Thoughts on the addition of Ethan Moreau
by Quisp on Aug 20, 2011 10:02 PM PDT
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MayorsManor.com - LA Kings Hockey Blog: Look for LA Kings to add 'sandpaper' in next few days
In the next few days, look for another former Oiler to sign a one-year deal with the Kings (for around $1-million). [Ethan Moreau, it turns out; but you knew that] There's strong indication that the Kings are willing to give the kids - i.e. Tyler Toffoli, Brandon Kozun, etc. - a shot in camp. Yet, that would be to add skill to the 2011-12 NHL roster. [...] The Kings probably want to add some more 'sandpaper' and more importantly, a little more of a veteran presence. Lombardi knows his window to win is now open and he's determined to put the Kings in the best possible position for success this season.
The addition of Moreau suggests the following (forward) line-up:
Dustin Penner - Anze Kopitar - Justin Williams
Simon Gagne - Mike Richards - Dustin Brown
Moreau - Jarret Stoll - Trevor Lewis
Kyle Clifford - Brad Richardson - Scott Parse
Of those names, only Kyle Clifford is waiver-exempt (and he's not going to be sent down). Which means that, if Toffoli or Kozun -- or Andrei Loktionov -- are going to crack the line-up it will be because of injury or else at the expense of Lewis, Richardson or Parse, any one of whom would be scooped up on waivers the second Lombardi tried to send them to Manchester. Which means Loktionov and Kozun will likely be starting the season in Manchester and Toffoli will be back with the 67s.
Also, if you consider that it's reasonably likely this year's defense will be identical to last year's (Drew Doughty, Willie Mitchell, Rob Scuderi, Jack Johnson, Matt Greene, Alec Martinez, Davis Drewiske), that would mean 2011-12 would be the first year under Lombardi the Kings didn't have any rookies in the line-up.
- 2006: Kopitar, Patrick O`Sullivan
- 2007: Johnson
- 2008: Doughty, Oscar Moller, Wayne Simmonds, Jonathan Quick (Brian Boyle, Matt Moulson)
- 2009: Parse, Drewiske, Teddy Purcell
- 2010: Loktionov, Muzzin, Clifford, Brayden Schenn, Jonathan Bernier, Lewis, Martinez, Westgarth.
- 2011: ??
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What's an Ethan Moreau?
I like Parse alongside Stoll and Lewis, actually… Play Kevin Westgarth (ugh) at RW4 and scratch Moreau… Or other way around, don’t care…
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Also, if you consider that it’s reasonably likely this year’s defense will be identical to last year’s (Drew Doughty, Willie Mitchell, Rob Scuderi, Jack Johnson, Matt Greene, Alec Martinez, Davis Drewiske), that would mean 2011-12 would be the first year under Lombardi the Kings didn’t have any rookies in the line-up.
Even stranger then to think of how many rookies will be fighting for spots on the opening night roster a year from now. With Penner, Stoll, Parse, Fraser, Westgarth, and Mitchell all signed only through next season and a lot of them unlikely to return, Toffoli, Loktionov, Vey, Weal, Hickey, Kitsyn, Voinov, Forbort, Deslaurier, Muzzin, and Kozun will all be fighting to take over some of their jobs, assuming none gets moved in the next 12 months, which is of course a big assumption. Still, I think this year’s veteran team is likely to give way a little bit to some more very good rookies over the next two-three seasons.
I do not object to the idea of adding “grit”/leadership to the bottom 6 at all, but I question if Moreau can deliver that effectively. As a minor depth signing, it’s fine.
My current opinion on this signing depends on how many minutes they plan to give him, I suppose. Didn’t make much of an impact last year due to injuries, but right now I would rather not have him on the third line.
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He showed some positive signs early in Columbus, but after losing so much time to injury he really wasn’t that effective once he came back into the lineup. If you guys can get a good season out of him, I’d be impressed / surprised.
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by Matt Wagner on Aug 21, 2011 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I don’t think he’s 3rd line material either. Great locker room guy, adds some toughness and grit to the lineup, but he’s got a lot of miles on him and he’s starting to slow down. I see him playing about 40 games, mostly on the fourth line, with him and Westgarth alternating in and out of the press box. Not a bad move to add some veteran leadership and grit at 600k.
