What is in the name? Sometimes a lot.
No one, after all, has given a title for a group of players who reached 225 or a team that ended in the middle of the standings. But do something special and with taste and people start contacting you charmHammer or Great.
Hockey was once at the forefront of this naming ritual, with a tradition of an unforgettable title on the most productive registration lines of sport dating back to the twenties of the twentieth century, and New York Ranger Threesome of Bun Cook, Frank Boucher and Bill Cook, known combined as “A Line” after the Subway Square line Garden.
The names may sometimes become creative, as with “Mattress Line” in Vancouver Canox, which included twins (Daniel, Henrik Siden), King (Jasson King Center) and the French “French relationship” from Bouvalo Sprers. Or sometimes ridiculous, as with the “Trio Grande Line” Clake Gels, Brian Trutier and Mike Bossi, which moved the New York Islands to four consecutive titles in the Stanley Cup.
Who leads us to the current upper line of kings from the left wing Andre Cosmancocenter Anz Cochar And the right wing Adrian Kemp. No records were not identified and did not win any Stanley cups. In fact, he did not even get the qualifying berth, although this will happen soon.
But since I met a month agoand When the general manager Rob Blake acquired Kuzmenko From Flydelphia Flyers on the deadline for trade, Throesome became one of the most important trilogy in NHL before confronting kings with Edmonton Oilers in Crypto.com Arena on Saturday.
After getting six goals or more in a four -time match in the first 60 games, kings four times in the next 13 with Kuzmenko. The registration increased almost in general, and the team lost only three times in its last 15 games, and put it on a pace to open the qualifiers in the Stanley Cup at home, where they have the best record in the Western Conference.
This raised a question: What should the line should be called?
“He didn’t think about it,” Kings coach Jim Heil He said.
“I am not really thinking about the front stove,” added Glenn Murray, director of the players.
Well, so it may not be a burning question. But there are some candidates the same.
“Ak”, Cochar said. “This is what I will go to.”
The striker of the kings, Andre Cosmeno, celebrates his registration against Winbyg Gates on April 1.
(Kyusung Gong / Assocated Press)
This is a strong one because it works on two levels, using the first letters for each players but also highlights the fact that they all have a powerful shot.
Patrick O’NeilWhich hosts “La Kings Live” and postgame offers in Fanduel West, he loves K. Simple but elegant.
Then there is a “AAA line”, inspired by the first player, and the fact that, like a car club, it is possible to rely on the line and that the kings trust him will get them where they want to go.
The risk of any of these will hunt for a long time since the spread of borrowed names faded to the highest NHL lines in recent years, and stole some of its fun. With the spread of husbands in the lines, the players are traded frequently in modern hockey, as it has become difficult for fans and the media to develop a link with certain groups. At the same time, about the appearance of data and analyzes focus from the collective performance of a group of players, such as the line, to the performance of individuals.
Murray, who was skiing on the Boston Bruins team, which imposes a “700 -pound line”, a name inspired by the team weight of the three players, said the absence of borrowed names is not necessarily progress.
He said, “It is very bad.” “There is nothing wrong with going out to get a name for a line that has just been assembled.”
Heller believes that borrowed names can be useful in developing an identity Esprit de Corps For young players, who usually lack both. But this is not really necessary on a line that a person like Kopitar focuses on, who is fourth among active players in games.
“For some young players, perhaps,” he said. “I saw that when three young players meet and have energy and things like that. But I am not sure of the existence of much of what will make Kobe in a different direction in this stage of his career.”
However, it was not a title about the line of kings, but to add Kuzmenko to the left side.
“It took some games to understand somewhat how Kuzy plays. But they are dangerous,” Murray said. “This man is talented. He can make plays all over the ice and it is fun watching.
In Blake as well. Rumors were linked before the commercial deadline of kings to a number of prominent goals, including Ricard Rakel, of Pittsburgh. Ryan Donato of Chicago and San Jose Luke Konin. So when Blake settled on Kuzmenko, who scored 39 goals in his upward season with Vancouver in 2022-23 and then spent the next two seasons mixing four teams, and the news is disappointing.
However, Kuzmenko exceeded four goals and six passes in 15 games. As a result, the trade proved that it is among the most dependent in the Western conference, as it activated a team that witnessed a successive loss of five games in one season in the emergence of Kuzmeko.
“The way he celebrates his goals, it is like the last thing he will record.” “It gives you a little energy, right? They know that they will be a threat.”
The question now is what should they be called?
Murray said, “The qualifiers will come.” “Having this new line, and reaching a unique name for that, I think it will come one day.
“I love it. It makes it fun too.”
