The Ditch part deux

It's minor, him and Kapanen.

 

Someone is pissed...

Doughty calls Kings' season 'pathetic, embarrassing'
Physicality, compete level, emotion questioned by two-time Stanley Cup-winning defenseman...



Drew Doughty's frustration with the Los Angeles Kings having the worst record in the NHL led to the veteran defenseman mincing no words when it comes to the state of the team Thursday.

"It's pathetic, it's embarrassing, it's frustrating," Doughty told L.A. Kings Insider after the Kings fell to 10-18-1 with a 6-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils at Staples Center. "It's one thing to lose games when guys are competing. You can live with that. And you can live with doing good things, but when we're not doing well and we're not competing, you can't live with it, and we haven't lived with it since it started happening.

"It's going to take everyone to get us out of this, not just three or four guys."

The Kings are 1-4-0 in their past five games, 3-6-0 in their past nine games, and have scored two goals of fewer in five of their past six games.

Doughty, who won the Stanley Cup with the Kings in 2012 and 2014, said he was dissatisfied with Los Angeles' compete level.

"You see some guys playing physical, and the bottom line is that the Kings have to be a physical hockey team. We're not as skilled as the other teams, that's just the bottom line," he said. "We have to be a physical team. We have to be a hard team to play against. We have to have teams come in here and be like, 'Oh no, we've got to play the L.A. Kings again in their arena,' you know?

"I don't see enough physicality from our team. I don't see enough compete and that's why we're losing these games to teams that are fighting for the last spot with us in the standings too. I'm not talking about New Jersey necessarily, I'm talking about other teams, but how we're losing to these teams. It's not acceptable."

The Kings fired coach John Stevens on Nov. 4 and replaced him with Willie Desjardins, who is 6-10-0 since taking over.

Injuries also have been a factor. No. 1 goalie Jonathan Quick missed 12 games after having surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee Oct. 30, and forward Dustin Brown missed the first 10 games with a broken finger. (NHL.com)

 

Will.......I have Doughty in my Money League and I'm thinking about trading him.......

After reading your Post I think I will make an offer today......Thanks.

 

Nylander for doughty?

 

Lets go Buffalo!!!

 

Eickel beats Stolarz and its 1-0 Sabres early.

 

I have to go to one of these saturday afternoon games one time.

 

Take me with you.

 

lol, yeah, me too!

 

I wish we didn't live so far apart... it would be fantastic to meet each other and do a game. How cool would that be.

 

Eichel again... 2-0. Hope I started him in fantasy.

 

I've often thought that.

To get the opportunity to hang out with some of you guys and take in a game in person would be cool.

When the kiddo is grown and graduated, one of the things I want to do is start travelling and taking in stadiums from every team I can. Travelling to another city on a weekend when there is football, hockey, baseball and basketball all being played over a 3 day span would be the ideal way to rock out a road trip.

Throw in a couple of the rowdy natives that happen to be members here and the table is set for a good time.

 

For me, it would be one of those things where I have nothing planned on a saturday morning and I just make a spur of the moment decision to go. I once woke up at 3:30 am and decided to go to florida, I reached charlotte, NC around 6pm after passing through pittsburgh, wild.

 

Buffalo has always had the saturday afternoon games, it's a wise choice in not having to compete with HNIC.

 

Nylander for doughty?


NOPE..........Nylander could be a Whores Panties......either UP or Down.....lol

I'm thinking about doing a 2 for 1.........Doughty and Dubnyk for Nathan MaKinnon.

Can you guys name the team in the NHL that has the WORST record for afternoon games ???

HINT........

There from the West Coast.

 

2-2. i see no flyers updates. what is this thread turning into - pro sabres talk? jeez. hahahahahahha j/k.

 

Yes!

 

Wings are winning again

 

What'worse than taking a tripping penalty in the neuteral zone?

 

Kronwall smashes Anders Lee.