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by DontDoughtDrew on Aug 21, 2011 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
If he’s the “the other team isn’t dressing their goon” guy, then fine.
But he’d pretty much better be a scratch-by-default guy, or waived by the time the playoffs come around in favour of a trade deadline pickup who can actually contribute something other than locker room presence.
Absolutely that would be great. He’s basically a cheap temp at worst, which is great
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by DontDoughtDrew on Aug 21, 2011 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup, I think this is purely a depth signing. Moreau is an insurance policy, with the added possible benefit of bolstering the veteran leadership cadre.
This is the point in the free agency season when you cruise around the neighborhood right before trash collection day and see if anyone has set out something you could use. Maybe you’ll come home with something that’s only marginally useful, but at least the price was right.
"I think you just outed yourself as Dean Lombardi. I knew it all along." — Rudy Kelly
Low risk way to avoid a Sturm repeat?
I take it the Kings would have the option to send Moreau down and waivers would apply .
Moreau could be used as a place holder for those opportunities that come about as result of injury…if a rookie steps up while filling in for an injured player send Moreau down upon the injured player’s return…hard to say.
When all is done I’ll look back upon the logic of this move with interest.
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I like the King’s recent experience with rookies in the line up. I also would prefer a starting line up with two rookies
Penner Kopitar Williams
Gagne Richards { }
Parse Stoll Brown
Clifford Lewis Toffoli
[ Moreau ]
Toffoli should easily be ready for minutes on the 4th, and the best rookie
sniper out of camp to make the 2nd line RW.
If i am right , few teams could defend all 4 lines both offensive and defensively.
Ideal:
Penner Kopi Willy
Gagne Richards Kozun/Toffoli
Cliffy Loki Brown
Moreau Stoll Lewis
Parse, Westgarth
Doughty Scuderi
Johnson Mitchell
Voinov Greene
Martinez
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
I like this lineup. Whichever rookie makes the team could take a few nights off here and there and Parse or Westgarth could fill in.
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by DontDoughtDrew on Aug 21, 2011 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
More likely Richardson is in there and Loki starts in Manchester but I would like to see this lineup eventually. I have Rich moving on instead of Parse because we need a back up if Penner either continues to suck or more likely excels and then wants too much money next season and Parse has more upside.
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
I don’t believe Toffoli is ready. He’s extremely skilled, but we’ve got no reason to rush him. I don’t think he does enough away from the puck to be entirely ready for NHL duty. If anyone, Loktionov is more likely to stick with the big club this year.
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by VoluminousTuna on Aug 21, 2011 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah he would have to have a stellar camp. But if we had a him or Kozun ready that line with Loki flanked by Cliffy and Brown excites me.
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
A lot of people have said he probably needs at least one more year to develop. But hey, there could be surprises.
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And that’s the thing about figuring out at this point which (if any) of the kids will stick with the team and make Moreau redundant/mostly irrelevant. If we knew, they wouldn’t be surprises. :-) And yet it’s quite possible that this season will have another Simmonds or Clifford.
That’s another reason why I’m not worked up one way or the other about Moreau. I think he really is an impulse signing, like something you spot on the curb on trash day and you think it might be useful. If you’re wrong (and you probably will be, but you never know), you can discard it without a thought because you got it for free anyway.
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Cheap insurance and yet another piece from that Oiler team that last went to the Cup right? lol
I don’t know anything about Moreau but is he a decent fighter? I’m sure he’s not going to replace Westgarth in the enforcer role but can he throw down if he has to? He’s got size and experience, looks like a good 4th line winger when we don’t need an enforcer in the line-up.
Well, after seeing Toffoli at development camp, I’m pretty sure he’s not going to make that surprise jump. The only one who looked 100% ready was Muzzin, but he’s kind of stuck in our (awesome) log jam on D.
Actually, Andy Andreoff looked potentially poised to make the same kind of splash Simmonds did. He’s physical and can score, though we’ll see if he’s strong enough if he makes Kings camp.
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by VoluminousTuna on Aug 22, 2011 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
i have high hopes for toffoli, but even i don't think he's going to be ready this fall
however, toffoli rarely “looks” flashy. he just has the knack.
