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Scott Oake also had another son who died of a drug overdose about 10 years or so ago at age 25 iirc.
There is a rehab center in Winnipeg named after him.
Scotts wife also passed a few years ago from some kidney (?) disease.
I know a lot of people do not care for him, but that is the case for 99% of all TV personalities.....meaning you cant please everyone.
I think he is great at his job though, and second to none when he does the sit down/in depth interviews.
As for the team, nice to see a solid game from them. I hate seeing this club lose, it just goes against every fiber of my being to do otherwise, regardless of "draft position".
IMO only, only losers can cheer for losing.
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Maybe we can ask Oake to give the Flames a but of magic to win the lottery. The win is less important than the effort, if this team had more talent to go with the effort they could be good. The best way to get that talent is to draft it.
This team needs some talent in a bad way.
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Kuzy has to learn to play both ends of the ice on a consistent basis. He needs to earn his spot in the lineup like everyone else.
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The win is less important than the effort, if this team had more talent to go with the effort they could be good. The best way to get that talent is to draft it.
This team needs some talent in a bad way.
Regarding the first post, I think a lot of people (not directing this at you, Dion) read/hear that a player has this or that shortcoming, and they just keep focusing on that. Is Kuzmenko ever going to win the Selke? Unlikely.
But do you know what he is? He's gaddamned talented. He makes plays. And he has fun on the ice doing it. This team needs much more talent, and Kuzmenko oozes it. His play has sparked Huberdeau, Sharangovich, and now Kadri and Pospisil. He is exactly what the team needs, and his plays are rubbing off on guys, causing them to make more plays and play with more flare. I am already tired of people saying he needs to be better in his own zone - yes, and the coaches are working on it - let's embrace the skill, and root for a guy that is showing more offensive flare than anyone we have seen here since, what - Huselius?
I think the Kuzmenko - Kadri - Pospisil line looks fantastic. Kadri can carry the puck. Pospisil causes chaos and creates space, both with his physicality and his speed, and Kuzmenko can turn space into magic.
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Complete domination by the Flames last night. Kadri showing why he is paid 7 million bucks a year.
Kadri isn't being talked about enough, IMO. Easily the best skater on the team this year (and I am Coleman's biggest fan).
Yes, he was awful for the final 20 games last year, but I think we have to file that away - the room was a shambles. Are they supposed to paly through that? Yes, but some guys are better at it than others. As of this year, Kadri is a steal at $7M/. And he works hard every night.
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I stood next to Scott Oake in the line for the bathroom at the dome a month ago, and I'm 6 ft and he seemed to tower over me. 6'2 would seem on the low end based on my recollection.
Is Bieksa kidding? Terrible pass? It was a great backhand sauce. Sure it took a lot to take the pass like Weegar, but it was the only way to make that pass.
I don't think he meant terrible, I think the comment was made as a pass that wasn't perfect for a one time. I think he was talking about a tough pass to handle.
I don't think he meant terrible, I think the comment was made as a pass that wasn't perfect for a one time. I think he was talking about a tough pass to handle.
Yeah, he was trying to give Weegar more credit, that he made the play from a tough pass. Just worded poorly.
Zary is 6 foot 178.5 lbs and oake is 6'2" and 4' wide according to his x account.
The most interesting thing trying to compare these 2 was actually finding out that his youngest son is Darcy oake. He was awesome on Britain's got talent. Made it to the final so I assume he was the size of Darcy at one point. Also shows tidbits at how great oake was as a father even tho he's never mentioned by name.
Huh. Look at that. Well, thanks for those, I'd never heard of him but I do like a good illusionist.
Oh...and we won a hockey game too! Look at that!
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5 straight losses for Calgary. They've lost to some bad teams during that streak. Chicago, Buffalo, St. Louis.
Good chance Nashville loses today. We need Nashville to go cold and Vegas to get hot.
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A must Win for the Kings to keep the Wolves at bay even for a day
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Must wins in Calgary never end well for us.
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This season honestly has turned into such a pit of misery for me.
Not bottom dwellers with young players cutting their teeth with an eye to the future, not an actual contender with eyes to play deep into the post seas.
It’s just… bleak. I haven’t been this disinterested in Kings hockey since the Dave Taylor era.
Injury Woes
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Danault day to day?
so when do we expect him to go on LTIR and an offseason surgery with a 6 month recovery
Or does he play a couple more games first
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ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh boy that's not an injury i wanted to hear about
i hope it isn't lost on people how absolutely critical he is to this team's success even though he doesn't light it up
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Don't worry boys we're stacked at center
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lmfao
organization drafts a million centers and signs some more because they won't play them there
so a 'contender' enters tonight with only Kopitar-Dubois-Lizotte- _________ down the middle
what a bunch of f***ing failures this front office is jesus titty f***ing christ
Kadri on the PP
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I got blacked right when Kadri scored.
Maybe this is god telling me to not watch tonight.
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You bunch of donkeys!
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SHUT THE F UP NICK!!!!!
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Three dudes right there. No longer number one. LOL.
