Los Angeles Kings

The week, game by game

Each game's fan misery, from first comment to the next game. ● marks a blowup.

• Wed, Sep 30L 4-8@ COL81
• Sat, Oct 3L 4-5@ SJS65

The emotional rollercoaster

Fan misery across the week, every six hours. Up is worse. Dashed lines are games.

Worst game: Wed, Sep 30, L 4-8 @ Colorado Avalanche

In-game fan misery, every 15 minutes.

What happened

Two road games, two losses, and a goaltending crisis that arrived on schedule. Denver set the tone: 8-4 to Colorado, with one fan screaming "FUCK'S SAKE WHAT IS KUEMPER DOING! GET HIM OFF THE TEAM!" That was the turn — everything after was just confirmation. San Jose finished it 5-4, prompting "2 games into the season and im already so done with our goaltenders." The grim part isn't the losing. It's the suspicion, voiced early, that this team is "not bad enough to tank.

What fans said

• “2 games into the season and im already so done with our goaltenders. what the fuck are they doing.”

  u/raymondliang▲ 56frustration

• “i always knew that drew's decline would be rough but i didnt think it would be this bad. We gave the C to one of the worst d men in the league lol.”

  u/onlymostlydeadd▲ 28betrayal

• “There is nothing worse than your team not being good enough to win anything meaningful but not being bad enough to tank.”

  u/Beginning_Inside_321▲ 23despair

• “Buckle up, going to be a long season.”

  u/CurlOfTheBurl11▲ 20despair

• “What is this, the Kings b4 Dean Lombardi again? Just staying mediocre forever, is that the goal?”

  u/GRisForFun▲ 17frustration

• “FUCK'S SAKE WHAT IS KUEMPER DOING! GET HIM OFF THE TEAM!”

  u/Dr-Acula8472▲ 12rage

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