15 Comments

1. tornado12 says:

   April 23, 2010 at 12:51 pm

   im not sure about taking richie off arguably our best line!!! Willie does not play as big as richie and is slower. Stoll is not a fourth line player either…I would rather had willie on 4th line…oh well. In TM we trust (we dont really have a choice do we?) anyways, in my opinion, the winner of tonights game wins the series!!! GO KINGS GO!!!

   [Reply]
2. Derek Bargaehr says:

   April 23, 2010 at 12:56 pm

   Oh, come on! No Richie-Zeus-Modin? I loved that line…

   [Reply]
3. Sebastian says:

   April 23, 2010 at 1:03 pm

   I think we can be confident that Richardson plays well on any line the coach decides to put him on.

   [Reply]
4. sstephen17 says:

   April 23, 2010 at 1:07 pm

   @ Sebastian Totally agree. Williams needs to play with skilled guys but Richardson is so versatile that he can play on your top line and your checking line with no loss in the level of contribution.

   [Reply]
5. rick says:

   April 23, 2010 at 1:08 pm

   I really like Stoll, but believe he deserves less ice time until he picks his game up. He has been pretty miserable so far in the series.

   [Reply]
6. eyesk8r says:

   April 23, 2010 at 1:08 pm

   There is good reaso for this. it spreads the team speed around a bit. They’re most likely going to play the Sedins against the Kopitar line. we need a bit more scoring from lines 2-4 and I think this will be very important tonight

   [Reply]
7. Cry Baby says:

   April 23, 2010 at 1:26 pm

   I like the changes…and I agree with tornado that the winner tonight takes the series!

   [Reply]
8. Cynic says:

   April 23, 2010 at 1:46 pm

   This was my response on the parallel universe that can’t be seen here:

   Mo-Zeus-Willie is a S—–L—–O—–W Line! I’m really worried about the lack of speed there. That is a line that has to creep in to the O-Zone. Dump-n-chase, one guy in with the other 2 at the 1/2 boards waiting to cycle. DON’T send the puck to the blueline unless the path to a d-man is obvious and clear.

   If VAN intercepts any pass with that line and get an ‘Off to the races’ movement the other way, we’ll be in trouble. Hopefully there will be a good contain game in the O-zone with this line.

   Otherwise, doesn’t look too bad. We’re definitely rollin’ 4.

   Here’s how I would have rolled it though (Like it matters):

   Smyth-Kopi-Simmer
   Fro-Stoll-Brown
   Mo-Zeus-Richie
   Clune-Hal-Willie

   Speed on every line to execute the consistent forecheck:

   Simmer
   Stoll
   Richie
   Clune

   That’s just me though.

   [Reply]
9. Michael J says:

   April 23, 2010 at 1:49 pm

   We need a big night from Kopi tonight. I also am ready for Fro to put one in too! Richie and Dustin will create chances for him tonight.

   [Reply]
10. roadtripper says:

    April 23, 2010 at 1:51 pm

    Yea, that, what Cynic said…

    [Reply]
11. roadtripper says:

    April 23, 2010 at 1:52 pm

    nice to have the depth

    GO KINGS!!!

    [Reply]
12. Sparman says:

    April 23, 2010 at 2:14 pm

    I’m not sure about the “new” third line. There isn’t one guy there that is really good in the corners, like Richardson.

    Not to mention, as Cynic stated, speed will be an issue.

    [Reply]
13. flex says:

    April 23, 2010 at 4:29 pm

    i wish brown out…now i expect much more from the second line,because richi is there…i think the winner of todays game is the WINNER.
    Go Kings !!!

    [Reply]
14. 54FIGHTING says:

    April 23, 2010 at 4:47 pm

    Actually TM said that he couldn’t continue to sit Williams after OD and Smyth made huge defensive lapses the last game and that he should have only sat Williams for 1 game and not 3 – oh wait, that’s just me.

    [Reply]
15. Datacloud says:

    April 23, 2010 at 4:58 pm

    Stoll has brought a lot of energy and has been hitting everything in sight. His new on the fourth line makes sense to me.

    [Reply]