Dustin J.
5.1K posts
Peterka, benched for half the 3rd and OT in Game 4 and now skates on the 4th line for a critical game?
Cole Bagley@BagleyKSLsports
Forward Lines from this morning: Keller - Schmaltz - Crouse Yamamoto - Cooley - Guenther Kerfoot - Hayton - Carcone Peterka - Stenlund - Tanev We’ll see if Hayton is good to go or not. Defense skated in groups. #TusksUp #ForgedInGold
English
Those aren’t “Key” - yet…
1) firing Luc - he has to take responsibility for Rob Blake, John Stephens, Willie Desjardins, Pierre Luc Dubois, Hiller, etc
2) hiring a top coach that players WANT to play for - could have had 3x cup champ Joel Quenneville… yet another reason to fire Luc
3) getting rid of that abomination named Cody Ceci I don’t think we’ve hated a player this much since Jaroslav Modrý.
4) sign Laughton. Period
5) get rid of Doughty - he hasn’t been the same since tearing up his ankle, he can’t score, he had no goals on the power-play and he makes $11 million
English
LA Kings fans, I want to hear from you.
• Where does your team go from here?
• What do you think will happen this offseason?
• What changes do you want to see happen this offseason?
#GoKingsGo #NHL
English
@helenenothelen It’s very depressing that’s it’s so obvious to anyone with a brain that Luc’s tenure is been an absolute failure and he needs to go, but @AEGworldwide is just that dumb or willfully blind. Not sure what’s worse tbh
English
Anze Kopitar's career ends with Kings' sweeping failure open.substack.com/pub/heleneelli…
English
@jonnyrosen We want to tell all book! Luc charms the national media (chiclets, Friedman, etc.) and gets no criticisms. Imagine if this shit happened in Toronto. My god.
English
Under Luc and his enablers, there is an aversion to intelligence and disrupters. There have been dozens of capricious or political dismissals, not only in hockey ops. (Fausty, Jesse and I wave hi)
Hardcore Robitaille@calstanvard
Being President is great. I get to blame others until something good happens then I take all the credit. Lombardi? Gone. Solomon? Gone. Futa? Outta here. Blake? Sayonara. Cheeseman? Bye. McClellan, Hiller, and DJ? Adios. Watch and learn minions.
English
@LAKings874 If he had any dignity he’d resign like Blake. Be a team ambassador and entertain sponsors. But no more hockey ops
English
Let’s be honest, we’re delusional if we really think AEG is firing Luc Robitalle this summer. Ken Holland just got here and Luc is a franchise legend. He’s gonna at least let Luc survive the Holland era however long that lasts.
English
@DooleyLAK At least Rob Blake had the dignity to fall on the sword. Time for Luc to do the same.
English
Colorado hits the empty net with 5;38 remaining. 5-1.
All that's left to do here is enjoy a few more shifts of Anze Kopitar. Just wish it could've ended differently for the captain.
English
@Kopitar4HOF Don’t forget the number of coaches his regime has hired and fired. I think DJ is number 5?
English
Will Luc finally be held accountable for the team's shortcomings?
9 seasons
Six playoff appearances
0 playoff round wins
2 sweeps
8-24 playoff record
Poor roster construction and philosophy
No way shape or form can/should AEG let this slide.
#GoKingsGo
English
@DennisTFP Starts at the top, Dennis. This regime, meaning Luc, does not deserve another coach, draft, or free agency.
English
small: MacKinnon/Makar send Kings off to summer, Anze Kopitar to retirement. COL cruise to sweep, LAK going on cruises.
Medium: LAK season like series, competitive but never threatening.
BIG: 5 straight 1st round ousters, no playoff round victory since Cup #2. Must change.
English
English
The first season in the Ken Holland experience was an abject failure everyone but team shills saw coming. One of the least enjoyable seasons I can remember as a fan. Good riddance to the 2025-26 #LAKings season. #GoKingsGo
English
@J_Swish24 Did he go through the handshake line? I couldn’t tell. Would’ve been surprised if no one said anything, unless they didn’t see until after the game. I would’ve expected shades of Milan Lucic v Dale Weiss
English
Fella- You can’t flat out sucker punch a dude that’s engaged in an altercation with another guy. I’m not sure what level of hockey you played if at all, but that’s as greasy as it gets and is a total scumbag move. Everyone on the ice understands that code. 3rd chin (man) in. Cardinal sin. Every NHL player looks at that as one of the greasiest things you could do other than going full Raffi Torres. Should be no short of a 5 game suspension to start the 26-27 regular season for that dipshit. Bonehead move. And no respect. Greasy like a Jack n the box burger. That has no place in hockey.
