Jonathan Quick is suffering from flu symptoms, so Erik Ersberg will get the start in goal tonight. Quick would be available in case of injury.
Also, Rich Clune skated this morning and will play tonight, alongside Ivanans and Moller in his NHL debut.
Notes and quotes from practice to come…
let’s hope for a speedy recovery so he’s ready for the avs.
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at least its against edmonton…
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and the beat goes on….
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Congrats to Rich Clune, hope he brings some grit to our 4th line.
Hope Quick feels better by Saturday night!
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good chance for the oilers to finally win one. NOT. if i didn’t have tickets for tonights game, i would of bought those box tickets.
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Go get em Ersberg!!
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The Kings should sign Brashear, call up Westgarth and pair the two with Ivanans. The line would be awful . . . but it would sure be fun to watch line brawls on a nightly basis
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ICEBERG to the rescue! Sort of…..
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Stupid question but did Clune have to officially be recalled by the Kings before he could skate with the team ?
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Hopefully the flu bug won’t hit anyone else in the lineup. Go Kings Go!
By the way, what’s the Kings magic number? LOL
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Brian – only if they all changed their last name to Hanson.
Ersberg is ready to go, and I’d rather see him in there tonight against EDM than Saturday against COL. Hope everyone has a great time tonight is the suite!
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Get Well Quickers!
i like the clune move… always liked what he brought in the preseason games i’ve seen…
he’s like the second coming of scrappy lappy
not a bad fighter either
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCIk6J7kd7M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZzg5MUkRlo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41triPXdElQ&feature=related
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10 wins will get us to 95 points!
10 = Magic
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Good thing the Olympic break is right around the corner with these flu like symptoms going around.
Pretty happy Ersberg is playing tonight and he should be fine.
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Awesome, a rare appearance by the Iceberg. Looking forward to it!
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Ok, Ersberg better be ready. We need to start a new winning streak!
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I feel like the NHL doesn’t have bad teams, it’s sort of like the NFL as in it’s any given Sunday, any team can win at any time.. NBA is different, you know who’s going to win in the NBA, rarely is there ever an upset, so for those of you saying “oh well, it’s only Edmonton”, well it’s not as easy of a win as you think it’ll be, let’s hope that it is, but all I’m saying is, don’t get your hopes up simply because it’s Edmonton. The Kings need a win, badly here and Ersberg needs to have a solid game
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Uh oh; flu bug hitting the Kings. I assume Scuderi is feeling well enough to play tonight?
Good luck to Clune, and I look forward to seeing him tonight. IIRC that he looked like a good bet to make the team a few years ago, but got injured in camp and his fortunes never quite revived after that.
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Hope Ersy is ready to go. Got to see Quicker earlier this season blank the Ducks 4-0 in his only shutout this season.
That means Ersbers is due for his only shoutout of this season.
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Absolutely right, AK. There are not good and bad teams so much as successful and unsuccessful ones. The Kings can’t let down against Edmonton and expect to win tonight.
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The parity in the NHL is a lot closer than it looks in the standings, for sure..
As AK said, it’s like any given Sunday in the NFL, you never know. All 30 teams have the talent to win on any night.
Although it would be a shame to drop one to the Oil, since they’ve only won 3 of their last 27.
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Quarantine him immediately! I do NOT want to see our boys dropping like flies tonight… running between the bench and the locker room puking their guts out.
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Not that I wouldn’t mind a little action, but I hope Clune and Ivan don’t get us into penalty trouble. We still need those 2-points EVERY NIGHT!!!
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what number is Rich going to wear…rich?
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Rich Clune: 56
weird number, I touched base on that a couple months ago, Kings players have weird numbers.. Bernier (45), Lewis (61), Segal (49), Loktionov (48), Schenn (55)
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Give Quicker some matzoh ball soup he will be ready by Saturday night.
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I don’t see why we need both Ivans and Clune in the lineup tonight, especially against the Oilers?
And with Ivans being a FA after this season, hopefully we get a good look at Westgarth before the seasons over?
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Van,
I agree, doesn’t it seem risky to leave Quick on the bench and have him possibly get others sick? Seems like he should stay home to me.
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i’ll be at the game; got tickets and with friends prior to getting info on the suite.
i hope our Team DEFENCE is IMPROVED for these next 2 games: 1 goal, no more than 2.
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Be good to see Lubo again.
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The boys better bring it tonight, Edmonton played the Ducks pretty strong last night. Seems there’s still some fight in the Oil.
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Anyone heard any trade rumours between Kings and Habs involving Frolov and ? ?
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AK47… i like the fact that the players wear the numbers the organizition gives them in training camp… its a reminder to them that they need to earn their choice of number by making the opening day roster… i remember doughty wore 80 and simmonds 57 before changing to 8 and 17… bernier wore 1 at one point i remember, but has gone back to 45… but he wears 45 in manchester… wonder if hes taken a liking to it… cant think of any other netminders whove worn it before…
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Hey! Let’s not be too hard on Ersberg! He’s not been bad at all this year. With the exception of his first start of the year against the Rangers, he’s actually been fairly solid, just not playing up to what Quick has been giving the team. The guy has hardly had a chance to play.