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that's actually hilarious how little moore had to try to get that called
that pin happens 1000 times a game he just had to sorta move his feet and dip#### refs go OH YEAH
SHOOOOOOT!! THE PUCK!!!
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Can’t shot won’t score
Can’t score won’t win
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Alberta has been very tough on the Kings this year.
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Sometimes at these games I want to scream
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Fun fact: Calgary could have played the first 35 minutes of the game without a goalie and would have only been down by 2 goals.
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Getting outshot 14-4 by a ####ty team. Wonderful.
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what a terrible period. Only managed 4 shots the entire period, Markstrom could've taken a nap
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4 ######ing shots. LMAO.
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4 SOG half way through the game
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The Kings are officially on pace to finish the game with single-digit shots... With a $52M offense.
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I can't remember the last time LA got out shot this bad
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I went to eat and we still have 4 SOG?!
FML
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3 minutes left in the 2nd and we got 1 SOG in this period?!!!
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5 shots against the FLAMES through almost two periods i ####ing can’t
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I’ve had other things going on, so I just tuned in. Yay goal! But how the #### is it near the end of the 2nd and we only have 5 shots? Is that right?
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I love doubling our shots in a period… except when our shot total is 10
Popsicle with the go ahead goal
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Lewis is terrible
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Well, that was pathetic, not sure what Lewis was doing that shift.
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really got his money's worth on that one
i think posposil is trying REALLY hard to get a major but that was solid
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Pospisil is a dirty goon so fk him
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Pospisil went DOWN like he shot
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Clear that ####. C’mon Lewis. Damn!
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Lewis absolutely butchered that clear. Jesus.
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jesus lewis
tried to backhand it to the middle instead of just board and out
horrible pickup on the backend from moverare too but that was lost already
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It's okay Trevor you're only 60 years old. LOL.
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Good meek Christian men
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This Popsicle guy is all over tonight.
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This team is just very weak and fragile. I just don't see it anymore. Not sure what the possible path to victory is or even just how to right the ship with the current roster. Not seeing them getting by anyone in the playoffs not just this season, but beyond. It is looking more and more that this "rebuild/retool" has utterly failed and they may need to consider doing a true firesale rebuild to be honest. Sell high on all of their valuable players like Moore, Kempe, and Fiala. I mean, you couldn't have a better tank commander on the roster than PLD to lead the 1st overall charge...
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Kings are cooked.
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that was the laziest ####ing attempt by roy. jesus
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tbf i never played hockey but sometimes i do not understand why we insist on trying to move it along the board when all of the traffic is on that side…why don’t we change direction?!
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You guys remember back in 2014-15 when the Kings were fighting for their playoff lives and lost to the Oilers and Flames and missed the playoffs? This is what it feels like all over again. Of course they likely won’t miss the playoffs, but we have a good idea of just how far this team will go.
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the last remaining good thing was their PK. team's cooked.
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Some much for our strength. 5 pp goals against in 3 games.
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Kings are soo lucky, could be down by 3 with the crap effort they’ve given so far
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Looks like the flames are another bad matchup for Rob Blake’s Rube Goldberg machine.
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Lewis and Lizotte on the ice for all 3 goals against.
Weegar adds some insurance
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Fart: uncorked
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Nice work Fiala, ####ing brilliant time to take a penalty
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Oh Kev…you’ve been so good
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This Kings team has no heart, no desire to win.
PLDoesNothing AGAIN.
I would love them to prove me wrong, but they don't even deserve a wildcard spot now.
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Never seen such a bipolar ####ing team.
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Disgraceful. There is no excuse for this waste of a game.
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Goodnight everyone. If they are not going to try, neither am I.
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Trevor Lewis is bad at hockey. That is all.
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It's not just that this team is inconsistent, it's that they mostly don't turn it around once they're playing like ass in a given night. TF are the coaching staff doing to prep for games?
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What a f***ing embarrassment.
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If we do fail to make the playoffs, it can only bring good things with Blake likely being given the axe.
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14.5 pp Calgary had. 3-5 tonight. The Oilers weren't the efficient.
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doughty needed to get the f*** off the ice YESTERDAY
f***s sake
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Guess the Flames can still beating the Kings even without Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk.
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Scott Oake also had another son who died of a drug overdose about 10 years or so ago at age 25 iirc.
There is a rehab center in Winnipeg named after him.
Scotts wife also passed a few years ago from some kidney (?) disease.
I know a lot of people do not care for him, but that is the case for 99% of all TV personalities.....meaning you cant please everyone.
I think he is great at his job though, and second to none when he does the sit down/in depth interviews.
As for the team, nice to see a solid game from them. I hate seeing this club lose, it just goes against every fiber of my being to do otherwise, regardless of "draft position".
IMO only, only losers can cheer for losing.
Bruce Oake was also a battle rapper. So performing/being on a mic clearly carried forward in the family.
Something interesting I just realized today... Only 14 of the 32 teams have a positive goal differential, while 17 are in the negative (there's one team at exactly zero).
Is this the beginning of the next era of only the top third of the league being competitive again? I wonder if the rising trend in goals and points has less to do with rule changes and skill creep, and more to do with the ten or so teams who have who have been able to stack their rosters.