-People’s Player Safety
Chris Henry@Chens89
@J_Swish24 Definitely dirty but my unpopular opinion is stuff like that makes the games way more entertaining. Too many vanilla games these playoffs. Some beauty games for sure; but also plenty of duds and just paint drying games.
English
@tusssssksup @BagleyKSLsports Goalie def has to steal a few to go deep into the playoffs but that was as uncomfortable as a 4-2 win as I can remember in a lifetime of watching playoffs. But as i said, a W is a W
English
@DustinJ310 @BagleyKSLsports Can’t be the better team without pucks going in to the net😏 but I do agree we need to be better.
English
Despite what Vegas said immediately after Game 3, they’re clearly uncomfortable in this series right now.
Through 3 games, Utah has won the chess match.
We’ll see who makes the proper adjustments in Game 4. Must win for VGK.
Jesse Granger@JesseGranger_
The messaging from Tortorella & Golden Knights players after Game 3 was consistent: We don’t need to change. Stay the course and things will go in our favor. This morning they called up 2 rookies, changed their top 3 lines, and both power play units.
English
The shooter was from your neighborhood, my guy.
Governor Gavin Newsom@CAgovernor
Relieved everyone at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is safe tonight based on initial reports. A free press is foundational to our country. Violence is never acceptable.
English
The attempted assassin was a Kamala donor. He thinks he’s a hero because left wingers have spent ten years calling Trump Hitler.
Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok
BREAKING: I just searched the contributor database and a name and city matching the shooter donated to Kamala Harris and is a teacher
English
@LAKings874 @calstanvard If i had a dollar for every time the mayor called someone dumb and turned out to be wrong, i could buy the kings from AEG and right the ship 😂
English
@calstanvard I remember back in 2021 2022 being called dumb by Hoven (paraphrasing) for saying play the kids.
English
Good article from the Denver Post. LA went from the #1 NHL prospect pipeline to this hot mess of a "neither here nor there" situation. Those are my words. Corey was more conservative in his portrayal.
Corey Masisak@cmasisak22
The L.A. Kings did the thing that every NHL club with aging franchise icons wants to do. They built the bridge to a new contention window before it was too late. Then it fell apart before they could cross it. And became a case study for other teams. denverpost.com/2026/04/25/kin…
English
@LAkings23811 @cmasisak22 @LAKings874 Don’t let Luc off the hook. No playoffs and i think 5 coaches since he took over. Also believe he was a big part in the Dubois trade considering his relationship with Brisson. And ownership for letting Luc push out a 2x Stanley cup winning staff. It starts at the top.
English
@cmasisak22 @LAKings874 Problem is in theory it COULD have worked. But Bobby Blake fucked it all up. Couldn’t draft for shit. Constant busts. Terrible asset management. Terrible development. Terrible trades. Terrible coaching hires.
But yeah Kopi and doughty should have been traded with the rebuild
English
The L.A. Kings did the thing that every NHL club with aging franchise icons wants to do. They built the bridge to a new contention window before it was too late.
Then it fell apart before they could cross it. And became a case study for other teams.
denverpost.com/2026/04/25/kin…
English
@andystrickland Kings owner lives in Colorado and has a med school named after him at the university… with the way to two teams have performed over last decade, i would be happy as a kings fan to trade owners straight up 1 for 1
English
Avalanche owner owns the LA Rams. This can’t go over very well in Los Angeles with Kings fans.
DraftKings Sportsbook@DKSportsbook
Members of the Rams' front office were rocking Colorado Avalanche jerseys in their war room A reminder: the Los Angeles Kings are playing the Avalanche in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs So much for LA teams supporting each other 😅
English
@ryanwhitney6 Their powerplay coach should receive a lifetime ban from coaching hockey
English
The senators had 14 five on threes
Johan Larsson@LarssonJ06
@ryanwhitney6 The refs won the series. Terrible officiating.
English
We won but Veggie saved us last night. They had way too many good looks. We need to cut that down if we want to win game 4.
English