The Kings showed up for Game 6 but the result is the same. Out in the first round of the playoffs for a fourth straight year to the Edmonton Oilers. We react and reflect on this edition of Locked on LA Kings.
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You know Eddie , you read off a bunch of good stats how they did what you wanted in game 6 , however you need to go watch the first 10 minutes again , yes the Kings scored first , however Edmonton got th3 answer back in a minute which is better momentum wise ,and then Kings take a lead , and boom a minute later answer back . And it’s 2-2 10 minutes in and oilers have 9 shots ! The Kings only 3 ! And the oilers have ozone time , the Kings have none , th3 goals came on 5h3 rush . I consider that a total crap start if I’ve 3ver seen one ! Turned th3 game off cause I knew the handshake line was c9ming !
Go Dodgers
Hey, it's Eddie Garcia from the Ben Maller Show! Came across you by accident (YT recommendations) while celebrating my Oilers rd. 1 victory. Didn't know you had a podcast!
Look man, I know you've always been a die-hard Kings fan. I thought the Oilers looked like trash for most of that series. I also think Kings fans are WAY classier than Canucks fans. I hope the year you beat the Oilers we can be as graceful in defeat as most Kings fans.
All the same…GO OILERS!!
Oilers used ninja focus 🥷 🧘 to slow their heart ❤️ rate’s down. And played ☠️…. C’mon kings fans you gotta respect it. We stole Will Farrell. And used your play style to confuse you 😂Go oilers go!
You got out skilled, out coached, out played. We just put a team together and gelled in a playoff series! We are a multi headed monster, you lost to the Oil; what's new.
Kings never going to round 2 lol
I am only mad at Bettman for this lousy playoff format. Seeing the same team 4 years in a row is too predictable. Having Colorado and Dallas, Tampa and Florida etc have to face off in the first round shows something is broken. I hope the Kings look at a different coach. That challenge was among the dumbest I have seen. I dont mind the loss, the Kings still have some work to do to be a team in contention. it just sucks to see the same team so often. Personally I wish the playoff format went the other way 1-16 2-15 etc… I dont care if two east team or west teams are in the final. Want the two best teams.
honestly the MOST disappointing series loss in all 4 years. the most humiliating loss to the oilers in all 4 years. the most disgusting mistakes too
The disrespect towards the oilers depth, is pure incompetence on your part bud.
Go hire Quinnville
It's wild that father time catches kopi while Drew doughty played arguably the worst defensive games of his career in the same playoff round. Over hiller and Blake. They can both go and I'm okay with a bad season with a new GM and major retool. These guys played heartless for the majority of this round. No physicality. Let everyone and their mother on Edmonton run our guys with zero consequences for 5 games. Byfield and Clarke and laffy should not be getting ran at every time they're on the ice. Jeannot not being here hurt us more then anyone will admit. Malott was not the answer unfortunately. Alot to chew on this off season. Hopefully ownership sees this and makes necessary changes to give us a future b
We will miss u nick nickson😮
The nhl playoff format sucks. Go back to the old 1vs8, 2vs7, 3vs6, 4vs5. LAK vs EDM 4 years in a row?🥱bbboooorrrriiinnngggg
I went to the airport and WAVED GOOD BYE from Edmonton HEHEHE HAHA
Now we get to look forward to watching the Oilers lose to VGK 🍿
Just a quick comment about the series – when asked 'who do you not want to see in the playoffs' when a team is asked, there is only one answer – the Edmonton Oilers. I know Kings fans are disappointed but who went to the finals last year? Who came back down 3 to 0? Who ran out of gas in game 7? Oilers wanted to do three things this year – 1. Make the playoffs 2. Be healthy 3. Be rested. They got numbers 1 and 3, and they are getting better at number 2 every day. Oilers know how to win. Remember, there are THREE seasons in the NHL, not one. Each season you start fresh. There's the regular season where you start 0 – 0 – 0 , then the second season, playoffs and yep – you are 0 – 0 to start that season. Then the finals – where again you start 0 – 0. My prediction was the Oilers lose in 5 to the Kings, OR they win the Cup. Looks like Cup time.
Your kings gave us a hell of a challenge i thought for sure you had us much respect to the kings
I feel bad for LA fans. The media really gave you all some false hope this year.
