It’s been a rough past month or so for Teddy Purcell. His season started out well enough, as he had two goals in his first three games as the second-line left wing, but since then he has three assists in 18 games and has bounced between being a fourth-line winger and a healthy scratch. Purcell, after one game on the third line, will be back to the fourth tomorrow, and Terry Murray was asked today how much patience he would have with Purcell going forward…
MURRAY: “I’m pretty patient. I keep staying on it though. I’m not going to go away from it. I’ll keep demands on him, as far as doing things the way we’re supposed to do it, with the dot-to-board play, the hard play, the going to the net, shooting the puck. I’m not going to leave it. It will be up to him, maybe, to lose patience with me. He brings a special skill to the game. We have that awareness to it — special teams, power play, especially, he’s very good there — but the numbers aren’t there. We’re just going to stay on it and see where it takes us right now.”
Murray admits that Purcell is very good on the PP yet he hasn’t given him a PP shift in 6 games.
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Sounds like he needs to earn that spot on the PP by playing better 5 on 5.
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“It will be up to him, maybe, to lose patience with me.”
I like that quote.
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Hang in there Teddy, good things WILL happen.
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How can the numbers be there for a rookie or a younger player if you put him 5 on 5 with an agressive shooting centre then on the PP with a slow defensive minded neanderthal that has reinvented slow. No continuity and no consistency.
How can we expect secondary scoring using this strategy? I am losing patience with Murray. Love to see what he says when the 1st line and the 1st line PP hit a drought.
Let’s face it. it is gonna happen at some point. Perhaps our staff in suits might start coaching then.
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why is it plain as day to see the vision, passing and play making skill parse has and not see it in purcell? he’s bigger and has good hands, but whatever. there’s so much more that he needs to bring and he doesn’t. he’s had so many opportunities and it’s just not there. i highly doubt he will be another moulson (if indeed moulson turns out to be a moulson himself).
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nice to know coach has patience cause i sure dont have any. for teddy that is
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I am sure Sure Purcell says to himself everyday I cant wait to hit the ice with Ivanans and Harrold…I am sure I can shine..
Give him time with the first line for 3 games or so and say this is it. If he does not produce waive him or package him with fro for a top top scorer on the disabled list
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I am sure Purcell says to himself everyday I cant wait to hit the ice with Ivanans and Harrold…I am sure I can shine..
Give him time with the first line for 3 games or so and say this is it. If he does not produce waive him or package him with fro for a top top scorer on the disabled list
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How about throwing an actual hit Purcel?
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You folk who are asking for TP to be given a chance obviously were not watching for the first month of the season when TP was on the 2nd PP unit and did absolutely nothing with that quality ice time. He was also a fixture on the second line. Again, nothing. He was given plenty of opportunity to show his offensive talent and didn’t. Now he has to re-earn the opportunity by doing all those little things that the coaches love and do it with the 4th line. IMO, he should be happy to still be in the NHL.
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Why does Purcell deserve any PP time? He hasn’t had a single PP point all year.
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why does Terry show such patience with some, and zero with others? Time for Teddy to go away.
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Its time to dig into a shot mentality from the dots to the boards with some net presence. Kings hockey!
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Give him a shot on the first. The line did nothing with Frolov. Skilled guys need to play with skilled guys.
Khanon – What in the world are you talking about? After Simmonds and Stoll, Purcell had the most hits in the last game.
There are Purcell haters and no matter what he does you’re never going to accept him. Just the same as Frolov, Brown and JJ have people looking for them to leave town. I understand that.
What I don’t understand is what was so wrong with Purcell Wednesday night. He played good and I’ll challenge anybody to tell me specifically what he did that was so bad.
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KingsFanMGM
Are you seriously trying to tell me the second PP unit has been better since Purcell was taken from it. He may have not had any points but the play was much more controlled with him on it. That unit has been a laughing stock since he’s been gone.
The points will come. In that case, you must want Parse sent back to the minors. He had his first point in nine games the other night. What about Frolov? No goals in 10 games for a 4 million dollar man. Let’s get rid of him too.
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I don’t see what all the hoopla is with Purcell. If not for his “potential” and skills shown in minor league levels, he’d have been packing his bags a long time ago. I personally think he won’t amount to much in the NHL but I would love to be proved wrong.
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I’m with JMiller. I bet the Kings would rather have Matt Moulson now instead of Purcell. I’m not ready to say Purcell is a complete bust yet, but he’s got to start showing why he’s earned a spot on this team.
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What I took from TM’s comments was …Here’s your rope Teddy, go hang yourself with it.
