@MarcelAndRogie other major difference is roster construction....where is our Eichel, Marner, Stone, Dorofeyev, Barbashev, their D's are 100x better too.
@MarcelAndRogie@NHL_Muse for sure, but it is 1000% the kings identity to play 2 way hockey, say what you want about byfield but that system has absolutely played a part in his lack of success. i don’t know why Jrob or any other top rfa/ufa would wanna play in LA anyways, mushy middle for a long time.
@MarcelAndRogie but Panarin isn’t marner or eichel for that matter, he’s amazing offensively sure but is a liability defensively and doesn’t have a good enough supporting cast.
@TheBannermenPod@DerekintheRidge Sure, but he has to answer for his shitty moves. The prospect pool was already thin before he made ANY moves, then he got rid of Spence and Greentree, the Kings were already in the mushy middle before Ken but he's doomed them to be there for 10+ years.
@AllenSporty@kurri_jari Kempe would be a 80+ point winger in any system that actually gave a fuck about scoring goals, put him in Tampa, Montreal or god forbid Edmonton and he’s a point per game player.
@coloradan29@DailyLak exactly, we are one of the older teams in the NHL. They should've either continued the rebuild after the 19', 20' and 21' seasons or blown it up after last year, regardless of it being Kopitar's last season.
@TheBannermenPod they aren't the same team as last year, and EVERYONE knew the Kings weren't keeping that pace through the entire series, we don't have half the scoring caliber that Anaheim has.
@DerekintheRidge@NHLRussell as long as Luc is there they’ll commit to being just good enough to make the playoffs or just barely miss, and not have any good draft picks and make patchwork signings and trades to say “we’re right there.��
@DerekintheRidge@NHLRussell doubt EP40 trade happens since it’s in division, but the Canucks are also horrible so I won’t rule it out entirely. Matthews would help sell tickets and help out the offense sure, IF he’s on the ice. This team is so unbelievably fucked the next 5+ years it’s comical.
@DerekintheRidge@NHLRussell I’m with you except for the Matthews trade, maybe a change of scenery reignites his game but an injury prone player who’s shown heavy regression the past 2 years is not what we need.
@MarcelAndRogie@sbla81 florida didn’t have a horrifically bad offense and pk..and they had a competent head coach, and d men who move the puck. the idea is there sure but those cup teams and the recent kings teams are not even close to comparable.
@sbla81@MarcelAndRogie this series maybe goes an extra game with a healthy Fiala, but it’s not like we’re that much closer with him playing. i get your point but the biggest problem with the franchise is they’re still living in 2012 and 2014. game is different now.