The LA Kings played well but can’t overcome some things that were out of their control in a tough loss to the Buffalo Sabres. I’ll let you why this game left a bad taste in my mouth and it wasn’t because of what the Kings did or didn’t do. Details on all that and more on this edition of Locked on LA Kings.
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22 Comments
interesting commentary on Lebkowski. 🤔
FIRE HILLER FIRE HOLLAND FIRE LUC
Warren needs to be sent down for Lee. The refs were terrible this game, bad calls.
The referees bad calls are corrupt.
Lebkowski needs to attend NHL implicit bias training. #55 and #8 are hurting us. #37 has disappeared. PP and face offs, ugh.
If you see my comment on the last video , I said , I’m like rain man , we never beat buffalo capitals or lightning , however the coaches don’t know , I was saying they been playing well however it’s gonna take a hurculean effort to beat them , and great ain’t gonna cut it ! It would take playoff style with reckless abandment and we didn’t get that , I knew we wouldn’t …..
They don’t let law enforcement work on cases they have a connection too even though they are ethical,this guy should not be allowed to ref sabres games ! Especially with bad bias calls and the kings should complain to the nhl ! Why not !
Ref should have called goalie interference penalty on Perry. He was expecting contact with Dahlin and Dahlin gave him the old matador. Was not pushed into him.
Also slashing call on Dahlin was phantom. Guy just dropped his stick.
I agree they should try to keep Lebowski from officiating Sabres games. He probably lives there and they are scrimping on travel expenses. But it’s a can of worms. A lot of Ontario refs…
And as the game was going into the last few minutes, the Kings skated quietly off into the night……
Reference the officials, a large number of them have played in the AHL/NHL. A large number of them live in Toronto. You can't assign officials based upon criteria where they are from or live. If a referee is the top ref in the league and earns the right to work the Stanley Cup finals but it is being played in his hometown, are you going to cancel him? I agree this ref may have had a bad game, but to link it some kind of favoritism or "how it looks" is rather ridiculous.
Not sure what happened to Foegle other than this organization seems to ruin good players.
Byfield is just not very good. He is and always has been extremely weak in the legs, something I thought he would grow in to but has not. He plays with no edge, doesn’t use his size, and gets pushed off the puck easier than a child.
Doughty should retire but won’t.
Anderson is a 3rd line Dman on a contending team.
Clarke should be on our 1st D line.
wa wa wa
2 LA Kings games at european prime time this weekend ! 😮😊
Looks like awesome weekend for me 🎉
they did the same thing to Buffalo with Krebs later. They gave him 4 minutes and Byfield 2 minutes.
So will we see Connors or did we just call him up for nothing??
BUFF GOALS 4 KINGS 1, BUFF High scoring chances 14. KINGS high scoring chances 8
The goaltender interference call on Perry was one of the worst calls ever! The goalie clearly had a chance to reestablish himself, as he made a save prior to the puck going in! Had that not been called in that official huddle, there’s no way the Sabres would have even bothered to challenge the goal. Ridiculous!
As far as the official born in Buffalo and drafted by the Sabres, I have a hard time believing that he wouldn’t be impartial in his job as a professional, however it is possible that subconsciously he would make decisions that favor his home team.
Need to finish out this trip with wins in Philly and Carolina just to stay relevant…
GKG!
Panarin trade talk.DON'T DO IT. Even with Panarin we could make the playoffs, but not advance. The Rangers will want a big haul. "Do it for Kopi" No. I love Kopi. But making a trade out of sentiment is unprofessional. Rangers will want 2 number ones or a one and multiple players
Absolutely NO NO NO
The Krebs 4-min penalty was a makeup call for the one on Malott. However, I totally agree with you on the disallowed goal. Def looked good to me; no one knows what goalie interference is.
Kings are a big team that can throw their weight around when they want too and did.
Sabres are a fast team that is currently discarding opponents without much of a problem
The goalie played well, but not exceptional they had an excessively sloppy second period kings couldn’t take advantage and then they choked them out in the third
It’s the same problem as it’s been all year they can’t score they cannot score
Refs name is Alex Lepkowski and he made his debut last April. Please don't confuse him with the Jeffrey Lebowski of the Dude fame. El duderino, His Dudeness or the Duder.