alt="LA Kings Insider with Rich Hammond" />Wayne Simmonds will be out, for an undetermined period of time, with a lower-body injury. Terry Murray said Simmonds will see a doctor today, after which a timetable for his return might be set.
The Kings will go with Richardson, Handzus and Parse on the third line, and Ivanans, Moller and Harrold on the fourth. Ryan Smyth has not yet been cleared to play.
More updates on the day’s news soon…
Oh no! Horrible news!
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well thats not good news. hope its nothing more than a game…
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was he hurt in the game? or practice?
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it could be worse..
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yea when he was he hurt? i don’t recall anything in the phoenix game?
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son of a biscuit…
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At the time that Smyth went down, I was worried; most of us were, actually. And the amazing scoring from the first line did indeed take a hit. Simmonds was one of the guys who stepped up and helped ameliorate the scoring shortfall.
This injury worries me just as much and perhaps even a bit more. This guy brings such amazing pressure on the other team just about every shift. Who’s going to step up for Wayne?
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Terrible timing and a big loss to the squad. In many respects, Simmonds has taken over for Brown as our character and team leader guy. He will be missed.
On a positive note: section 108, row 12 tickets available for tonight’s game for $20 at barrys.
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we have 4 games to deal with and we have about a 1 1/2 week rest period. i hope we can make it thru w/o simmonds….
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Bring up…well…oh shoot, there’s not one left to bring up!
There should be a rule against using words like “ameliorate” on this blog. :)
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Ugh!!! Not the kind of Kings news I was hoping to read today. Sounds serious! Get well soon, Kid!
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On the brightside, the franchise now has depth as evidenced by the teams record with Scuderi and Smyth so the loss of Simmonds isnt the death knell by any stretch. I lamented that in the best season the Kings have had seemingly since Woodstock, that there are going to be 2 prolonged play stoppages-players with injuries like these will have additional time to rest and heal.
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Wow, the plot thickens. More obstacles for the team to overcome. Simmonds is young and resilient, he will be back before you know it. This is an opportunity for Moller to shine. I am sure Parse will take his game to another level as well.
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Horrible news…best wishes for a speedy recovery :( He’s really one of the players making this team tick right now!
Curse of the “S” last names is in full effect…
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Simmonds has been our best forward for a couple weeks. Time for everyone else to step it up another level (especially Kopi and Brown).
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the “undetermined amount of time” scares everyone, i’m sure. Sounds like something bad happened to him. This blows…here’s to hoping Smyth is 100% soon
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Paging Anze Kopitar: Please come into the goals column as soon as possible. We have an urgent message for you.
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Bad news, bad timing. I think its the injury curse of Coach Murray. First Andy, now Terry. This is a tough team tho, and they’ve carried on valiently so far. Its time for Anze and Dustin to really pick up the slack, reguardless of who they are playing against or with.
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MN14 said: “Curse of the “S” last names is in full effect…”
I never thought about that. Smyth, Scuderi, Stoll, Segal, Simmonds…
That’s every single player on our roster starting with the letter ‘S’
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This sucks and holy crap, that’s a terrible 4th line. Bring up Holloway! ;0
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Crap! Simmer has been one of our top 3 players the last 7 games. Im going to the game tonight, was looking forward to seeing him play!
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Ya this is horrible news man, Simmonds has been a horse for us. Dang, that 4th line is really gross man, Ivanans-Moller-Harrold? I think they should call Marc-André Cliche up or Kevin Westgarth, Cliche scored 2 goal last night and he’s been playing well of late, alot of people dont know this but Cliche actually played on the Canadian Junior squad like 4 years ago (maybe 3), so he was a good prospect and DL actually mentioned him in one of the interviews with Rich, so maybe this guy is like a diamond in the rough type of guy, you never know nowadays anyways, Scott Parse is a perfect example. TM didn’t even let the kid play during training camp, pfft
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Oh man. Pretty big blow to the team, with the way he forechecks. I’m sure we’ll do fine, but his presence and energy will be missed. Hope it’s nothing too serious.
