The Kings went on the power play with 2:04 remaining, but couldn’t get the game-tying goal. More from the locker room ASAP, including, hopefully, an update on Justin Williams.
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Oh god that was painful to watch.
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If they don’t get rid of their power-play coach I may never watch again
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yes yes it was, 6 on 3…
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Kings have to learn how to cash in on two man advantages. Wait, three man advantages.
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I knew that was going to happen. We can’t score 5 on 3 why would we score 6 on 3? Nice work getting shots on net Jack, I’m shocked Phoenix didn’t score on that empty net when you turned the puck over
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horrible Dzone play all night, what’s new the PP can’t steal them at least 1 pt. double whammy with williams going down, he will be a big loss.
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Is it just me or does Kopi look lost out there? A two man advantage and he just hugs the half boards.
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wow…what an awesome game….not.
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Stupid play by Elkins cost Kings loss. You gotta keep puck in deep when other 2 forwards are already deep in zone. Send him back.
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Was a consistently a poor game by Jack Johnson, but especially at the end.
You have a THREE man advantage, dude – HIT THE NET! FORCE A REBOUND!
Sheesh.
Quick was excellent again, tho. Just a bad bounce and a poor decision by a rookie, was all. The wins/losses are going to be decided by inches and milliseconds for this Kings team at this point in time, and their rust and lack of synch cost them.
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Agreed bbb7…couldn’t have said it (or typed it lol) better.
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That’s awful
6 on 3
Well, on the bright side, if the Kings can just pace themselves they can get in on the Taylor Hall sweeps.
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I keep encouraging the Kings to play their PP with more of a sense of urgency… as if it was the end of the game. Maybe I need a better analogy!
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Im with gldielocks, send him back i put the loss on Elkins, i know its not just him but ya..
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During the game Bob said condolences to the williams family was wondering if it was Justin Williams brother they were talking about
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Don’t send Elkins back, he needs to learn how to handle himself in those situations.. Johnson and Doughty looked ok together.. Simmonds didn’t look good, it looked like his knee is still bothering him.. These injuries are so saddening man, once again, either Scott Parse gets called up or we’re trading for someone.. Kings got outplayed and we didn’t play well at all, it was still a very tight game, if we don’t bounce back against the Wild, then I’ll be very worried
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We don’t want Taylor Hall, we want playoffs.
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Games like this are why the Kings break my heart. Snakebitten by injuries, as they have often been through this decade. Would have been a great victory, or even a one pointer, and we were given a golden opportunity to get it at the end. So close, but……..
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OH and the PP is lame, again..
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Wavesinair, yes agreed! Perhaps when they are up 2 men, they should just see how many shots on goal they can get in 30 seconds, shooting gallery style. Make the defense scramble, something, anything!
Oh, and dont feed JJ.
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mike
Taylor Hall and Braydon Schenn may actually put the Kings on the dynasty map
Another bright side, at least the Ducks are getting their butts whooped
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Kings need to accomplish one of 2 things this year, playoff spot or 1st Overall in 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
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That game really twisted my ‘stache, man. I hope Williams is ok.
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I hear the Red Wing and Canuck footsteps.
At least we aren’t in Pittsburgh.
Remember Kevin Stevens and Buffalo?
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Ohhhhh and according to Matthew Barry’s twitter account, Justin Williams wasn’t sent to the hospital? I guess that’s a positive
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Theres no way the kings can finish worse than Carolina unless they only win 5 games the rest of the season. Look for the playoffs.
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RI’s d on the first goal was the one that hurt. Although, a holy roller and weak play by a kid with 2 games of experience is not giving up a lot.
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Heh, shows up when kings loose. What a smart move. Don’t embarrass yourself and your favorite Oilers.
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TM finally explained his Offensive system..chip puck into corner and chase. Great. All the forwards end up bunched up together in corner banging away at puck with no one in front.
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Guys I can’t believe you’re talking about getting the 1st pick overall, Lombardi CLEARLY said that the goal is playoffs, if he doesn’t accomplish that, I think Terry Murray gets fired, and Lombardi too (probably)
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*lose
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Ya a really horrible game to watch. What a stupid play by Elkins and then not even hustling on the back check.And the PP looks atrocious!! What else is new, at least I got a free Coyotes blanket.
