How about the game before the Preds, which was against Utah? He earned a PP point in that game. Players do have some off games here and there. Sometimes, the whole team puts up a stinker too or the other team puts the Ducks in a stinker mode.
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LaCombe is probably our best defensive d-man and our fastest skater, which makes him ideal for the PK. Therein lies the problem with you wanting LaCombe off the PK unit. You want LaCombe off the PK unit to become more dynamic at 5v5 when LaCombe's skyrocketing plays has been dynamic at 5v5 while also PK'ing. I'm very lost with this idea of taking your best defensive defenseman off the PK unit just to appease someone's fantasy points game thingie.
In the 7-2 loss to the Blues, the Blues had 5 PP opportunities and scored on three of them. Trouba-Helleson were on two PK opportunities that were scored upon to only one PK opportunity against LaCombe-Gudas. Helleson and Trouba played less than LaCombe-Gudas, but allowed more goals against on the PK. We would lose far more games by taking LaCombe off the PK unit.
Ducks SH TOI
#7 Gudas: 3:19
#2 LaCombe: 3:18
#43 Helleson: 2:30
#65 Trouba: 1:40
#34 Minty: 0:49
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Terry, LaCombe, and our netminders
Anaheim has two skaters and their netminders carrying this team. The problem is that we have only two skaters out of the 20 skaters on the ice per game that are carrying the team. We should be querying why we don't have others stepping up? Instead, we get "Terry should be doing more" and "LaCombe could be doing more if he weren't on the PK unit". Terry and LaCombe are thriving despite the coaching staff (save goalie coach), but not many of us are seeing that. Kudos to goalie coach Budaj for our netminders taking it to another level.