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kingsfan28 said:
So that's how you beat the teams you should. 3-0 Blues.
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Blowing points is what the Kings have excelled at over the past three seasons.

These cocky *******s are so full of themselves that they can't be bothered to perform up to their abilities against the likes of Vancouver or Arizona or Colorado.
 
Ziggy Stardust said:
Blowing points is what the Kings have excelled at over the past three seasons.

These cocky *******s are so full of themselves that they can't be bothered to perform up to their abilities against the likes of Vancouver or Arizona or Colorado.
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Pretty much. They play a great game against the Caps, then, like a pile of **** vs the Blues, followed by a listless effort against the Cryotes.
 
KingsFan7824 said:
Nashville lost. Tougher schedule than St.Louis. They might be the team to catch, should the Kings win enough.
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Every week there is an easier team for the Kings to catch.

All just to get blasted by Chicago in the first round. Thankfully, St. Louis isn't going to give up the last wild card spot.
 
Personally, I'm enjoying how under the radar the Blue Jackets manage to be flying. They're really not getting much attention despite being right at the top of the league. Focus seems to be squarely on the Penguins, Capitals, and Blackhawks.
 
kingsholygrail said:
Personally, I'm enjoying how under the radar the Blue Jackets manage to be flying. They're really not getting much attention despite being right at the top of the league. Focus seems to be squarely on the Penguins, Capitals, and Blackhawks.
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I was thinking the same. Would pretty cool if they went far.
 
Looks like Jordan Weal has broken in the league this time. He is currently leading flyers with 59.5 CF% and is third in P/60 with 1.51. Enjoying some good company playing on the line with Giroux and Simmonds. Going by eye test, one area where he stands out is where others would default to dump ins he is forcing zone entries and looking pretty good doing it. Gonna be UFA this summer.
 
MacDonald4MVP said:
Looks like Jordan Weal has broken in the league this time. He is currently leading flyers with 59.5 CF% and is third in P/60 with 1.51. Enjoying some good company playing on the line with Giroux and Simmonds. Going by eye test, one area where he stands out is where others would default to dump ins he is forcing zone entries and looking pretty good doing it. Gonna be UFA this summer.
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Us bringing back old prospects never seems to work
 
I so enjoy watching Mark Scheifele night in and night out. Just a complete player and a top end centre who continues to get better.

I may just tune into the game on Thursday just to watch him.
 
MacDonald4MVP said:
Looks like Jordan Weal has broken in the league this time. He is currently leading flyers with 59.5 CF% and is third in P/60 with 1.51. Enjoying some good company playing on the line with Giroux and Simmonds. Going by eye test, one area where he stands out is where others would default to dump ins he is forcing zone entries and looking pretty good doing it. Gonna be UFA this summer.
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It hasn't been easy for Weal, but he's done all he can to make it. I hope he gets a contract this summer. That's some nice Corsi he's got there.
 
KingPuckChoo said:
Hawks are surreal

never mind the final score

this team is incredible
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i get tired of watching the hawks. I'll bump into their games on NHL network (who else do they show??? ha!), and if they're behind late in the game, just wait for them to tie it, and usually win it in regulation or OT.

Last night was a glitch that they tied the game (what else?) late, but somehow happened to lose in OT.

Oh well. Compared to the Kings that have not tied the score late with their goalie pulled even once, for the entire 2016-17 season?!?!? How is that possible?

You'd think they would have lucked out once or twice, but no. They have zero stolen points for an entire season. Has this happened 1x since the NHL started OT & SO? I don't think so. Even 05-06 had a great first half before they imploded, but they had more excitement at the end of the games.

This is such a tough season to watch.

Make it end already.
 
Also, Dwight King is confirming what some of us already knew

it's utterly atrocious

completely invisible in Montreal

someone stated on tsn that King is playing like he's still wondering why he got traded out of LA

unfortunately, the announcer didn't know that that's how King always played
 
Even Montreal fans are questioning if he was always this slow.

This team has plenty of anchors to offer to other teams, but Lombardi and Sutter prefer to have a collection of them, because apparently being a "big and heavy" team will always lead to success.
 
