TheDarkWingThatDucks
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- Oct 30, 2024
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To be fair on faceoffs ….That's the first time in a long time, I remember us getting outplayed 5 on 5 and being the better team on special teams.
This felt like a playoff game with little space and hard work. Think if the Kings HAD NOT played 3 games in 4 night. How much worse it have been.
Gudas would have been great for a game like this, but our faceoff and possession metrics (like very related) were god awful. We had a hard time to keeping the puck for many extended periods where as the kings had the puck the entire 3rd period. Feels like we were getting outworked not and necessarily had anything to do with strategy.
My point is that moving the coach now is going to instantly achieve results. Verbeek should have fired him in December, but that ship is sailed.
Kopitar / Danault / Lewis are all 51% or higher.
Also I know kings played 3 out of 4, but we also are the worse team and have a bug going thru our locker room. Not giving excuses, just added context.
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