Shootout results:
Kings: Kopitar, GOAL.
Oilers: O’Sullivan, save.
Kings: Johnson, save.
Oilers: Potulny, save.
Kings: Brown, save.
Oilers: Horcoff, GOAL.
Kings: Smyth, save.
Oilers: Nilsson, save.
Kings: Stoll, save.
Oilers: Comrie, save.
Kings: Doughty, save.
Oilers: Pouliot, save.
Kings: Simmonds, GOAL.
Oilers: Penner, GOAL.
Kings: Richardson, save.
Oilers: Pisani, save.
Kings: Handzus, GOAL.
Oilers: Brule, GOAL.
Kings: Frolov, save.
Oilers: Visnovsky, GOAL.
More from the locker room ASAP…
0 for 6 on pp???
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Sigh… I turn the TV on to see Visnovsky score on Ersberg… depressing.
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ugh.
oh well. don’t think we played that bad. Any team can beat any other team on any night…so there ya go
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damn.. we really let that one get away..
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Insider jinx lives on
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We asked to start a new streak, unfortunately, this isn’t the kind we hoped for. Bad team performance all around. We need a serious wake up call.
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There is no way you can blame the loss on Ersberg, that kid played a great game.
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but they got their money’s worth
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Should of put Quick in for the shootout.
Brutal loss.
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it really makes a difference when quick isn’t in net in those shootouts….erseberg got 5-holes on penners and brule’s goals
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lol McDonalds,
we played horrible, this might’ve been one of the worst Kings games I’ve seen all season.. Every time we needed a save from Ersberg in the shootout, the Oilers would score. We could’ve won this game a while back in the shootout, but Ersberg decided to keep the drama going, oh well, he’ll be losing his back-up position anyways, good job buddy!
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I agree. This was not EE’s fault.
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Quick should have played with the flu. He would’ve stopped everything. Oh well 1 pt.
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And after the Ducks game, I don’t know who read my comment, but I said that it was very, very, very important for the Kings to win this game tonight. Now we’re going to be playing a very hot Colorado team for an important 2 points, let’s see what the Kings do
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Nice game EE. Not your fault your team can only score 2 in the shoutout.
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Embarrassing … just embarrassing. Can’t win against Oilers. Unbelievable. PP totally stinks. We really need a good addition to this team now.
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I’m guessing this game isn’t worth watching? I missed it due to school but was really excited to see this Clune kid play. Anything noteworthy?
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Anything noteworthy?
Yeah.
Have Quick play out the remainder of the season!
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2 goals? lol are you funny man? we put the game on the line for Ersberg, he could’ve won it for us 3 times in the shootout and let every single goal in.
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Ersberg played well. You can’t expect your goalie to stop that many shots in a shootout. Apparently our shooters have never seen a goalie poke check before…wow
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I’m speechless. Bottom line we should of had 2 points!!!!!
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last ten minutes was good
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Agreed. Easy enough to pin it on the goalie. But you gotta lay blame on our PP performance and the general fog the team played in for most of the night. If we play like we’re capable of, EE doesn’t have to go 10 rounds in a shootout. Well boys, the Avs are next. Better have your heads screwed on right!
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AK:
what about all the other shoot out saves that Ersberg made when he absolutely had to or else we would have lost…when our shooter missed.. you didnt mention those did you
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Noteworthy?
Kings aren’t ready for the playoffs, in my opinion.
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Terry Murray has got to answer for his team’s power play, or severe lack thereof. No more BS about “digging in” and attitude. Rich, have Murray explain what his power play is and why his players cannot seem execute his plan. Murray is the damn coach of this team and I think we all deserve to hear his reasons for why his power play is totally ineffectual.
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Reason being? Not enough secondary scoring, and that goes back to our genius coach, who changes the lines like I change my underwear
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…why are people freaking out? we lose two games after a NINE game winning streak and it’s like the sky is falling.
This wasn’t an important game. Edmonton getting two points doesn’t hurt us. We got a point, so that’s good.
Colorado is certainly an important game. They’re competative. But even if we lose tomorrow, the boys will get a few weeks to take a breather and forget about the losses.
RELAX my friends.
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I think bottom line is that we got 1 point when we should have had 0
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Another former King comes back to haunt us…EE did make some big saves to keep us in it, though. I agree with 714 we should have scored on the power play and it wouldn’t have gone to the SO to begin with.
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Some of you guys are sounding like boat jumpers. 2 loss streak but technically Kings got the loser point so its not THAT bad. I’d be worried if they were losing to a playoff team aka The Avs this weekend but these are just bottom feeders.
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Is it just me…or does anyone else want to see Stoll off the powerplay. All season long that guy has had chance after chance on that one-timer but hasn’t stepped up. JJ needs to permanently take his place
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AK — the team was not ready for the season in your opinion.
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if you cant play EE vs Edm when can you. this loss falls on the 18 guys who should have picked up the slack, and layed a egg, that effort was Brutal!!.
btw isnt it nice how Edm is tanking on purpose to get the #1 pick and nobody says anything. that goalie is among the worst i have seen in my 25 years of watching the NHL, way to play to win Edm.
