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Darryl Sutter takes some blame for top line's struggles
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07:30 AM ET 03.23 | This wasn't quite like last season when Kings Coach Darryl Sutter declared in February that the partnership of Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown had grown stale, essentially calling out the duo. Instead, Sutter went fairly in-depth on Friday and took some blame in further discussing the recent struggles of the Brown-Kopitar-Justin Williams line. Brown has one assist in his last four games, and Williams has scored twice in his last 11 games but also has 10 assists. "If you look at Kopitar's line last night, they probably played two or three minutes too much," Sutter said after practice. "That's not because they were doing anything great as a line. They've had a hard time lately. "That's partly my fault. I played them more than I should and that trickles down to guys below 'em. It's not so much Jordan [Nolan], it's the group, how it spreads out." The work ethic or "compete" level is not an issue with Brown, Kopitar and Williams.
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"The work ethic or "compete" level is not an issue with Brown, Kopitar and Williams."
No, it isn't. What is an issue, is that it's very easy to shut down one line in today's NHL. You need secondary scoring, other guys stepping up. But .... who am I to be giving Duryl advice? He won the SC last year, didn't he?
roamer
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Bitter Beer Face is looking for someone who can give Brown's "embellishments" a bit more credibility...
Otis B. Driftwood
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My most hated term in sports is "compete level" or any variation of that.
dannylimes
Toronto, ON
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Did he train with Vancouver during the lockout?
Canuck eh?
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He needed to grab Dillon's stick put it somewhere near his own face and then snap his head back. If he would have done that he would have gotten the call for sure.
Burgh-Fan
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I always thought it was jock itch.
Canuck eh?
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Brown looks like something a hillbilly's girlfriend would pull out of a mud hole in the banks of the Mississippy when he takes her noodling.
roamer
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So canoodling leads to a noodling...sounds fishy!
Isn't that what most guys are hoping for?
Golden Bay
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Wouldn't know bout that.
Can never find one big enough so I go without :)
dannylimes
Toronto, ON
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I always said ya gotta have big ones to be a Leafs fan.
Canuck eh?
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You can always borrow Kessel's. :-)
roamer
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You would think by now he'd have it down to an art form...
Otis B. Driftwood
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LOL ohhhh yeah, and then some
Wolfuneral
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Cool vis otis
Wolfuneral
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Don't know if you noticed... I'm not much of a fan of the dude.
Otis B. Driftwood
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LMAO..best one yet.
LittleE~BigMT fan
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