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Clague and Grundstrom did a lot of really great things this game. Macdermid is a liability, and eventually when Maata is out of the dog house he should play with Walker.
Anderson-Doughty, Clague-Roy, Maata-Walker are seriously the pairings I see working going forward.

Also welcome back.

Clague looks decent. It's nice to see him getting some time on the PK. If he can stay responsible defensively (a big problem for him in Ontario) then I can see him as a mainstay on the Kings' roster.

MacDermid hasn't looked especially great this season. He's been defensively exposed a couple times due to being caught flat-footed and being just plain slow. He's taken a couple bad penalties as well, including one yesterday that cost the Kings a goal. I'm ok with bringing him into the lineup against heavy opponents that require some physicality, but with Clague playing as well as he is, I can't see MacDermid getting a significant number of games, especially now that Maatta satisfies the expansion draft exposure requirements already with the pro-rated game rule. MacD will get 6 more games for sure so that the Kings will have some exposure redundancy, but I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't get much more than that.

Grundstrom is playing significantly better than last season. Even before today's goal, he has looked pretty good. Glad to see him turn it around. After last season, I wasn't sure that he would.

I like the way they both looked. I thought that Clague really showed some promise. If he develops, he'll be a member of our top 4 in 2022-2023. Patience is a virtue (where defensemen are concerned).

Grundstrom also looks like he has promise. I'd like to see him play every game from here on out.

You're a lot more optimistic about Clague than I am. Perhaps I should be more optimistic as well.

Yeah I think thats a good idea with Grundstrom. I want to trade Iafallo and put Grundstrom on the top line with Kopitar.

I've spoken with a few Leafs fans so far and they like the idea of trading Liljegren for Iafallo retained. Not sure what else would have to be involved in reality, but I really think the Kings should look into that.