Dan Boyle - THIRTY-SEVEN minutes TOI tonight...

[TonySCV]

... holy Christ.

3:49 for one shift alone. They dressed 5 d-men which is a factor, but 37 minutes of a 60 minute regulation game with no OT's is unbelievable. Aucion (AFAIK) is the only player (excluding goalies obviously) to go higher than that.

- T

[OrangePuck]

did an assistant coach lose their stopwatch or what? That is on the coaching staff. I don't care if they short a dman or not.

[Cross Traffic]

Are they trying to injure him? Its not 1920, and players no longer play the entire 60 minutes save for goalies of course.

[Bogey Man]

C'mon!

Can you say showcasing?

[TonySCV]

Originally Posted by Bogey Man

C'mon!

Can you say showcasing?

Does anyone NOT know what Dan Boyle brings to the table?

You showcase Scott Thornton by playing him on the first line. You don't showcase Blake and you sure as **** don't showcase Dan Boyle.

If I were the GM, I'd be ripping the coaching staff a new one right about now.

- T

[gescom]

Originally Posted by TonySCV

Does anyone NOT know what Dan Boyle brings to the table?

You showcase Scott Thornton by playing him on the first line. You don't showcase Blake and you sure as **** don't showcase Dan Boyle.

If I were the GM, I'd be ripping the coaching staff a new one right about now.

- T

i agree.


and Aucoin logged what, like 40 minutes that one time or something?

[BeerMan]

isn't it the player's responsibility to determine if he wants to keep skating or not?

[Bogey Man]

Originally Posted by TonySCV

Does anyone NOT know what Dan Boyle brings to the table?

You showcase Scott Thornton by playing him on the first line. You don't showcase Blake and you sure as **** don't showcase Dan Boyle.

If I were the GM, I'd be ripping the coaching staff a new one right about now.

- T

Didn't Boyle have a wrist injury recently?
I think he did.

What better way to show every GM around the league that he is fully healthy than by giving him lots of ice time?

BTW, his TOI was really not a stretch compared to his TOI over the last few games, which coincidentally have been leading up to the trade deadline.

2/14 - phi - 31:37
2/16 - was - 33:27
2/20 - buf - 33:08
2/21 - nyi - 29:35

...and if he's not complaining, why are you?

Didn't Chelios not too long ago publicly state that he wanted to play the entire 60 minutes?

[TonySCV]

Originally Posted by gescom

i agree.


and Aucoin logged what, like 40 minutes that one time or something?

40:51 to be exact.

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[TonySCV]

Originally Posted by Bogey Man

...and if he's not complaining, why are you?

Didn't Chelios not too long ago publicly state that he wanted to play the entire 60 minutes?

Please find any reference to a NHL player who openly complained about getting too much ice time. I'm guessing there's never been one. I hate making such absolute assumptions, but I'm fairly certain that's never happened.

I'm "complaining" because there's no reason the coaching staff can't do a better job of balancing out the TOI between the 5 d-men they dressed - particularly when the team is struggling to win games. Like I said, if they were winning, it wouldn't be scrutinized so heavily, but given their W/L record directly impacts the Kings drafting chances, I'm caring more than I normally would.

- T

[Bogey Man]

Originally Posted by TonySCV

Please find any reference to a NHL player who openly complained about getting too much ice time. I'm guessing there's never been one. I hate making such absolute assumptions, but I'm fairly certain that's never happened.

I'm "complaining" because there's no reason the coaching staff can't do a better job of balancing out the TOI between the 5 d-men they dressed - particularly when the team is struggling to win games. Like I said, if they were winning, it wouldn't be scrutinized so heavily, but given their W/L record directly impacts the Kings drafting chances, I'm caring more than I normally would.

- T

Oh, NOW I see.

You just want . . .