The Kings have gone from contender to rebuilder and now are trying to get into the contender group once again. Is this the year they male headway in the playoffs?
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Will Ferrell, where you at
As a Californian and life long Kings fan, it’s been tough to see the rankings of SJ, ANA, and LA. If THG existed since the early 2000’s it would be a much better story. Was a time when all 3 teams were powerhouses.
The LA Kings could be a good example of how a re-tool is not always the way to go to get to the ultimate goal of winning a Cup. They had their few down seasons after 2018 when they retooled their roster with the exodus of guys like Carter, Martinez, Toffoli, Muzzin, etc. but never fully went into a rebuild. And so far they have gotten better enough to be a playoff team, but not to go anywhere in those playoffs.
(Reposting my comment on #20's video for visibility's sake. I won't spam any further.)
Shannon, if you do future editions of these videos, I'd like to see the teams' win-percentages (and ranks) included alongside their points-percentage. Understanding that win-% will basically always be lower, I think it'd be interesting to compare the discrepancies (maybe those discrepancies could themselves be ranked?), and it would allow more comparisons to the overall rankings.
I don't know how much work that'd be to collate with the data from Max & Yvonne, but it's something I always wonder about when points-% is brought up.
Thanks for all y'all's work on these!
KINGS THG POWER RANKING HISTORY
Top Row: 28 times
2nd Row: 40 times
3rd Row: 37 times
Btm Row: 52 times
Avg: 18.21
Best: 1
Worst: 31
First: 3 Times
Last: 4 Times
PLD effect. They paid way too much for him.
As an outside observer I'm a huge believer in the Kings…don't think this is anything more than a rough patch, they'll regret it if they fire the coach.
I am an American with half my geneological heritage being Slovenia. We have family in Ljubljana and I have been to Slovenia four times and I highly recommend visiting that beautiful country. Slovenia has long been the most western and economically successfull country from the former Yugoslovia. From the day the Kings drafter Anze Kopitar the Kings have been my second favorite team after my hometown team.
While visiting Ljubljana this summer my cousin told me that while North Americans say Anze correctly, we mispronounce his last name from what people say in Slovenia. I believe what my cousin said was that instead of KO-pit-ar, the pronounciation should be ko-PEE-tar.
Yes as huge kings fan I want a Stanley cup anything less is a failure we want championships
Kings fan since mid 1980s. There has been more misery with this franchise than good over the decades. So the latest drama doesn't suprise me whatsoever. What does this team need, beats me.
You look great in our colors, Shannon!