GDT: 2023-24 season game 56 LA Kings vs Anaheim Ducks @7:30pm 2/24/24

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meh, hiller's getting them to win games and tinkering with things, i'll take that every day over todd's paint by numbers approach

gotta try something with kopi, his line just hasn't been clicking for a while now and hiller's shifted a lot of ES workload to danault and PLD lately
 
I'm not a JAD hater, but Turcotte has clearly been better. And while the good version of Lizotte is better than Turcotte (right now), we're not getting the good version of Lizotte.

I like Laf of course, but he's a near team worst -10. He has 7 goals in 54 games. And they're not even really taking advantage of his right shot. Kaliyev is +1 and has 1 less goal in only 41 games. His D metrics are clearly better.
 
Don't agree. Turcotte creates scoring chances every game and hustles like hell.
That isn't what your 4th line is for - you don't put your loose change together and hope for a 4th scoring unit, you need a line that prioritizes safe play. Strong forecheck, winning board battles, getting pucks deep to set the next line up in a more advanatageous area. You need momentum changers who don't have to play 15 minutes in order to feel the groove. You need specialists who can block shots and kill penalties. Players you can count on and know what to expect from in specific situatuons.

Turcotte and Kaliyev aren't competing with Lizotte and JAD, they are competing with Danault, Dubois, Laferriere, Moore, Fiala, etc. And their development wasn't prioritized, so they are losing that competition.
 

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