Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts…
(on whether there was anything positive to take from the game…)
MURRAY: “No.”
(on his game thoughts…)
MURRAY: “I don’t want to take anything away from what Nashville did. They worked. They came into the building shorthanded, with some players out that are important players for them, and they worked hard.”
MURRAY: “They beat us, from the dots to the boards, in every area of the ice. They pulled the puck off the boards in our zone, making plays, took it to the net in the net. In the offensive zone, we were not able to get the puck stopped up. Our forecheck was inconsistent, and we were not able to pull pucks off the boards and make plays. I’ll tell you what, Nashville came in with an attitude and a game plan that was based on hard work and grit.”
MURRAY: We had our spurts, then we sputtered a little, then we had our spurts and then we were flat. You can’t play this game on skill alone. Emotionally, we didn’t have it here tonight.”
(on the flat play at the start of the game…)
MURRAY: “That’s why I called a timeout. I was prepared to do what I did. I was looking for it, and if it wasn’t there I was going to call a timeout. I’ve been around enough to know that it happens after a couple emotional games. The challenge here has to come from within the locker room.”
Why was Ivanans on the ice at all to take that bad penalty that gave them the lead? Especially in a game where it was obvious they were going to have trouble scoring and time was running out. There wasn’t any justification for having him in the lineup in the first place against a team like Nashville. It’s not the only reason they lost, but it sure didn’t help.
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And so the let down game hasn’t left the Kings yet. They need to learn to show up for the big stage games and the small stage games. But, they certainly cant and wont win them all. big road trip ahead. lets see how it goes.
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why does TM have trouble motivating this team? I can tell he hates to lose, but he says almost the same thing after losses as after wins.
You also can’t always rely on dump-and-chase and driving the net to win in the NHL.
Rich, it seems like you’d like to see Bernier called up. True or false?
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Ivanans was in the lineup to keep a player like Tootoo in check. Sure, he has shortcomings, but TM feels he has value. I’ll defer to the man with many years of coaching in the NHL.
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Bill-
Ivan got a bum rap on that call IMHO. The only reason it was called was because his stick was up. The Nashville player had a good hold of it and drew that penalty. Ivan’s fault was getting his stick up in the situation. He should have kept it down.
That timeout was wierd. I felt that is what TM was doing, but it seemed to me that it did absolutely nothing. The team was out of sync for some reason. Maybe they were emotionally drained from the other night. Quick wasn’t though. He really battled.
Tootoo almost took the boards out with a missed check in the 1st. I expected him to be dizzy after the noise that made.
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It’s time for Ivanans to go. He has absolutely no business being on the ice in a game that the outcome is still in doubt. Why he is still on the Kings is beyond me. Let Brown and Johnson take care of the rough stuff.
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Hey Christobal, where would you prefer the kings to be battling for the puck.? Deep in their zone or at their blue line? Sheesh, you don’t think the Kings would prefer to keep possession of the puck and gain entrance to the Pred’s zone?
Unfortunately, the Pred’s just maybe don’t want the Kings to do that, ya think?
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If the opposing team doesnt have a fighter like Ivanans, sit him and let Clune rough it up.
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Very weak effort today. No energy on the iced or in the building. The great thing about hockey is that no matter how good you are, if you don’t show up you get your butt kicked. That’s what happend to the Kings today.
I was also disappointed with the soft response to the late cross-check on Kopitar. The game was over and their guy took a cheap shot. He did it because the game was out of reach. Our guys did………nothing really. Brown came in and got put on his can – nobody did anything.
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I thought the Ivanans penalty. The Pred player clamped his arm down on Ivananses’ stick and fell down.
He’s in there as a deterrent. It’s as simple as that. Even if he’s not taking a regular shift, the other guys know he’s there and that they better behave.
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Yes thats right keep Ivan around as a deturant. He has detured us from winning a couple games already this year. He costs us more games than he is worth. He should be a healthy scratch 90% of the time or Off The Roster Completely. Old time goon hockey is almost gone. Its time for Drago to step down for a body that can help us. Do the Red Wings keep a goon on the team to take up a roster spot to protect their stars?..NO! they win with talent!
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Ha ha. Blaming the loss on Ivanans… We had a drop in sales where I work, and one of the managers took time to point out what a poor job the janitors were doing. It’s that boneheaded…
In case you weren’t sure, Ivanans is not going to make an end-to-end goal or break up a two-on-one. His role is to punch people in the head, or threaten to punch people in the head. He does it well.
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The predators player did a good job of selling the penalty by wrapping around Ivan’s stick and flailing to the ice. Ivan was turning to get a puck he won cleanly from the Preds player and like someone above said, he kept his stick up instead of down. The Preds player took advantage of that and dove.
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The janitors were probably at fault in some way. Check your lockers…Anything missing? See If you would take the time to break the bigger picture down you would realize that the trouble starts at the bottom (AKA-Ivanans) the (Kings Janitor)
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We looked like the Kings of last season. Let’s see how the boys respond tonight!
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