Slava Voynov made it to L.A. and is on the ice for this morning’s practice. With seven defenseman, the Kings are rotating in drills a bit, but for the most part this seems to be how they’re skating…
Gagne-Kopitar-Williams
Penner-Richards-Brown
Richardson-Stoll-Moreau
Clifford-Lewis-Hunter
Parse-Fraser-Westgarth
Scuderi-Johnson
Mitchell-Voynov
Martinez-Greene
Drewiske
Quick/Bernier
Looks like Martinez is going back in tomorrow night.
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i have been a kings fan for 25 years and this is the best team they have had,they looked great with palffy allison and deadmarsh but then they all got injured and didnt come back and were a 1 line team in the gretzky days
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glad to see Penns practicing!
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TheRussianKing Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 11:42 am
@Stuart, You jinxed him.
Jk
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Stuart Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 11:44 am
@TheRussianKing, LOL I felt that way.
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Dominick Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 12:20 pm
Darn it Stuart! lol
dont worry, he’ll be back. GKG!!!!
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Gagne should be with Richards
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I think they need to give Richards someone with speed to play with…. Maybe Penner to 3rd line and Richardson to 2nd
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Glad to see Voynov. I think people will love this guy. Very smart player. Should be playing defense instead of JJ Who should move to a wing on the 3d line. Also would like to see Kopi with Penner and Willams and Richards with Gagne and Williams.
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fsd1 Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 11:53 am
@Alex, Im not rich, but i would bet everything I have that JJ will never play forward for the Kings, no matter how often you suggest it. He is a defender, always will be.
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Alex Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
@fsd1, A very poor defender. And you probably wright. Too bad we have to put up with his mistakes for 7 years.
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Belexes Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
@Alex,
Yes, those walkoff goals are hard to digest.
Dominick Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 12:23 pm
@Alex, Does that mean 7 years of complaining?
fsd1 Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
@Alex, I have nothing to do with aircraft……
Stang Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 12:45 pm
@Alex, Doughty makes mistakes too, JJ has been around the net scoring.
Anjin Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 1:28 pm
@Alex, wow, you should have watched the game against Philly. JJ was a beast logging over 30 min of ice time plus the game winner in OT.
Alex Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 4:05 pm
@Alex, I am not a fan of JJ, never was and probably never will be. And if i want to complain for the next 10 years than i will. His primary goal to be a beast arownd his own net and sorry to say he is suck at it. He scores couple of goals an we have to bow our heads. How come nobody counts how many goals we allow because of his mistakes. Everybody makes mistakes, but when come to the defense…sorry he is just way below everybody. He does have great sets of hands when come to offense, let him stay there. We have plenty of guys who can take his place on defense.
TYLER Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 7:56 pm
@Alex, they second you start bagging on JJ and saying he should move to wing discredits your opinion. sorry.
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Should be interesting. Good move to put JJ-Scudes to first d pair and keep the other teams top forwards away from the rookie. Besides JJ and scudes were lights out last game.
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Dominick Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 12:29 pm
@KC23, JJ, and Scuds will draw more defensive match ups. TM will not try to put his best offensive players against their top offensive players to try and generate offense, and he has last change.
That 2nd pairing usually takes those players, along with Richards line. I’m sure Voynov will do just fine though. Manchester plays the exact same system, and all he has to adjust to is the speed (which he has plenty of).
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Sorry…. Kopi with Penner and Brown
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Dominick Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 12:31 pm
@Alex, That’s the line I wish for.
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Why would anyone want to change the line with Look, Willy, and Gags. That’s been the best line so far.
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ty32LA Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
@ty32LA, fixed. Kopi, Willy, and Gags
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Kings D has been awsome just gotta get focused on another goal per game average.
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Have Hunter swap for Penner if he can’t play. Keep Westgarth in the lineup.
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Westgarth never needs to be in the lineup. We looked good without him in the first game. Let’s roll 4 solid lines. We don’t need a guy who is going to sit in the penalty box for longer than he skates on the ice. I don’t get it.
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play hard penner
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