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Bottom Line is one bad bounce, and one bad rookie play cost us some points. They’ll bounce back. Have only been blown out in one game this season vs. The Thrashers. Other than that they are competing night in and night out. Very proud of my/our team.
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I can think of one positive. We stunk up the joint and still had a chance to win or at least tie. That in a weird and sick way is growth. We’ll be o.k.
Bummer about Williams!!!
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Well, we do need at least 11 more Carolina wins
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OMG. The Kings lost a game!! They will never make the playoffs now!!
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Kings will have a 4 point lead over Detroit and the 9th seed after Vancouver and Luongo seal 2 more points tonight
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Kings fan pretender. Disgrace of all hockey fans. Piss off.
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REM — should we just call it a season?
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In my opinion, the negative impact from losing this game pales in comparison to the vacuum left by JW’s potential absence for the remainder of the season.
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I think someone also needs to look into their stretching routines before the game. I have seen statistics that show that improper techniques in stretching cause teams to have more injuries. Just a thought…Considering the history we have it might need to be analyzed.
As a joke, I think we should have put 2 goalies in so that it would only be a 4-3 advantage and there would be a way to get Ersberg some work, and we wouldn’t have to suffer as fans watching the 5-3 (or 6-3) and at least it would have set some record for a hockey game… We must find humor or this will get ugly!!!
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jet
I think any smart Kings fan would say get Taylor Hall and build a dynasty. I’m talking 40′s Toronto, 50′s Montreal, 80′s NYI and Edmonton dynasties. Now that would go over well by me.
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Hasn’t Rich banned you yet R.E.M?? I mean, WOW, where do you come up with some of this stuff??
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Why would Rich ban me?
I’m the one that dreams big, you know…40’s Toronto, 50’s Montreal, 80’s NYI and Edmonton dynasties.
Now that is a true Kings fan.
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R.E.M. is obviously a long-time fan and knows the heart-ache associated with that title. Cut him some slack. R.E.M. must care a lot to be so upset by the game. And he is right about building a dynasty…but why can’t we win and build a dynasty? that is the really frustrating thing about being a Kings fan. And I feel his agony. Its better to be less optimistic and be surprised by the Kings than the other way around.
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s it time for a Sean ODonell Retirement Night?
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Comments directed at Player-X:
This is why I laugh at anyone suggesting the Kings should or could win the Western Conference. Teams that win conferences don’t have losses like that…stinkers. I can think of at least 3 already this season, there were probably more, that the team just looked out of their league. Flat, slow, and NO offensive pressure whatsoever. So, as I said before, be happy if this team makes the playoffs…maybe that is where they will learn to take the next step and play more consistenly throughout the season…and maybe from that, they might even win a cup. But with games like that, it sure the hell won’t be happening this year.
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rem — It sounds like you are fairly new to following the Kings. The team is 3 years into a complete rebuild. The youth on this team (second youngest in the league) are at a point where they need to play meaningful games in March. There is nothing comparable to the playing every game like it is your last after your body has already been through 75 games. We have young talent, we need to get them into big games to futher grow that talent. That goes for Manchester as well.
BTW – watch who gets more ice time in last ten minutes against Sweden, Scheen or Hall.
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No need
Kings fan named after Oiler’s player? Wow, that’s new!
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Why is Murray playing Moller, Elkins, and Segal when we have Harrold, Purcell, Zeiler and Jones as healthy scratches?
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I don’t know how some can call themselves Kingsfans and give up over and over again.1 game and their allegence goes right out the door.Hoping for next year already are we.If I was a Habsfan I would probably come on this sight and say”We should trade Quick for Price”,or something really dumb like”stick a fork in the Kings their done”.I think there’s some sabotage going on here.Maybe Pavel Rosa is leaving messages and pretending to be a fan just to get back at the Kings for not getting his share of ice time.
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You people are all on shrooms! We punch that goal in at the end and we start the overtime on a power play as well. BUT NO 6-3 as well as 5-3 as well as 5-4 has been and continues to be our weakness. You cant score on a powerplay you will not go to the playoffs period.