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Sssssssssuffering succotash, thisssssss suckssssssss!
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We will survive (note the good use of a word beginning with “S”).
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I’m gonna go out on a limb and assume he’s play on the ice is what made the loss of Smyth not as noticeable. Hopefully, he’s not out long at all.
Hopefully, Smyth is well and ready to play in the next few games.
=( sucks to hear he is hurt. he’s so much fun to watch!
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I feel bad for Moller. I don’t think anybody can score between those two hacks. He hasn’t been defensively responsible himself, so I’m a little concerned about what that line can bring.
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well, I wish we could edit posts because that typo is retarded. haha.
*his
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D’OH!
Agreed that it’s a good time for Brownie to step up again.
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Not good by far but this team does have depth as we have seen. The Kings will miss Simmer most definitely but we will survive…..this team is just too good!
GO KINGS!!!
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Huge loss b/c of his energy and toughness. Had 9 points in 9 games.
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Richardson – who has been playing well as of late – is actually a decent replacement for Simmonds. No one can truly replace a very unique player like Simmonds, but Richardson is probably as good as anyone we have on the team for that same kind of role. Let’s see how he does.
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Damn, what a shame! Wayne has been their overall best player this year. Get better soon!
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That kinda takes the fun out of getting up at 4 AM to watch the game. Simmer has been a monster and will be missed. Get Well Soon!!!
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Noooooooooo
Stellaaaaaa! Hey Stellaaaaaaa!
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Rich,
Just a quirky suggestion: but why don’t you have some ticket giveaways on this board?
You can reward the hard-core Kings fans with tickets to games the Kings have excess tickets.
Certainly with Xmas approaching, could be a cool gesture.
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Wish we could bring up Schenn for a few games to give him a taste of the bigs.
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Hey guys here is more about the injury. Murray says it wasn’t a game or specific situation, so who knows what this injury is. Check it out. BTW< this is the first game he will have missed in his 115 game career, and he leads the Kings with a +/- 13…..
http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=509655
This guy is what our team is all about. I get excited to see him work in the corner, b/c I trust he will make it happen. Can't say that for a lot of others.
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Oh, no … it’s like we lost a dynamo. Certainly a power down. Big test for other guys or who replaces him. But I believe this team can get job done without him. let’s just hope his injury is not that serious.
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Maybe Simmer was the player with the “bad bruise” that caused us to bring up Moller…His injury freaks me out a bit, Simmer brings a little bit of everything to the Kings, but his competitiveness is unreal, it’s hard not to give it your all when you see a guy like that on a shift before you. As others have stated before, time for the rest of the guys to pick it up.
On a side note, the injuries this season have highlighted the biggest difference between Lombardi and Dave Taylor, we actually have players in the minors that can come up and fill in, which Taylor didn’t have…and in my opinion, that’s why Andy Murray lost his job.
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Worst player to lose to injury outside of Quick or Doughty. Just detrimental. He was the main reason we stayed afloat after Kopitar went on vacation.
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Surely sucks subtracting Simmer.
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Please DO NOT call up Schenn. We don’t need him joining the injured resssserves.
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Another way to look at it…This gives Richie a chance to get some serious consistent minutes, and hopefully build up more of his confidence, the same way Simmer stepped up when Smyth went down.
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To expand of my post, I think a huge part of the growth of this team is guys stepping up when someone else is down. I get the feeling this team is really playing for each other and in this together for the first time in a while.
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oh no…:(…
let’s hope it’s not serious…!
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We need Kopi to start earning his worth.
If we are ever going to contend, he needs to learn to produce, the playoffs are tighter checking than the regular season. If he cant figure it out now, its only going to go down hill from here on out.
He looks like he coasts? Or is it just the way he skates, and he is moving faster than it looks?
Its time for our best players to be our best players.
