KingCanadain1976
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i am hoping dowds line gets moved up and gets 2nd line mins instead of that horrible line
Line Combos: 2016-2017 Kings Roster
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i am hoping dowds line gets moved up and gets 2nd line mins instead of that horrible line
deeshamrock
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I just hope it's not a ligament or tendon tear. By how he held it and the meds he's taking, it sounds like it might be. That would only become worse as the year goes on, esp if the wrist, which is used on faceoffs and gets hacked and slashed. HOpefully, it's not that, and he'll heal up fine.
https://twitter.com/lakingsinsider/status/798987034756980736
good news. also gaborik and andreoff skating again with team. so that's good...
good news. also gaborik and andreoff skating again with team. so that's good...
So when all three return who goes down to the AHL. Seto and Dowd were top candidates at the start of the year but I think it's Nolan waived. Or maybe someone is dealt
Sacha Baron Corbin
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Team would then have to call someone else up. Don't see the team not carrying 7 d.
KingCanadain1976
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I'm leaning towards dumping Purcell. At least with King once in a blue moon a puck will hit him and deflect in.
damacles1156
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Greene and Purcell are prime candidates, to be AHL bound. Although Gravel is still waiver exempt.
KingCanadain1976
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As much as i don't like him id have to have a 2nd Normally its 2nd 3rd and warm body so im dropping as well in what i want
put then LA would only be carrying 6 D which is a recipe for disaster on the road. At home if someone goes down Ontario is not far away.
What do you do with the lines when Kopitar gets back?
Pull Pearson off that 70s line and move him and Teddy with Kopitar?
Don't touch the current "top 2 lines" And figure out wingers from King Clifford Lewis Nolan Teddy?
Put him in the middle of Brown and Seto?
I could see Gravel going back down when AA comes off of IR, gives DL a little more time to try to get anything for someone in our bottom 6. Maybe a quantity for quality trade?! With Ontario being close it would make it easy to call him back up if we need him. Also helps that we only have trips to AZ and Anaheim in the next 3 weeks.
Pull Pearson off that 70s line and move him and Teddy with Kopitar?
Don't touch the current "top 2 lines" And figure out wingers from King Clifford Lewis Nolan Teddy?
Put him in the middle of Brown and Seto?
I could see Gravel going back down when AA comes off of IR, gives DL a little more time to try to get anything for someone in our bottom 6. Maybe a quantity for quality trade?! With Ontario being close it would make it easy to call him back up if we need him. Also helps that we only have trips to AZ and Anaheim in the next 3 weeks.
I would leave Toffoli and Carter together and I would not touch Brown, Dowd and Seto. So I guess that leaves Pearson, Kopitar and whomever earns it.
KingsFan7824
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Seems Nolan and Purcell are sort of the two forwards with the least use on the team. One doesn't hit enough, and doesn't score. One doesn't score enough, and doesn't hit. Neither kills penalties, or plays much or at all on the PP. Could send Nolan down to Ontario with no cap hit, but so many vets there already. Could retain 50% on Purcell in a trade, but he's brought too much of nothing on the ice so far this year.
Kingsfan1
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Tomorrow is my wedding so im little nervous right now and i will be leaving for 2 weeks honeymoon , but when i come back i hope to see all our injured players back and maybe come to a 10 game Kings winning streak .
I think it gets more interesting when Gaborik gets back. Ideally I would want:
Kopitar, Gaborik, XXXXXXX
Carter, Pearson, Toffoli
Dowd, Brown, Seto
Shore, Lewis, Andreoff, Clifford, King, Nolan
Move on from Purcell. Someone else is going to have to go too. Clifford and Nolan have been outplayed by AA for a while now, Shore couldn't score in an all girls college, and King hasn't been the same since his injury last year.
That said, I think we all know that despite playing terribly this year, King is likely going to be slotted on the first line or with Carter and Toffoli, with Pearson moving up. I worry that Brown will be moved up too. Even if he's earned it I would not mess with that line at all.
Options are limited, but if someone can be found to fit on Kopitar's other wing, that's a lineup that causes a boatload of matchup problems for other teams. Just gotta find a way to fill that slot.
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Raccoon Jesus
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Purcell is terrible. He's like me when I was 40 and my team won the championship. We moved up a division and everyone was blowing by me
Purcell is like an uber-skilled forward who has never played contact hockey.
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yankeeking
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don't listen to this guy kingsfan it's all about give and take, coming up on forty years in February with a couple of practice years in first ( it was the seventies ) , I still get my balls back a few times a year ,she had them bronzed and hanging on her wall , and life is mostly good, real life is never perfect like the movies and you get someone to share the good and bad with, GOOD LUCK to you both
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Kingsfan1
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Lol thank you all ! Everyone is running around like a chicken with their head cut off and wedding vendors are going in and out of my house but first thing i had to do was get my hfboards on . Cheer our boys on everyone ! Today i get married but hopefully the future holds more Kings fans joining the family
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