Good game.
Yeah we lost, but I loved that the team made their point by making it a tougher night on the Kings than they would have liked.
But it certainly was a reminder of what this team is and has been lacking...big bodies and more scoring.
Sure in a one game takes all we can hang with anybody, but to have to play a 7 game series against the Kings, Ducks, Blues...etc will once again take it's toll on the team. We just don't have enough big bodies to survive longer series in the playoffs against teams like this.
Bieksa, Kes and Kass all spent time in the box while the Kings lost Brown, Greene and Mitchell for parts of the game. Bad trade-off for us when we're losing our top players while they're losing depth guys to penalty trouble and again reinforces our need for a Steve Ott type of player...a player that can inflict some pain, but that we can also afford to lose to penalty trouble.