Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts…
(on the late bench-minor penalty and ensuing discussion…)
MURRAY: “I just wanted to talk to him. Nothing more than that. There’s a line change that happened, where the referee is waiting for them to put their player on the ice, and I get the last change. I’m the home team and I wanted to get a different line out there. He said no. He sent them back. I’m not sure what happened there, but that’s what I was wanting to talk about, as to what his view of the play was.”
(on the game in general…)
MURRAY: “Didn’t start very well. I haven’t seen the replay on it, but it looked like it must have changed direction on (Quick) though. That looked like a pretty innocent play going to the net. It must have hit something. But we bounced back. We got the two goals quickly and got a nice lead. Not a comfortable lead, mind you. They called a timeout and they seemed to get reenergized. We took too many penalties tonight. Two 5-on-3s, and then the 5-on-4s. Just too much of giving them opportunities to get back in the game.”
(on `falling asleep’ on the shorthanded goal…)
MURRAY: “Very casual. Maybe it’s more `casual’ than falling asleep. We had the puck at the offensive blue line. It just pops out. Now we have it at the red line, and next thing you know, it’s behind our net. Just too casual in the corner. That player makes the play, we swing by the player that has the puck and he finds the guy back door. That’s a play that just can’t happen.”
(on whether the energy level was there…)
MURRAY: “Only at times. We got the two goals and there was good energy, jump. We had the right attitude of getting pucks in deep and getting on the forecheck. We were coming up with them. But as we started the game, not quite good enough, and then after that shorthanded goal, the energy seemed to dissipate pretty quickly there. Overall, we need to be better. There needs to be more of the type of game that we were showing in the first part of the year, lots of team energy, jump, good plays, top guys were doing the right stuff out there. We’re getting away from making right decisions with pucks right now. That’s a concern for me.”
(on the Kings’ possible fatigue level…)
MURRAY: “Sure. We talked about that. That’s not something I haven’t talked about before, with all the games we have played. Up until last night, we were tied with San Jose with most games played in the league and one fewer game than them on the road. We’ve played a lot, traveled a lot, been to the East Coast a couple times, so it’s going to take a toll. I say that, but that’s the way it is. That’s the way it is. You’ve got to deal with that part of the game, play intelligently and manage the puck properly. The travel, and the number of games you play, really has nothing to do with turning the puck over in the middle of the ice. That’s where you’ve got to make hard and strong plays.”
WOW that was all poor excuses. Those excuses were all worse then his coaching.
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UM, TM, I just watched again. You sent them back out 3 times after the ref said “no”. 1 or 2 times, ok. After that you should know the ref isn’t going to talk to you. It’s then time to suck it up and go with it (perhaps call the office the next morning to complain). What did you do? You put them back out 2 more times and get an unsportsmanlike call against you! UNFORGIVABLE!
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Why not use your timeout ???
I also don’t buy the excuses for being fatigued.
It’s a good thing that we have so much video now so Quick can make some adjustments. I’m not about to jump all over him and spew negativity, but his positioning is not good. He over commits too much which finds him too far out of his crease. Let’s hope he can get his game together quick (no pun intended), because it may be time for a change. What that will be, only DL knows. Just don’t wait to long because this team can make the playoffs. But your not going to get there without a good goalie.
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EXCUSES!!!
Another Lackluster performance….No one showed up today! This team is going down hill and fast! The team needs a huge wake up call. More efforts like this and TM can start looking for another job.
I’m glad I didn’t pay money to see that effort. Bad enough watching it on TV
Kopi…worst game of the season
Williams…left it all on the ice against the Flyers
Stoll…dude you were on fire against the Flyers
Worst of all…Brown and he’s the Captain
Last 10 games
Purcell…haven’t seen anything from this guy since the first 3 games of the season!
Parse….haven’t seen anything from this guy in weeks!
Simmonds….where have you gone?
Ivans…enough said!
Zeus….is it just me or is this guy getting slower?
Harrold…why is this guy playing up front?
AND DON’T BLAME THE GOALTENDING, THIS GAME WAS LOST BEFORE THE PUCK WAS DROPPED!
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Here is a post game by our new (and third) writer @ http://www.lakingsnews.com
Never underestimate the value of a talented big game veteran and never underestimate the impact of his absence. This team has no sense of itself right now.
Terry was outcoached today though.
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Okay, enough with the bashing of Quick. After a game like today where the Kings DID NOT show up…how can the blame be put on the goaltender? The first goal…sure, that was Quick’s shot to stop. But goals like the short handed goal, NOT Quick’s fault!
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Kris — if you attended the game, you would have seen the ref was an arrogant donkey. The ref also made a couple of terrible calls. Every once in a while a coach has to stand up to poor referees. Hopefully, with such a blatant error by this crew, we will not have to see them again this season.
One coaching moment I will never froget, is when a ref really had it in for our team and his calls were horribly lopsided. I just let it go and wrote off the game. After the game one of the boys, 10 at the time, asked me if I knew the ref was terrible, why didn’t I do anything. From then on, every once in a while I would say something to the ref, just to let my team know I was behind them.
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Doughty did make a few mistakes, that cost a goal or two. TM made bad decisions on the third line. Ivans should not play during the crucial minutes…Sure players can be fatigue, but how come Flames were not playing poor during the PP? Jamie Kompon, excuse me if I misspelled your name, but I believe you should start a different strategy on your power plays. It cost us a short handed goal. E has not been penciled in for any future starts? well, you must re-do your line ups Mister Murray, and have your boys play like practice!
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Oh, and Refs sucked A$$ today. They always favor the Canadian team, VS the Kings…
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Why does everything seem sugarcoated? I don’t hear or read any urgency in these interviews. Just kind of a matter-of-factness that doesn’t show heart to me. I don’t get it. I feel like I care more about a loss than the team itself. There shouldn’t be the slightest hint of positivity coming out of the mouths of TM, Brown, Kopi, etc.
“But we bounced back…” For what, 1:30? Then you folded.
“We got the two goals, and then good energy, jump…” Uh, no you didn’t. The team folded after the two goals.
BS.
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TM
Just admit you lost it! It’s OK…The first step is admitting you have a proble. I have Dr Drew on the other line and he is asking for your number they have a new Reality show. Coaches that insist they are to make a line change after the Ref has said No…I belive Amber Smith and Mickey from Rocky are involved..
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I’m just saying — It sounds like you may have just become a hockey fan in the past few weeks. And that is great, hockey needs all of the support it can get. But, the home team always gets the last change. The refs switched sides after the second period and he got confused as to who the home team was. It is not that uncommon for a referee to get turned around, but every referee will make the right call once he realizes his mistake. This guy was all about himself and not at all about the game. On the Zues penalty, he was the trail official and had a player between him and the puck. He did not raise his hand until the Calgary bench started yelling at him. I actually believe that call was correct, but he lost all credibility when he did not let the lead ref make the call. He was 70 feet from the play, blocked by the puck carrier, and was late to make the call.
TM was absolutely correct in standing up for his team and calling the ref on his ego trip. In addition, even Koharski will not be able to justify the refs actions and we will be less likely to get this ref crew again.
Welcome to the greatest sport on earth.
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