Kings Article: LA Kings Defenseman Matt Greene Takes Another Step Forward In His Recovery
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What on earth has rr done to be benched? And you Bring up muzzin and rr but not ellerby? Shake my head.
KingsCorona
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Neither. I'm gonna go with SWB and say that Ellerby is gonna sit; he hasn't been good defensively OR offensively. There's no way we sit RR, and Muzzin has made some mistakes lately but he also brings offense to the table. It wasn't long ago that we were all raving about how well he was playing, let's not have such short memories after a couple bad games. Inconsistency is a hallmark of rookies, but Muzzin's talent outweighs that I think.
Anyway, very glad to hear this news. Greene can't be back fast enough!
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Whiskeypete
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i hope now that Greene's absence has shown/proven to the doubters exactly what he brings and what has been missing.
moving forward i hope to not have silly 'trade Greene' threads appearing. the only time this will be relevant is WHEN DL has his replacement ready. before anyone can step in and pick up this role, it is a discussion that simply should not be taking place
moving forward i hope to not have silly 'trade Greene' threads appearing. the only time this will be relevant is WHEN DL has his replacement ready. before anyone can step in and pick up this role, it is a discussion that simply should not be taking place
it's between amart and muzzin, muzzin is better offensively but can be a trainwreck on d. amart has been pretty bad but playing with greene again might get his game back.
Muzzin was a mess last night, and hasn't been great for a few games now. Still, Greene would be an ideal partner for him once he comes back. We saw what Muzzin can do when he is with a highly competent defender, he just needs that stability backing him up.
Doughty, Voynov, and Muzz/AM all being able to take more chances offensively with a solid partner will really increase our back end scoring. That is what I think we miss most with Greene out, even more than his solid play and penalty killing. Carter allowed everyone to slot into their correct roles when he was acquired, I think we will see a similar effect defensively when Greene comes back.
Doughty, Voynov, and Muzz/AM all being able to take more chances offensively with a solid partner will really increase our back end scoring. That is what I think we miss most with Greene out, even more than his solid play and penalty killing. Carter allowed everyone to slot into their correct roles when he was acquired, I think we will see a similar effect defensively when Greene comes back.
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I believe the defensive pairings that give us the best chance to win are:
Doughty/Scuderi
Voynoz/Regehr
Muzzin/Greene
Doughty/Scuderi
Voynoz/Regehr
Muzzin/Greene
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We were right there
Has Muzzin played with Greene? not a lot of time to build chemistry there.
I'd probably go with Martinez-Greene for the playoffs--they're proven and an excellent third pairing...but Muzzin moving forward seems to be growing every game
I suspect we'd continue to see Doughty-Muzzin in the o-zone starts--it's so nice for Doughty when he doesn't have an offensive black hole as a partner
I'd probably go with Martinez-Greene for the playoffs--they're proven and an excellent third pairing...but Muzzin moving forward seems to be growing every game
I suspect we'd continue to see Doughty-Muzzin in the o-zone starts--it's so nice for Doughty when he doesn't have an offensive black hole as a partner
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KingsFan7824
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The idea of Muzzin in his own zone in the playoffs doesn't sound good. Ellerby has been a little too skittish too.
Hopefully Greene gets back soon, and then I'd give Martinez/Greene a chance to prove it doesn't work this year.
Hopefully Greene gets back soon, and then I'd give Martinez/Greene a chance to prove it doesn't work this year.
SLang
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Greene aside, I'd like to see Amart in for Ellerby tonight - hopefully Alec's little vacation gets him going. Then he's playing well right around the time Greene shows up.
That's the plan; I'm sticking to it.
That's the plan; I'm sticking to it.
LombardiTool
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If we benched everyone who had a bad game against Dallas the other night, we would need alot of AHL call-ups tonight to field a team.
All players have bad games. An experienced vert like Regehr shouldnt be benched after one bad game.
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What the hell did he do the last game that everyone else didn't do? He and Williams failed to clear the zone and it went for a goal. At least he played the man correctly after the mistake. It wasn't a turnover. He was the only defenseman that played hard last game.
Don't be one of those crybabies who hangs themselves and the team after a bad game.
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Needs to start with taking and giving contact in practice before the Kings even think about putting him into a game. I could see late next week or in a couple of weeks, but not any sooner than that.
Yes! That guy was amazing. I will always remember him knocking I think Mason Raymond right on his ass, and even though he got a penalty, it was still awesome
