The Los Angeles Kings collapsed before the Olympic break, sparking doubts about their playoff hopes. Artemi Panarin’s headline-making arrival raises the stakes and hope for an offensive reset. Can Panarin’s passion for LA and leadership reignite a faltering squad, or will defensive woes and sluggish energy doom the Kings’ season?
00:00 – Kings’ Pre-Olympic Struggles
Overview of the LA Kings’ disappointing back-to-back losses before the Olympic break, issues with effort, defensive lapses, and lack of leadership.
09:44 – Artemi Panarin’s LA Decision
Deep dive into Artemi Panarin’s choice to join the Kings, insight from his media availability, why he turned down more money elsewhere, and the implications for LA.
19:39 – Ontario Reign Report & AHL Talk
Update on the Ontario Reign (Kings’ AHL affiliate), detailed prospect/roster analysis, All-Star representatives, and future depth discussion.
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12 Comments
HILLER IS NOT A GOOD COACH , this team plays uninspired hockey all the time and that goes to coaching. They are disconnected and have been most of the year we need to move on from Hiller he’s not a leader of men at all
Respect Panarin for wanting to help this team that’s slowly falling apart. Hope we give him a chance, and that we make it to playoffs
FIRE HILLER
18:09 someone on Instagram said this is why mascots should be wearing the number 00. But I don’t know if the acknowledged that that number is also taken, by Eric Cartman on the Jumbotron
Eddie you mentioned has hiller ever got angry on the bench , once ! Remember game one of the post season last year ,were Edmonton turned it up and tied it 5-5 and we got lucky with the default knuckleball shot just after , game two the in the 3rd the same thing was about to happen and holler freaked out ! Actually physically shook by field and 5hen restrained himself,however yelled at the bench ! Well the kings rattled off 3 goals in 8 minutes and gave up no shots ! Yet besides that one game I’ve never seen hiller be vocal after a goal by either side , and goals come in bunches because one team always raises intensity! So if the kings score the opposition gets an answer back , and if the opposition scores they get another ! I apologize for the longes5 sentence in the world ! However it’s one o& my specialties lol
So many players are having bad seasons, save for Clarke. How many excuses do some fans give Hiller? When does it fall on him? Seriously.
Don nails it with his take on Lee.
I've been watching him play for 2 years and I have been using that Dwight King (with a better scoring touch) comparison all season long.
With him and Helanius I expect next season the Kings are going to have to stop trying to develop young rookies like Turcotte on the 4rth line.
Our 4rth line development will have guys specifically tailored for our 4rth line.
The reality! Mathematically to be 10 games over nhl 500 the kings have to go 17-9 ! Any way you wanna slice the cake 17-9 ! I don’t see them doing it unless they win 5 in a row after the break ,then even if they did that you’re asking 12-9 ….gimmie a break ….aint happening
The LA Kings getting Panarin ,the way we did, is like the hot chick at the bar that everyone is talking too walks over, and buys YOU a drink. A pleasant surprise to say the least. GKG!!!
Eddie, you made a comment about athletes leaving money on the table and you said he or she can you remind me what she left on the table😂
No Offence…No Effort…No Desire No Fire…No Fight….why we keep falling and Failing…Fire Coach
16:33 The maximum yearly contract in Russia is about 1 Mln USD… He’s unlikely to go Russia instead