Wait till this year.
Agreed. I think we’ll be very happy to take another look in a year, maybe two if he needs a year in Manchester.
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by VoluminousTuna on Aug 22, 2011 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
If Moreau is on the third line...
I’ll be pissed. Then I’ll remember that Terry Murray is our coach and it will make sense. Then I’ll be twice as pissed.
The point of Moreau is to add a vet tough presece to the 4th line. As it stands, the 4t line is practically a rookie line, so Moreau should be a good help there whereas he would likely be a drag playing with Stoll.
He'd better be 4th line...
… because as HOTH showed in their post, he’s really not that good as a third-line winger.
http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2011/08/21/kings-inexplicably-ink-ethan-moreau/#more-29660
Don't see why DL jumped the gun, even at $600k
EM type of signing would be good mid-season, if your rookies can’t cut it at the big club level, not now where he grabs a roster slot right out the gate and pretty much closes the door on all of our prospects for the year.
I thought Fraser was going to fill that ‘insurance’ role once a few prospects got their shot in the first month or so. Instead we will have a full time bench warmer spot for LW.
Not liking this one bit, unless EM is waiver exempt due to long injury period last season, but I don’t think he is.
by Cirtes on Aug 22, 2011 8:22 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
I was under the impression that Fraser was going to have the opportunity to earn a spot on the team, but that he really wasn’t expected to make it. Moreau? I don’t know…he can play some relatively decent hockey when he’s healthy but he’s rarely healthy. I don’t see this acquisition as being much of a burden on the team so I’m not going to let it bother me. Performance needs to be the standard by which he earns his minutes…not TM stubbornly insisting that he’s the answer to our woes.
That said, I’d rather see another offensive player fill the void, and it’s impossible for me to not root for one of the rookie prospects to kill it in camp and make the squad. I see the value in having talent on both ends of the ice, and I think that one extra talented scorer on the third line can destabilize the other team’s lines but I don’t think TM sees things the same way, though. He wants the bottom 6 to be physical stoppers more than anything else. Loki isn’t going to be checking anyone heavily anytime soon, Kozun, well, he’s tougher but he’s still going to have to be the next Martin St. Louis to make it this year, and Toffoli won’t even get a full look, imo, just because that’s the way TM & Lombardi roll.
As I see it if a rookie is brought in, who sits? Best to keep the lineup as is, sit Moreau and once an injury occurs bring in a rookie. If the rookie makes it, send Moreau on waivers and sit Westgarth.
Meanwhile your right, no square pegs in round holes.
Are Teemu Selanne and Melanie Griffith Twins?
No arguments with that. Very pragmatic.
I didn’t want to be the one to jinx things with the “i” word, but of course there will be various injury-induced opportunities over the course of the season.
In column A, we have
- Ex-Oiler
- Injury Prone
In column B, we have
- Potential 10-goal scorer
- Slow and likely to take stupid penalties
I think we could draw a Venn diagram and find that EM sits right at the intersection of Lombardi’s and Murray’s wetdream quals. He’s like a slower/older Zus, with J-Wil’s health record, and Greenesque discipline. I’m afraid he’ll end up with Top-6 minutes as soon as someone other than him gets injured.
by Passemoilapuck on Aug 22, 2011 9:07 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Don't know about top 6 minutes
Parse did more in 5 games last season than EM did in 37.
by Cirtes on Aug 22, 2011 9:56 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
I would be very happy with:
Parse-Stoll-Lewis
Clifford-Richardson-Moreau/Westgarth
But I think we’ll get:
Clifford-Stoll-Richardson
Parse-Lewis-Moreau/Westgarth
Get a grip people
EM is not going to jump into top 6 minutes or was he intended to be the silver bullet signing. The fact is our 3rd line is a total revamp and was lacking some size and IMHO still is. EM is stop gap who if healthy all season can float between 3rd, 4th line and press box w/o any hesitation.
If a top 6 guy goes down maybe he fills in a shift but Parse, Clifford, Lewis would all be ahead of him. In the long term w/ all the skill we have in Manchester they would call someone up before putting EM in a top 6 spot. Seriously folks!