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AHL numbers are weird sometimes… I bet some of those guys change them when they get called up.
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Goring19
he was too small and too slow….at least that’s what the early scouting report was on him….
but Butch was an immediate fan favorite in his debut,
with his hustle, which enervated the entire team,
and electrified the entire Forum…
I never saw him NOT score on a breakaway….he got quite a few of those with his quick start….
almost always went to the backhand…GOAL!!
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Quicker…use my remedy for the flu. Get completely plastered. the alcohol cleanses the system!
As for the parity among teams…if you take away the extra points from OT/SO losses…the standings get a LOT closer…and the Kings would be much closer to SJ in the standings and have a legitimate shot @ 1st in the west/overall.
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I think Vanbiesbrouck wore #45…
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poor Moller…
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Vanbiesbrouck wore #34 for the Rangers, anyway…
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Poor Moller??
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Ersberg starting might actually light a fire under the Kings early in the game. Sometimes the players feel like they need to buckle down a bit more when the backup plays.
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I’m with you Newf. A fifth of whiskey and some wool blankets. Sweat it out Quicker!
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Matt R, since the Kings are only carrying two goaltenders on the roster and can’t get someone out here in time for tonight’s game, they have to go with what they have.
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Joe, Frolov trade rumors ….
like I said, that was mostly generated by Montral dreamers, wishers….they have nothing else to do but talk hockey all winter….just trying to boost the hopes of the faithful….imo they haven’t a chance for Fro…
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Yes….Habs fans talk about hockey all winter because they don’t get to watch any being played
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Vanbiesbrouck wore #34? I wonder why I thought it was 45? Must be the cold. Well, SOMEBODY did….
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Quarantine him…Quick!
where’s that Ontario G when you need him….
or Jones as backup….what else is he doing tonight..
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Win lose or SO veryone going to night should have a good time.
Wish I could go GO KINGS GO !!!!!
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This Edmonton game is a trap game. I bet they dont show up.
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not Martin….Randy..
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Clune will be a fan favorite. He is an exciting grinder, and will fit wit this lineup well. Has more of a scoring touch than segal 2. He will contribute more to the team.
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Look forward to watching clune agitate, possibly fight, and put on a show for us fans that appreciate fisticuffs. I’m going to miss my fellow Jew, Segal
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I got a feeling that “something” is going to happen tonight – and I hope it’s good! We’ll see what develops!
I’ll be there – taking my daughter and her fiance – it’ll be their first live hockey game ever!
Everyone enjoy the game who’s going.
GO KINGS GO!!!
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Frolov to Montreal tomorrow morning for Weber and D’Agostini..
thank me later
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Yannick Weber and Matt D’Agostini that is
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team had better show up early, or this game could be trouble….iow don’t give them an inch, or they could take a mile…
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Good luck to Ersberg… It really seems like Quick and Ersberg genuinely get along well, and thats always nice to see
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Moller = The safest guy on the Ice
‘Mullet -
They are dressing both because Edmonton has a pretty physical team ( 8th in fighting majors).
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AK,
Did you hear that rumor from someone, or are you making that up?
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AK47….are you from Montral??
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I’m from Ottawa.. I’m not making it up, a sports reporter from Montreal by the name of Patrick Caisse is reporting this on his Twitter, saying Frolov to Montreal is 99% done and that Yannick Weber is for sure one of the guys coming back to LA. Then people starting dishing out the name of Matt D’Agostini, IMO, it’s between D’Agostini and Pacioretty
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I hope Clune doesn’t get injured lacing up his skates.
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That would be lame considering Fro’s great play of late.
Especially since the stats on the three players you mentioned are … flat to say the least.
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If that is true (doubt it) then we have to be doing something else to replace Fro’s offense.
I really like Weber, I do not like Pacioretty or D’agostini. Id rather Lapierre
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I’m not happy to see Fro go unless DL plans on aquiring someone to replace him. Fro’s production has definitely been disappointing this year, but I think his game his going to be very valuable come playoff time.
This trade above doesn’t replace that, it makes us weaker going into the playoffs.
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that trade makes absolutely, positively no sense….
i just assume not to respond…but…
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The guys that get called up don’t get to choose there numbers that’s why they are always so odd. Some rookies in the AHL don’t even get to pick there number.
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http://www.twitter.com/patrickcaisse
take it for what it’s worth
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Why do we need another young dman whose 21? We need a veteran makes no sense. If we do that i want a kostitsyn coming with him someone who has big potential..
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Brian, your 3 fight line would be a throw back to the 1980′s early 90′s, when the teams dressed 2-5 fighters and there were usually 2-3 fights a night. That was when I started watching hockey. I missed the Philly Broadway Bullies teams. The Kings had Miller, Baumgartner and a few other fighters.
Now these NHL guys really fight and they’ve got all kinds of guts. Same back then. But for me at least all this fighting and having 2-3 guys there just to fight got a bit boring.
After a year or two of watching I could tell you who would fight, when they would fight, and usually who would win. Just like now, the non-fighters cannot really touch the fighters; the middleweights get murdered by the heavyweights; the heavyweights are all fairly closely matched.
