GDT: GM#69 LA Kings vs Anaheim Ducks @7:00pm 3/10/19

Cook24

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Anyone else worry about Kempe staying as a center in regards to his face off percentage? Dude is not good at faceoffs...

But honestly, there’s no room on LW either surprisingly...

Kovalchuk, Iafallo, Grundstrom, Luff, Clifford, Wagner can play LW. Potentially Leipsic if he’s resigned...
 

Anaheim4ever

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Alright Grundstrom but, i do not like this scoreline.

Deploy Phaneuf for a 27 minute night.
Yep thats what i would do. We have our own Phaneuf named Holzer who's been on ice for all 3 goals, he'll be in Munich Bier league after the season is over.

If this game goes to OT do we see Phaneuf taking faceoffs vs Holzer ? lol
 
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tny760

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2 more dangerous chances on that PP for grundstrom again

finding a way to the front of the net without much pressure on him, that's impressive
 

Sol

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Yep thats what i would do. We have our own Phaneuf named Holzer who's been on ice for all 3 goals, he'll be in Munich Bier league after the season is over.

If this game goes to OT do we see Phaneuf taking faceoffs vs Holzer ? lol

Lmao. With Quick stumbling outside his net.
 
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KingCanadain1976

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Anyone else worry about Kempe staying as a center in regards to his face off percentage? Dude is not good at faceoffs...

But honestly, there’s no room on LW either surprisingly...

Kovalchuk, Iafallo, Grundstrom, Luff, Clifford, Wagner can play LW. Potentially Leipsic if he’s resigned...
Lets not forget Brown and lewis have also played lw
 

Peter James Bond II

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What is very very very cool...it's like with adding Grundstrom to play with Kempe, the Kings have TWO NEW players. Kempe has really come on the last few weeks and now he has a winger that plays heavy and can finish. Kempe playing more physical too. Chemistry. Maybe this gives Tyler a new home and some life - 2 other skilled players and play heavy and Tyler can find room and get back to where he once was...Carter could no longer carry a line.
 
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crassbonanza

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Anyone else worry about Kempe staying as a center in regards to his face off percentage? Dude is not good at faceoffs...

But honestly, there’s no room on LW either surprisingly...

Kovalchuk, Iafallo, Grundstrom, Luff, Clifford, Wagner can play LW. Potentially Leipsic if he’s resigned...

Faceoffs are not really that important throughout a game. There obviously are critical draws(Special Teams/end of period, etc.) that can affect the game, but generally there is not much of a correlation between faceoff% and possession or goal differential. Guys like Barzal(41.3%) and MacKinnon(44%, 41.9% last season) are pretty horrible at the dot, but noone is concerned with them as number 1 centers.
 

Sol

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Ducks fans should worry about the return their "generational" defensive core got rather than our cap. We're doing bad with that many bad contracts and their right above us.
 
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