By the numbers...
We all know that statistics don't always tell the whole story, and that they can be bent and shaped to fit different arguments, but here are some interesting raw numbers about where the Kings are, coming out of the All-Star break...
Through 46 games this season, the Kings have scored 117 goals and allowed 131 goals. Through 46 games last season, they had scored 132 and allowed 155. So, from last season to this season, that's minus-15 in goals scored and plus-24 in goals against, for a net improvement of nine goals.
To go back another year, through 46 games in 2006-07, the Kings had scored 132 goals and allowed 167 goals. Following the same formula, that's a net improvement (in 2008-09) of 21 goals.
The Kings have seen a dip in power-play efficiency (20.6 percent through 46 games last season, 18.2 percent this season) and an improvement in penalty-kill efficiency (77.0 percent through 46 games last season, 82.1 percent this season).
The Kings have put together a complete statistical breakdown:
Kings at the break
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The team is averaging 2.54 goals a game. In some stretches, the offense was averaging 1.5 goals a game.
That's unacceptable.
Although the low goals against average is nice, you're not gona get too far in a season when you're only scoring a couple of goals a game.
Mr. TM, you have talented players who can score. Let them play their game. Stop scaring them. They must be terrified to make a mistake. That they'll be punished or demoted if they do anything wrong.
Congragulations, you've succeeded in making their rectums tighter than a snare drum.
and throw in the unbalanced (Home/Road) schedule in the second half and watch the Kings sink like a stone.
It's ok. It's nothing we didn't know was going to happen this season... and last season... and the season before that... and ...
in terms of parity, there will be two or three "highlight" surprises in the second half, but more often than not, chalk up the L, and hope Terry Murray calls it "a good loss." L, as in LOL.
Me being a drummer, I resent that tight as a snare drum. They do need to loosen up on offense and let their kids go, Murray needs to leave last years scoring line intact and Deano should trade look for a good deal for a solid, young goal scorer.