I know, I'm sorry! It's been awhile but I have a good excuse....Mass Effect. Good, right?
Okay, lets get this here Kings Corner rolling. Today we're going to talk about...offense. A month ago nobody wanted to talk about the Kings offense. In fact, there wasn't any offense to talk about. Well, since acquiring Jeff Carter right before the trade deadline things have most definitely changed.
According to unofficial Kings' statistician and historian, Nick Nickson, the King's aren't merely scoring more since getting Carter. They're scoring more than anyone else in the Western Conference. Read that again...let it sink in. Awesome right? Nickson ran the numbers, and the Kings have scored 42 goals in their last 12 games. That's an average of 3.5 goals per game! Since Feb. 25th the only team to average more goals is Pittsburgh, who've averaged 4.25 goals over the last 12 games (yowza). After todays practice, Justin Williams agreed with the popular theory that Carter's addition has provided balance to the offensive attack.
WILLIAMS: "I think we seem to trust each other a lot more on the ice. We're doing our own jobs, and trusting that other people are going to do theirs. I think, because of that, we're reading off of each other pretty good and moving our feet. We're working together as units out there."
As you can see here, some NHL players are pretty frustrated with the way the Kings have been playing lately.
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