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We could’ve also won this game in OT, for those who didn’t watch the game, we had a full PP and obviously we didn’t score. Kompon and TM are both funny guys, can’t even draw up a solid PP strategy.. Here’s a hint Kompon: GET THE GUYS MOVING AROUND, NOT STANDING STILL
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EE kept us in the game and earned the point for us. his save at the end of OT was priceless, and honestly he was pretty darn good for a 9 round shootout
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AK, you are going to blame the loss on Ersberg? What are you shooting from your AK47? This loss was squarely on the shoulders of those skaters who couldn’t put the puck in the net. Who couldn’t put the puck in the net even with 6 powerplays. NO WAY is this Ersbergs fault. He gave the Kings every chance to win, they just didn’t know how to end the game with more goals than the Oilers.
Some people on here seem to just latch on to one player and blame them for everything no matter how well they play.
ERSBERG did his JOB
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SO why do we have drewiskey? He was so bad that foxie even said he looked nervous with the puck… ANd other then EE letting in that bad angle one he played good. But really, why we have drewiskey?
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EE should of stopped the Oilers second Oilers goal in regulation and maybe it wouldn’t of gone to overtime.
Those missed chances by Kopitar and Simmonds in the second killed them as well.
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Brutal loss.
At least I called the Heidi suite appearance, dammit I should have gone!
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OH wow, and Colorado plays Phoenix tomorrow hahahaha, oh my
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Iceguy I totally agree. The power play stinks. A 4 on 3 and we still can’t score. Just a complete let down. We need help and we need it now!!!!
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ak47– You sound less than bright when you smack the coach of the 5th best team in hockey
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Kompon is the special teams coach, he should be the first one called out on the carpet.
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AK47:
Not enough secondary scoring?
How do the Kings have eight guys with 10 or more goals? Or 12 guys with 20 or more points?
The Kings aren’t gonna score like Washington, but it seems to me like there’s a lot of balance there.
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Ok, but Ersberg looked mad shaky during the game? Like Penner’s goal during the game, are you serious Ersberg? Anyone could’ve made that save.
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No really why we have whiskey lol. It was my really bone this night?
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AK i don’t think that anyone’s denying that Edmonton’s second goal was on E. But that was his single flaw today. Kings had plenty of chances to win. The puck just didn’t bounce our way.
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Easy did fine. The O zone … well that’s a story for Rich to write about.
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AK47 says:
“Noteworthy?
Kings aren’t ready for the playoffs, in my opinion.”
Hahahaha comical! You’re one of the ones that voted 9th or worse eh
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AK47:
I don’t think you are ready to be a Kings fan, get on the freeway and drive south. There is a team called the Ducks there.
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The long fall from grace is upon us…can/will they stop the bleeding?
Losing to the Oil is a sign this team isn’t ready for the next level. No motivation to get the “W” that they were handing us especially with that goalie between the pipes.
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Ersberg played solid for a back-up… Gave the team a chance to win. U can’t really ask for more out of him
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Oilers PP looks way better than Kings. At least execution was there. Kings … none.
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cristobal — stop with the new IDs already. we get you hate TM, you hate DL and you hate EE. Enough
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AK
seriously man, give it a rest. i haven’t read ONE positive comment by you all season. who are you really rooting for? ersberg played a really strong game (except for maybe the second goal he should have had). but he was definitely not the problem in the shootout. our shooters had a hard time reading the poke check and kept getting the puck knocked off their sticks. we barely even got any shots off in the shootout because the puck got poked before we could even get a shot off.
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Despite the letdown in the end, I had a fantastic night in the suite Rich!…wait, that didn’t sound right…
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AK47 and KOHO, so because the Kings lost to the Oilers that means we aren’t ready to be a playoffs team? Then that means the Washington Capitals aren’t ready either for losing by a score of 6-5 and losing two in a row.
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For all those panicking:
The Kings are 10 points clear of the teams tied for ninth place, Detroit and Dallas.
They have 22 games left. We have 22 games left.
It’s very difficult to make up a 10-point difference on a team when only 44 points are left up for grabs.
Even if the Kings go .500 the rest of the way, that would require DET or DAL to play .750 hockey to pass us.
.750! And that’s assuming Calgary or Nashville or Colorado or even Vancouver (with all its road games) don’t slip up.
Relax, people.
And I think this game shows the cliche is true that anyone can beat anyone else on any given night. Therefore, playoff positioning won’t matter too much. (Unless we play the Canucks. We couldn’t beat those guys if our lives depended on it.)
Hoooo-zaaahhh…
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So, how about that Ziggy Palffy? He’s gonna be carrying the flag for Slovakia at the Olympics. Cool!
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I don’t know if anyone is necessarily panicking about the Kings’ positioning, rather that they lost to the elite worldbeating Oilers, amirite?
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Hm… I can’t wait to watch this game tomorrow. Sounds like Kompon is back to his power play shenanigans. From what I’m reading on Hammond’s blog the Kings came back to tie things up at 2, then had a 4 on 3 PP and didn’t capitalize?