Does Reinhart get 50 playing in CGY, STL, OTT, etc? Does Hyman even get 20 playing on any other line in the league? McKinnon, as awesome as he is, isn't putting up 100 pts on a team by himself like he'd have to here or in SJ etc. I doubt even McDavid gets 100 points somewhere like ARI or CBJ for example.
As someone who lived through an era of teams like CGY being unable to compete, this is a bit of a worrying trend. 7 teams at 50+ goal differential, 3 in the 40s and then there's one at 33, 3 at 22, 20, 19, 1 at 0 and the rest of the league is negative. Of the top 20 in points, only Kucherov, Forsberg, Kaprisov, Point and Crosby aren't on one of the 7 50+ teams.
Mind you, it might not be as bad as I initially thought, when you consider what we might have looked like today if we traded Huberdeau and didn't sign Kadri (but still signed Weegar and kept Monny and the first). In other words, there's a definite argument that most if not all of our situation is of our own doing. I mean the jury's out on whether we'd be able to use the cap space on anyone worth signing vs them signing in more attractive locales, but the argument is at least a very good one.
Anyway, still a bit of a worrying trend that we're back to 7-10 teams being competitive again.
Edit: just want to quickly add that I really like Kadri and have no problem with his salary. I only mentioned not signing him, because then we'd still have Monny and the first we gave up.
Something interesting I just realized today... Only 14 of the 32 teams have a positive goal differential, while 17 are in the negative (there's one team at exactly zero).
Is this the beginning of the next era of only the top third of the league being competitive again? I wonder if the rising trend in goals and points has less to do with rule changes and skill creep, and more to do with the ten or so teams who have who have been able to stack their rosters.
Does Reinhart get 50 playing in CGY, STL, OTT, etc? Does Hyman even get 20 playing on any other line in the league? McKinnon, as awesome as he is, isn't putting up 100 pts on a team by himself like he'd have to here or in SJ etc. I doubt even McDavid gets 100 points somewhere like ARI or CBJ for example.
As someone who lived through an era of teams like CGY being unable to compete, this is a bit of a worrying trend. 7 teams at 50+ goal differential, 3 in the 40s and then there's one at 33, 3 at 22, 20, 19, 1 at 0 and the rest of the league is negative. Of the top 20 in points, only Kucherov, Forsberg, Kaprisov, Point and Crosby aren't on one of the 7 50+ teams.
Mind you, it might not be as bad as I initially thought, when you consider what we might have looked like today if we traded Huberdeau and didn't sign Kadri (but still signed Weegar and kept Monny and the first). In other words, there's a definite argument that most if not all of our situation is of our own doing. I mean the jury's out on whether we'd be able to use the cap space on anyone worth signing vs them signing in more attractive locales, but the argument is at least a very good one.
Anyway, still a bit of a worrying trend that we're back to 7-10 teams being competitive again.
Edit: just want to quickly add that I really like Kadri and have no problem with his salary. I only mentioned not signing him, because then we'd still have Monny and the first we gave up.
I suppose even if true- is it that teams are unable to compete- or in some cases are actively tanking if not competitive (I realize this may be a subtle distinction). for example the Hawks will be fine soon enough. One hopes in Calgary too there is for now some honesty about their situation- they could have cobbled together a different result if they didn't sell off like they did (thank god) etc
Something interesting I just realized today... Only 14 of the 32 teams have a positive goal differential, while 17 are in the negative (there's one team at exactly zero).
Is this the beginning of the next era of only the top third of the league being competitive again? I wonder if the rising trend in goals and points has less to do with rule changes and skill creep, and more to do with the ten or so teams who have who have been able to stack their rosters.
Does Reinhart get 50 playing in CGY, STL, OTT, etc? Does Hyman even get 20 playing on any other line in the league? McKinnon, as awesome as he is, isn't putting up 100 pts on a team by himself like he'd have to here or in SJ etc. I doubt even McDavid gets 100 points somewhere like ARI or CBJ for example.
As someone who lived through an era of teams like CGY being unable to compete, this is a bit of a worrying trend. 7 teams at 50+ goal differential, 3 in the 40s and then there's one at 33, 3 at 22, 20, 19, 1 at 0 and the rest of the league is negative. Of the top 20 in points, only Kucherov, Forsberg, Kaprisov, Point and Crosby aren't on one of the 7 50+ teams.
Mind you, it might not be as bad as I initially thought, when you consider what we might have looked like today if we traded Huberdeau and didn't sign Kadri (but still signed Weegar and kept Monny and the first). In other words, there's a definite argument that most if not all of our situation is of our own doing. I mean the jury's out on whether we'd be able to use the cap space on anyone worth signing vs them signing in more attractive locales, but the argument is at least a very good one.
Anyway, still a bit of a worrying trend that we're back to 7-10 teams being competitive again.
Edit: just want to quickly add that I really like Kadri and have no problem with his salary. I only mentioned not signing him, because then we'd still have Monny and the first we gave up.
I think it’s because of the parody in the league. Anyone can beat anyone these days.
