Time to Put Up or Shut Up

Hey drinkers and welcome again to a new mix. Tonight the Kings make the long road trips final stop in Anaheim. The Kings sit at 13 points on the roadtrip so far, and as I said they really need to get to 14 or more. The Kings are in for a battle tonight, as socal bragging rights are on the line. The Kings have the defense and goaltending and Anaheim has the offense. Maybe Getzlaf won't play tonight due to a child birth. Maybe Koviou won't play due to injury. We are all pretty certain that Parros and Westgarth will find each other at some point tonight for a tilt. No matter who plays and how its goes down the Kings need to win. We are at the point in the season where we have to put points on the board. Anything less than a playoff berth and good playoff showing is just not acceptable. I have watched the Kings so called rebuilding now for far too long. DL cannot point to past mistakes by the Kings in trades anymore. He can no longer say that we need to be patient and build from within. He has built a great foundation, and no doubt will continue to do so, but being a bubble team for years is not the idea of success. On another note, and I may upset some here, Kopitar has to be better for the money he is getting. He has the skill, but TM has shoved defense down his throat for so long, he is starting to look more like a third line center than a first line center. I understand defense is important, but man he is the most offensively skilled guy on the ice, and he needs to act like it. I remember when he was a rookie and played a offensive game. That season it looked like the Kings had found that guy to light the lamp after getting a couple of seasons under his belt, but now he looks very passive. He looks like he is more worried about getting back to backcheck. He needs to worry about getting the puck toward the net and watching that red light come on. We have great defense we built on defense, and probably have the best defense from top to bottom of any team, this includes prospects and current players. Lets trust the building we did and start putting a bit of offensive pressure on the guys that should be scoring, this includes more than just Kopitar. I also am tired of any trade speculation, as it grows apparent that DL has no plans to truly make a splash. If he does anything it will be for a player that comes through for the last couple months and then we let them ride off into the sunset. Enjoy the game tonight and I will be back tomorrow.

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