Game One: Kings' Grades
by Quisp on Apr 15, 2010 10:30 PM PDT
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Grades based entirely on gut, no rational basis whatsoever.
- Jonathan Quick A
- Drew Doughty A
- Michal Handzus A
- Brad Richardson A
- Fredrik Modin A
- Jarret Stoll A
- Rob Scuderi A
- Matt Greene A
- Anze Kopitar A-
- Alexander Frolov A-
- Jack Johnson A-
- Sean O'Donnell A-
- Ryan Smyth B+
- Raitis Ivanans B+
- Randy Jones B+
- Dustin Brown B
- Wayne Simmonds B
- Jeff Halpern B
- Justin Williams D
UPDATE: Forgot to mention. Good game I thought. Next time we take more shots, they take less. And I think I would swap Parse in for Raitis, even though I thought 41 did a great job tonight. Also, I think it's great that Terry Murray is saying "this is exciting" and "have fun" all the time. I think that's good advice.
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You guys should give Andrew Alberts at least a B+. He was pretty essential in getting you to overtime.
by Beantown Canuck on Apr 15, 2010 10:46 PM PDT reply actions
He deserved to be kicked out. That was pretty dirty.
by Beantown Canuck on Apr 15, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Vancouver radio guys are saying it doesn't warrant a suspension.
I’m thinking a game might do it.
by 88fingerslukee on Apr 15, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Not too sure about that. Most of us Canuck fans are as happy as you are that he’s going to be suspended.
Alberts has been pretty brutal. I’d rather see Rome playing in his spot.
by Vancouverguy on Apr 16, 2010 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions
leaves feet qualifies as charging and also it's hitting from behind
it wasn’t tripping or high-sticking though (also not spearing, butt-ending or too-many men)
Wait till this year.
Jones/Williams
I give Jones one more game, then it’s Drewiske. Williams must have accidentally used teflon tape on his stick blade, or else a prankster sprayed it with WD-40. As well, he is getting eaten alive by Vigneault matching the Sedin line against Kopi’s line, and he is absolutely killing momentum for Kopi’s line with flubs and turnovers. One more game before I would tinker, putting Simmonds with Kopi and Smyth, Modin with Richardson and Zus, and dropping Williams to Halpern and Ivanans. Ivanans in, Parse out.
Reasons: (1) Parse is a lateral pass turnover risk in neutral zone, too small with no grit, and not worthy of top 6 play. (2) Williams cannot handle either Sedin, especially whichever one of those miscreants is a winger, so Simmonds’ size is needed( 3) Modin has better size than Williams, Williams cannot play 3rd line as a checker.
Smyth-Kopi-Simmonds
Fro-Sto-Bro
Richardson-Zus-Modin
Ivanans-Halpern-Williams
P.S.- Did you see Halpern bail out of contact by not getting the red line, ending up with an aimless pass/turnover into center ice? He did it twice, one time resulting in an extended pressure shift against us.
I say drop Ivanans and Halpern and bring in Clune and parse or Moller…
Ivanans had a decent game, but was still way to slow for this series…
Halpern was a waste of a trade…the other line combos make sense because i saw way too much of Williams playing poorly and not enough of Meat Train…
"It's not illegal. It's frowned upon, like masturbating on an airplane."-Alan Garner
I could see Clune, maybe, although Ivanans did decent handling the puck, but I see your point about Clune’s speed. Moller nah, size problem against Vancouver, and Parse scares me with all his “playmaking” attempts in center ice, plus I still think his size and grit are not suited against the ’Nucks.
i think you're wrong about Parse's grit
he’s plenty gritty. and he scores, too. kings have to get more shots.
Wait till this year.
I mean the grit one needs for corner work, and I have never seen his corner work produce anything. Maybe I missed it, but I don’t think so. I know you are a big Parse fan, but the dude made some serious turnovers in his last game before he got benched. I like his shot, I like his speed, but I question his mindset and toughness.
If you put Parse on a line with Clune and Modin you have no need for him to be in the corners…he would be a threat to score and force the canucks to play with Clune and Modin down low 1 on 1 instead of three guys easily taking the puck away from Halpern and Ivanans…and your right Ivanans did actually not play horrible last night…
"It's not illegal. It's frowned upon, like masturbating on an airplane."-Alan Garner
it's ridiculous to give grades at all
but so what?
anyway, i wouldn’t call a “b” above average. Anything under A- is a problem for anyone critical. B+ is great for Ivanans, though. I thought about A-.
And I’m not saying anything negative about Frolov. I thought he did great. But Handzus is counted on to do a lot more on the defensive side of the puck than pretty much everyone on the team. He should probably have gotten an A+.
Also, Handzus is not relied on for scoring. In my opinion, if you’re Smyth, Kopitar, Williams, Brown, Stoll or Frolov, and we get outshot by that margin, you can’t get an A unless you’re the one putting the puck in the net.
Wait till this year.
So are we not awarding any “A’s” for effort here??
Your right though…if we get doubled up on shots and our top 6 guys were mostly ineffective…then they get lower game grades…
maybe it was a little game 1 jitters…
"It's not illegal. It's frowned upon, like masturbating on an airplane."-Alan Garner
i think it was the match-ups
which is the subject of tonight’s game 2 eve post.
Wait till this year.
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