Yeah, I’ll never blame Easy E for a loss but I sure as hell will ALWAYS blame Kompon. I don’t understand how a team like the Kings can automatically shutdown with a man advantage but Kompon manages to make it happen.
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KingsKnight — only if Heidi was really there
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No way was this loss on EE. The Kings must be the only team in the NHL that cannot score on a 4 on 3 powerplay, especially against the Oilers. But the problem actually started long before that…here’s the new strategy for TM to guarantee the guys will play 58 minutes of hard nosed hockey:
Pull the goalie for the first two minutes of every game so we are down two goals from the start. The only time we start playing hard is when we’re down a couple, so why not just do it at the start?
0 for 6 on the power play. Enough said.
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For those that have said the Kings played a good game, I am not sure what game you were watching. The first period was a total mess. The Kings didn’t start looking really good until half-way through the 3rd period, actually. I am glad they got the point but they have to find a way to avoid these slow starts. You can’t do that even against the worst team in the NHL as we saw tonight.
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WTF is this team doing! Lose to the Oilers at home!? There is no reason it should have never gone into a shootout and we played like S***! Why is it that we can win 9 in a row and then have a complete dropoff like this? If we play like we have the last 3 games we are going nowhere in the playoffs. Ersberg did very well for a backup and kept us in the game. The whole team is to blame on both goals they scored. I really hope something happens soon to stop these dropoff games against teams that have no business coming close to beating us!
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Edm is by far the worst team in the league, sorry no excuses for losing to a minor league team. if they were in the east, they could afford this kinda loss, but they arent. the point they blew tonight will have to be made up. i hope Rich tells us they are very angry in that locker room, or i am more concerned.
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lol i actually voted for 5th, but if they keep playing this way, i might switch it to 9th or less.. listen, 9 game winning streak or not, this team is not playing well right now, and TM keeps changing lines..
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Clune was definitely noticeable… The guy can play
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I haven’t read the other comment threads but Clune was a nice surprise. He was out there for at least three of the shifts where the Oilers committed penalties. He also came very close to untying the game in the waning minutes with a nice tip.
Now, given that he might have been a little amped for this game, but he looks to be really good on his skates. Only downside is that he was out of sync with Fro and Richardson on the cycle. Pretty much always in the wrong spot. He’ll figure it out.
I really don’t miss Segal after watching that and don’t think that I will. Nice add.
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I just want to say that FSW Simmonds twitter contest was absolute bullshit…I answered it INSTANTLY!! It took me 3 seconds…BULLSHIT!!! That bobblehead should’ve been mine…
Damn you FSW….DAMN YOU!!!
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AK is right. That game saving goal with 19 seconds left in overtime looked real “shaky” to me. Bottom line is the forwards not doing their job has as much, if not more to do with tonight’s loss than a perceived shaky goaltender. EE did a damn good job considering he hasn’t played in a month.
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want help on the pp ? DL should go inquire about Ziggy ! now he would kno what to do on the PP!
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khanon — he looks good in front of the net, but the guy looks small, 5-9, 190 maybe. Still his eyes and strong jaw remind me of a doberman
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@jet
Oh she was, and it was the highlight of the night!
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LUBO!!
Kings never deserved to win with that sad effort. That 3rd period was much better, but you don’t win games playing only 10 minutes.
Oh and our Power(less)play…Kompon, I’m looking forward to your firing soon. Your the weak link of this organization. Youre a fringe rookie that should not be in the NHL. You should be working the ECHL. Shame on Dean Lombardi for hiring this bum.
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Not the best game played but at least we came away with a point. Just seemed to be a lot of cruising out there. Liked what I saw from Clune. Think he’s a much better player than Segal. I’m still wondering why coach would break up the Kopi Richardson Simmonds line. It was musical chairs all game long. Whatever new game against colorado.
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Kings already took the olympic break on monday.
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The game saving save looked shaky to you?!?!? How was the save shaky?!?!?!?!
AK, give it a rest. THe AK47 must stand for Aint Kings fans since ’47.
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Anyone who thinks this loss is because of anything except the horrible kings power play is lacking in mental capacity. 0 for 6 against the Oilers is unacceptable, demoralizing, and embarrassing. I am not sure what the solution is, but, to use Brownies favorite word, “Obviously” something needs to be done.
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Ziggy Palffy back on the Kings? That would be amazing!
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Doughty_Franchise says:
I agree with you 100% JJ is starting to play really well why cant he take Stolls spot on the 4 on 3 and the 5 on 3 because for whatever reason Stoll plays on there everytime and has struggled and i cant remember one time JJ has been on it lately he has played as well as DD. As for the the EE comments he was ok but he showed why he is not anything more then a back up he was out played by edmonton goalie and that second goal was not a NHL goal. Bottom line is they played bad tonight they played down to a bad team and were lucky to get a point
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Chang — I agree Richard Simmons looked good w Kopi
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showing up for the game with only 10 minutes left isn’t going to cut it.
