The collective reaction when this happened:
Per Kings, Upper body injury. Not expected to return. #Doughty
— lisa dillman (@reallisa) April 4, 2014
Kings twitter was abuzz about the Drew Doughty injury on Thursday night
We don’t know anything about Doughty, if we did we’d tell you.
— LA Kings (@LAKings) April 4, 2014
Per Kings, Upper body injury. Not expected to return. #Doughty
— lisa dillman (@reallisa) April 4, 2014
None of this would have happened if Sutter just rested Doughty and called up Matt Toffoli from the Parallel Universe League
— King Tufficult (@KingTufficult) April 4, 2014
Ugh just thinking about how long Drew Doughty may be out makes me feel like I'm gonna Hertl.
— PumperNicholl (@PumperNicholl) April 4, 2014
Doughty injury, regardless of severity should be a wake up call for Slava Voynov. Hasn't scored since November.
— Dennis Bernstein (@DennisTFP) April 4, 2014
That is, everybody who wasn’t busy attending an acoustic KISS show at an Indian casino,
Full disclosure, there was going to be a whole second half to this section, covering @mayornhl‘s live-tweeting of The Cult‘s concert on Saturday night, SONG-BY-SONG!!!!! Sadly, Mayor has since deleted all of these tweet’s, so you’ll just have to trust me that it was going to be hilarious. This seems to be the only remaining evidence:
Oh my god… @officialcult never play this live…
— The Mayor John Hoven (@mayorNHL) April 6, 2014
Moral of the story: A – B – S … always be screen-grabbing
It preparation for the playoffs, we are introducing a new segment to Freeway Farce. It’s the Gann Creep Factor. Simply put, it’s a scale rating the creepiness of tweets from @frozenroyalty, directed at female reporters, fans, Ice Crew, etc.
The Gann Creep Factor runs from 1 to ;-P … Here’s an example:
@PiaToscano OMG…lol!!
— Frozen Royalty (@frozenroyalty) April 4, 2014
GCF 4 … simply because nobody over the age of 16 is allowed to use “OMG lol”
@LisaTashjian sorry. My bad. :-)
— Frozen Royalty (@frozenroyalty) April 1, 2014
GCF 7 … there seem to be some subtle implications of stalking there
@JDStylz_ big deal. That's nothing compared to that sick thing you did the other night. They're still disinfecting the place! :-) @Laj93
— Frozen Royalty (@frozenroyalty) April 1, 2014
GCF :-O … WTFOMGLOL
@frozenroyalty @Laj93 You need to stop stalking me Gann.
— Jeff Duarte (@JDStylz_) April 1, 2014
@karinarenee I witnessed part of your night. :-)
— Frozen Royalty (@frozenroyalty) March 30, 2014
GCF >:-O … The implications of stalking are no longer subtle.
Now that you got a handle on this, be sure to check back all through the playoffs to track the GCF along with us.
Almost time for the Ducks’ postseason run.
Before we get to the worst, as we do every week, here’s maybe the best thing that ever came from DFZ:
Man the playoffs are gonna suck.
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) April 1, 2014
Now back to the worst:
Oh the Oilers fans on HFBoards are cracking me up right now with their "Ducks got away with murder" whining right now.
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) April 3, 2014
Both teams got away with plenty of penalties. The Oilers are not exempt. Hooks and holds throughout the entire game.
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) April 3, 2014
Literally two minutes later:
Ahhh damn. USA got robbed. Offside call. Yes I'm watching soccer now.
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) April 3, 2014
Wow. Wasn't even offsides.
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) April 3, 2014
OK, so maybe he just has an issue with HOCKEY fans complaining about officiating?
These refs aren't gonna call anything for the rest of the night are they?
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) April 3, 2014
Oh my, ref you can call a hook if it's not done on a player holding the puck. Jesus.
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) April 5, 2014
Did the refs forget their whistles at home?
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) April 7, 2014
Lol bad whistle by the ref. Hiller didn't cover it.
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) April 7, 2014
Credit where credit is due … at least he acknowledged one going the other way.
Whistles pocketed again
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) April 7, 2014
Always so nice when they blow the whistle on pucks that aren't covered.
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) April 3, 2014
No. Apparently not.
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) April 3, 2014
Nope. Not calling anything. Jesus.
— DucksFanZone (@DucksFanZone) April 3, 2014
Never change, DFZ. Never change.
This may shock you, but there are Ducks fans who are worse at twitter than DFZ. This guy for instance has been trying really hard, all season, to get a certain hashtag going:
#TypicalKingsFans are upset that the Stanley Cup has been stolen right at the start of the baseball season. Now the Dodgers can't win it.
— Bucky (@BuckyHermit) March 31, 2014
#TypicalKingsFans are disappointed that the Kings have already been eliminated from World Series contention.
— Bucky (@BuckyHermit) March 31, 2014
#TypicalKingsFans are still waiting to beat me up at the John Wayne Airport parking lot. Still waiting. And waiting.
— Bucky (@BuckyHermit) April 2, 2014
#TypicalKingsFans have discovered that people born in Canada are statistically less likely to come from the United States.
— Bucky (@BuckyHermit) April 2, 2014
@mrswans @PrincessDuck #TypicalKingsFans are demanding why Jonathan Quick has yet to score his first NHL goal.
— Bucky (@BuckyHermit) April 3, 2014
#TypicalKingsFans just bought this Ryan Getzlaf jersey. pic.twitter.com/xgmYLLNCfI
— Bucky (@BuckyHermit) April 4, 2014
#TypicalKingsFans are hoping that the Kings win the belt at WrestleMania tomorrow.
— Bucky (@BuckyHermit) April 5, 2014
#TypicalKingsFans are at Honda Center wondering why they're not getting the kiss that they paid for.
— Bucky (@BuckyHermit) April 6, 2014
I wonder how it’s spreading.
I can’t imagine why that isn’t catching on.
Kings:
When asked if Doughty's injury was serious, Sutter replied "No."
— Jon Rosen (@lakingsinsider) April 4, 2014
Ducks:
Meant to mention yesterday that BB said he thinks Cam Fowler could return by next week barring any setbacks.
— Eric Stephens (@icemancometh) April 2, 2014
Kings: Matt Greene, via lakingsinsider.com
“I just got hit with a puck and just got cut. That’s’ it,” said Greene, who noted that it wasn’t the first time he had bled from a similar type of play.
“It’s just a pressure cut. It’s fine. It happens.”
That’s crazy! But please spare us from all of your tired “hockey players, man” memes and tweets.
Ducks: Jonas Hiller, via LA Times
Turns out that joke that @kingsmenspodcast uses way too much may have some truth to it after all:
Taylor Hall scored on a power-play drive from Hiller’s left and Oilers forward David Perron unleashed a shot that Hiller said hit his stick, causing a 2-1 deficit.
“Seems like now I can’t get a break, like things find a way to hit me and go in,” Hiller said. “Those bounces happen when you don’t work enough.”
The D in PDO stands for Ducks.
— All The Kings Men (@KingsMenPodcast) February 6, 2014
Just look at the way he heaps praise on them:
On Tanner Pearson and Tyler Toffoli:
I thought they were fine.
Kings:
Gabbo + Kopi FOREVER
Ducks:
I think we all knew that Stephan Robidas would be the key to the Ducks postseason success.
Stephane Robidas has a winning OT goal and four assists in his last six games. He's logged 23:04 and 22:40 in the last two.
— Eric Stephens (@icemancometh) April 4, 2014
Alec Martinez is going to teach Drew Doughty a thing or two about being an offensive force in the NHL.
— PumperNicholl (@PumperNicholl) April 3, 2014