Frustrating week, huh?
An old man, who covers a sport that nobody under the age of 30 gives a crap about said this:
Calgary and Vancouver last night reiterated why the NHL is a minor sport
— Peter Gammons (@pgammo) January 19, 2014
If you decided to get blackout drunk in order to deal with the result of the Kings-Red Wings game, you may not know what he’s talking about. Basically, this:
Most sane hockey fans saw that and had some sort of reaction like, “Tortorella is an idiot.” Tortorella’s actions were ultimately a reaction to Calgary starting the game with their fourth line, including Kevin Westgarth at center (or as Calgarians would say, “centre”), and a line brawl ensuing.
Most sane hockey fans realize that things like that are associated with a strategy or philosophy that is becoming outdated. Really, it’s just more evidence of the Flames and Canucks being the Flames and Canucks.
Despite all this, Peter Gammons decided to do the hockey world a favor, and let them know why nobody takes their sport seriously. And the reactions to Gammons were pretty great:
Peter Gammons is dumb.
— All The Kings Men (@KingsMenPodcast) January 19, 2014
Man, I wish hockey had steroid abusers and leadership that ignored it because they were making money so it could be considered a major sport
— The Royal Half (@theroyalhalf) January 19, 2014
My favorite part of every NHL season is when media members, who don’t watch the sport with any regularity, tell us all how to fix the sport.
— Jack Wilson (@JACKaWILSON) January 19, 2014
I am actually really impressed that 900-year old Peter Gammons can send tweets.
— Nick Chapin (@dightkwing) January 19, 2014
But nobody nailed it quite like veteran defenseman, foodie, outdoorsman, Willie Mitchell.
Nice usage of the syringe emoji. Mitchell had the best response to Gammons, but only the Mayor could make a UFC analogy.
Listening to @pgammo talk about #NHL reminds me of old boxing writers trying to talk about #UFC …some people should just stick to 1 sport.
— The Mayor John Hoven (@mayorNHL) January 19, 2014
Even though the Kings earned five points in three games, there’s no other way to say it: THIS WEEK SUCKED.
On Tuesday morning, this happened:
Tyler Toffoli has been assigned to Manchester.
— Jon Rosen (@lakingsinsider) January 14, 2014
Toff-OH GOD, NO!
TRH covered all of the (over)reaction here, but here’s the best of the best:
Well, obviously this move is bad and dumb.
— Robert P. (@RobertJFTC) January 14, 2014
“Bad” and “dumb” aren’t great, and I can only assume they’re even worse when put together.
That demotion comes after Toffoli's best possession game in, like, forever. +11.1% Corsi rel, was a negative 5 in a row (6 of last 7) before
— John Carroll (@toshanshuinLA) January 14, 2014
Per Kings, sent struggling forward Tyler Toffoli back to Manchester Monarchs.
— lisa dillman (@reallisa) January 14, 2014
Those are two different ways to look at it.
Matt Frattin's Big Chance
— Rudy Kelly (@rudykelly) January 14, 2014
And that is a VERY different way to look at it.
Kings send Tyler Toffoli to Manchester of AHL
— Helene Elliott (@helenenothelen) January 14, 2014
Nice of you to show up, Helene.
Was at #LAKings practice facility and it was a ghost town, but DL was there and the move made was Tyler Toffoli to Manchester.
— Patrick O'Neal (@Patrick_ONeal) January 14, 2014
I’m not even sure what that means.
Obviously no deal made yet… but our sources say the one name heavily discussed by #LAKings mgmt in the last 48 hrs is #Sabres Matt Moulson
— The Mayor John Hoven (@mayorNHL) January 14, 2014
Oh Jesus, let’s not get crazy.
"@BroadstreetWest: @DennisTFP what LW do you see most likely to end up a king?" Player 13 from Calgary
— Dennis Bernstein (@DennisTFP) January 15, 2014
Cammalleri!?!? I don’t think I can handle anymore. Let’s move on.
Wednesday only brought worse news:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
— The Royal Half (@theroyalhalf) January 15, 2014
Yup.
Sounds like Ben Scrivens has been traded from LA to EDM, 3rd round pick headed back to LA.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) January 15, 2014
Pumpernicholl did a masterful job compiling the best GIFs that Scrivens provided us with during his short time in LA, but the real fireworks came once he got to Edmonton and Sean Gentille compiled a bunch of tweets from Jenny Scrivens, about how much she loved living in her hometown of LA … because??? … Chris Pronger’s wife didn’t like Edmonton?
It escalated when somebody named @AVPreports ripped off the article, and Ben Scrivens caught wind of it.
1/4 Hey @AVPreports, classy move writing a slam story by cherry-picking tweets my wife sent to make it seem like she doesn't like Edmonton.
— Ben Scrivens (@scrivens_30) January 17, 2014
2/4 @AVPreports You're gutless. And to those of you who commented on the article or tweeted at her about how she's lazy (even though she's
— Ben Scrivens (@scrivens_30) January 17, 2014
3/4 not in Edmonton now because she has a fulltime job in LA she can't just up and leave) or that she married rich (even though we got
— Ben Scrivens (@scrivens_30) January 17, 2014
4/4 married while I was playing in the AHL) or that she's dumb (she's an Ivy League and graduate school grad), just know I'm embarrassed
— Ben Scrivens (@scrivens_30) January 17, 2014
5/4 I am to say that you are an Edmontonian. Way to make my family feel welcome.
