Los Angeles Kings v. Colorado Avalanche Series Preview | The Steve Dangle Podcast

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1. The Kings have a low GAA, but Colorado has a lower GAA, buy a pretty fair amount.

2. Someone tag me or like my comment when the Kings win in Game 7

3. How clueless is adam's nhl? Kuemper wont get a single vezina vote

4. Wait was Steve & Adam being serious about Kuemper getting vezina votes? I thought they were joking but I don't wanna doubt these guy & their takes sometimes. Kuemper's been awful this season, Forseberg is the starter going into the playoffs, he was amazing down the stretch. Kuemper was losing them games when it mattered.

5. The irony of maple leafs fans making fun of teams that made the playoffs lol

6. Kempe has all the points against edmonton lol… this wont be close at all

7. QB can shut down too going to be tough but I’m taking LA

8. Avs in 5 at most. This team has been waiting to amend for past losses all year and will dominate the Kings.

9. No Kings!!!

10. Playoff history between these teams is 2 game 7 wins for the Avs. Pretty intense.

11. If it wasn't for laughton and panarin, they'd be playing golf right now.

12. Kings arent some sneaky possible upset wildcard team this year like other years. They are truly that bad of a team and shouldn't even be in the playoffs. I also always get annoyed with the Lightning and Bruins examples of top teams toppling because they wild card teams they faced were deep down not wild card teams and way better than where they finished (The Panthers went to THREE CUPS with that same roster, let's not act like they are the same as the Kings in 2026 lol). The Kings are not that this year let's keep it real everyone. Just cause it happened a few times doesn't mean every year it's automatic. Hell mainly the top seeds at least get to round 2 lately.

13. how can these guys not know Forberg is starting . vezina lol

14. The Avs are the only team that can beat the Avs this round. They are loaded down the middle with excellent wings on all four lines, loaded on defense, and both goalies have been really good to great for the majority of this season. Plus their core has cup experience, so they know what it takes to make a run. And the unmentioned x-factor… Landy is back after a whole season and has them on track just like 2022. They stay locked in, I don’t see LA having enough to steal this. But we’ll see what happens. Because no team is good enough to make a run without putting in the work.

15. Anyone remember the last time we played the presidents trophy winners? Nobody gave us shot then either

16. Speaking of Panarin, that Blue Jackets team in 19 was the Panarin Blue Jackets (and they were stacked for an 8 seed).

17. Avs in 5 would give them their first playoff series win on home ice in like 20 years

18. Hate to break it to you dummies, but QB will be the one playing against MacKinnon. Look how good he shut down McDavid.

19. Hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby

20. Kings in 4

21. kings chance is that first game has early start. And avs are not that amazing with early starts lol

22. Kuemper hasn't been the same since the concussion. Forsberg's the starter now. As a Kings fan, I predict they don't lead in this series for a single second and get handily swept. Like multigoal deficit losses. Networks will want to hide this series for fear of boring their audience. They are completely out of gas. They spent it all on that 5 game win streak to get in. Ceci-Dumbass pairing have been a bane on this team. They are responsible as a pair for some many blown leads this year, it'll make your head spin and they will be in charge of stopping any of the lines on the Avs? lol The Kings also have the worst special teams in the NHL. Near bottom PP. Near bottom PK. Can't hit an empty net. Patrick Roy pulled the goalie at 8:00 remaining and the Kings failed to score a single empty netter and gave up a goal. This team is woefully bad against an actual NHL team. Byfield has the lowest face-off percentage of any center that has played all season I'm fairly certain. He was averaging in the 30s and had plenty of games where he didn't win a single face off. It's ugly, man.

23. What is interesting to me and I think could be done well, is Byfield being tasked with Mackinnon. DJ Smith in the last game against the Oilers had McDavid watched by Byfield and McDavid wasn't a factor for the game for the most part and took a frustration penalty. As a Kings fan I don't have much faith in LA to win the series, but I'd rather see the Aves instead of the Oilers again.

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