Injury Report: Muzzin out week to week

[Little Psycho]

Well this is bad. Could have been worse.

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[tny760]

wonderful.

folin and ladue better get their asses ready..

 

[Little Psycho]

Right in the middle of trying to make the playoffs. A one last "f*** you" from the Flames.

 

[BigKing]

Pretty much looking at a "Hope he's ready for Game 1" in the event they make the playoffs.

Of course, making the playoffs just got significantly more difficult.

LaDue is going to get run into the 5th row in Anaheim on Friday. The fact that this game is the second in as many nights is going to make it even tougher without Muzzin.

 

[Fishhead]

Others will have to step up, nothing more. Easier to do on D with how the Kings play at least.

 

[tny760]

Pretty much looking at a "Hope he's ready for Game 1" in the event they make the playoffs.

Of course, making the playoffs just got significantly more difficult.

LaDue is going to get run into the 5th row in Anaheim on Friday. The fact that this game is the second in as many nights is going to make it even tougher without Muzzin.

yeah i mean, i'd honestly thinking about bringing macdermid up as the 7D and dressing him for anaheim solely to try and deter that

tough spot

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

If Muzzin wasn't such a dope, he would've absorbed the check just fine. Don't know what the hell he was thinking there when he tried to duck the check...

 

[TwzKing]

So concussion?

 

[AlphaBravo]

We don't have secondary defensemen of the same caliber as Muzzin to fill his spot. The best thing we can Martinez, Doughty, and Phaneuf pick up more minutes to offset the damage, and have the secondary defensemen step up to the challenge by playing a couple of more minutes per gain (e.g., Folin, Forbort etc.). Also, it's now or never for LaDue to prove he is a top 4 defenseman. Got to step up now that he will be given a shot.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

This is pretty f***ing terrible really.

Incoming Gravel maybe? I mean I'd prefer LaDue but LHD going down...Folin and Gravel have played together before, Gravel can play both sides, can take some shifts next to Doughty, etc...I love LaDue but he can't fill those roles.

 

[TruKingFan]

folin and ladue better get their asses ready..

I think Folin has played pretty well for a 3rd pairing. It's LaDue who needs to step up - let's give it a shot. Plus, we got perfect LD-RD combos:
Forbort-Doughty
Phaneuf-LaDue
Martinez- Folin

Kings' chances for the playoffs are all-in this week - wins against the Coyotes and the Sucks - and the odds got dramatically better. Lose one or both and Axl can proclaim his now famous prognostication correct - "Kings are done!"

 

[BigKing]

Just think back to 2016 when this team couldn't handle the loss of Martinez.

Muzzin is better.

Some serious minutes to be replaced here. Got to think that 8-24-3-27 are going to all be 20+ a night from here on out. LaDue/Gravel/Whoever...they are going to need to be sheltered.

 

[Bandit]

So concussion?

Shoulder.

 

[Fishhead]

We’ve seen the Kings win a Series with Regehr and Mitchell out with Shcultz and a gimped Greene in there. With the forward support it’s easier for them to overcome these types of things. It’s not a good thing because Muzzin was playing pretty damn well, but short term this shouldn’t be a problem. If they make it in though, things will get tougher the longer Jake is out.

Gravel would probably be my pick because he plays a safer, more physical game than LaDue. I wouldn’t be upset with LaDue though, he’s been playing well and either one will be given appropriate situations anyways. I don’t think any other defenseman than those two would be considered at this point.

That Phaneuf pickup is proving to be an even better move right now.

 

[KINGS17]

Muzzin definitely has a left shoulder issue now. Going low didn't help his cause, the boards have a lot less give than the glass.

LaDue is going to get abused by the opposition's forecheck if he has to play heavy minutes.

 

[BigKing]

We’ve seen the Kings win a Series with Regehr and Mitchell out with Shcultz and a gimped Greene in there. With the forward support it’s easier for them to overcome these types of things. It’s not a good thing because Muzzin was playing pretty damn well, but short term this shouldn’t be a problem. If they make it in though, things will get tougher the longer Jake is out.

Gravel would probably be my pick because he plays a safer, more physical game than LaDue. I wouldn’t be upset with LaDue though, he’s been playing well and either one will be given appropriate situations anyways. I don’t think any other defenseman than those two would be considered at this point.

That Phaneuf pickup is proving to be an even better move right now.

I get what you're saying, but I put very little stock in comparing the current Kings to anything they did in 2014.

Just for fun, 2014 still had 8/6/26/27 with injuries to Regher and Mitchell.

Now it is 8/27/3/24. Give me Muzzin and Voynov over Phaneuf and Forbort every day. I'll also take gimped-up Greene of 2014 over whoever is going into the lineup now.

 

[kings11]

Fudge!! so does CJS separate Amart-Dion?? to have some experience on each pairing
Forbort-Doughty
Phaneuf-Ladue
Martinez-Folin

that doesn't look too hot....

 

[Sol]

If Muzzin wasn't such a dope, he would've absorbed the check just fine. Don't know what the hell he was thinking there when he tried to duck the check...

I watched the hit a few times and was wondering what was the reason he was ducking a normal check... No reason. What a dumb play

 

[bob77]

If you believe the Dion Alec pair functions rather well, then a Gravel Folin pair is not out of the question.

 

[SFKingshomer]

The only positive I can think of is maybe put Martinez on the left side and have the ideal LD/RD pairings. Muzzin shouldn't have tried to duck.

 

[KingsFan7824]

Most everything Muzzin does in the d-zone is awkward, so that he oddly tried to do whatever he was doing makes sense.

 

[lumbergh]

I, for one, am looking forward to Ladue stepping up.

 

[kingsfan28]

If Muzzin wasn't such a dope, he would've absorbed the check just fine. Don't know what the hell he was thinking there when he tried to duck the check...

I thought he was trying to avoid the headshot by ducking. Natural reaction.

 

[driller1]

It looked to me like Muzzin was already off balance when he decided to duck. Too easy to second guess from the peanuts gallery. Sucks, but it's hockey.

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

I thought he was trying to avoid the headshot by ducking. Natural reaction.

A player trying to avoid getting checked, imagine that... I've seen Doughty do the exact same thing hundreds of times. It's Muzzin so of course it plays into everyone's idea that he's an idiot.