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Need to see Gaborik back with Kopitar asap. This half not playing together, half playing together isnt doing either of them good.
 
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donkozak said:
The only reason Brown has put up decent numbers was because of Kopitar!Brown does very little to compliment him if he's not hitting and making space. Brown doesn't do anything else well. Gaborik on the otherhand can shot,pass and score if given a chance with a legitimate top line centre(not Lewis or NShore)!Kopi's line struggles because Brown doesn't carry his weight and Gabby struggles because Sutter is playing him with a couple of plumbers!!!Kopitar needs to be put with Gaborik again with Pearson and Brown needs to play the 3rd line with his American buddies!!!Maybe just maybe the 1st comes out their funk and starts to light it up!!!
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Brown is not the issue on that line.Brown is playing much better than Kopitar, the puck just hasn't gone in. He looks in shape, making clean passes and we've seen multiple times both Kopitar and Gabby have flubbed perfect passes in high scoring areas. Kopitar had a sure goal on the pass from Muzzin right before Nashville tied it and forgot to put his stick down to tap it in.If his stick is on the ice, it's goal.
 
The other thing is there's only so much offense to go around. We've been over 3 goals a game in the winning streak, that would be near the top in the NHL. If the 70s line is potting 3-4 goals a game, putting other guys at 70 point paces would mean we're scoring 5-6 goals a game. Not even the mighty Hawks or Lightning are doing that. There's a reason there's typically only 1-2 players per team approaching PPG. Someone will cool off, you just have to hope someone else heats up to even it out. It's the reason scoring depth is so important in the playoffs and why one line teams struggle.
 
Brad Doty said:
The other thing is there's only so much offense to go around. We've been over 3 goals a game in the winning streak, that would be near the top in the NHL. If the 70s line is potting 3-4 goals a game, putting other guys at 70 point paces would mean we're scoring 5-6 goals a game. Not even the mighty Hawks or Lightning are doing that. There's a reason there's typically only 1-2 players per team approaching PPG. Someone will cool off, you just have to hope someone else heats up to even it out. It's the reason scoring depth is so important in the playoffs and why one line teams struggle.
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Well put. The game isn't played on paper. If shifting guys around makes other teams respond to it or not respond to it, it gives DS options!! As much as certain things are about chemistry, it's also about match ups, and who you can keep away from different players. So many people tend to think of match ups like its two super stars, like Crosby vs. Ovechkin!! But to coaches, it's much deeper than that, and the coach nows about the other team's lines that can shut down ANY line, so they try to move things around and make it difficult. Or to DS, his boxes!!!
 
Winger23 said:
Agreed, and already being 4 and 0 against the toughest central division is encouraging as well.
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Not to be a downer, but it would be really nice not to drop games to garbage teams in the division this year.

Also lines

Pearson/Kopitar/Gaborik
1773
Lewis/Shore/Brown

or
Lewis/Shore/Brown
1773
Pearson/Kopitar/Gaborik

I guess it really would be

1773
Lewis/Shore/Brown
Pearson/Kopitar/Gaborik

-There's an argument that you want Brown's physicality with Kopitar, but he isn't going to be taking runs at people every game in the regular season.... He doesn't need to put that much strain on his body.

-I bet Pearson and Gaborik would have great chemistry after playing together for a while.

-Brown probably has better chemistry with Shore. Their games just match up better. Shore/Lewis know the game with Brown, head down go to net...

I really think this could get the 3 lines moving... Getting the offense (other then Toffoli) going would be huge for this team.

Kings are sitting in the bottom of the pack with offense around 24... the low end of the peloton is a tie at 20 goals from Philly/Leafs... then there's some terrible team at 10 goals :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:... anyways the point... any slight bump in defense from different line combos or you like having Brown out to give a physical aspect to the top line would be insignificant compared to the importance of getting the offense working.

Of course I'm probably better off hoping for Lewis to continue his hot streak!
 
Trolfoli said:
Not to be a downer, but it would be really nice not to drop games to garbage teams in the division this year.

Also lines

Pearson/Kopitar/Gaborik
1773
Lewis/Shore/Brown

or
Lewis/Shore/Brown
1773
Pearson/Kopitar/Gaborik

I guess it really would be

1773
Lewis/Shore/Brown
Pearson/Kopitar/Gaborik

-There's an argument that you want Brown's physicality with Kopitar, but he isn't going to be taking runs at people every game in the regular season.... He doesn't need to put that much strain on his body.

-I bet Pearson and Gaborik would have great chemistry after playing together for a while.

-Brown probably has better chemistry with Shore. Their games just match up better. Shore/Lewis know the game with Brown, head down go to net...

I really think this could get the 3 lines moving... Getting the offense (other then Toffoli) going would be huge for this team.

Kings are sitting in the bottom of the pack with offense around 24... the low end of the peloton is a tie at 20 goals from Philly/Leafs... then there's some terrible team at 10 goals :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:... anyways the point... any slight bump in defense from different line combos or you like having Brown out to give a physical aspect to the top line would be insignificant compared to the importance of getting the offense working.

Of course I'm probably better off hoping for Lewis to continue his hot streak!
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Not being a downer, it is a huge concern. I'm just not going to sweat it until Toffoli becomes human again. I'm also hoping by then Kopi and company will actually start showing up. I'm not concerned with the offense being around 24th, as long as they keep scoring one more than the opponents each game.
 
I mean statistically... With this ****... In like a month Kopi has to start scoring 3 goals per game yes?
 
Reclamation Project said:
Kopitar is so generous. He's passing the savings on his contract onto Toffoli.
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Nah, I think what it is, is Kopitar is deferring to Gaborik too much. Errr Brown, I mean. Just look at all of the assists. That should tell us something.

On a serious note, teams are going to start trying to run Toffoli. Hope Lucic puts a stop to it as soon as it starts.
 
Reclamation Project said:
Kopitar is so generous. He's passing the savings on his contract onto Toffoli.
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I'll take a brief pause so you all can go grab a pen. Write this down, so you can give me credit when I am correct.


Dean WILL sign kopi for max length @ 9mill AAV.
THEN, he will force kopi and Toffoli to trade contracts.

Whats that? The CBA has no mechanism for players trading contracts?
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KINGS17 said:
Nah, I think what it is, is Kopitar is deferring to Gaborik too much. Errr Brown, I mean. Just look at all of the assists. That should tell us something.

On a serious note, teams are going to start trying to run Toffoli. Hope Lucic puts a stop to it as soon as it starts.
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To be fair Kopitar CANT defer to Brown when brown says **** you I'm doubling your shots :laugh:
 
Brad Doty said:
It'll even out imo. Others will start scoring and the "2nd" line will start tailing off.
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Likely because other teams will be putting their top d-men and top lines on our 1773.
Which will open the window to our PeKaBo (that kinda works) line, OR we could just make Kopi a rover and spread the passing throughout the other lines.
 
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