If there’s one constant for the Kings, it’s the presence of Jonathan Quick on the ice. Every practice, every morning skate and almost every game, for that matter. Quick’s desire to work has been well-chronicled since he arrived with the Kings, and Terry Murray has half-joked about trying to keep Quick off the ice during optional skates in order to give him some rest.
So it was a mild surprise to not see Quick on the ice this morning, but Quick will be there tonight, against Columbus’ Steve Mason. This morning, Murray confirmed that Quick did skip the skate because of his own decision, not because Murray had him tied up in the trainers’ room or something…
MURRAY: “I’m glad he did (take the morning off). There’s lots of games and travel. We’re going to have back-to-backs coming up here. I’m not saying that he will be the goalie in both those games, but he’s just thinking ahead, and I’m glad he gets a day. The game in Toronto, that was a pretty demanding game for us. There was a lot of dot-to-board play, there were a lot of board battles and a lot of 1-on-1, 2-on-2 stuff. I was kind of thinking, yesterday, taking the day off and come back with a full morning skate today, but I felt it was important for all of us to come together and have a meeting and get through a light skate yesterday.”
A bit off topic, but I was just listening to Lou Lamoriello on xmradio. Wow, that man is such a pleasure to listen to. I know DL has huge admiration for him. Talk about seeing the big picture. His response as to whether he would make a trade…. all of the intangibles… stuff I’ve never even considered. That man is a gift to hockey.
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Good for JQ – should be nice and sharp tonight – Hagman exposed a big weakness in Tor – short side glove high both goals from him off the angle and JQ wasn’t close on either of them – need to watch that tonight – and we had some bad coverage breakdowns in front of the net – with the center too low towards JQ so the middle slot was open for a couple of nice chances – otherwise we dominated in Tor- keep it going boys-
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number 6,
How much is XM Radio and how many hockey stations are there?
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Khanon, it’s not expensive. Like 10$ a month or something. You can hear all the games live and during the day they have Channel 204 (NHL Home Ice I believe) and they have different MC’s and topics, discussions, lots of interviews. While I don’t listen all the time (otherwise I become to sportscentric and lose touch with our ever changing world), it’s really a pleasure to listen to.
Another thing I like a lot is, when the Kings are on the road you hear the announcers of the other teams often being very complementary of the Kings.
Hope that helps.
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You know, I’ve been thinking about weather Quick should sit 1 of the games this weekend. He deserves a rest. The problem is NJ is a good team, 2nd in east. We kinda need him for that one and why would he sit against another Olympic goalie.
Boston is on a losing streak that may have started with us. They will play hard and try to break that. Boston however plays Buffalo tomorrow and us the next night. If Quick has to sit one Boston makes more sense but it could be trouble.
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number 6,
Thanks!
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Sure thing.
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Kris NJ is struggling a bit also.Columbus is in a spin,we already beat Toronto and Detroit.Boston is in a major funk.If Quick can take those games,this could be our best roadtrip this season.
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Hate to go off topic (I know that this thread had already gone in that direction) but I love this quote from John Madden of the Blackhawks regarding the male bondage photo that came out: “I don’t think it will be a distraction at all,” Madden said. “This team is a tight bunch of guys.” Now that’s veteran leadership.
Here’s the story with photo http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Kane-believes-one-limo-photo-was-faked-Chicago-?urn=nhl,216284
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I think using Quick against Boston who he just recently played against makes the most sense. It is also the best way to assure at least 2 pts in that back to back.
If we get 8 out of a possible 10 points it will make up for that bad home stand.
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Yea KC thats the problem I’ve been having. Too many arguments for Quick to start both but he should get a rest soon. Man! Glad I’m not the coach. That’s too hard.
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About SiriusXM radio:
There are 6-12 XM hockey games per night, and they are all covered. Excellent reception, home team announcers, home region commercials, various team intermission interviews are the upside. The early day shows have interesting hosts. There are wonderful draft day/ trade deadline shows. Primo playoff coverage. Great portability when the portable unit can be used at home/work/car/gym.
Downside? Too many commercials, particularly annoying ones centered on taxes/credit card relief, weight loss, memory enhancement played over and over and over…
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Yea bako, that downside is the only reason I don’t have SiriusXM. People pay for it and still the have too many commercials. Like Tom Petty sang… “as we celebrate mediocrity the boys upstairs want to see how much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free”. Still would be nice to hear all the games if I’m out.
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