing teams.
If the lowly sharks had success with it, Edmonton and Vancouver will feast on it, I fear.
Oh the bot decided to show up after all that’s nice
#FireTodd
Got one word to describe tonight’s game
https://preview.redd.it/1xa57rdp05ec1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c3d61cf144cc195c467c4e8e92552aedfbe2d8d
So they tie it in the third and I say to my wife, “I am gonna be so mad when they lose this in the shootout.”
Anyway.
How much hope can a man give up nightly? At what point do I stop expecting results and start viewing this season as a joke?
This team is trying my resolve this year. Ffs this sucks.
was at the game…wanted to leave at 2-0 said if they dont score before the end of the period it is time to go. they scored. then they scored again only to give up a goal what seemed like immediately… when they tied it, i think i was the only person that wasnt happy about it. they shouldnt have been down to the sharks at any point in this game… my take away, teams arent scared of this team. they know that if they keep it close the goaltending will give it up at the wrong time(i think that the kings know this too)… Also Clarke was going, but yet he wasnt on PP2… I think if there is a good replacement, it is time for Todd to go, he writes in permanent ink, not flexible enough systems or lineup wise.
#ToddManOut
It’s been a miserable time as a season ticket holder. Even when the team was playing well at the start they still were losing most home games.
They’ve won 8 games at home this entire season. 8. And 5 overtime losses.
The entire arena feels fucking defeated.
https://preview.redd.it/xtxvst4y65ec1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8e9d8976d4fb8c992eb4b5dc27918cdc340433e
Every time we lose to a basement team this year
Fuckin called it. Didn’t even bother to watch.
Just Kings things
It is so frustrating to have so many “should haves” only to lose a goal in one of the few lapses.
Fiala was awesome. I loved how he played with Clark. If Kempe could get his shot back, these would have been very different games. So many missed nets from him on nice setups.
Get Berube already, fuck
Byfield was great, Fiala was great, Clarke made some really nice moves and showed his potential. Moore showed his great shot again and Doughty somehow scored a last minute slapshot to tie the game AGAIN.
Yet somehow we lost anyway because our defense made a ton of mistakes and Rittich was not particularly good. Kopitar and Kempe continue to do nothing, at least 5 on 5. Dubois has yet to have a consistent stretch of good play. Shootouts are a joke at this point with how pathetic we are, and overtime watching Kopitar/Kempe/Doughty skate in circles doing nothing is painful.
I am glad we had Spence and Clarke playing in the same game, but Todd seriously needs to break up Kopitar and Kempe now. Kopitar is not playing anywhere near well enough to warrant the TOI he has. Just try something weird like Byfield-Dubois-Kempe and Laff-Kopi-Fagemo/JAD/Kaliyev. The first line has been dormant for way, way too long. I don’t care if Dubois isn’t performing well either, he’s doing more (offensively) than Kopitar is. Might as well try.
Couldn’t watch. Too late for this east coaster. Looks like it was a combo of underscoring relative to xGF (again) and not great goaltending (was eventually going to happen). And Dubois had a rough game. That right?
Ah I’m reading our sub now and it’s full blown Todd needs to go and actually some PL support. That’s refreshing
Flames are going to pass us.
Man this season has been so weird. We had such a great start and now it just feels like we cannot win a game to save our lives.
This is not a serious team. Fire Tod change up the lines.
I don’t believe anyone on here really knows what is going on with this team behind the scenes. Such an strange turn of events from a team that was just killing it to one that is getting killed.
I am not a kneejerk “fire the coach” kind of fan, but this cannot go on and there aren’t really many more meaningful roster moves possible and none of the line juggling is having any positive impact.
My bet is the TM makes to the All Star break and then the organization makes HC change. Gives some time for the new coach and players to get acquainted and we see where we go from there.
what changed? we were looking at a team that had a really good path to taking over first in the division, and had the best or second best points percentage in the league to one that just got beat by the execrable sharks?!
i have been mainly watching replays and reading recaps since my work schedule keeps me from watching games. what changed?