Kings

[Ho_Brah]

..... have allowed 6 goals at even strength so far.

On ice for 3 even-strength goals against: Dustin Brown, Richards, Jack Johnson, Rob Scuderi.

On ice for 2: Brad Richardson, Trevor Lewis, Matt Greene, Alec Martinez, Kyle Clifford.

On ice for 1: Anze Kopitar, Justin Williams, Simon Gagne, Kevin Westgarth, Drew Doughty, Willie Mitchell, Trent Hunter, Ethan Moreau.

Not on ice for any even strength goals-against: Dustin Penner, Scott Parse, Jarret Stoll.

So far this season (!), the Kings lead the league in time spent 5-on-5 (51 minutes on average).
The team that spends the fewest minutes? Philly, 39 minutes.

So far this season, the Kings rank 22nd in team plus-minus 5-on-5.

Brown/Richards are drawing the toughest match-ups so far.

They don't appear to be as effective on this front as Michal Handzus/Wayne Simmonds. Obviously, it's too early to tell. Just something I'm noticing.

If Richards/Brown are going to be the "stopper" line, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me to have Richardson/Stoll/Hunter as a line whose value is primarily offensive. Wouldn't Richardson/Stoll/Lewis be better? Or Stoll/Andrei Loktionov/Lewis?

I keep coming back to this thought: is Dustin Brown defensively a good fit for a stopper unit?

The Gagne/Kopitar/Williams line is great so far. Brown and Richards, not good yet.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Brown moved to Stoll's line, and...see, this is the problem.

Richards and Lewis (I prefer this), Richards and Hunter (screw that), Richards and Richardson? If, having gone to great lengths to acquire a superstar center, the best we can do for his winger is Brad Richardson, there's something wrong.

On the other hand, I can see Brown and Stoll reuniting and doing just fine. But doesn't that mean that Mike Richards is kind of the third line center? I know, the line numbers don't really mean anything.

Maybe what we have here is the makings of a great third line in xx/Stoll/Brown -- as long as they aren't required to play tough minutes -- and a second line with a big hole at right wing.

I guess we'll all have to wait for Richards and Brown to develop some of that chemistry we keep hearing about.

 

[SLY]

You can enjoy waiting for the chemistry. I'm still waiting for another win.

 

[davnlaguna]

You my friend have too much free time. I thought you had a little one and an ocean and a job to distract you from over-thinking. The Kings have only played one game with all their starters and it stunk. They still got a point. I will wait at least 10 games before cancelling the Cup parade I have planned in my head. and no I haven't asked my mother in law if you can sleep at her house that week--Yet.

 

[PhillyPhaithful48]

With that team I do not know what you guys are worried about. Early struggles suck, but it happens. Better to have it happen now then down the stretch. Too much talent on that team to not excel

 

[Ho_Brah]

You my friend have too much free time. I thought you had a little one and an ocean and a job to distract you from over-thinking. The Kings have only played one game with all their starters and it stunk. They still got a point. I will wait at least 10 games before cancelling the Cup parade I have planned in my head. and no I haven't asked my mother in law if you can sleep at her house that week--Yet.

lol

I really do think too much. These were just mental notes compiled from observations over the preseason and the first 3 games. I'm going to be like this the rest of the year.

I already have a place to stay in Torrance, but I'll be sure to hit you up for some drinks while we watch the parade on S Figueroa.

 

[JustAsking]

Any local king fans here?... I may have to sell my opening day tickets for Tuesday if anyone is interested.

 

[JustAsking]

lol

I really do think too much. These were just mental notes compiled from observations over the preseason and the first 3 games. I'm going to be like this the rest of the year.

I already have a place to stay in Torrance, but I'll be sure to hit you up for some drinks while we watch the parade on S Figueroa.

Torrance huh? My neck of the woods... nice.

 

[davnlaguna]

Any local king fans here?... I may have to sell my opening day tickets for Tuesday if anyone is interested.

Just me I think. The swamp has a few. Most did not make the switch. I am too broke this week and my department is having federal inspections Tuesday and Wednesday so I will be working late and early both those days.

 

[esls79]

Our office got invited to Tuesday night's game (a banker's suite). Not sure I really want to go.

 

[SLY]

wtf! I wish my work gave me tix.

 

[puckhead]

all I got from that was that Jack Johnson sucks.

 

[devs30rko]

With that team I do not know what you guys are worried about. Early struggles suck, but it happens. Better to have it happen now then down the stretch. Too much talent on that team to not excel

Thats what we devils fans were saying until about mid November last year, then we went into all out apocalypse mode

 

[rares]

I live in the South Bay and I'm a Kings fan as long as they don't play the Sharks... :p

Not much time to go catch a game with a little baby at home these days but I usually catch at least one Sharks@Kings game at Staples every year.. usually with my friend who works at Zamboni.

 

[evolver115]

Any local king fans here?... I may have to sell my opening day tickets for Tuesday if anyone is interested.

The kings became my adopted Western conference team when I moved to California like 8 years ago.

Unfortunately for my west coast rooting interests... i'm moving at the end of the month to Pittsburgh, which is good and bad. The good is I'll be able to go see the Pens play in Pittsburgh, and I can listen to Mike Lange on the radio while I mute Steiggy on the TV . The bad news is no more kings/ducks games on the regular channels. Plus, I won't get to hear Vin Scully and his encyclopedia of baseball/life knowledge, anymore

 

[rares]

On second thought, I might switch to being a full time Kings fan... this Sharks team is fucking pathetic and it's too painful to watch all these losses to the fucking Ducks (and everyone else they'll play, looks like).