Four lines

By Jill Painter on November 6, 2008 3:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (4) |

Terry Murray is hoping to get more production out of the Kings' top lines so they can be on the ice more, but until that happens, he's using all four lines.
``I feel it's important we play four lines. Quite a few of the games I went with three. We're not getting the job done. As you saw in the game against Anaheim, I did (use) the four lines. They contributed. There was a lot more energy. And that's the way I want to stay with it until we can get this thing headed in the right direction, meaning some consistent play on the top lines, some results on the offensive parts of things with points in the standings and points in the individual player column. Until that starts to happen, I'm going to go with the four lines. Down the road at the end of the schedule, the second half is pretty demanding so we're going to have to have everybody contributing.''

4 Comments

anthony said:

Maybe , if he'd put some descent lines together he might see more scoring. If this coach thinks his formula is working, he's out of touch with this sport.

Jill,
Any idea as to the line combinations.

November 6, 2008 2:58 PM

Anonymous said:

I don't care what anybody else thinks---I LIKE Terry Murray.

I think he's a good coach,
checking on the myriad things he's got to know about before lines and combos are "set".

I suppose I could change my mind if things are
going badly in a couple months.

But right now, I can see the sense in much of
what he is doing/trying out.

So far, I think TM is doing a good job with a very young,
inexperienced squad.

Go TM!!
=======================================================
--Sergei Prozacutov

November 6, 2008 3:04 PM

anthony said:

Also, I don't like this theory of spreading your talented players around.
I'd rather have 2 solid offensive lines instead of this spread the wealth BS.
You have 2 lines with top six players. A checking line. And a utily line.
Placing Kopi & Brown with a dud and placing POS with a 7th D-Man - C'mon, give me a break.
Enough of this spread the wealth.

November 6, 2008 3:10 PM

Stanley said:

Anthony,
Maybe TM should try politics.

November 6, 2008 3:18 PM

J.P. Hoornstra writes about NHL and IHL hockey for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. He welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey. E-mail J.P. at jp.hoornstra
@inlandnewspapers.com.

Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews
.com.