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GDT: Game #13: KINGS @ BLACKHAWKS - Sunday, 2/17/’13 @ 12:30 pm PST {NBC}

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nki said:
For sure. Richards spent his offseason fishing and clearly was gassed and out of shape, at least he looks like he's getting better and he tries as much as possible. Kopitar and Brown frankly LOOK like they don't give a ****.
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Explain his lack of offense from last year?

Time to just accept the fact that MR is a 40-50 point center. Time for management to make adjustments to the roster, because counting on #10 to be a scorer is going to lead to a lot of disappointment.

Not a bad player by any stretch, but don't let PP and secondary assists make him look like an effective offensive player, because he isn't anymore. He has been better in a third line role because he is a third line center, lets be happy about that, much more effective than Stoll was when he made the same move down from 2nd to 3rd line.

I really think its time to give TT a chance, Kings desperately need a finisher on the top two lines.
 

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I agree just expected more. Vets should know better. Scuderi as well.
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When you think about it Carter, Voynov and Clifford are the only ones even playing up to expectations, Stoll has been OK as well.
 
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Moving the feet is all Lewis does. There's no reason he should be playing this much.

Kopitar and Brown are playing far worse than Richards IMO. They are on the top line and doing nothing at all. Not on the PP, not at even strength. Not defensively. Nothing.
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Mike Richards spots a beauty -5 and doesn't play the opposition top lines... And no one other then Carter has showed on the PP really...
 
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kings be sucking today....hopefully we come back in the third. We'll need a goal right away.

---the hawks do look dialed in with tons of confidence which the kings cannot match to this point. when the hawks are in tune they are hard to play against.
 
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KINGS17 said:
The Kings' organizational depth on the blueline is being tested this season. Mitchell, Greene and Martinez out for now. Brought up Voynov last season so they could trade Johnson, and they now have Muzzin and Drewiske in the lineup on nearly a fulltime basis.

I think Dean needs to go shopping for a veteran UFA in the off season to stabilize this group if Greene and Mitchell can't make full recoveries. Ellerby looks to be an adequate replacement for Greene. He certainly knocks both Muzzin and Drewiske down a peg on the depth chart.
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Agree 100%.

Kings two biggest needs are a second line scorer (center or wing) and a solid veteran #4 type physical defender.

Muzzin has been a huge failure, can't be counted on going forward.
 
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Herby said:
Explain his lack of offense from last year?

Time to just accept the fact that MR is a 40-50 point center. Time for management to make adjustments to the roster, because counting on #10 to be a scorer is going to lead to a lot of disappointment.

Not a bad player by any stretch, but don't let PP and secondary assists make him look like an effective offensive player, because he isn't anymore. He has been better in a third line role because he is a third line center, lets be happy about that, much more effective than Stoll was when he made the same move down from 2nd to 3rd line.

I really think its time to give TT a chance, Kings desperately need a finisher on the top two lines.
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In your opinion, how many points should a second line center have over an 82 game schedule? To me, 50 pts from your second line center in today's NHL would be pretty good...
 

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Herby said:
Explain his lack of offense from last year?

Time to just accept the fact that MR is a 40-50 point center. Time for management to make adjustments to the roster, because counting on #10 to be a scorer is going to lead to a lot of disappointment.

Not a bad player by any stretch, but don't let PP and secondary assists make him look like an effective offensive player, because he isn't anymore.

I really think its time to give TT a chance, Kings desperately need a finisher on the top two lines.
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I'm fine with him being a 50 point center. You're always going to have people scoring less on the Kings than elsewhere. 50 points on the Kings is probably around 65 points on Philly. I'm looking at the effort out there, how can Brown revert back to this? Does he only play the type of hockey this team needs him to when there's a chance he will have to relocate his family? Why does Kopitar go back to being a complete perimeter player?
 
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Herby said:
Agree 100%.

Kings two biggest needs are a second line scorer (center or wing) and a solid veteran #4 type physical defender.

Muzzin has been a huge failure, can't be counted on going forward.
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Muzzin was never ready, Peeps from Manchester were saying this.

It was a bad idea to waive Hickey, Hickey at least moves the puck Quickly.
 
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Minor Boarding said:
Mike Richards spots a beauty -5 and doesn't play the opposition top lines... And no one other then Carter has showed on the PP really...
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3 of those minus 5 came in one game against Chicago. And it's not going to go up playing with King and Nolan, that's for sure.
 
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Herby said:
Explain his lack of offense from last year?

Time to just accept the fact that MR is a 40-50 point center. Time for management to make adjustments to the roster, because counting on #10 to be a scorer is going to lead to a lot of disappointment.

Not a bad player by any stretch, but don't let PP and secondary assists make him look like an effective offensive player, because he isn't anymore. He has been better in a third line role because he is a third line center, lets be happy about that, much more effective than Stoll was when he made the same move down from 2nd to 3rd line.

I really think its time to give TT a chance, Kings desperately need a finisher on the top two lines.
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Forget points. Just watch him on the ice. He's been terrible.
 
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Eddie O - "Kings have to get the next goal. If they want to get a point out of this game they have to get the next goal."

That's why they pay him the big bucks, folks. Astute.
 
Herby

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In your opinion, how many points should a second line center have over an 82 game schedule? To me, 50 pts from your second line center in today's NHL would be pretty good...
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For a guy who plays on the #1 PP unit I don't think MR has provided nearly the offense that was expected of him when the Kings made the trade.

I think with the way the Kings are built and they way they draft, Dean expected MR to be a 60-70 point center when he traded for him.

I think Kings want that 60-70 type guy, and Carter is that, if not more. The problem is Carter moving from wing to center has created the same hole on the wing that we had before we traded for him. So now Dean needs to go out and get another Carter type winger or a second line center.
 
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Brown is a streaky player, Always has been. He will have a month here that ever puck will go in, he will hit everything in sight ETC ETC.

It's who Brown is, No one should expect the guy to be different.
 
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