Drew Doughty is ready for the season to end.
wrap up another disappointing season in which they’ll finish at the bottom of the Western Conference, the always-quotable defenceman was clearly frustrated following a 7-2 loss to the Calgary Flames on home ice.
That was an answer to my question about if it was better to have a game immediately after an outcome like thisThese Kings are a far cry from the ones that won two Stanley Cups in three years. Los Angeles has qualified for the playoffs just twice in the past five seasons and have just one post-season win since 2014.
Clearly too slow for the rest of the league in 2019, the Kings too often allow the play to be taken to them. Against Calgary on Monday, the Kings actually held an advantage in shots and trailed by just one goal heading into the third period, but then completely unraveled and allowed four more against to drop the game 7-2.
“We just give pucks away, that’s the bottom line. We just give pucks away and the other team comes on us and rushes all night and we continue to play like that and that’s why we lose all these games.”
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