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This team has not been consistent for a while now. While today's loss was a collective team failure, I am really concerned about the bottom defensive pairing. Having the "Mc"s together is a huge liability and Erhoff has been a disaster this season. The defensive collapses are starting to look a lot like last season. I hope Lombardi is able to pull a rabbit out of his hat and land us a top 4 defenseman.
 
AlphaBravo said:
This team has not been consistent for a while now. While today's loss was a collective team failure, I am really concerned about the bottom defensive pairing. Having the "Mc"s together is a huge liability and Erhoff has been a disaster this season. The defensive collapses are starting to look a lot like last season. I hope Lombardi is able to pull a rabbit out of his hat and land us a top 4 defenseman.
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I just think they should have taken a better look at Forbort, and Gravel is playing very well also. Instead we get a slow Schenn, and now DS for the life of him can't figure out how he wants this whole thing to look. It's been musical chairs on D now for quite some time. He needs to buy into a set lineup on D and run with it. Switching D around isn't the same as switching F around. They need to learn their partners tendencies. For now, they seem like they don't want to admit that Schenn doesn't necessarily fit in. It's like he belongs on the third pair, but he needs a very good partner to be there, like Martinez or Muzzin. But then that makes our second pair worse. It's like if you had to rank third pairings, what would everyone here's order be.

Martinez-Schenn
Ehrhoff-Schenn
Martinez-McBain
Ehrhoff-McBain
McNabb-Schenn
McNabb-McBain
Forbort-Schenn (never happened)
Forbort-McBain

I dont know what id put first!!!
 
Since the Lecavalier/Schenn trade, the Kings are 6-5-1, with 32GF, and 31GA. At home, 3-4-1, with 18GF, and 22GA. Lecavalier still leads the team in goals during that time. And up front only Kopitar, Lecavalier, Toffoli, and Brown have at least 3 goals in those 12 games.

Kopitar - 3G, 13A, 16Pts
Muzzin - 2G, 8A, 10Pts
Lecavalier - 5G, 2A, 7Pts
Toffoli - 4G, 3A, 7Pts
Doughty - 3G, 4A, 7Pts
Carter - 2G, 5A, 7Pts
Lucic - 1G, 6A, 7Pts
Brown - 3G, 2A, 5Pts
Martinez - 3G, 2A, 5Pts
King - 2G, 2A, 4Pts
Gaborik - 2G, 1A, 3Pts
Lewis - 1G, 1A, 2Pts
Shore - 1G, 1A, 2Pts
Pearson - 0G, 2A, 2Pts
McBain - 0G, 2A, 2Pts
Schenn - 0G, 2A, 2Pts
Ehrhoff - 0G, 1A, 1Pt
McNabb - 0G, 1A, 1Pt
Nolan - 0G, 1A, 1Pt
Mersch - 0G, 1A, 1Pt

Quick - 29 GA, 290 SA, .900sv%
Enroth - 1 GA, 15 SA, .933sv%

31-17-3 on the season, with 137GF, 119GA, for a +18. 2-6 at home against the Pacific, with 15GF, and 28GA, for a -13. Which leaves them with a remaining record of 29-11-3, with 122GF, and 91GA, for a +31.

I just don't get what happens at home against Pacific opponents this year. Their only wins were 4-3 against the Oilers, with no McDavid, had a 2-0 lead, a 3-1 lead, and won it on a late 3rd period goal by Shore. Then a 2-1 OT win against the Canucks, and the Canucks were up 1-0 going into the 3rd period. Considering their overall record, including their road record against those same Pacific teams(9-1, +20 goal differential), it's just weird.
 
Why the **** is brown playing on the first line? And King on the second is just as bad. Sutter needs to put back Lucic Kopi TT. Line combinations were garbage.
 
Raccoon Jesus said:
:laugh:

He's not wrong, but this guy farts just so he can smell himself:



And on that note, I'm done with the internet for the night. Watch out for the parade if you guys live near Katella.
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haha....i hate kessler but he is not wrong. Your line about farting is great. First time I have heard that and I am going to steal it as my own
 
Raccoon Jesus said:
So much smugness from the entire Ducks org, lol. Even the PA guy was parading about it. So much for 'act like you've been there before.'

I remember what happened last time the Ducks prematurely celebrated, though.
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How do you act like you've been there if your team is made up of guys who never have?
 
These guys are playing way too inconsistent right now, getting pretty concerned. They either look good or really really bad.
 
What isn't factual about Kesler's statement? Kings were thoroughly outplayed last night, in every way.

It's just one game, but the trend overall of late isn't great. A lot of undisciplined penalties, unforced errors, bad passing. The team needs to find their groove again.
 
When have the Kings ever played well in Jan/early Feb.

Not concerned, the fact they got off to a great start masks their typical mediocre play in Jan.

If they have a horrible grammy road trip will worry then.
 
Mostly worried about Carter. Hasn't looked right since the AZ game, not really improving since he came back either. Can't do anything with the puck on his stick, can't shoot, can't win face-offs. Wish he'd just sit until 100%.
 
Seventyx7 said:
Mostly worried about Carter. Hasn't looked right since the AZ game, not really improving since he came back either. Can't do anything with the puck on his stick, can't shoot, can't win face-offs. Wish he'd just sit until 100%.
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I think the faceoff, passing, shooting,etc, could be tied to a wrist injury and it won't get better, I'm guessing without surgery, or he'd be improving. If it's like a torn ligament or something, he opted out of surgery until the season's over maybe.

Whatever it is, it's not improving and the grind of the rest of the year won't help.
 
Not looking good, Kings haven't won 2 in a row since January 17-19, not laying all the blame on Quick, but he has been playing like the ''system goalie'' some people claim he is.

Just noticed that they aren't playing until next Tuesday, that sucks.
 
deeshamrock said:
I think the faceoff, passing, shooting,etc, could be tied to a wrist injury and it won't get better, I'm guessing without surgery, or he'd be improving. If it's like a torn ligament or something, he opted out of surgery until the season's over maybe.

Whatever it is, it's not improving and the grind of the rest of the year won't help.
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yup, my thought was whatever it is will require off season surgery, and they are not doing it now as it would shut him down into the playoffs
 
It really wouldn't be Kings hockey if they had a nice buffer built up going down the stretch and could take some nights off and rest up. Nope... got to make it a nail bitter to see if they'll make the playoffs... don't want it to be too easy.

Lewis had some great opportunities his linemates set up for him. So close to converting.

Probably too many guys are healthy and Sutter has too many options because of it. Can't help himself.
 
Sounds like today Sutter had them do a full practice eclipsing one hour, Jon Rosen said norm around this time of year is 20-30 minutes, definitely something after last night's game.
 
What's the point of keeping Carter active if he can't do anything? If he just got the surgery from the get go, the Kings would be looking at getting him back sooner. Now they're looking at carrying his corpse to the off-season.
 
kingsholygrail said:
What's the point of keeping Carter active if he can't do anything? If he just got the surgery from the get go, the Kings would be looking at getting him back sooner. Now they're looking at carrying his corpse to the off-season.
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my guess is because his corpse is still better than any other option for 2nd line centre. Including VL.
 
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