— Ben Scrivens (@scrivens_30) January 17, 2014
We miss you already, Ben.
Things only got worse when the Kings and Red Wings squared off a few nights later. You know, this whole thing:
King Tufficult had all of the reactions in the recap, but the best of them came from within the Kings organization.
"Coaches get fired, GMs get fired, but somebody's got to be held accountable." – Dean Lombardi
— Jon Rosen (@lakingsinsider) January 19, 2014
Sutter: "What are you going to do at the outdoor game? What if it goes through a cumulus cloud and comes back down?"
— Jon Rosen (@lakingsinsider) January 19, 2014
DS: "That's embarrassing for the league…It doesn't matter if we'd have scored, or if they had scored it. That's embarrassing."
— Jon Rosen (@lakingsinsider) January 19, 2014
DS: They could see the puck when Dwight King covered it with his hand, but they couldn’t see it when it went over the barn and came back in.
— Jon Rosen (@lakingsinsider) January 19, 2014
Smart ass Darryl Sutter is the best kind of Darryl Sutter.
The Ducks win streak disappeared once they got to Chicago.
You know the drill…
Did Hazy just say Toews is underrated? If anything he's overrated. There are those who think he's better than Crosby if you can believe it.
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) January 18, 2014
He doesn’t think Brian Hayward is being homer-y enough. That’s impressive.
Getzlaf! Goddamn this stream sucks. Hate KDOC nights.
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) January 19, 2014
ahahahahahahahaha oh man, I forgot that the Ducks are banished to KDOC for some of their games.
Really hoping the Kings don't pull their typical shutdown and wait style of hockey at Dodger's Stadium. I'm going to be entertained
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) January 19, 2014
Not be bored to tears.
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) January 19, 2014
Imagine how Kings fans feel.
@KRC12 @ACcoryrosas Our guys praise other team's players too much. I mean Hazy said Toews is one of the most underrated players in the game.
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) January 19, 2014
Oh man, he’s serious about this. That’s actually a little scary.
Patriots are out. I've lost interest in the Super Bowl. #dontjudgeme
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) January 19, 2014
HE’S A PATRIOTS FAN!?!? WHAT IS HAPPENING?!?!
Here is the Ducks score sheet from their game against Vancouver:
All but three players tallied a point. What’s up Dustin Penner? We’ll try to answer that in a little bit.
Canucks fans whining about sending old-ass Teemu out on the ice on the 5-on-3, lolz
— John Carroll (@toshanshuinLA) January 16, 2014
Clearly, they haven’t been paying attention to his offensive performance then.
Kings:
I guess it’s just another week with out a Trevor LeWHAAAAAAAAAAA…
Don’t you dare try to take that goal away from Trevor Lewis, NBC announcers. We all know it was his. Just look at his reaction.
The best part of that is Dwight King having no idea who actually shot the puck. Watch him try to tell Jarret Stoll that it’s his goal.
But the real American hero wasn’t done.
HIT THE MUSIC!
In the words of the late The Royal Half, “I wish there were some way to visually represent how Kings fans felt about Trevor Lewis’ first goals.”
Ducks:
As mentioned earlier, Dustin Penner was one of only three Ducks players to not score in the 9-1 victory over the Canucks. One of the others was Tim Jackman, and we all know he doesn’t really count. Overall things have been a little bleak for the big guy.
Kings:
Darryl Sutter via LA Kings Insider:
On whether he saw Kronwall’s goal well “live” and “in speed”:
I’d seen it live and in tech- yeah, I was right on the bench, same speed as you. Did you see it live?…Just put it this way. If one of the best players in the league, Drew Doughty, can see it – [Reporter: The reason I ask is because Kopitar said he actually didn’t see it hit the net. So I was just curious-] What difference does that make? It doesn’t matter if they scored it or we scored it. It’s friggin’ embarrassing…What’s the flag? Throw the flag? [Reporters: The challenge flag.] Throw the challenge flag, yeah.
Darryl Sutter is ready for some football.
Ducks:
Bruce Boudreau via the Jonathan Davis:
On Wayne Gretzky being involved:
“Who? Listen. I’m older then him, but he’s still my idol. To have him involved is incredible. Gordie Howe is way in his eighties now, so Wayne is Mr. Hockey. If his name is associated with anything, you know it’s going to be a quality project.”
When it comes to Wayne Gretzky, we are all fanboys.
On what type of response he wants from his team:
Oh yeah, we’re going to play bad the next game for sure because they scored that goal. You haven’t been around us enough to know that.
Kings:
It was overshadowed by all of the Trevor Lewis love, but Jonathan Quick was pretty great in that third period against St. Louis.
Ducks:
Teemu Selanne is too nice.
Listen to that dejection. “Carter … boy, oh boy.”
Man, things are going to be awkward at team photo day.