Stop being cheap. It's time to upgrade the talent.
You said after game was already played how come they loss 4 games
Oilers were much better team don’t tell me oilers won by luck 4 in row
The NHL needs to open an investigation immediately. It seems like an obvious conflict of interest for the Oilers to always play the Kings in the first round and own them at the same time.
3:58 you said that they need to run picard, and they did. But it didnt result in anything, not even a penalty 😂
Nearly 5 minutes in, and you still haven't mentioned one of the most crucial things Kings did in this game… namely, using more of their lineup, more often… Not rolling 4 lines per se, but not shortening their bench to the extant they did in previous games… Kings, to their credit, did this too…
STILL, 'TOO LITTLE TOO LATE'
Once Edmonton got Evander Kane back in their lineup… THEY WERE CLEARLY THE BETTER TEAM!… Too deep, too much secondary scoring, alongside arguably, the 2 best forwards in the world, for Kings to handle.
It is what it is…
xxx
PS: Does anyone have any insights vis a vis Ekholm's status? Is there any chance he suits up for Oilers vs Vegas?
PEACE OUT
If we define courage as, 'grace under pressure'… Kings' coach Jim H was the antithesis of this with the press… His decision making likewise left much to be desired…
To use a gunfighter metaphor, Jim H 'blinked first'…
Time to give this (Cowardly pretender?) his 'pink slip'
Back to the minor leagues boyo… Don't let the door hit your butt on the way out…
'Don't go away mad, Kemosabey… JUST GO AWAY!
1 reason above all. Soft leadership.
Umm, Nick refused the tv gig, that's how we got Faust. And, he was forced into the TV gig as his radio job was killed off. I think that is why he is retiring. He didn't want it.
No series wins since winning the 2014 Stanley Cup?! That’s crazy.
LA had no chance the oilers beat you two games that they only showed up for one period , when the oilers play 60 mins no team has a chance
If the goalie situation had been reversed the oilers would have crushed the kings
Kings are deeper than before but not deeper than the Oilers in my opinion. Granted, it was an open question who would show up for them given the injuries and mediocre play in the season, BUT, guys like Janmark, Brown and Henrique, although not big names, were beasts in the playoffs last year. Perry is less hurt than last year and is playing like Perry, and Podkolzin has been hitting and freeing pucks like bastard all year. Frederick looks like a useful player and J. Skinner's numbers are quite good despite being shunned by the coach. Their middle tier of players after McDrai are not bad as well: Hyman, Kane, Nuge.
Super disappointing playoff run (again). But I'm going to focus on something different (as Eddie did at 22:20) We, as fans, have been incredibly lucky to have Nick Nickson, Jim Fox and Bob Miller as broadcasters. If you watch any other broadcast (including the awful ESPN broadcasts), you can appreciate the hockey acumen and objectivity that we get from those guys. Yes, Fox absolutely cheers for the Kings, but he is objective in his analysis and calls out the good and bad equally.
As far as Nick, he has not only been the voice on the radio, he is also the voice we hear in the concourse at the game. A heartfelt thanks to each of those guys for making our experience a great one.
Thank you too, Eddie, for the great podcast. I had to go on some Oilers podcasts immediately after the games because there is no post-game show for Kings fans to vent/celebrate/bitch (Oilersnation is a fun post-game site) and I wish we had something like that in the immediate aftermath of a game (like Kings Talk on the radio with Nickson). But the Locked on Kings podcast is awesome and I am definitely an "Every Day-er".
Not sure whats worse. 4 game to 1 like lats year or oilers in 6 when u had home ice.
Lets go Oilers!
It sucks we havent won a cup yet with mcdavid but i got to say. Its great making your old Kings players retire as losers to Oilers. Brown, kopitar and doughty.
Lets go Oil!!!!
Kopitar is good player. But hes no Mcdavid.
The team has improved year over year in those 4 years IMO . They'll have another strong offseason coupled with these playoff experiences and progress even further next year . I remember the Oil getting bounced early a few times before a deep run . It's a hard trophy to win and the differences between these teams are miniscule …
The best thing for la next year isn't to play edmonton in the first round to get their playoff feet set