The 3rd line still provides me some pause. Not enough grit or size even w/ EM. Do we really see Stoll shutting down Thornton, Sedin, Getzlaf on a regular basis night in night out?
Do we really see Stoll shutting down Thornton, Sedin, Getzlaf on a regular basis night in night out?
I see Kopitar shutting down Thornton and Richards shutting down Sedin & Getzlaf. Our 3rd line doesn’t need to be a defensive line.
Good point. I’d hazard to guess that Stoll would actually be at an advantage against the majority of third line centers.
I think Loki could feast on other third lines (with the right wings)
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
Yeah, the Sharks let Couture break in with a sheltered role — ditto the Canes and Skinner. It’s easy to get hung up on the top 6/bottom 6 split since the Kings had no other options before this, but Richards was a close Selke runner-up to Datsyuk, and Kopi’s defensive abilities have gotten remarkably better as well. Let those two do the heavy lifting, and it wouldn’t matter if you called Lokti’s line the second or the third.
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Call it the 4th, I don’t give a shit. Just let ’em fly
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
I look at is more by the number of minutes the line plays rather than the line number. If we have a line that plays 10 minutes a game that is significantly better than the other team’s line that plays 10 minutes a game, advantage us, match-ups aside.
Word. I hate when people get caught up on line “numbers”
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
Guess I'm old fashioned
with my whole relying on a system to categorize groups of players. They play third most minutes and will all probably score less than 20 goals. So explain to me the role you see them filling in? Playing the other teams 3rd line?
Because the other team can’s somehow try and take advantage of match ups or line changes?
They play third most minutes and will all probably score less than 20 goals. So explain to me the role you see them filling in? Playing the other teams 3rd line?
Yeah, pretty much. Last year, the Kings split their minutes like this:
Kopitar- Most minutes, 2nd toughest Quality of Competition
Stoll-2nd most minutes, 3rd toughest Quality of Competition
Handzus- 3rd most minutes, toughest Quality of Competition
Lewis- 4th for both
This season, it’ll probably look like:
Kopitar- Most minutes, 2nd toughest Quality of Competition
Richards- 2nd most minutes, toughest Quality of Competition
Stoll-3rd most minutes, 3rd toughest Quality of Competition
Lewis- 4th for both
Stoll is playing the same “role,” basically, just with less minutes and worse competition. He’ll do fine with that because he’s pretty good at adapting to his linemates and he’s always been a solid defensive player in that fairly easy role. Since they are playing easy minutes, the Kings can afford to put an offensive player like Parse in that role instead of a grinder like Moreau.
Because the other team can’s somehow try and take advantage of match ups or line changes?
I think teams will be so busy worrying about how to shut down our top 2 lines that they won’t be able to really take advantage of our 3rd. The Ducks can’t put out the Selanne line against our 3rd line if it means that their 3rd line will be taking a shift against Kopitar.
Now here is the flaw with lines
Assuming that 2nd line is the 2nd best level of competition or same for 3rd. Each line serves unique purposes. It’s not just a straight ranking of skill.
Stoll is not playing the same role if he’s replacing the Zues line. My specific concern is where is that high energy big body hard checking shutdown line. The line you send out after you just scored and other team sends out their top line? The line you send out when teams are picking up momentum?
Sorry to me that just isn’t Stoll or Lewis. Clifford shows potential and Richardson is ok but not really the big body like Zues.
Do your homework
Those two guys were playing 15-20 minutes and not in sheltered roles. Both got significant PP time and Couture even got plenty of SH time.
I hope Loki is that type but we’ve yet to seen it if so.
I don't know where your homework is, but this is what I looked at
Here are the quality of competition stats. Couture was sheltered by not having to face top competition at even strength (as some checking lines and some 1st lines do, depending on the team). On SJ, the top line faced the toughest comp by far. I’ll add Marleau in here, even though he was usually the top line LW who took some faceoffs.
San Jose Sharks Centers: ES TOI/G, Qualcomp, Corsi Rel QoC. All rankings among regular forwards (50+ games played)
Marleau 15:27, .115 (1st), .998 (1st)
Thornton 15:17, 0.098 (2nd), .664 (3rd)
Pavelski 14:20, 0.017 (5th), .0.581 (4th)
Couture , 14:32, 0.009 (6th), 0.219 (6th)
Marleau and Thornton took on the toughest competition and produced. And Marleau just rocks.
