Dubois

bland

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Last 13 games (Kings record 2-6-5, 35% point %):

Byfield-Kopitar-Kempe: 9G 17A 26P -10 in 39 games total
Moore-Danault-Fiala 11G 16A 25P -1 in 39 games total
Laferriere-Dubois-Kaliyev/JAD 3G 7A 10P -21 in 41 games total
Grundstrom-Lizotte/Lewis-Fagemo: 0G 1A 1P -16 in 37 games total


Anderson-Doughty: 4G 5A 9P -7 in 26 games total
Gavrikov-Roy 2G 5A 7P -11 in 25 games total
Englund-Spence/Clarke 0G 2A 2P -12 in 27 games total

Yes Dubois (-9) sucks, but the complete disappearance of the 4th line, really the whole bottom six forwards, and the poor play of Englund (-8) and Clarke (-3 in 4 games) on defense have been a huge drag.

The Kings might as well just play two lines for the whole game with the way it's gone the past 13 games.
Spence has 4 assists in the last 12 games.
 

lexlavender

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Gavrikov hasn't been the same since the injury that's for sure, but Roy appears to have suffered some brain damage being separated from him temporarily

Along with Doughty and Anderson completely falling apart as well

When its' one guy, it's one guy. When ti's the whole team?....
I’ll give PLD some slack until I see him play under a coach that knows how to use him. He is not a defensive shutdown type guy and system wise that is how his positioning looks to me.

Roy has just regressed to the mean, he’s back to his usual self. Moving him makes sense to me because he’s solid but nothing more, as he was before Gavrikov arrived. Clarke/Gavrikov has the making of a great pair.

When only Moore, Fiala and Byfield are giving us much hope the deployment of the whole roster comes into question. Lewis has dropped of with the rest of the 4th line (it started before Lizotte was injured) and JAD is too vanilla to be a difference maker. Danault, Kopi, Kempe are all off the pace. I could go on. It needs a coaching change…

The fact TMac called out a vet is a symptom of knowing he’s in trouble.
 

johnjm22

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It's always something.

"The system isn't a good fit"
"He's not playing with good linemates"
"He doesn't have good chemistry with player X"
"He's not really a Tmac type of guy"

At least he's not having issues with the way his skates are being sharpened.

"We'll see how he does under a different coach that uses him correctly"
"He'll be good once the playoffs start"
 

Kudelski37

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That first quote from someone supposedly inside the organization is so wrong. PLD hasn't done anything in his career outside of modest point production. His lack of points just shows how superficial his play has always been. How many defensively inept players are paid a lot without an expectation for points? I'm chalking this up as more BS from the Kings.
 

Chazz Reinhold

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I agreed with him until he said Fiala isn't playing well, isn't contributing offensively, and hasn't been dangerous for a while. That's just not true. The Moore-Danault-Fiala line has been the best line by far during this bad stretch, and Fiala is a big reason for it. Button just makes himself look stupid adding that in.

To add to this, just looked to see who leads the team in points/60 since December 1. Unsurprisingly, it's Fiala.
 

bmr

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I agreed with him until he said Fiala isn't playing well, isn't contributing offensively, and hasn't been dangerous for a while. That's just not true. The Moore-Danault-Fiala line has been the best line by far during this bad stretch, and Fiala is a big reason for it. Button just makes himself look stupid adding that in.

To add to this, just looked to see who leads the team in points/60 since December 1. Unsurprisingly, it's Fiala.
He's right on Dubois but pretty wrong on Fiala. So there is that :P
 

FrozenKing18

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I’m glad he’s getting more noticed for his poor play. Two ways this can go, this either lights a fire under his ass or he pulls the same PLD shit and asks for a trade. Hoping it’s the former. Like I said previously, I was okay with the trade, but the cost and length was the issue for this very exact situation.
 

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