Moving Kempe would be whackamole move.. leading scorer on a team that cant score goals. I see your logic.. but they could do a deal with Roy and send pick(s) for the retention to make the numbers work... thats about the only deal Id sign off on.
Good points.. In other words, it would have to be a 3 team trade most likely. Kempe is on a great contract that would hurt to lose him due to his overall value (skill/aav). Again its not really worth doing because they are already struggling to score... its a lateral move for their playoff chances in my estimation. They will have to do something lower risk and hopefully stop pretending there is just a cherry left to make the sundae.
There's a large body of research showing that the expected rate of scoring the tying goal by pulling the goalie early is higher than waiting until the last 1-2 minutes despite the (obvious) risk of allowing the other team more shots at an empty net. Similar research is why you see most players shooting at the empty net from their own end these days versus previous generations of players who would always try to avoid the icing call by making it to center ice. It used to be thought that incurring the icing led to a higher risk of giving up the lead, but the data showed that there's a higher chance of scoring on the empty net from distance on average versus the ensuing end-zone faceoff leading to the tying goal against.
I like Hiller so far, but he must take Kopitar and Doughty from PP1 and give Kaliev and Turcotte more minutes.Last 6 games Moore 1A, Danault 2A Kempe and Kopitar are generaly cold lately aside from a couple of bright moments. None of the lines are clicking. If they can get Kaliyev going that would be a coup.. give him some time in the top 6 and see what happens - i dont care about how he was in the past let him skate out from that Koala generated cloud over his head. Lets face it, no one knows what to do with this roster... Koala hadnt a clue, Hiller is experimenting - but Lizotte on a wing with Byfield and PLD.. thats pin the tail on a lineup. If you're going to line scramble try this - hasnt been tried before:
55-80-22
9-11-34
12-24-78
61-38-46
Kings are sucking on breakouts lately too.. passing tonite was terrible. I believe Spence is missed in that area. They need to get him in there with Clarke somehow.
Edit: In case JHiller reads this, there are actually 220 different line combos you could make from 12 players, so you better think it through and not try every permutation : )
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Lewis came out of the gate playing some of the best hockey I have ever seen him play, and I was so happy to eat a gigantic plate of crow on him.
Hiller explained it in his postgame quotes:
Saros has been one of the worst starting goaltenders in the league this year.
to balance out lewis, laferriere, lizotte, danault and all the rest of the same players on the kings roster that have, by history, absolutely NO CHANCE of scoring.
idiot has/had no idea what he's doing. wants to play a defensive game with a small non physical roster that can skate but not do much else. blake is way over his head.
This is the type of hard hitting analysis that keeps me coming back to HF over and over again
