Cooz......I'm hurt, man. You obviously haven't been reading my frequent Kings report:thefinger
. Basically, not much has changed, they're still the Injury Central. Here's a copy and paste job from one of my recent posts......
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Well, guys. The verdict is in. Dustin Brown is on the opening day roster after signing a 3 yr contract with the Kings. He scored 4 goals in 6 pre-season games. Granted, they're PRE-season games, but he impressed the coaching staff so much that they're gonna put him on the 3rd line with Armstrong (who won the pre-season MVP honor on the team) to see how it works out. Since he's only 18 yrs old, if he's demoted, he'll go straight back to his Junior hockey club, and not Manchester. With Ally, Deader, Aulin, and Cammalleri out for extended period of time, Brown will likely be with the club for what looks like the 1st month or so. I have the utmost respect for Andy Murray as a hockey coach, so if he says Brown is ready, who am I to say no, right??.
On offense...... Allison (IR), Deadmarsh (IR), Aulin (IR), Cammalleri (IR), Palffy, Stumpel, Frolov, Robitaille, Belanger, Klatt, Brown, Armstrong, Pirnes, Chartrand, Laperriere, Avery, Brennan, Sim
Gleason has also made the opening day roster. They have only 9 players left on D.
On defense...... Miller(IR), Norton(IR), Norstrom, Modry, Vissy, Strbak, Holland, Corvo, and Gleason
All I gotta say is......Cechmanek better be ON FAWKING FIRE the 1st month because we're playing B2B OTR in Detroit and Pitt, @Chicago (3/4OTR), Ottawa (home opener, fawking bullshit), Philly, Bos (meow), Buff, Chicago, and Vancouver. Tough 1st month considering all the guys out of action.
Miller will travel will the Kings on their road trip to Det, Pitt and Chicago, and hopes to play in the Chicago game which also happens to be their 3rd in 4 nites. Kuznetsov is out at least 4 games because the dumbass is still stuck in Russia because of Visa problems for not paying his traffic ticket a yr ago. But when he gets back to the US, he'll start in Manchester 1st for conditioning. Norton is out for a couple of months and will start on the IR. Modry has recovered from surgery and played the last pre-season game vs Anaheim. Gleason likely will play the 3rd D line, and I'm sure as soon as Miller or Kuznetsov is available, he'll be sent down to Manchester......unless he really shines and outplays Corvo.
Hnilicka was left unprotected but unclaimed and was sent down to Manchester. So Cechmanek will be the #1 goalie, while Huet will play backup.
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Ally, Deader, and Miller did NOT accompany the team on this 3 game road trip. Ziggy did not participate in Tuesday's morning skate because of flu-like symptoms, but the word is he will play tonite.
Basically, what was supposed to be the Kings 2nd line, is now the 1st line, and the 3rd line is now the 2nd line. The 4th line will be all untested rookies, including Brown.
Gleason, their star D of the future, will play 3rd line D. But the 1st and 2nd line will get most of the playing time, unless this game become a laugher......which unfortunately, I think it will.
Besides the goalie position, the Kings are just severely outmatched from top to bottom. I think the Under is a very good bet, too, but opted to take the Wings on the PL instead.
Hope this helps, good luck, buddy. GO SOX!!!!!!!
