Reunited...will it feel so good?

At least for one game -- or perhaps, at least for the start of one game -- Derek Armstrong, Michael Cammalleri and Alexander Frolov will be reunited on a line. The theory is simple: Last year, Cammalleri and Frolov had breakthrough seasons playing together, and with Armstrong. This year, Cammalleri has been outstanding but the other two have been inconsistent at best. By breaking up the top line, Crawford is hoping to generate a little balance and also jump-start players such as Frolov, Armstrong and Nagy, who will skate with Kopitar and Brown.

There's also a timing issue, in terms of the opponent. Crawford said after practice that he wants Boston to make a choice. He doesn't want the Bruins to be able to send Zdeno Chara out after the Cammalleri-Kopitar-Brown line every time. As Crawford said, he wants the Bruins to make a choice, and his theory is that their choice will be harder if he spreads out the Kings' talent.

So I put the question to Dustin Brown. If you have one line playing exceedingly well but you don't have balance, is it better to break up that line, or keep it together and keep tinkering elsewhere until you find something that works?

``It's a hard decision, really,'' Brown said. ``That one line has the potential to win a game for you by themselves if they're on the game, but you also want balance. The ideal situation would be to have two strong scoring lines, and we can do that. We have the players. It's just a matter of the players playing the way that they can.

``It's just about finding chemistry. Me and Cammy and Kopi had some chemistry, but it's just about finding the right mix of players.''

(By the way, the slogans are hilarious. Maybe I should forward them to the Kings' marketing department...)