Also someone please tell me another team that gives up more quality shots than us? Quick should asked to be traded now or for 2 mil more a season. At the very least he should ask for the posts to be widened.
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I’m Just Saying” -
In response to your query (although I know you weren’t really asking): there is a stat called SQA, or Shot Quality Against, which measures the quality of a team’s shots-against compared to the league average (the primary measurement here is distance from the net). So you asked to be told of another team that gives up more quality shots than the Kings. Statistically, every team in the league gives up a higher average shot quality than the Kings, except three teams, MIN, NJD and BOS. And you probably know that the Kings are among the best in the league in keeping their total shots against low (although not quite as good this year as last year).
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It’s insane to look at a team that has managed one of the top two or three first halves in franchise history, despite being wracked by injuries to six of its top players, and see only a team contending for last place. You really don’t see a difference between 9th place and 30th?
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Bob:
You said “This is why I laugh at anyone suggesting the Kings should or could win the Western Conference. Teams that win conferences don’t have losses like that…stinkers. I can think of at least 3 already this season, there were probably more, that the team just looked out of their league. Flat, slow, and NO offensive pressure whatsoever.”
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So, you think the Penguins were sharp against the Kings earlier in the season? Nearly all teams put up a few stinker games, just not as many as Kings of the past have done. I hope this is the last lazy night we see. . .
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“Also someone please tell me another team that gives up more quality shots than us?”
Never underestimate our human (dis)ability to perceive something that does not exist. Your eyes deceive you all the time.
Kinda like when I watch Parse…
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Ya know Bob, everything was gonna be fine but you can’t resist the “I told you so.”
Dude, basing any logic on one game is, dare I say, delusional. Sample size, etc…
I refuse to be a Chicken Little, over-reacting to imaginary catastrophes. But to refute your central theme is simple: every team has bad games, an 8 day layoff is usually, if not alomost always responsibile for sloppy play and apparent slowness to react, and add to that an injury mid-game causing line mixups with already rusty players and you get a game that WE ALMOST WON ANYWAY.
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PX:
Seriously, rust? That might make some sense if the Kings haven’t already had a handful of games this season where they played the exact same way…yet without an 8-day layoff. Feel me?
Also, Conference championship teams do not ‘almost win’…they win. The Kings have had success this year, and big reason for that is due to QUICK. Had they not had the goaltending, we’d have some different results because both the defense and offense have been inconsistet thus far. Now, it has been good enough to win some games, as long as the goaltending is there. But my point is, the type of teams that you are attempting to put the Kings into are teams that are the whole package. They do it night in and night out….
The Kings have had some good luck this year, and that’s OK, because it’s long overdue. What we need to hope for is that it makes them a better team, that the winning changes the culture.
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Bob,
Conference championship teams win about 45 times and almost win another 10 and almost-almost win another 15 and then in about 10 games they suck.
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Also, Bob,
in general Quick has been spectacular in the losses and average in many of the wins. which is, you know, kinda backwards if the world is the way you think it is.
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So Quisp, then you are sayin you agree with PX in that a team who hasn’t played a single playoff game since 2002 is now a team that should be contending for #1 in the Western Conference?
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I’m not expecting the Kings to win the Conference, but they are showing some sins of being a good team.
I would say Quick was a bit shaky in the beginning of the year and was bailed out by the tremendous play of our 1st line. After the great start we lose Smyth and Kopitar(just disappeared) to go along with Fro missing most the year and our team still wins. Who steps up?….Quick, Simmomnds, all the call ups and for my money the best forward the past month or so Stoll!!! That to me is a sign we’re going to be a strong team, a team that covers up it’s weaknesses and bring forth its strengths. Even last night, as I mentioned in a previous thread, was about as ugly as it gets and we were still in position to steal points.
I am a bit concerned with all the injuries, but if we can somehow put them behind us and continue to play with heart and tenacity we will be where we all want to be…..No. 1 in the conference? No, but playoff bound and the thought of that brings a smile to my face. Go Kings
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What a bunch of losers!…ready to fire the coach and the GM. A couple games ago you were trying to buy Finals tickets….
This is why I didn’t come here when the game ended.
Championship teams don’t have this issue? Tell the Lakers!
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