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Originally Posted by Buddy The Elf
The Kings also didn't have Carter for those games. He was pretty much useless in the first round but he does provide a scoring threat on the second line and has the ability to maybe score a goal. And then Jack Johnson is addition by subtraction.
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Jeff Carter alone doesn't offset McDonald missing all 4 games combined with both Perron and Steen missing 2 games each. This will be the first time the Kings see all 3 players in the same game and that trio is capable of making this series look decidedly different than the regular season series. Carter alone couldn't possibly begin to cover what those 3 bring, however the aforementioned Blues forwards would obviously have to play well on their end of things.
What really concerns me about the Kings is their ability to sustain a sometimes dominating physical game which could potentially neutralize the Blues 5-5 efficiency. If the Kings can execute and outplay the Blues 5-5 it could really throw the Blues offtrack and force them to rely on the PP. Kings have a great PK and I don't see many PP goals coming in this series anyways for either team. To me this series looks like a classic stalemate due to the similiar styles and strengths of the teams.