Couture gets to reap the benefit when the top lines/defenders (e.g. Kopitar, Doughty and Mitchell) are sent out against Marleau and Thornton instead.
On the Canes team, you have a similar picture: Staal (1st line center) and Brandon Sutter (shutdown center) had tougher assignments than Skinner.
I don’t see what PP time has to do with it, except to point out out that players who get more shifts with the man advantage have an easier time scoring.
Even strength TOI combined with strength of competition is what I look at. What are your criteria?
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I am looking only at TOI
And I was responding to your statement that Couture or Skinner were eased in. But all your stats seem to confirm that I wouldn’t call that easing in but maybe it’s a difference of terminology. I look at Clifford and say he was eased in or maybe even Lewis to some degree at first.
Ok. Well, all I meant by that is that neither Couture nor Skinner had to take on the tough top line minutes or the tough shutdown minutes. They were 3rd on the center depth chart by quality of competition, and that’s where Lokti should end up.
It’s not to minimize what they did in their amazing rookie seasons at all, just to draw a comparison of what might work for Lokti when he comes up too.
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Really?
So then why did Murray usually put Zues out at critical times last season who BTW if you forgot is now in San Jose.
RIchards = Zeus last year=not Stoll
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
Zeus last year, if he were years younger, much speedier, and still had the potential to score 65-80 points.
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Right. This JB_LA fellow said Stoll was getting the hard minutes last year. I said Zeus got the hard minutes last year (after Kopi) and now Richards will.
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
Ok that might be true
That Richards and Gagne can serve the place of Zues line and be a hybrid 2nd -3rd line. I was saying that Zues got the hard minutes which is why I don’t like Stoll in that “3rd line” role of a stopper/shut down.
But on defensive draws I could see putting Richards and Stoll out and then a quick change to get Stoll off. In that case Stoll won’t be facing up the top lines as much.
Works for me.
Off topic, but damn: Crosby’s symptoms may be back. Shit.
I wish Willie Mitchell could go visit him. It must be…really scary and depressing.
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Looking more and more like it could be a career ender.
Are Teemu Selanne and Melanie Griffith Twins?
The real tragedy is that it was preventable.
Crosby got rocked twice in a short time period. This is exactly the recipe for disaster.
If he was benched after the first hit for a half dozen games, just like Doughty was, odds would have gone way down on the second hit being so debilitating.
If he misses this season, the hockey world will be poorer for the absence of such a young talent.
This could be a subtle game changer.
by Cirtes on Aug 22, 2011 6:21 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I remember wondering if they were 100% sure when Crosby was in the lineup right after the Winter Classic. I wish they’d been more cautious.
Players are trained to “play through the pain” — a lot of them wouldn’t have careers without it — and we all praise toughness when we see it. Yet, it doesn’t fit with what we know about the brain these days.
What about the “quiet room” that was supposed to exist in the playoffs? That simply didn’t happen. Players don’t want to take themselves out of the game, and I don’t think we can trust teams to enforce it.
It’s a very bad situation.
In Dinglebarn We Trust -- JftC
Signing this guy doesn’t mean a young guy won’t get a shot, it gives them the flexibility to play a rookie. You don’t want a rookie spending the season in the press box, a vet making 600k is a much more likely candidate. That being said he brings a lot to the table. I played hockey with his brother Chad a little and I can say both guys are class acts. Incidently Dr. Chad Moreau trains Stoll in the off season so Ethan knows him well.
Does Dr. Moreau train on an Island? Ok, sorry, I wanted to say that for days.
That’s good to know, though. I hope it works out.
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Speaking of Stoll...
If you have never seen him in-person …
… This is one large man! Not long, but big in every direction, just “Atlas” thick. Not an ounce of fat on him.
Could have walked off of the set of 300 filming.
Bears mentioning that Stoll was #3 in hits last season,behind Brown and Green.
by Cirtes on Aug 23, 2011 6:26 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Future
I apologize if this has come up. I haven’t had time to do a lot of reading of posts or looking into the contracts.
