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Old 04-22-2025, 12:47 PM   #746
Jay Random
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I get that McDavid is really hard to hit with that speed, but for the love of Pete why don't they just keep levelling Pissy? So frustrating. The guy barely moves- he's not an elusive target. I know he's a big guy and pretty solid on his feet (except for the diving), but the Kings have some big bodies as well- send that big Hellenius kid after him, or a big forward, to stick to him like glue and make his life miserable. I remember the old days of shadowing players... imagine how many penalties the King shadowing him would draw due to repeated nut shots and slashes from Pissy.
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Great idea. The Kings would have to assign two players to that job, just because of the number of minutes Draisaitl plays.

In the '86 Battle of Alberta, Bob Johnson had two players shadowing Gretzky. At first, I believe, it was Carey Wilson and Neil Sheehy. I forget who took Wilson's place after Steve Smith de-spleened him. It's no coincidence, I believe, that the Flames lost the '88 series in a sweep after trading both Wilson and Sheehy away earlier in the same season.
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