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Madcombinepilot wrote:

micky107 wrote:Indeed; He has sent a lot of mixed messages, especially, this year.
If we are confused at things, what of the players?

Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but Willie does talk DIRECTLY to the players, and not to you.. he doesn't have to sort through the hours of fantasy and speculation that you do.

I bet they players know exactly what he wants.

New center via trade for 70/73 and 2nd PP unit. Can't go with Dowd as your 2nd unit PP pivot.

Sutter, Lombardi out, Futa to GM. New coach from outside of organization.

Brown, Capt of VGN, buy out Gaborik.
Sign winger for Kopitar.

mr perfect wrote: Brown has been on the decline for the last 4 seasons and is a major reason the Kings are going to miss the playoffs for the second time in three seasons.

But the Kings’ recent problems go beyond goal scoring. Indeed, whether it’s turnover that gives the opposition an outnumbered attack, a defenseman getting beaten wide, or a blown coverage, the Kings have been somewhat of a mess in all three zones.

“We’re just giving up too much,” said forward Dustin Brown. “This is a team that has been very good defensively but the last few weeks, we haven’t been.”

“I think we just need to tighten up our game,” added Brown. “We’re having a hard time scoring and we have to address that. But if we tighten up our game, there will be more opportunities at the other end.”

One source of their problems is that lately, the forwards and defensemen have not always been in lockstep with each other.

“There’s been a disconnect between what we’re doing up ice and our defensemen,” Brown noted. “When the forwards are doing their job, it makes it easier for the defensemen and the goalies to do their job.”

“Right now, we’re having a breakdown on the forecheck, which gaps out the defensemen and then, you’ve got a guy coming at you with speed,” Brown added. “That’s how it works. Our system works really well when we’ve got everybody on the same page.”

in our last game, Vancouver got four or five odd-man rushes, let alone scoring chances. When you see that from our team, we’ve got to dial it back in.

. But right now, we’re making mistakes on the forecheck which kind of flows through the rest of our game.”

After all that, how do they fix what ails them?

“It’s just down to the individual,” said Brown. “Player by player, we’ve got to be better. That’s on everyone. If we’re all better, individually, it all comes together, right? We’re just leaning on each other right now.”

To be sure, the Kings’ offensive woes are as much about a lack of depth up front as it is anything else. Nevertheless, both Brown and Lewis made valid points. Indeed, if the Kings can fix the problems they described, they’ll give up a lot less in their own zone and spend a lot more time in the attacking zone.

But then there’s that whole lack of depth up front thing again…

Blob Mckenzie wrote:I am no fan of Desjardins but what he did for the Boeser family was pretty darn cool. Similar to the way he told Bo he made the team in his rookie season. That shit is team building right there.

nuckster wrote:Now that the season is over, I would really like to see Benning/Linden axe Willy D an bring in Crow or Ruff. I would love to see the Sedins out of the lineup too, but that's another story.

nuckster wrote:Now that the season is over, I would really like to see Benning/Linden axe Willy D an bring in Crow or Ruff. I would love to see the Sedins out of the lineup too, but that's another story.

Blob Mckenzie wrote:Desjardins is gone.

Good riddance to bad rubbish