With a potential lockout or strike on the horizon (don’t actually expect one, but with Fehr onboard one never knows) what are the possible implications of one re the youngsters? Clarifying a bit, how would a work stoppage affect how DL may look at this season? Is it best to keep a youngster down in the event of a stoppage or does it matter at all? Is anything to be gained by keeping the youth down, aside from the obvious and normal benefits of delaying the significant features of the current CBA?
Quisp
I haven’t read all the comments, but I like your line up. I personally would switch Brown and Williams though. TM will be playing musical chairs with the lines anyway, so everybody will get their wish one way or another.
So I dreamed last night that the Kings first goal of the season was scored by … Matt Greene … on a power play. Dude, I’ve got to stop eating chicken curry before bed!
From Hammond's Interview With Moreau:
"Well, that’s one thing that has to change. I think everybody in the organization has to get rid of that feeling. You can’t feel inferior, or you’re not going to accomplish winning. You have to know that you’re on the same level as some of the elite teams. We have to prove that. But from the outside looking in, before I was part of the organization, everybody knows that L.A. has a very, very good roster and that they’re going to be challenging for the top spot in the Pacific and in the West. I think that’s a pretty common opinion around the league. That’s just not coming from a guy that just signed here. At this stage of my career, I’ve been to Game 7 of the Finals and lost, and I’ve been on some teams that haven’t done well and haven’t made the playoffs. That was one thing I wanted to stay away from. I didn’t want to go to a young team and have to be the older guy on a young, not very good team. I wanted to be a piece of the puzzle on a good team that had a chance to win. I think everybody would agree that L.A. is that spot."
I suspect that that’s the key to why Moreau was signed. It occurs to me that the last remaining barrier between the Kings and being a Conference Finals team (i.e., a very serious Cup contender) is purely psychological. It’s not talent level or learning to play as a team; it’s self-confidence. Moreau comes in to stiffen the team’s spine, to help remind them when the going gets tough that they really are as good as all that. That’s probably the same as saying he was brought in for “leadership,” but it’s more precise. And I think he can still do that while playing the Peter Harrold role.
"I think you just outed yourself as Dean Lombardi. I knew it all along." — Rudy Kelly
"Peter Harrold role"
That would be interesting. I think having a veteran who’s just happy to be there can be infectious if the team is winning. He’s a good hitter, and adds some size. He’s not playing a major role, or is he asked to do so (by major I mean putting points up). After reading that interview, I like the signing more, and more for the 3rd line, or even a depth player.
I’m fine with him playing the Peter Harrold role but would rather he doesn’t play defense.
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
Hasn’t been in the plus for the past five seasons.
Two years ago -18
Last year: 1G, 5A, -9
Are Teemu Selanne and Melanie Griffith Twins?
I mean, in the sense of sitting in the press box for long periods of time without losing the crease in his pants
I’m not proposing that Moreau will replace Harrold in any other sense, including writing this blog.
"I think you just outed yourself as Dean Lombardi. I knew it all along." — Rudy Kelly
I liked the video interview. I know it’s hard to tell simply from listening/seeing the way a guy speaks but Moreau came off as well-spoken, determined, and confident in his abilities to contribute to the team. Nice to know he has skated with some of the Kings during previous off-seasons.
At one year and only $600k, I’d say its a good risk for the team. Good size and plays on the PK.
A valid view point but is Moreau needed for this role? There are five other King players who appeared in the finals. Two hoisted the cup.
Don’t know what DL sees in Moreau but we’ll find out. Could be something simple like another practiced eye.
Are Teemu Selanne and Melanie Griffith Twins?
I think the Kings were hoping that Drury’s knee checked out and, when it didn’t, went for Moreau instead. They wanted a veteran, they just didn’t know which one.
That’s a fair point. Personally, I’m not sure that Moreau was necessary (seems like the Kings got a pretty fair infusion of “leadership” with Richards). But inasmuch as the deal was done, I suspect that was the reason.
I also wonder if Hextall was the driving force behind signing Moreau. He seems to have been handling the presser for the announcement. Where was Dean? On vacation? Huddling with Team Doughty? :-)
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