Bench Richards.

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Originally Posted by NastiMarvasti

I'm not getting the timing of this thread. I thought Richards was good last night. At least, a lot better. And Gagne has been good since he came back into the lineup. Kopitar was the one who was atrocious last night.

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Add Fraser to the list of horrible centers last night. If anyone should be benched in favor of Richardson, it's #24.

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Originally Posted by NastiMarvasti

I'm not getting the timing of this thread. I thought Richards was good last night. At least, a lot better. And Gagne has been good since he came back into the lineup. Kopitar was the one who was atrocious last night.

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I really think Kopitar is laboring with that bum knee; I saw his first foray out onto the ice at the practice barn. He looked pretty uncomfortable to me and I can't believe he came back as soon as he did. He was slow last night, but I'm not sure laziness was the issue.

Quit crying sissies...
The shortened season is still young. Wait until Mitchell comes back and then start crying in your beer.

YES... A defensive D-Man is that important to the team.

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Originally Posted by aaron

OP.




MJarvie,
Strong start.
Lets see more from you.

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you are kidding right.

Like Daxx said. The only thing I am thinking here is we aren't giving the dux much credit for an absolutely dominating performance last night. I thought they were great. Their size/speed combo upfront against a Kigs defense missing key members was what did the job.

The Kings need to survive for a while and stay in the hunt until they get their legs.

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Originally Posted by roenick

Like Daxx said. The only thing I am thinking here is we aren't giving the dux much credit for an absolutely dominating performance last night. I thought they were great. Their size/speed combo upfront against a Kigs defense missing key members was what did the job.

The Kings need to survive for a while and stay in the hunt until they get their legs.

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Did you just say the Ducks dominated? That's laughable. They were opportunistic, if anything. The Kings defense and goaltending let them down, but they held the territorial advantage and the scoring chance advantage. In no way, shape, or form did the Ducks "dominate" anything out there.

Looked to me like the dux dominated down low a against the escort service that was the Kings def and horrible goaltending ...

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Originally Posted by roenick

Looked to me like the dux dominated down low a against the escort service that was the Kings def and horrible goaltending ...

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Not having the puck and not getting as many scoring chances is not dominating. Like I said, they were opportunistic. They took advantage of the Kings' ****tiness in the defensive zone, but it was far from "dominating."

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Originally Posted by RBK

They are improved but Kings should beat them. They beat Detroit yesterday because they are in the same divison. You know those division games can go either way.

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uhh what?? Can't all games go either way?

You bench players to send a message.

I'm sure Richards already knows he's playing like ****. There are other players who need the message sent to them to play more.

He's a competitor. Simple as that. Benching him is an emotional reaction to a frustrating period in this season.