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Who would have thought that Simmer would ascend so far so quickly. His absence is now pretty devastating to the team. Surely we can continue to play well while he heals, but we just lost a night-in, night-out impact player.
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NOOOOO! Why does it have to be the “S” names going down.
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Wow. -and against the Flames tonight no less. We’re gonna get man handled. Simmer and Brownie are the only forwards that throw their weight around.
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Does anyone have roenick’s number?
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we play dallas tonight not the flames.
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Tough loss for the team with Wayne out of the lineup. When he played Jr A with our team, hate to mention another “S” word, but he was nicknamed “Spider” !
Let’s hope he is back in the Kings lineup soon, I too vote in favour of banning multisyllable words like ameliorate in any blog!
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Im so f#ckin pissed right now. When the hell did this happen rich? Ready for the loss tonight. dallas 4-1
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damn, we’ll definitely feel this loss as he’s one of our best as far as showing up to play every night, not to mention the space he creates for others with his physical play… Here’s to Wayne being a quick healer! Now let’s see who turns up their game…
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Damn that really sucks. Let’s hope it’s just a game, or something short term. He’s the heart and soul of this team.
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to bad….btw Slava Fetisov (only 51) is going back
to game …how about our Luck … (dress him up man)remeber he is also lucky ….but seriosly I would pray for Simmer.He is an honest realy good player.We hope this is not for long time.
Come on Brown ,come on man !!!
Parse,Kopi,Richi and….FRo Kings 4-2 over dallas.
I still hope we will have a shootout win this year (like 2-0(.maybe
aganst Red Wings or those noisy birds,yes, ducks
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How about some body conditionin training for the team……way to many injuries this year!
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Get well soon, Meat Train!
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Damn….
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John OC-
Don’t start with the stupid predictions. Another ‘fan’ that has no faith in this team. The Kings will adjust and be fine. One thing will help is Dallas going into the shootout last night. Hopefully they’ll be a little worn out. Maybe they’ll put Auld back in goal and Kopi an get another hat trick on him.
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AZ – agreed. It’s bad news losing Simmer, but this is a pretty damn good hockey team. I don’t see everything falling apart over this.
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Hey ,Az my predictions are good ,check it for ducks game
and…I do have fait in this team (finaly) we got enough
dept and that is why I predict another victory.however,
I lost my fath in Brown.Yes ,he works hard,but efort and result are two different thing. We need more talented capitan-lieder.Dl said we are head of scedule..
I do not think this is true.We miss playoff for several years already ….Hey our lifes are short ,you know that!!1 and btw …nobady here talks about THE Cup.That is still far away dream for us.ducks get cup head of scedule and maybe SJ….SJ (???) is #1 now.Who could predict that several years ago.they are head of scedule,
Florida” knows ” what is the cup…So you got the picture.GO KINGS GO
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Ok, first the guy uses the word ameliorate. Plus, he spelled it correctly. Sheesh, bringing the A game and putting on the pressure… C’mon EJ, back it off man, just a little, please?
We gonna be fine without Simmonds tonight, maybe it will be a spark under everyone else. He will be missed…
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Dear God, NO!
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Personally, I don’t see a Cliche or Westgarth call up for Simmonds (if it comes to that) being successful. Yes, both have been producing, but neither one of them would fulfill the Simmer role. Cliche would be closer but… Well, if they call Cliche up that’d leave Gauthier as the only currently skating “leader”. Obviously there are guys that DON’T have letters on their jersey that are leaders, but I just don’t know if any of them could step up to the role that Cliche has taken on the bench. I see Gauthier’s A as being more of a tenure thing than an actual leadership thing. Bagnall and Cliche on the other hand have definitely been guys that really have taken the reigns as players.
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Potentially crushing blow to the team.
How do you replace a player such as this?
It is hard, but
on a deep team,
you can do it by committee,
like Manchester has been doing it lately.
With an insane work ethic from EVERYBODY,
it can be done.
But it won’t be easy.
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