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Rich can you ask TM politely why he wont make a change on the 4 on 3 or 5 on 3 it statiscally has been one of the worst in the league 5 on 4 has been good though.
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At least we are all in agreement that the PP needs some major improvement. 0 for 6 is inexcusable. If I thought their goalie was good on the power play making save after save, it would be a different story. But bottom line, they really look unsure of their decisions with a man advantage. A lot of passes that seemed to be meant as one-timers were off the mark so the player has no choice but to pass it off again if it isn’t in his wheel-house.
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It seem like kings developing some arrogance toward weaker teams. It comes with a price.
JUST REMEMBER GUYS: YOU DIDN’T WIN ANYTHING YET !
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Some of you guys need a real lesson about hockey. Maybe go watch a practice or something. To blame a COACH because the team doesn’t score on a powerplay is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. The coach can only do so much in practice and from the bench. He can coach them as much as he wants but if the players on the ice that have to be able to execute what they are taught. A coach doesn’t say “ok you guys just stand here and pass the puck and DON’T MOVE!!!” if you wanna blame someone, blame the players.
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on a more serious note !carolina is having a garage sale!wouln t whitney and cullen be two excellent little pickups for the KINGS?we do have room for both! get on it DEANO!
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Thank you Tantrum!
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Who’s to say the players aren’t executing what the coach is telling them. “Pass the puck around the outside until you can hit Stoll with the one-timer.” I doubt the kings have spent the entire season ignoring their power play coach. Some of the responsibility falls on them, sure. But at a certain point, the coach has to take responsibility too.
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. . .not only last place, but Oilers played last night. After Kings performance against the Ducks, I woulda thought they come out flying tonite. But Edmonton dominated most the game until the score is 2-0. Maybe our Olympians dont want to get hurt before they head to Canada. Wake up guys – only one more game before the break and it is important!
Clune had a good game and was rewarded with a few third line shifts.
Our faceoffs were bad, partly because Zues and Stoll were on the same line, what was that about?
Ersberg is weak on shootouts, fortunately for the Kings, Quick has handled most of them this year.
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lmao why’s everyone bugging out? we just lost a valuable game, we really needed that extra point
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Tantrum — I think the coach has some responsibility for making the Kings PP one of the 10 best in the league.
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AK — we do not need to bug out. 19 points in the last 11 games. This is actually a good thing. Take your prozac and get some rest.
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Top ten in the league overall, but horrible where it should be easiest. 5 on 3 and 4 on 3 should be money, and it hasn’t been even close. Probably close to worst in the league on those. Lets hope they turn it around, Colorado is no easy win.
Maybe we need another road trip
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0 for 6 on the power play is not acceptable.
Lackluster play resembling curling in the first period and a half or even first 2 periods is not acceptable.
To actually come back and tie it up in third, lucky. Maybe more a product of the real Oil team.
Overtime should have been a score for the Kings, but again, lethargic on the PP let the game continue.
After how many Kings attempts in shootout were poke checked? And why didn’t Kings note his tendency and adjust? They only played right into his strength, his long reach, and didn’t change. But it should have never gotten to a shootout.
To come out playing like that in first is inexcusable, and it doesn’t matter who we have in the line up, it’snotgonna improve until they get it in their heads they have to play 60 minutes, because we don’t have Ovechkin here. I’m sure if we did have Ovie. he’d be yelling and asking these guys what they are doing?
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tantrum:
Murray has never addressed this glaring weakness (lack of power play) in the Kings. I don’t think I’ve ever read nor heard of an in depth interview with Kompon. Both of these men need to explain what the original plan was, and why it looked like it did on the ice. Murray is the Coach and the team is his responsibility. Ask why your team consistently fails on the powerplay is a legit question that should afford a diret and honest answer.
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purple — maybe not as good on 5 v 3, but that means we are one of best in the league at 5 v 4.
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iceguy — a powerplay is more than one night. Do some research, and you will find we have one of the best 5v4 PP in the entire league.
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You would figure that they wouldn’t make it so obvious that they were trying to set up Stoll on the 4-3 in OT…it took the Kings 90 seconds out of 120 to figure that the plan wasn’t working, ie. the Oilers figured it out. And the WTF…why do they have 2 right-handed shots from the point on the PP. How about Drew and JJ, or Stoll and JJ…for Christ sakes you would think after going 0-5 in regulation, that Kompon would figure it out make the change in OT…Ersberg played fine. If your goalie’s only letting in 2 goals/game, I don’t care how bad the goals are, he’s giving you a chance to win. LA has to be able to score more than 2 goals to compete.
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so who do we cheer for tomorrow night’s game? colorado or phoenix?
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Hey, we got a point, and the Oil had to win one on the road sometime, but really, are there any more excuses we can give to let the boys off the hook?
The olympic break may be a very bad thing for this team right now. If the Kings can’t get out of this start of game funk, how is the Olympic break gonna improve it any? Who’s leading this team??? Who is not talking to the boys in the locker room??? Who’s the leader???
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kingsfanone
you’re being too negative, go take your prozac and hit the sack buddy!
