A lot was made, a few days ago, of the fact that Jarret Stoll had a series of awful games in the faceoff circle, and even Terry Murray publicly took him to task. In the “fair is fair” category, Stoll had a brilliant night against Detroit, and won 10 off 11 faceoffs. I asked him if anything had changed…
STOLL: “No, nothing is different really. I don’t even think it was an issue. It was just one of those things where I had a couple bad games in a row. If that’s the longest streak that I’m going to have, I’ll take that. It’s a lot of things. Last night I had some wingers help me out on some of the draws. On the other hand, when I had a couple rough nights in the circle, it was the other way around. There’s no science to it. It’s just a matter of getting the right feel and getting the right bounces. You have to work for them too. Sometimes there’s an extra effort involved in winning a draw. Last night, the stars were aligned in that aspect, but you just have to keep it going and try to be as consistent as possible.’’
What did he think about missing an open teammate by about 6 feet on a cross-ice pass in the offensive zone, or fumbling the puck at the blue line to blow a power play opportunity late?
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If Stoll’s entire role on this team is going to winning faceoffs, then he needs to come on the ice, win the faceoff and then get the real 2nd line center in. The Kings need Stoll to score goals.
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s2… It was more of a fumble…it was a fumble on a 5 on 3… Again, forwards on the pt. shoudln’t be
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In terms of scoring Stoll has been a disappointment.
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