 RDOilerfan
Messages: 3798
Registered: January 2016
3 Cups
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I wouldn't have liked to be in the stands for that game as it would have been boring as hell for most of it. Extremely tight checking. The Kings had 4 guys standing at the blueline waiting.
Except for his puck handling mishaps, Smith played really well which was needed because Petersen was good. I WISH Smith would dial back the puck handling a bit. Gets 2 icings in a period. Literally cuts his own dman off to get the puck then proceeds to overpass the puck that leads to the scoring chance that he misses for the opening goal. That's a goal that no other teams have happen because no one has a goalie that would do that. Then he follows it up by fumbling the puck that leads to Lagesson taking a penalty late in the first.
I am loving how Manson is handling the defense. With all those young guys, I had some concerns but he is splitting the ice time up and it's definitely helping.
They need to find a way to keep Niemelainen in when everyone is healthy. He brings a dimension that other guys don't bring other than Nurse and they sorely need.
The PK looks like its found it's form again.
PP. I don't know what's up with it but it's out of sync. The good thing is early in the season, they were winning games because of it. Lately they are winning games without it. It's got too many good players for their funk to continue so when it comes back, even if it's a little bit, it will only make them better.
They need to find a solution for the 4th line. Pretty obvious Shore is not the answer. I would guess he played him because you don't want guys sitting too long but with the very little amount of time he was played, sure sends a message to the GM the coach doesn't see him as usable. Benson, I won't say anything more about him. He's just a warm body taking up space until someone better comes around.
Big win!! Nice seeing them in the top 3, a place they should have been in the whole time roster flaws and all.
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