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/30-thoughts-jakub-voraceks-mvp-vote-go-brent-burns/
20. Interesting to hear some of the younger Blackhawks — Ryan Hartman, Tanner Kero, Nick Schmaltz — discuss what they’ve learned this year. All three said they were surprised/impressed by how confident the veterans are. “No matter what the situation, they think we are going to win,” Hartman said. “We could be down two goals with five minutes left, and they believe we’re going to do it.” Practises? “Fast-paced,” he replied. “But you better make hard passes.”

Schmaltz smiled when Hartman said that. “You’re going to hear it from (coach Joel Quenneville) if you don’t. ‘Hard! Hard!’”

Kero added one more detail: “You better be able to make hard passes... and receive them.”

In talking to those players, you can tell they realize quickly a lot is expected. Age/inexperience is not an acceptable excuse for sloppiness.
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Who knew that good teams made an emphasis on crisp passing? Watching the Kings all season long, you'd think the game is won along the boards and with dump and chase plays.

There's also this interesting anecdote that also goes against the Kings' approach of offense, which is going from low-to-high to generate harmless point shots.

26. Changes? Not defensively. “I’m not fooling with that. Claude Julien knows how to coach it, the guys are comfortable and have won with it.”

I didn’t ask about this, but Don Cherry mentioned it last weekend and you really notice the Bruins are doing a ton of “flip plays,” where their defence fires it into the air creating races down the ice. Cassidy has tinkered with some of the offensive structure. “We want to attack more from the half-wall, aggressive especially against man-to-man. Less plays where the puck goes from low-to-high. We’ve also encouraged our defencemen to get more up-ice off the rush.”

Boston has nine goals from defencemen in the last 18 games after 18 in the first 55. Cassidy’s deployment has changed, too. Dominic Moore’s line does not get as many starts in the offensive zone. “Offensive players for offensive-zone draws, although there are situations where that depends on the score. For Dominic and Riley Nash, who are more responsible, they’ll get their opportunities, but elsewhere.”

Cassidy added Ryan Spooner will mostly get changed on the fly, “as we build his overall game.”
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Thought it was interesting that he built off Julien's structure, though. Why mess with the defense? Tinker with the offense, don't be scared to be aggressive.
 
Raccoon Jesus said:
Thought it was interesting that he built off Julien's structure, though. Why mess with the defense? Tinker with the offense, don't be scared to be aggressive.
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It's similar to what happened when Sutter took over for Murray. Defensively nothing changed, but in terms of pace and aggression, the Kings looked like they went from taking quaaludes to being hopped up on cocaine.

Hmm... Stoll and Richards go away and the energy is exponentially lower... I see a correlation there :sarcasm:
 
Ziggy Stardust said:
It's similar to what happened when Sutter took over for Murray. Defensively nothing changed, but in terms of pace and aggression, the Kings looked like they went from taking quaaludes to being hopped up on cocaine.

Hmm... Stoll and Richards go away and the energy is exponentially lower... I see a correlation there :sarcasm:
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Absolutely. It's interesting to see that sort of respect in a coaching transition with good teams--rarely do they just tear it all down. It's just time for important tweaks. Then again, even with the defense in place, Sutter took us from passive home plate to balls-out crush everything in sight, so that's pretty drastic.

also LOL, team's energy level down...hmmmmm :laugh:

Cassidy sounds like a pretty saavy guy though too. Very smart.
 
KingPuckChoo said:
Also, Dwight King is confirming what some of us already knew

it's utterly atrocious

completely invisible in Montreal

someone stated on tsn that King is playing like he's still wondering why he got traded out of LA

unfortunately, the announcer didn't know that that's how King always played
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This is hard to read. I don't think King was ever healthy-scratched in L.A.

He's got to quickly figure out how to adjust his game to what Montreal needs.
 
The best way to utilize King is park him in front of the net and on the PK. He's good at those activities. He's not a good transition guy. He's never been fast. He's not a fighter. He's not a sniper.

I haven't seen him play in Montreal but if they're trying to use him as a speedy winger and such, they've grossly misused him.
 
It's a long season. I think people need to recognize 4th liners do at times get rewarded by the coach by playing them in a critical situation when they have busted their butts and created chances over the course of a game.
 
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