TM’s giving him TOI instead of TIPB (Time in press box)
What Purcell does with that TOI is up to him. Don’t worry about who is linemates are…just worry about him doing HIS job.
I remember seeing him playing in the AHL all star game a couple of years ago. He was the most dominant player on the ice. That’s the Teddy I want to see. He hasn’t come close to duplicating that on the NHL level.
Jumpingshrimp
It’s obvious you like Purcell, but cut the bull about people hating him, like Fro, Brownie, etc
Nobody likes a guy under-performing. If he was scoring or playing well every night, he would be loved by the fans. Same with Fro.
Everyone loves Simmer and he’s not a big scorer yet..why do you think that is?
Because the guy busts his ass on the ice every shift. If you’re not going to contruibute goals, do something else to get noticed. Purcell hasn’t done anything else to get noticed. Let’s hope he starts today.
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I can’t blame the Kings on Moulson. That guy played #1 line minutes for the first 1/3 of the season last year and did NOTHING with it. Most of us were complaininga bout why he gets those minutes and someone else doesn’t.
Now he’s doing good. Well good for him I’m happy for him but he didn’t do it here to show what he could do.
As for Purcell…this guy had second line minutes for like 15 games and 2nd PP unit that whole time and also…did NOTHING with it. I hope he finds his game but so far he’s missed more empty nets than anyone on the team. He’s in the right spot I guess but man he couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn.
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Murray admits that Purcell is very good on the PP yet he hasn’t given him a PP shift in 6 games.
The way I see it, TP hasn’t earned a PP shift in 6 games.
Kid has potential but doesn’t seem to know how to realize it at this level consistently.
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If you want to succeed, play to your strengths. A right shot, Purcell was AHL rookie of year on the right wing. Play him on the right side with Stoll & Parse. Move Brown, a front man, up to 1st line to replace front man Smith. Move Frolov, a corner man back where he fits with Handzus & Simmonds. Play your players to their strengths.
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if his name was Brian Boyle he wouldve been up and down to manchester 3 times this season
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The truth is the Kings are afraid to make a mistake with Purcell in the less likely, as time goes by event, that he becomes a big time NHL scorer.
Top offensive players are so difficult to come by they don’t want one to slip through their fingers. Purcell is a big time skill guy on a team without a lot of skill. True, he is also slow on a team that dosen’t have a lot of speed.
The Kings have kind of an unusual team. Not gritty, not fast, and not super skilled. Yet we have a lot of good players with more developing in the system. Purcell is one guy the Kings need to score. DL and Tm know that therefore they are being patient.
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“I am sure Purcell says to himself everyday I cant wait to hit the ice with Ivanans and Harrold…I am sure I can shine..
Give him time with the first line for 3 games or so and say this is it. If he does not produce waive him or package him with fro for a top top scorer on the disabled list”
Thank god, someone on this board gets it! Put Teddy on a line with skilled players and you’ll see results.
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Russell, what would you call where he was for the first 15 games and PP time?
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“Put Teddy on a line with skilled players and you’ll see results.”
So what about all those games he played with Stoll and Brown, huh?
You’ve got to ask yourself, do you want players on yur team that make those around them better, or players that need other to make them good?
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oops on the sp. there. LOL
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Outstanding observation, J. It’s one that starts to look like it applies to Fro, too. Can he figure out how to make the players around him better? My money says it’s too late for him, but not Kopi. It’s still uncertain whether the current top line will work, but if so, I’d bet Kopi makes it work, not Fro.
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Dan H
I don’t think 15 games is enough. Besides, you have to remember that Stoll/Brown/Purcell line was a new line and as I recall, all 3 of them struggled, not just Teddy.
TM keeps saying Ted’s got skills but he also consistantly puts him on the 4th line. If the kings don’t plan on utilizing Purcell properly, they’re better off trading him.
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Also have to remember that Purcell’s a natural RW not a LW. Yes, he’s played some LW in the past but he’s better position is RW not LW. When you have a good prospect like Purcell, you don’t have him play on his off-wing and expect for him to produce like he did playing his natural position. Nor do you stick him on the 4th line with Raitis and Richardson of which both of whom have ZERO points for the season and expect Purcell to perform miracles.
Let Purcell play alongside Stoll and Parse. Purcell HAD his best game there, why pull him off of there???!!!
TM says he’s patient but a patient man doesn’t switch line combos as often as TM does. I like TM but he’s so full of nonsense, I feel embarrassed for him.
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Why should some scrub who’s done nothing to prove what game he has merit such kid gloves?
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