Kings Gameday: 30 Games In

I like it because it jacks me all up, and then I can come after Chip like a Spider Monkey!!!

I’ll take the blame for Anaheim’s loss yesterday because I skipped out on the gameday post — sickness or laziness, take your pick.

Still, if there’s one lesson to learn, the Kings should try to limit their passes to only players on their own team. The Ducks tried a different strategy repeatedly yesterday, and that didn’t work out well at all.

My money’s on: maybe.

I’d play Quick one of those games, possibly even Detroit. It’s better than calling the kid up just to be a bench ornament.

Given that Quick’s first game (and victory) was in a 8-2 dick flicker to Buffalo I say he should play that game.

I’ve been loving the blog for a while, and i finally signed up for a profile, but i must ask this. After that goal he gave up in the first period can you really support Jason Labarbera? He has to make that save, period. It’s the equivalent of letting the ball roll through your legs in baseball. When you play goalie in the NHL, you need to be able to stop all three shots you face in one period, especially when the third one goes into your glove. I don’t hate Barbs like some people do, but I think we’ve given him enough chances and he hasn’t proved that he won’t give up soft goals.

watching LOLbarbera piss this game away. A soft goal in the first. Then he fails to utilize the ever elusive poke check on the penalty shot.

Quick definitely gets the start against Buffalo (please, God, give Quick the start against Buffalo). Labarbera’s confidence isn’t there right now. A strong case can be made that the Kings win the last two games if Ersberg is playing instead. I am rooting for labarbera a because he is playing for contract (with someone else) and it would give the kings trade options at the deadline (same with Calder) but any more games like this and he’s gonna be in the KHL next season.

Even though the Kings didn’t lose in a shootout… the game wouldn’t have gotten to overtime if LaBarbera hadn’t given up a goal on a penalty shot.

According to insidesocal.com/kings, LaBarbera was a perfect 3-for-3 in penalty shots in his career before tonight. How the hell is that possible for a guy who is piss poor in shootouts?

I don’t care what the fuck it takes, this guy has got to get better on 1-on-none plays. But give Quick the start against Buffalo. The Kings torched the Sabres in his NHL debut, and we all know damn well if LaBarbera sees any ice time, we’re gonna lose thanks to a breakaway/penalty shot/shootout collapse.

Does this mean we have to root for San Jose to win on Saturday to avoid a sweep of the BoC teams? Earl has done so many stats posts—I can’t remember if he’s counted how many times BoC has been swept by a visiting team. Although I do seem to remember a reversed version of that…um…cartographic cartoon.