20 Comments

1. IStillBelieve says:

   April 20, 2010 at 7:36 pm

   This is all very exciting news… but I’m most excited about Westgarth

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2. BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy says:

   April 20, 2010 at 7:37 pm

   YES!!!!!

   The winner of the next series should provide some true competition…

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3. BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy says:

   April 20, 2010 at 7:38 pm

   next = Lowell/Worcester

   Erase, erase, erase!

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4. John says:

   April 20, 2010 at 7:41 pm

   And… Holloway had the game winner for the FOURTH straight game!

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5. Cynic says:

   April 20, 2010 at 7:45 pm

   BOO-YAH!!!!

   Nice work Kings to be.

   Either one of those teams in the next round would be tough.

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6. royalmonarch says:

   April 20, 2010 at 7:45 pm

   great win for the boys tonight, especially at home ,,, it was great to see that killer instinct…to put an opponent out of their misery when you have them on the ropes… it was also the first ever playoff sweep in Monarchs History… they still can get better as a group .. .at times in games they need to bear down harder , more grit , but all in all theyve played great , Bernier has been the glue for sure, he is our best player on the ice … Voynov returned to the lineup ..Hickey is still a no go , hopefully he will back soon.

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7. holly says:

   April 20, 2010 at 7:49 pm

   Hickey is still in a boot, so I don’t know how soon his return will be.
   The suite is getting super crowded.

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8. josh e. says:

   April 20, 2010 at 7:56 pm

   u think bernier is getting good playoff experience??? I think so!

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9. noonch says:

   April 20, 2010 at 8:06 pm

   Juraj Mikus = Sweep

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10. 54FIGHTING says:

    April 20, 2010 at 8:07 pm

    Bernier is sick.

    DOUGHTY 4 NORRIS!

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11. Simarosa says:

    April 20, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    Bud Holloway set an AHL league record tonight, had the winning goal in all 4 games. Didn’t see when it happened but Martinez was injured (at minimum he didn’t play at all in the third). He was seen by the medical staff, mum was the word, so I couldn’t get any details.

    Next round starts next Wednesday either in Worcester or Manchester (I’d assume it’s going to be Worcester).

    While there are several players in the suite, I’m pretty sure the only injured in there is Hickey.

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12. puck73 says:

    April 20, 2010 at 10:19 pm

    Everything is slowly but surely coming together for this whole organization. I would think if they continue to draft and develop players the way they have that the Kings will probably be an elite team in the next 1 to 2 seasons !

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13. Adi says:

    April 20, 2010 at 11:10 pm

    Bernier will be the best NHL goalie in couple of years. Quick is still a decent value and can be traded away for the first or second-line winger or defender. EE is good enough to be his backup.

    I say that playing Vancouver with Bernier would give the Canucks absolutely zero chance, so playing with Quick makes things exciting. But things might change when Kings will play against the team that actually have a decent goalie and not Luongo type of joke in goal.

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14. tuan jim says:

    April 21, 2010 at 3:20 am

    Luongo is no joke. And the Kings haven’t won anything yet. Games have value, yes. But only when the final buzzer of the final game goes off and the teams line up at center ice will we know who the winner is.

    I don’t know why there’s such a cavalier attitude about a team that kicked our ass in two of the four games we played them this season.

    Nothing can hurt us as much as smugness about victory. We can’t let up — not for a microsecond. We cannot let up.

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15. What's the frequency, Kenneth? says:

    April 21, 2010 at 8:22 am

    Adi, there’s a whole preseason between Bernier and the Kings’ goal. How about we wait until then before we cast aspersions on our starting goaltender, who I might remind was the first star a couple nights ago.

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16. Capt Jam says:

    April 21, 2010 at 9:43 am

    @tuan jim,

    I agree with you about not letting up, but there’s a cavalier attitude with the fan base for the following reasons:

    1. The regular season is irrelevant to the playoffs as far as matchups go (see NJ/PHI series for another example; NJ won the regular season series 5-1). What’s more important is how a team is playing going into the playoffs. That last win in Colorado did the Kings a world of good.

    2. It’s common knowledge that Vancouver is a team built to flourish in the regular season and lacks the mental and physical toughness required to go deep in the playoffs and contend for the Cup year after year. The Canucks have been very inconsistent since the Olympics, particularly Luongo. As he goes, they go, and they have essentially failed to raise their level of play, and maintain it for 60 minutes, since the series started.

    3. The whining in the press only serves to indicate that VAN is a team looking for execuses rather than solutions within. Even when they won, they complained. It’s the sign of a team on the ropes and, perhaps, on the verge of coming apart. That gives Kings fans a lot of confidence about how this series will turn out.

    We’ll see what happens tonight. I know I’m ready for a battle and not a free pass to the second round. I hope the Kings are, too.

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17. DellaNooch says:

    April 21, 2010 at 10:29 am

    Capt Jam -
    Agree with you on 3, it is certainly starting to look like a team coming unglued.
    Not so sure about 2, but it that is true, great!
    As for 1, Your facts are incorrect, Philly beat NJ 5-1 in the regular season and that trend is continuing in the playoffs…I do recall Vancouver owned us in 1993 and we beat them in the playoffs, so that is a better example.

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18. Kevin Y says:

    April 21, 2010 at 10:59 am

    Westgarth?

    This IS the apocalypse.

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19. Luc LaFerr says:

    April 21, 2010 at 3:22 pm

    Bernier come up before Quick chokes again… haha

    jk

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20. Chuck says:

    April 21, 2010 at 4:02 pm

    Way to go Monarchs!

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