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Trouty said:
Yeah, and that was Brownie that lead that endeavor. Props to you for knowing about that, John.

Brown has been a new player this year. Finally having fun again. When we get Carter back, our top 6 wingers can interchange on any top-3 line. We are crazy deep at FWD with Carts' return. It will be, essentially, like getting a mid season/trade deadline acquisition.

Still, we do give the puck away, a lot. We haven't filled the hole that Voynov left us.

With that said, Kuemper has been amazing as a back up to Quickie. 6-0-2. And Quickie is playing out of his mind. We always knew he had a low save % because he often faced 20 shot or less. Now that we left the Sutter-mold, and are giving up more shots, Quick's save % has skyrocketed. We knew it all along.

Still, our club is caught in between transition/schemes, so we have made some mistakes.
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One good thing about the main boards on HFBoards lol.
Yea, figured players just weren't having fun with Sutter and stopped playing hard for him. Seems like a coach who has a short shelf life when players start tuning him out for being a hard *** 24/7.
Voynov was a huge loss. While he's no Drew D, he was a very good defenseman in his own right. Freaking DV...
 
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John813 said:
One good thing about the main boards on HFBoards lol.
Yea, figured players just weren't having fun with Sutter and stopped playing hard for him. Seems like a coach who has a short shelf life when players start tuning him out for being a hard *** 24/7.
Voynov was a huge loss. While he's no Drew D, he was a very good defenseman in his own right. Freaking DV...
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Soooooo much this!!! :laugh:

Yeah man, Voynov wrecked his career. There's a contingent on the Kings board that want him back, and if he does everything right -- is on the ball -- he could be back by next season. He's played really well in the KHL, and was nearly a number 2 before we lost him. And a coveted RHD.

If you ever see "kingtrouty" posting there, that's me :) I post a lot on the Kings board, but do my occasional Main Board posts as well :)

I love that you're as tied into the league as you are, John. You love hockey, don't ya!? Number two sport? Number one?
 
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Soooooo much this!!! :laugh:

Yeah man, Voynov wrecked his career. There's a contingent on the Kings board that want him back, and if he does everything right -- is on the ball -- he could be back by next season. He's played really well in the KHL, and was nearly a number 2 before we lost him. And a coveted RHD.

If you ever see "kingtrouty" posting there, that's me :) I post a lot on the Kings board, but do my occasional Main Board posts as well :)

I love that you're as tied into the league as you are, John. You love hockey, don't ya!? Number two sport? Number one?
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You know, if he pays his dues, I'm not opposed to letting guys like him back into the league, but I wasn't too caught up in the details of his DV or how violent he got. While men who committ DV should be punished, I'm not a fan of the growing lynch mob social media craze that has taken over the NFL.
Yea, he was a stud back there. Watched a handful of Kings games back during their cup runs. When Richards was in his prime there, gd they were a much watch team in the playoffs.
I'm Shootit over there.

It's tough. At first it was a solid #2 sport for me. Now, it's about even with football. Just wish my team could have a legit ownership that didn't try to be like a broke Jerry Jones controlling the style of play/bossing around Gallant.
 
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Trouty said:
Yeah, and that was Brownie that lead that endeavor. Props to you for knowing about that, John.

Brown has been a new player this year. Finally having fun again. When we get Carter back, our top 6 wingers can interchange on any top-3 line. We are crazy deep at FWD with Carts' return. It will be, essentially, like getting a mid season/trade deadline acquisition.

Still, we do give the puck away, a lot. We haven't filled the hole that Voynov left us.

With that said, Kuemper has been amazing as a back up to Quickie. 6-0-2. And Quickie is playing out of his mind. We always knew he had a low save % because he often faced 20 shots or less. Now that we left the Sutter-mold, and are giving up more shots, Quick's save % has skyrocketed. We knew it all along. Plus Iaffalo and Kempe are top-6 FWDs that are blossoming, and rookies.

Still, our club is caught in between transition/schemes, so we have made some mistakes.
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LA sucks. Any hockey team playing in California is bound to suck.
 
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Kings are looking great, John.

Sorry I haven't been posting in here, folks. I have been following the league closely, tho.

Karlsson is having an atrocious year. Drew is leading the NHL in D scoring, 2nd in TOI, and a plus 17. He is getting another Norris.

Quick may get the Vezina this year, too. Kopi is top 5 in Goals and Points. Probably another Selke, at least.
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Sacramento will never be any good at anything.:).
 
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Kings losing to everyone behind them in the Pacific. Our nice start and points cushion is beginning to disappear, as we fall back into our usual mid-season woes.

Stevens is starting to look like he's in over his head. When we fired Lombardi and Sutter, Stevens should have been let go, too.

I need the Kings to win. My football team certainly isn't :(
 
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