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It’s the line changes I do not understand.
The playoffs are a different world. I think we will get there but I am not sure we are ready (winning streak notwithstanding).
I hope they prove me wrong.
By the way:
USA-Gold
Slovakia-Silver
Canada-Bronze
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I love when people say “we” as if they were out there playing or as if they are on the team.
To quote Chicken Little~ “The sky is falling!”
“We” really need to win this next game!
/SARCASM
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AK47
I want the Yots to lose. We have more games Vs Avs left than Yots.
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jet says:
February 11, 2010 at 11:20 PM
AK — we do not need to bug out. 19 points in the last 11 games. This is actually a good thing. Take your prozac and get some rest.
How about making an original post AK47???
And I’m not being anywhere as negative as you were on this and other posts buddy! I’m being realistic.
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So I guess the team didn’t play with any spark for Ersberg, as they were expected to do (don’t know, because I haven’t watched it yet–I accidentally saw the score, dammit.) That pretty much sucks. Now we’re going to see how they respond to some moderate pressure against the Avs Saturday night. They don’t win that, and other teams keep winning (especially those damned 3-point games like the Wings and Sharks had), there’s going to be trouble.
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It’s been hard to watch the last two games…
THE KINGS PLAY HARD FOR ONLY 10 MINUTES A GAME!!
What happened to the high-flying cycling Kings?
Please put back the lines we had during the streak. I think they serve us better…
Richardson—Kopitar—Simmonds
Smyth—Stoll—Brown
Frolov—Handzus—Parse
THREE lines that can score!
And they’re good defensively too.
But now we’re back to one line that can score, with the way the line combinations are.
There’s no determination in the Kings to go after the win—except for 10 minutes when they realize they might actually lose.
GUYS, you have to play hard for the whole game.
We were lucky to get a point.
And talk about missed opportunities:
Besides the shootout poke-checks, Brown fanned on an open net in the 1st, and Kopitar hit the pipe on a fully open net off Smyth’s rebound!!
Anyway, wake up and win the last game so you can have a good feeling in your stomach during the Olympics!
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I don’t wish to revisit the final 20 some odd game collapse the Kings took a fews seasons back when “they were in a good playoff spot position” and ended up not making it. That’s what makes it so important to not let this fester and continue.
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How can you say an assistant coach, with the direct responsibility of managing special teams, has no say in the Power Play? Its his job to figure out what the hell isn’t working. Yes, he can’t physically control players on the ice but he can at least figure out what does and doesn’t work. Fix the special teams lines for one, maybe review tapes and show how dead they look out there. The Stoll one-timer is so predictable. So is the one-timer from Johnson. I know the idea is to just get the puck into traffic but why not throw in guys who can and will shoot at unpredictable moments? Moller, Richardson, Parse maybe? I’m just sick of Bob Miller having to yell “One timer WIDE!!!” on every power play.
You know what I really hate in the power play? When Kopitar stands still at the boards looking around, and he usually decides to pass when he should have shot. Kompon or TM should address that – its their duty as coaches. I don’t care how big of a superstar coach makes you out to be, you need to capitalize on the man advantage. Keyword – advantage. Standing around killing crucial seconds is not capitalizing. Just seems like everytime Kopitar has the puck on the PP hes only looking for the fancy highlight reel goal. Its no secret the Kings are a crash the net team, just throw the puck at the net please, Kopitar.
Richardson, Brown, EE, oh and that guy Clune looked good out there.
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>King John
Well said!!!
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Oh, and the idea of breaking up lines that win 9 games straight is so off the wall ridiculous I can’t even think how someone would say “Thats a great idea!” to Terry Murray. Maybe that is what they pay Jamie “Yes Man” Kompon for.
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I’d say that’s a very strong valid criticism of Murray–that he screws with the lineup too much. Another might be that he’s either gonna have to send down Ersberg for conditioning (if possible–I think it’s allowed, for that purpose) or simply play him more.
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what a bummer to come out against a team having the year of the Oilers and not bring your A-game to assure THIS doesn’t happen…
I didn’t get to see the game thanks to work, but after reading all these comments here is mine…
Most of the talk seems to be about Ersberg. But when your team only gets two on the board, goes 0-for-6 on the power play, has a full power play in OT… And your goalie only lets in two and stops 6 in the shootout, IT IS NOT YOUR GOALIES FAULT!!!
The problem seems to be mental as there’s NO excuse for not bringing your A-game against one of the worst teams in the league to assure THIS doesn’t happen… It seems a multi-decade old Kings curse is still around… We play to the level of our opponents…
Good thing they’re at least having fun in the locker room these days, eh!
God I hope they beat the Av ’cause I really don’t want to go into the break on a losing note, not to mention the 2-points!!!
GO KINGS!!!
