Speculation: Another year of this Bluc **** (The 2024-25 season thread)
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AbsentMojo
F-ing get up and hunt! Cmon Todd!
That got me thinking.. but its not legal to have more than one.. Can u imagine, they could lay sideways one on top of the other and block all 4x6
I like that Hiller has proven he's not afraid to get creative with his lineup decisions...... But I reallllllly think he overdoes/overthinks it sometimes.
Clarke is very good at manning the point on a powerplay- He knows how to get pucks through defenses and either on net or to the front of the net for rebound opportunities. It's honestly one of the biggest strengths to his game IMO. He's also just an exceptional playmaker in general who sees the ice really well. He's not the issue with your struggling powerplay.
TBH, it's probably not a personnel issue to begin with... I definitely understand trying to change things up a bit but you have a powerplay with Clarke, Kempe, Kopitar, Fiala, and Laferriere.... As an NHL coach, you should be able to get at least decent production out of that group. There's plenty of offensive ability among those 5 players.
Maybe instead of jumping to "lets try 5 forwards on the PP" they should take a look at "lets try to get these guys cycling around the ice so we can generate some different looks for different players instead of constantly setting up the same 2-3 shot attempts"??
We don't need 5 forwards on the PP - we need a PP that isn't completely and totally predictable.
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King'sPawn
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My best guess (not defending) is they want a point shot/righty on the second unit.
AbsentMojo
F-ing get up and hunt! Cmon Todd!
OK understood - but for my money Clarke is the best play maker on the team and Id want him playing the most time on the PP.. not get some chump change 30 seconds
funky
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lumbergh
It was an idea. I didn't say it was a good idea.
Glad to see Turcotte back on the ice and evidently ready for game action and on the power play. Stay safe, buddy.
My guess with this power play alignment is that Hiller thinks Spence isn't doing a good job of generating offense on PP2.
Herby
How could Blake have known?
Happy to see Portillo get some NHL checks, and hopefully some game action.
Clarke off of the #1 PP is a puzzling decision, but par for the course.
Clarke off of the #1 PP is a puzzling decision, but par for the course.
A few good things from this year...
The Kings are the 8th youngest team and finally giving the kids a shot - Turcotte, Thomas, Lee, Clarke, and now Helenius and Portillo.
The Kings are tied with NJ for the league in fights - so they are finally not getting bullied.
The bad...
Danault, Byfield, and Spence look terrible.
Also, the Kings need a scorer to play with Kopitar/Kempe. I was going thru the league leaders in goals and a few guys intrigued me - McCann and Palmeri. Also, bummer the Kings didn't make a run at Jack Roslovic - he's having a great center and can play C/RW.
The D without Doughty has been a mess. Gavrikov and Anderson have been awesome, Clarke is having a solid year, Spence has been terrible and the rotation of Englund/Burroughs/Jones hasn't done much. Englund looks worse than last year, Jones is hurt and barely plays, even though he has the best Corsi of the three. I thought Burroughs was playing the best of the three, but he's out of the line up again.
The Kings are the 8th youngest team and finally giving the kids a shot - Turcotte, Thomas, Lee, Clarke, and now Helenius and Portillo.
The Kings are tied with NJ for the league in fights - so they are finally not getting bullied.
The bad...
Danault, Byfield, and Spence look terrible.
Also, the Kings need a scorer to play with Kopitar/Kempe. I was going thru the league leaders in goals and a few guys intrigued me - McCann and Palmeri. Also, bummer the Kings didn't make a run at Jack Roslovic - he's having a great center and can play C/RW.
The D without Doughty has been a mess. Gavrikov and Anderson have been awesome, Clarke is having a solid year, Spence has been terrible and the rotation of Englund/Burroughs/Jones hasn't done much. Englund looks worse than last year, Jones is hurt and barely plays, even though he has the best Corsi of the three. I thought Burroughs was playing the best of the three, but he's out of the line up again.
lumbergh
It was an idea. I didn't say it was a good idea.
Spence has been pretty good so far. Playing the role of Sean Walker. He's just not getting the job done on the power play. He may just end up being a solid 3rd pairing guy.
Byfield has also been okay, again, not on the scoreboard as much as we'd like. He's doing all the other good things, and is basically the Kings best penalty killer
Danault is also mostly invisible on offense, but playing decent defense. Net meh.
The players that have actually been bad are Kevin Fiala and Andre Lee. For some reason the Moore-Danault-Fiala line hasn't worked this year. He and Byfield are like oil and water. Andre Lee needs to go work on his game in all three zones in Ontario.
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King'sPawn
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I agree. Frankly I'd switch Fiala and Clarke, but that's my best guess of what they're looking for.
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