I remember that if Calgary got up 2-3 goals, they’d send in the fighters (goons I guess) to beat up the Kings skilled players. If the Kings put in their fighters, not much chance of catching up, Eh? If the game was close and they got challenged to a fight, the Calgary fighters wld just laugh and skate away.
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Just because he says its 99% done doesn’t mean anything. Remember when it was reported a done deal about pronger to LA for johnson and the 5th overall. HAHAHA
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Yeah….Frolov to Montreal……funny. It’s not that Habs don’t have anything we could really use, it’s that they couldn’t afford Frolov!!!
GO KINGS GO!!!
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how good was Butch Goring? gets trade to the Islanders for Billie Smith and Dave Lewis, and the Islanders win 4 cups in a row with his addition.
on breakaways, he would stop on a dime in front of the goalie and tap it in. Willie Huber, Detroit Red wings, took Butch extra hard into the boards and Willie Huber was the largest player in league, and butch got up got the puck, went inside out on Huber and scored!! i remember having the radio with me at the game, and Bob Miller said, chuckling, “take that Willie Huber!”.
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AK47,
Andrei Kostitsyn is known as AK46 to Habs fans….
does this mean anything re. your handle?
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if frolov was getting traded…or any player for that matter…and it was supposedly “99% done”…don’t ya think that our gm would pull that player off the ice and our eye-in-the-sky, RICH, would have a thread up faster than an ANTHONY(Y) complaint…???
the odds of both happening are about as likely as yr boy, patrick caisse, being out of high school…have you seen that pic…?
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This Patrick Caisse guy is just that. A guy. A no body.
Now, when Bob McKenzie was asked if there was any truth to this rumour, his response was simply ‘No’.
Please do not use this board as a garbage rumour blog. There should be enough of them out there to satisfy your need for gossip.
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Frolov is not going anywhere right now. Those are all Bunk Internet Rumors. Once rumors are live, the trade won’t occur.
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Let’s go Ersberg. YOu finally get a start. make it a good one.
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@vicarious
They also had Holt, Wilson and Hutcheson. By the time they aquired Schultz and Williams that era had ended.
@The “Montreal” tale:
Twits like Caisse seem willing to anything for attention and perhaps a real job offer.
With the stats on those two boys the Kings would be smarter to keep those two off the payroll and out of the farm system and just give Frolov to Montreal. LOL
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The only Habs we would remotely want are Plekanec (whos a UFA) or Cammalleri (whos hurt). The rest have just been god awful. Kostitsyn’s are a bunch of whiners, and while skilled, are not the type of guys we need in the mix we have going on. If we’re looking for somebody to help out, why not a guy like Dustin Penner?? He’s tailed off after starting well. And please, for the love of god, I hope DL does not acquire any of the stiffs from the Maple Leafs. I see it first hand all the time, Ponikarovsky and Stempniak are garbage.
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Patrick Caisse seems to me to be the most unreliable source ive seen in a while. To take that tweet seriously would be foolish. We should have all learned after the kovy rumors to not take stuff like that seriously
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Let me add, while I feel he could use a sharper edge, perhaps take some on ice things personally as a motivational tool, make no mistake Frolov is a great player.
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D’Agostini was a teammate of Doughty here in Guelph, but make no mistake, he was at best a 2nd liner there. Callahan (NYR) was ten times the player, and would have been a great guy to scoop up.
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Good timing, if there is such a thing, against the oil slick. Hopefully it’ll help the team take them as seriously as they need to. I hope the best for Ersberg, who’s done a pretty good job of keeping sharp the last few outings, even though he hasn’t gotten too many opportunities.
WRT Lappy, I’d love to see him back if it “happens” (I.E., if it’s a fortuitous arrangement, not something paid too much for.) It would be great if he retired a King.
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Batton down the hatches…Here comes the flood [of goals]!!
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Ken,
The Montreal guy being referred to was Maxim Lapierre, not Ian Laperriere.
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Brian,
Sounds good to me. Might as well put on a show for the fans, eh? I’ve never seen a fan sit down during a fight…
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@CanadasKinFan – Oh well, the sentiment still goes.
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WRT to Quicker…hope he doesn’t get the flu during the playoffs. Just a thought, though I guess there are probably about 15 teams who would have similar concerns about now–looking forward, that is.
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Flu-like symptoms = needs a day off. Give JQ a break, he deserves it. At least they didn’t call it an “upper-body injury”. Sweet USA helmet too.
And every team is looking to screw the Canadians now that Gainey is out, dreaming up every scenario to dump their underachiving (lazy) players for prospects and/or draft choices, just like the Habs used to do under Sam Pollack back in the day. Can’t imagine that Le Bleu, Blanc et Rouge will do any deals before the Olympic break.
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ersberg will be fine he is just as good as quick!
quick needs a break anyways. his save percentage is slowly going down and down and its not even at 91. can you say overrated?
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Long time kings fan. Go Errorsburg. NO soft goals tonight. Can’t do worse than La (Sandwich) Barbara. Kopi hat trick tonight against weak Oiler defense and shotty goaltending.
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