Johnson will play

Terry Murray said Jack Johnson will play today against New Jersey. As something of a precaution, the Kings will go with seven defensemen, with Peter Harrold staying in as a forward.

Teddy Purcell will retun to the lineup, and Raitis Ivanans and Brandon Segal will be healthy scratches, giving the Kings lines of…

Richardson-Kopitar-Simmonds
Smyth-Stoll-Brown
Frolov-Handzus-Purcell
Parse-Moller-Harrold

48 Comments

  1. WWAMD says:

    awww I like Segal. Oh wellz, Go Kings!

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  2. tbrads says:

    Praise the Lord. Welcome back Jack.

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  3. JPUCK says:

    thank god the Latvian lug is out. I did like segal though.

    …i wouldnt be surprised to see frolov get double shifted to the 4th in place for harrold

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  4. Player-X says:

    Frankly surprised at Parse getting another game. He was very bad defensively last night. Although the effort was there in battles behind our own net, he wasn’t very effective and seemed slow and out of position on back-checks. TM is very patient with youngsters, so they say; this must be proof of it.

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  5. Buckster says:

    Rich, things sure are interesting. TSN is getting giddy over the Burke presser. Should be a interesting day.

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  6. Kiosku2 says:

    Off topic, but does anyone have a link to a game thread that shows the entire shootout icluding kopi’s sick goal? All the highlight reels I’ve looked at fail to show anything but Stolly’s goal.

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  7. Grinder17 says:

    Phaneuf traded to Toronto !!!

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  8. The Jumping Shrimp says:

    Phaneuf to the Leafs.

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  9. steve says:

    Giggy too…on his way to TOR

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  10. Cry Baby says:

    good to see the ball rolling…

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  11. src says:

    Agree that Parse had a rough one last night. We all feel Moller has deserved the spot on the 3rd line, but due to lack of centers, or the fact that Richie would have to switch lines is the reason.

    I like the lines tonight. TM will definately roll all 4.

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  12. src says:

    Glad that cheep shot artist is moving East.

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  13. AK47 says:

    woooooow, i reported the phaneuf deal first butttt rich deleted my comment :P

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  14. src says:

    For who??

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  15. AK47 says:

    Phaneuf, Sjostrom for White and Stajan.. that’s what i’m hearing right now

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  16. Steven says:

    Kiosku2 here is a link to the whole shootout. If you want just Kopi’s dangle go to nhl.com, under the heading Anze the Giant.

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  17. src says:

    Salary dump and Joikinen wont get resigned.

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  18. steve says:

    DarrenDreger when asked if Stajan and Hagman are main pieces in Phaneuf trade, source says “its bigger than that.”

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  19. steve says:

    Go get Karable Dean!! He’s awesome and has a decent contract

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  20. src says:

    Send it to the Bruins c/o Thomas

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  21. AK47 says:

    No no, we don’t need Tomas Kaberle.. But ya, this is big news, Giguere to the Leafs also, Brian Burke is taking heavyyyyy money

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  22. WWAMD says:

    This trade may work in our favour. Lets say Dion has a decent season….All Dean needs to do is…..Dion + for Schenn…Burke will be all over that like white on rice

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  23. AK47 says:

    WWAMD,

    I don’t even want Dion Phaneuf man, the guy is overpaid, I’d rather build within and just trade for assets instead of taking on huge salarys like Phaneuf, who hasn’t had a good year since his rookie season

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  24. steve says:

    Phaneuf, Sjostrom and Auley to Toronto for Hagman, Stajan, Mayers and white!!

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  25. steve says:

    that was from Dreger

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  26. AK47 says:

    WOW Niklas Higman to Calgary too, damnn..

    According to Dreger’s twitter:

    Phaneuf, Sjostrom and Auley to Toronto for Hagman, Stajan, Mayers and White

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  27. backchecker says:

    is the kings game vs new jersey not on fox sports if not is it on nhl center ice and if so what sports bars are showing the game in west la sfv
    Thanks

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  28. WWAMD says:

    Wow Leafs traded Toskula, who sucks for Giggy and a 1st.. Leafs robbed the Ducks in that trade.

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  29. AK47 says:

    WWAMD, i hope that’s not true, that’s rooooobbery man..

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  30. kiosku2 says:

    Thanks Steven! Wondering like everyone else who Burky got in return. He has been known to steal a thing or two in the trades he’s made over the years. Since the new CBA, hasn’t been too much in the way of big trades during the regular season so this is interesting…

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  31. AK47 says:

    kiosku2,

    Phaneuf, Sjostrom and Auley to Toronto for Hagman, Stajan, Mayers and white!

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  32. AK47 says:

    Burke just said that his cap situation is like a new pair of underwear: uncomfortably tight lolol

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  33. WWAMD says:

    AK47 I got that straight from NHL.com

    It is robbery. Toskula has been crap for ages and Giggy is decent and a 1st round pick on top of that. Thats now fair, I wanted Leafs to suffer with NO first round picks for the next 2 years. And a Ducks first round pick looks pretty good this season. Burke has done it again

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  34. AK47 says:

    Ya, I mean how badly do you want to get rid of Giguere? He’s only got one more year left on his contract, right? God, that’s absurd, I wanted to see the Leafs suffer without a first rounder too, and it looks like they’ll be getting one back, Goddddddd

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  35. wavesinair says:

    I get that you’re interested in league dealings but stop hijacking this thread when it has nothing to do with the Kings. Seriously, check yourself. Exchange phone numbers and call each other.

    As for the lineup tonight, and the subject of this post, Rich, I assume Jack is coming in for Jones. Do you know? And I thought that Whiskey was going to get a game in!? Perhaps that he was a maybe all along, I don’t remember…

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  36. wavesinair says:

    Perhaps Drewiske was considered a “maybe” all along. (correction)

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  37. src says:

    Rumor has it that it is phi first rounder from the pronger trade.

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  38. Khanon says:

    I don’t understand… Why scratch your only big, tough forwards and dress two wimps instead?? NJ is more physical than boston, and boston gave the kings a hard time

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  39. Jpuck says:

    @waves

    Leafs trade involves our #1 rival. Which means it’s kings related :)

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  40. Nick in 318 says:

    i’m glad to see this move… i love it when we have 4 lines we can roll… have a 4th line that can skate and make plays… score if need be… im a huge fan of moller and his play making ability… i really hope we hold on to him… thought he’s played really well with zeus and fro too

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  41. holly says:

    For god sake, is Whiskey back in today too? Because I swear that TM is just screwing with me if he is…

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  42. USHA#17 says:

    Oh, oh, looks like another 2 and a half line game again. And back to back no less.

    RI was a long way off his game last night but at least he was noticeable which is more then I can say for perhaps three other forwards.

    Good or not, say what you will, Phaneuf had sure played well against the Kings. Hate to see Hagman in our conference.

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  43. USHA#17 says:

    Oh, oh, looks like another 2 and a half line game again. And back to back no less.

    RI was a long way off his game last night but was at least noticeable which is more then I can say for perhaps three other forwards.

    Good or not, say what you will, Phaneuf had sure played well against the Kings. Hate to see Hagman in our conference.

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  44. Belexes says:

    NJ is more physical than Boston? Are you kidding with that I hope?

    Chara
    Lucic
    Thornton

    All big boys….

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  45. Fan4life says:

    Ducks trade Giggy for Blake and Toskula

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  46. Fan4life says:

    NO first involved

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