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Sancho
The term “we” refers to everyone who has a stake in having a winning team in LA:
1. the league
2. owners
3. management
4. coaches
5. players (past and present)
6. those share-holders who pay the bills and make it possible to have an NHL franchise in LA in the first place (i.e. fans who spend the time and money on a variety of different things that support the product)
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People need to calm down. Yes we lost. After a 9 game winning streak everyone needs to relax. We are 9-2 in our last 11 games. 18 out of 22 points before the olympic break. If the team wins against Colorado on saturday we’ll finish out 10-2 in the last 12 games. 20 out of 24 points. Not too shabby. My only concern is this whole thing “let’s start playing until the third period”. Yes we know this isn’t last years team and we have the offense to come back but, really? That is my main concern right now.
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What a great night for hockey: Willie O’Day and Simmonds almost got the fairy tale bobblehead night ending. I’ve never heard Staples so loud as when Simmonds was announced before his turn int he shootout. Wow!
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Only one word describes tonight’s effort. That word is unacceptable.
It’s unacceptable that a team that thinks it’s a playoff team to come out and play with no energy for the first 50 minutes of a game. Bad enough to lose shift after shift and battle after battle for the puck to the worst team in the league, but to be pushed around by that team in your own building? Where was the urgency? Where was the passion? If Ivanans isn’t looking to energize his team by starting something, then why is he even on the roster? It was more than halfway into the game before the captain even threw a good hit!
It’s unacceptable to be standing virtually still on the power play when you’re 0-13 in a row. Every team in the NHL knows what the Kings power play is: Get it to Kopitar, pass to Doughty/Stoll, shot from the point. Rinse, repeat. It’s predictable, and that means it’s easy to stop.
The only guy who shouldn’t hang his head is Ersberg. He couldn’t see the first goal, and while he probably should have stopped the second one, he still gave his team every chance he could to win.
I think the idea that “at least we got a point” is somehow good enough is what’s been the culture with this team in the past. That mindset is wrong. The time has passed when their expectations (as well as ours) were low enough that moral victories meant something. Championship-caliber teams don’t live on moral victories; they settle for nothing else than actual victories.
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i have a problem with the coach…too many line changes…why change after one loss after a 9 game win streak….he is becoming too much of a perfectionist…
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Doughty8-
You’re right. I’ve never heard Staples so loud either. Like Rich said “They like him, they really like him”. Simmonds has earned his place as a fan favorite, and when they asked Kopi about what he thought about the crowd going crazy when Simmer went on the ice for the shoot out, he smiled and said “I knew he was going to get that goal.” But I also have to say Kopi’s shoot out goal was a thing of real beauty, finesse and skill.
It was a really fun time in the LA Kings Insider suite tonight. Nice to meet you Rich, and everyone that attended. Can’t wait to meet the rest of you at our next get together. I’m thinking play off party:)
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I wouldn’t put the blame on anybody but I’d put the blame on everybody if that makes any sense at all. Lets beat the Avs and not go on the Olympic break with a bad taste…
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We played a sloppy game against an inferior team. During that recent streak we were winning those. Jim said it several times during the game, their “concentration” wasn’t there. More importantly, when you can’t get passed RETARDED on the pp, your going to lose.
And again Brown failed to stick up for a teammate when Smyth got knocked down in front of the net on our first pp. Then skated away as Smyth was surrounded by three Oilers who were taking turns cross-checking him after the whistle = Weak!
To blame the Iceberg for the loss is a cop-out. The guy plays behind Quick, the player with the second most ice-time (behind Brodeur) in the entire league. What does that mean? HE MAY BE A LITTLE RUSTY! Give him a break, he gave us several chances to win.
I gotta say if we lose on Saturday, one has to think that might change Dean’s frame of mind heading in to the O-break and toward the trade deadline. As far as I know, just because official transactions are on hold, teams can still talk trades?
Lets make sure we bring our A game against the Avs and get our intensity and concentration back on track.
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I was at the game tonight and despite the loss, I had a great time. EE can’t be at fault tonight. The first edmonton goal, Stoll lost/broke his stick so the d-man was able to fire easily on EE. Power play was really bad, no question.
Cheer up everyone, a lot of hockey left.
Sidenote, I scored a Doughty jersey at Team LA also. They got a jersey sale going on so check it out if you’re in need of one.
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@ Mark 1
I’m sure that Philip Anschutz appreciates the $10.00 you spent on your “McDonald’s” seat and the $11.00 beer you bought up on the upper level. As a fellow “share holder” I thank you, for that matter WE all thank you for you support.
GO KINGS!
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Another thing I noticed, we lost a lot of face-offs. Pretty hard to get that puck possession if we can’t win draws.
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All the chicken littles are out in full force. We missed you guys
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Wow – some of you need to take a break… you’re quite worked up. Bad games happen and teams lose to clubs that they shouldn’t. San Jose got shut out in Columbus two nights ago… it happens.
The Kings are 9-1-1 in their last 11 games. If I offered that record to you for any 11 game stretch you’d all take it in a second. It just so happens that the 1-1 is the last two. Until the team really takes a dive, relax a bit. Yes, the PP looked bad (what else is new?). Yes, the team seemed slow (again) for the first part of the game. Just remember that they’re young and need to learn. TM and staff can preach all they want, but these kids need to learn by working through growing pains.
