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Los Angeles Kings Blogger •
Jarret Stoll may or may not be ready for the season, and if he is ready for the season, can he LAST the season? Especially as the #2 center.
The Kings certainly can ask 2nd year undersized pro Oscar Moller to take on the duties, but I'm not sure given the level of competition in the West they want Oscar to have that responsibility.
They could move Handzus up to the 2nd line, which is a possibility, but then the "shut down" line is extremely thin.
Not too many options left:
Manny Malhotra - he stupidly turned down offers from Columbus and another team( help me out folks), and may have to settle for a one year del with the Kings.
Michael Peca - is there ANY tread left on his tires? He can still put in the minutes (when not hurt) and would come cheaply.
Rob Neidermeyer - (gulp) don't know if we could have a Duck on the team, but he has been a fantastic shut down player for the Ducks, and does have WINNING experience.
Frolov - As I mentioned last post, it wouldn't surprise me if Lombardi were looking to deal Fro for a 2nd/3rd line center plus a physical on-the-way-up D-man like Matt Greene was. There's no doubt whatsoever that Frolov is on the block. Yes, Lombardi mentioned he'd "like" to get Fro locked up long term, but the odds of that happening are about the same as me getting a trade rumor right.
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For those that just handed the Sharks the presidents trophy... think again.
Right now they have one of the single sickest lines in the world:
Heatley-Thornton-Setoguchi
And a damn good 2nd line as well
Clowe-Marleau-Mitchell
And then there's Scott Nichol.... and NOBODY ELSE!!!
Who is their "shutdown" line?
They have NINE roster forwards under contract with Jamie McGinn and Rob Staubitz as possibilites.
That STILL leaves the Sharks NINE PLAYERS SHORT with only 5 million in cap space to spare.
San Jose is not going to fill their roster with Jed Ortmeyer, Logan Couture, Brandon Mashinter, Steve Zalewski, Frazer... you get the idea.
With 2 dmen shuttled off to Vancouver, they have Boyle and a 39 year old Rob Blake, followed by Vlasak and Murray (not bad) and Kent Huskins???
Two injuries to the back-end and the Sharks and Nobokov is seeing more shots than a Calgary bar after the 1st round of the playoffs.
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The Kings certainly can ask 2nd year undersized pro Oscar Moller to take on the duties, but I'm not sure given the level of competition in the West they want Oscar to have that responsibility.
They could move Handzus up to the 2nd line, which is a possibility, but then the "shut down" line is extremely thin.
Not too many options left:
Manny Malhotra - he stupidly turned down offers from Columbus and another team( help me out folks), and may have to settle for a one year del with the Kings.
Michael Peca - is there ANY tread left on his tires? He can still put in the minutes (when not hurt) and would come cheaply.
Rob Neidermeyer - (gulp) don't know if we could have a Duck on the team, but he has been a fantastic shut down player for the Ducks, and does have WINNING experience.
Frolov - As I mentioned last post, it wouldn't surprise me if Lombardi were looking to deal Fro for a 2nd/3rd line center plus a physical on-the-way-up D-man like Matt Greene was. There's no doubt whatsoever that Frolov is on the block. Yes, Lombardi mentioned he'd "like" to get Fro locked up long term, but the odds of that happening are about the same as me getting a trade rumor right.
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For those that just handed the Sharks the presidents trophy... think again.
Right now they have one of the single sickest lines in the world:
Heatley-Thornton-Setoguchi
And a damn good 2nd line as well
Clowe-Marleau-Mitchell
And then there's Scott Nichol.... and NOBODY ELSE!!!
Who is their "shutdown" line?
They have NINE roster forwards under contract with Jamie McGinn and Rob Staubitz as possibilites.
That STILL leaves the Sharks NINE PLAYERS SHORT with only 5 million in cap space to spare.
San Jose is not going to fill their roster with Jed Ortmeyer, Logan Couture, Brandon Mashinter, Steve Zalewski, Frazer... you get the idea.
With 2 dmen shuttled off to Vancouver, they have Boyle and a 39 year old Rob Blake, followed by Vlasak and Murray (not bad) and Kent Huskins???
Two injuries to the back-end and the Sharks and Nobokov is seeing more shots than a Calgary bar after the 1st round of the playoffs.
______________________________________________________
twitter:
hockeybuzzbarry
all season long:
www.kings.nhl.com
www.letsgokings.com
www.kingsunderground.com
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