Rob Scuderi will miss Monday’s game due to his lower-body injury, Terry Murray said. Murray said x-rays were negative and that the Kings would take the injury “two days at a time.”
Murray said he intends to pair Drew Doughty with Randy Jones, Jack Johnson with Sean O’Donnell and Matt Greene with Davis Drewiske.
More from practice a bit later…
Glad drewiske is back.
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I`am also glad Davis is back in the line up for mondays game.IMO he is very underrated.
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Ya Drewiske’s a solid guy, but the Doughty-Jones pairing is an interesting one
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wasn’t to sure about 44DD but he has definitely shown he deserves the time here….Haven’t had this problem of too many decent D-men in a long time.LOVE THE KINGS
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I guess TM wants a super charged offensive D pairing with Doughty and Jonesy! Interesting. Maybe Rich you can get a little info on this? I thought TM liked paring one stay-at-home with one jump-up guy? I could be remembering that wrong, but I figured TM would pair Davis with Doughty and Jonesy with Greene… again, interesting.
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Looks like Jones has real value now? The pick up is perfect for this kind of situation.
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The 44DD got me thinking I was on a different site for a second!
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Gotta give credit to Lombardi for anticipating possible season shortcomings and grab Jones while he was available instead of jerking guys back and fro Manchester and let them develop steadily.
I like the Jones acquisition, nothing blockbuster, just a good dependable guy that gives our D added depth without costing too much. And having the versatility of Harrold adds too.
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Chris Bond….Right on!
Again, DL pulls a rabbit out of his hat….Having a good, strong, experienced 7th defenseman in the wings helps keep the defense rested and keeps them going when the injuries start to happen. Randy Jones was an excellent pick up…..
Go Kings!
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haha good one dMan
I would rather have 44DD paired up with DD as opposed to RJ. Two offensive defensemen shouldn’t be paired up with each other. but i guess TM would know better than me, considering the fact that I’ve only seen RJ play twice…
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sorry d man didn’t mean to get you side tracked, saw someone post that a few days ago and liked it…
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it did the same thing to me.
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We picked up Jones just in time. Having alec martinez play early in the season exposed us to some depth issues at D.
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I really didn’t understand the Drewiskie benching at all. Hindsight being 20/20, maybe it was better because JJ is used to logging more minutes, so it worked out?
Glad he’s back in. Don’t want to see him out again.
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Send JJ down while you’re at it, and bring up one of the Manchester boys, i.e., Bagnall or Piskula
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I don’t think there was any solid reasoning for 44DD’s healthy scratch. Someone had to sit and TM didn’t want OD missing 3 games in a row so, he sat 44DD since he has the least amount of experience. At least, that’s how I see it.
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