Just a small bump in the road…
Oh – and sure is nice to see all the haters back on the blog today. We missed you over the past couple of weeks. Guess you were on vacation or something.
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this was a classic trap game. They coasted through the first and expected their talent to prevail and found themselves down a couple of goals, poured in on to tie it and then lost it not in the shootout but in the overtime when they failed to capitalize on a 4-3 power play.
Disappointing.
We lose to the Avs and we still are okay, though.
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Clune is not ready for NHL competition. He was in the “Twilight Zone” last night. Secondly, the game stunk, both early periods was a hot mess and they had finally got it together in period number 3.
Unbelievable when you lose to a last place team. You have to win these games to make up ground. Now I realize there is 10 points behind the teams who are most likely not to make the playoffs, a team cannot afford to lose ground and lose to these last place team and if the Kings are to succeed, they will have to learn to win these games to these last place teams.
I’m sorry, “Suzy Sunshine people”, but people need to realize that this team need to learn to win these crucial games to move up in the standings.
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Agian the Kings didn’t play their game and were chasing the Oil all night. EE didn’t help letting in 2 bad goals and he didn’t play well, maybe for him he did, but that wasn’t a strong game when the only good save was on POS in OT. The Kings on the PP just SUCK. Kopi – when you get the puck on the half boards TAKE IT TO THE NET! The rest of the PP – STOP WAITING FOR STOLL TO SHOOT AND SHOOT IT YOUR DAMN SELF!!
We scored to ugly goals – that’s how it’s done. We need to stop coming out slow and letting other teams dictate the style.
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Ok, let’s go over something….They will not play a great game every night. They will struggle at times. I look at it this way. They didn’t play that bad, did not give up a ton of shots, and Quick will have to rest sometimes. That’s why you have a backup and that’s why he is a backup. You cannot afford (financially) to keep 2 #1 goaltenders on your roster. They both should play if they are #1′s but the platooning thing has shown not to work. The Kings fought back to score 2 goals when it looked like they would lose in regulation to the worst team in hockey. Oh, the Oilers, have some pretty good players on that team and should never be taken lightly. So, they tie it secure a point that they should not have gotten and went to overtime. Should have scored the game winner on the power play but did not. Should have won the shootout, but, did not. But all that said, take the 1 point in the standings, and it could be a huge point down the stretch, and call it day. Quit whining about this game. Bask in the playoff spotlight!!! Enjoy the ride. The future is even brighter than we can imagine. Looks like we will have playoff hockey in LA this year. We have waited so long for this. ENJOY!!!!
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Gayle
I saw a different game than you did.
I thought Clune looked fine for his 1st game. He drew a penalty early in the game and I believe his line drew 3 penalties total during the game.
I thought the best line going was Clune/Richardson/ Simmonds. They played with energy.
As a team they certainly didin’t play their best game. They need to come out and match the intensity of the other team from the get-go.
We were 0-6 on the pp..but I thought we had some good chances…not on all of the opportunites, but I didn’t think it was a total disaster except for the results.
Gayle, I don’t understand what you mean by “crucial games”
Obviously every game is important, but did you think they were going undefeated the rest of the way? If not, which games going forward aren’t crucial?
They’ve managed to move themselves from the 8th place spot up to 5th place by beating some of the better teams in the league.
I think what’s more crucuial than the results, is bringing the energy to start the game and carrying it thru for 60 min. Whne we get to the playoffs, that will mean the difference between advancing or going home quickly. It’s hard to play from behind in the playoffs.
This team does show incredible resiliency. That was a game they could have easily lost in regulation, but they battled back to at least come away with a point.
As for the play of Ersberg..He made a couple of nice saves, but the 2nd goal was disgusting. We can chalk it up to playing infrequently, but if he can’t handle that, we need to find someone who can. A couple of those SO goals should have been stopped.
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Vote for Lubo!
You can’t be serious to blame EE for this one. Yeah the second goal was soft but the glove save on Patty O in OT was amazing. He went 10 rounds in a shootout to finally lose.
The Kings have relied on Quick to be perfect to win most shootouts and that’s just not a realistic plan. The shooters HAVE to score and adapt to the goalie. The only one that did was Fro because he usually makes moves down low and knew the goalie was poking so he took a shot instead and missed.
Special teams wins or loses games and it was the same tonight. They HAVE to get Stoll off the point. It’s so obvious to me and whoever scouts the kings that the PP goes like this:
Kopi to Doughty to Stoll for the one timer
Scramble to get it in the zone and control it because Stoll misses 60% of the time and it goes out of the zone.
Kopi to Doughty to Stoll for the one timer with NO movement.
Easy to defend against. The second line doesn’t have the same look so they usually have the better chances with Fro, Moller, and Zeus.
Just my observations. They have to score more on the PP.
