{ "blocks": [ { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "On Monday, January 20, 2025, the Los Angeles Kings hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins, losing 5-1 in regulation." } }, { "id": "4rvtlzs6-h9przz4n", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/LAKings/status/1881586594177794302", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1881586594177794302", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Many fans were quick to deem it one of the worst games of the season for LA; a sentiment Kings Head Coach Jim Hiller echoed in his postgame press conference, summarizing the contest with one word: “disappointing.”" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJRUyYMLGrM[/embed]" } }, { "type": "quote", "data": { "text": "

“I can tell you… I can probably count, maybe, only five times I’ve been disappointed in our team […] this season. Tonight was one of them; maybe the most.” – Kings Head Coach Jim Hiller after loss to Pittsburgh Penguins, January 20, 2025

", "alignment": "left" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "I referenced in the Game Thirty-Three Preview: Jets @ Kings that former NHL Head Coach Dave Tippett, known mostly for his time with the Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes, once said (and I'm paraphrasing), \"as the Head Coach, you can only kick the trash can in the locker room three times a season before the boys tune out.\"" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Essentially, Coaches must be calculated when voicing or displaying their frustration with the team." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "In that article, I assumed Hiller made his first kick of the can after the 7-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks on November 25, 2024." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "While Hiller described Monday’s loss as, “disappointing,” I don’t think it resulted in the second kick of the trash can." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Think of it like this… When a child messes up, you’ll hear a parent say, “I’m not mad, I’m disappointed.” To me, kicking the trash can happens when you’re not just mad, you’re incensed!" } }, { "id": "7csjqqbm-dymvcoa0", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/MNSauce/status/1449228738135306244", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1449228738135306244", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Hiller’s disappointment with how the team played on Monday is not something he necessarily needed to make a display of. Rather, it’s a chance for the boys to have their own come to Jesus moment." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Which it appears they did." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "After the game, Kings Captain Anze Kopitar made it clear that the team needs to be better going forward." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_CBlbjNgBE[/embed]" } }, { "type": "quote", "data": { "text": "

“It was definitely not our game tonight. From top to bottom, we didn’t get anything going. Even when [we scored] the power play goal, they [came] right back and scored the fourth one which turned out to be a big goal. […] We just weren’t good enough, that’s the bottom line. Top to bottom, left to right, the game was not there.” – Anze Kopitar after loss to Pittsburgh Penguins, January 20, 2025

", "alignment": "left" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Kopitar did acknowledge that, “[s]o far, [the Kings] haven’t had too many games like these. It’s probably the only game, as a whole, that was like this. We’ve had some bad stretches in periods here and there. But, I think for the most part we’ve been pretty sharp.”" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Monday’s loss wasn’t great, but it wasn’t so bad that the custodian needed to collect overtime pay." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "From what I saw, the Kings had their chances but couldn’t capitalize. Was it a bad loss? Yes. Could it be considered the worst game of the season? Sure. But, did it warrant a kick of the trash can? No." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": " Related Videos: LA Kings Weekly Preview" } }, { "type": "video", "data": { "url": "https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/video-migration/xkng0bIt.mp4", "streached": true, "controls": true, "caption": "THNKeithFriesKeysJanuary19", "image": { "url": "https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/video-migration/xkng0bIt-poster.jpg" }, "cdn": { "service": "jwplayer", "playlistUrl": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xkng0bIt.m3u8", "sources": [ { "file": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xkng0bIt.m3u8", "type": "application/vnd.apple.mpegurl" }, { "file": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/xkng0bIt-TREaY2md.mp4", "type": "video/mp4", "height": 180, "width": 320, "label": "180p", "bitrate": 152980, "filesize": 1051740, "framerate": 60 }, { "file": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/xkng0bIt-AMFhNdzY.mp4", "type": "video/mp4", "height": 270, "width": 480, "label": "270p", "bitrate": 179165, "filesize": 1231765, "framerate": 60 }, { "file": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/xkng0bIt-B0ZYrEQ2.mp4", "type": "video/mp4", "height": 720, "width": 1280, "label": "720p", "bitrate": 285271, "filesize": 1961243, "framerate": 60 }, { "file": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/xkng0bIt-GyUA0PMc.m4a", "type": "audio/mp4", "label": "AAC Audio", "bitrate": 115716, "filesize": 781085 }, { "file": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/xkng0bIt-wjLaB1kt.mp4", "type": "video/mp4", "height": 1080, "width": 1920, "label": "1080p", "bitrate": 397139, "filesize": 2730331, "framerate": 60 }, { "file": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/xkng0bIt-D1601XTG.mp4", "type": "video/mp4", "height": 360, "width": 640, "label": "360p", "bitrate": 195934, "filesize": 1347051, "framerate": 60 }, { "file": "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/xkng0bIt-BAniOZ04.mp4", "type": "video/mp4", "height": 540, "width": 960, "label": "540p", "bitrate": 240960, "filesize": 1656602, "framerate": 60 } ] } } } ] }

Jim Hiller Still Has Two More Trash Can Kicks