I don’t think you can blame Ryan for taking the less dangerous man while also absolving Kovalchuk and Amadio for letting a guy skate uncontested through the slot because they were “covering” the points.No, thats not on Amadio or Kovalchuk. They covered the pointmen. Roy cut off the side of the net, but Ryan decided to tie up the pass Roy was preventing. Once Lewis decided to try and cut off the pass on the other side, that left Carolina's high forward uncovered alone in the slot.
You want to assign blame, its a combination of Ryan for picking up the less dangerous guy and Lewis for letting the puck thru him.
Of course there is, Lewis went down low leaving his point open on a play behind the net. Amadio has to cover that. If the Cane behind the net doesn't think he can get that pass thru Lewis, he is moving that puck back to the left point. You can't leave that point open to just walk in. The problem was the pass getting thru Lewis.Amadio just watched him skate right by and fire that shot. No reason to be that high while defending.
Yup. Kings just don’t move it fast enough to make them pay.Canes look like they're killing the penalty with 5 guys. so aggressive, the kings had a guy on them soon as they got the puck.
Trade baitStarting to wonder what Kempe's future is with the Kings.
He doesn't have one.Starting to wonder what Kempe's future is with the Kings.
4th line winger. Not the end of the world.Starting to wonder what Kempe's future is with the Kings.
Not sure if it's between his ears or he just isnt consistent enough for NHLStarting to wonder what Kempe's future is with the Kings.
Yup. Kings just don’t move it fast enough to make them pay.
No way. Johnson had a few productive years in the league before he totally ate shit. All Kempe has is his “flow”Kempe is the forward version of Jack Johnson.