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What a pathetic effort. Ersberg was actually pretty good, saving us in OT. If you can’t score at least 3 goals on JEFF FREAKIN DESLAURIES then your team is not playoff- worthy. This game should have been a blowout win for the Kings. Yes, the Penner goal should have been stopped, but the Kings forwards shouldn’t have allowed that to matter. The line combos are an EPIC FAIL by TM. At least Fro finally got a shot in the shootout… and blew it. Every Kings shooter tried the exact same move when Deslauries went for the poke check EVERY TIME!!! The only guy who did what he was actually supposed to do was Clune. We just can’t beat Edmonton at home. Remember last year, when we beat the Oilers at home both games; and we lost the home games in a shootout.
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This is what happens when you only play 50 of the 60 minutes and take the other team for granted. We should have come out flying and bury them in the first period. This game was painful to watch and frankly an embarrassment. Hopefull TM will put the boys through a long, hard practice….
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No Harrold, no Segal = Loss
Playing the forth line under ten minutes = Loss
Ivanans in the lineup = Loss
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I cant take anymore of the barf in this blog from people who dont know sh*t about hockey. I’m just going to read Rich’s news and let the mindless banter go. What a waste of time listening to the sound of people jumping on and off the bandwagon.
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Wow – all the overdramatic comments about our “glaring weakness” on the power play!?
Look, I’m as frustrated as anybody to go 0-6 against a bottom team, and not win the game when you have the chance. But I question whether the PP haters/complainers on here realize …
That going into last night’s game – your Los Angeles Kings had the 9th BEST PP in the league? Ninth! (Now 10th – still consider VERY good.) Question: HOW many other teams would love to be ninth? Answer: most.
And of those 9 teams now “above us” on this golden ranking of power play % success … if the playoffs started tonight – THREE of those NINE would be playing golf.
Please don’t let the frustrations of NOT scoring on the pp – lead you to think that it is SO SO SO bad, because it’s not. Please know your stats people!
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Analysis of the Kings’ power play—Pass, pass, pass, 4,5,6,7 times and broadcast who you are setting up for the one timer—WIDE…Post season relies on special teams..Kompon stinks in his creativity on the PP..also, TM–quit the line mambo..set them up and let the kids play with the same guys more than one shift!!!
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Gayle! You’re back! Weird I was wondering where you went…oh ya we won nine games in a row, no wonder you weren’t here. Way to come back after a loss! You’re awesome!
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“I cant take anymore of the barf in this blog from people who dont know sh*t about hockey.”
Amen. I don’t know that much about hockey, and I get tired of it, so I’m sure people who do are even more disgusted.
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Has anyone here evenlooked at NHL power play stats lately? I’m guessing no. If you did you would know that the Kings are 10th overall in the league. Hardly a reason to call out Murray or Kompon to do an interview about why the players can’t score sometimes. It’s not as easy to score on a man advantage as it looks…just ask the 20 TEAMS that are below us in that category…
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WTFK, I assure you, you are a genius writing your thoughts when compared to others, thank you!
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@tantrum … First!
(apparently great minds think alike)
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WTF,K,
I could not agree with you more. A lot of people who are heated about the game don’t seem to understand the game – and I base this on their “analysis” of what is wrong. Listen to Jim Fox, people. He is great at telling you what is really wrong with the Kings when they foul up. Read TM’s comments after the game. Have you ever noticed they don’t match up with your heated rantings?
The Kings are 9-1-1 in their last 11, for Pete’s sake! Tell me you wouldn’t have taken that gladly back on October 1, 2009…
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To all those saying, “It’s only one game. Calm down…”
Yes, they’ve won 9 of the last 11, and I’m happy about that. However, the problem isn’t that it’s one game. If you look at the last few games of the win streak, and the last two losses, there’s a glaring pattern of bad starts and not competing for the full game. The game against the Ducks that the Kings won, they were dominated by the Ducks for the majority of the first until the Kings got on the board. They were fortunate to come out of that first tied. Then, in the third, they collapsed and gave away a 3 goal lead. They managed to win that one.
Same story against Detroit. An awful first period, followed up by a tremendous comeback. Against the Ducks the next game, they scored first, but didn’t dictate the game, and ended up losing.
The power play is a big part of it, because one power play goal would have made a difference in the game against the Oilers last night.
I’m not saying they have to be perfect, nor do I think that this team won’t make the playoffs. My point is that the difference between being a team that makes the playoffs and being a team that wins in the playoffs is the ability to be consistently good from start to finish in all areas of the game, and we as fans should be willing to raise our expectations to that level as well.
Sure, losses happen. If it were one game, it wouldn’t bother me, but there’s a bad pattern here, and they need to address it.
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Just posting to register for the site. Nothing to see here, move along…
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why is it that we have fast young talent and we could score on a 4 on 3. the ref handed us the game on a silver plater when he made a call in overtime which is a pretty rare thing for a ref to do. they played a poor game against a poor injury plagued team. our team is way better than this. but they did had an amazing comeback in the third period and started looking like our team we have come expect from their play this season. then in the shootout why did every king get stick checked on their shootout attempt? the goalie gave every player the same move and was quite predictable. we will have a stellar game next week against colorado with our new line set ups in play. stoll being a forward is a great move by the coaching as long as stoll is still taking faceoffs. GO KINGS!
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