Here’s the fourth set of questions and answers, as I head out the door for today’s media availability. Check back for updates on that soon!
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mrbob25 asked: 1) Who makes the decision to wear alternate jerseys for home games? 2) Will the Kings continue with their black-purple-silver uniforms with the crown or must we witness another uniform modification/change of using the alternate “LA” uni’s as primary? Good to know for the fans considering an authentic jersey purchase.
Answers: 1) I’m not actually sure how they set the regular-season schedule. It is pre-determined though, because I saw the schedule, early in the season, of which games the players would wear the black uniforms in. For the playoffs, the players decided to wear the black jerseys. 2) I don’t know of any significant changes on the horizon. I think they’re staying with the black alternates, and I know that, for at least one game next season (and perhaps three more), the Kings are going to wear an old-school purple-and-goal uniform against the Vancouver Canucks, because it will be the Canucks’ 40th anniversary.
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John asked: Will Patrick O’neal be back next season? He sure made it seem like he wasn’t on the last postgame show.
Answer: I really have no idea. That’s a matter for Fox Sports, but I certainly haven’t heard that Patrick is going anywhere. I didn’t see/hear the last postgame show, as I was working.
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cefox17: This is unrelated to the Kings, but more related to your coverage of them: What do you use to type up your stories, and to upload them to the site? Laptop? Netbook? Mac? Do you use one device when you are home and another on the road? Also, for your quotes, I’m guessing you use a digital recorder of some sort. Do you archive those recordings at all? Just wondering what your preferences are regarding the technology you use in your work.
Answer: From games, and during road trips, I use an HP laptop the Kings provided me, along with a Verizon aircard that is perhaps my most valuable possession. I’ve been thinking about buying a netbook on my own, because I think the size and ease might be good for me, but I don’t know much about them. When I’m at home, writing practice reports, these blogs, etc., I’ll use my iMac. I do use a digital recorder, yes, but as far as archiving the interviews, no I don’t. Pretty much anything of significance ends up on the blog, so it’s archived here, and usually the sound quality of the recordings isn’t good enough to do anything with (such as posting, etc). That’s why Nick Nickson’s interviews are good for me to post.
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GOALIEFN: What’s up with the blog? It has been going down a lot lately–like after the game last night. I no longer see a REPLY button to reply to blogger’s comments [which is my favorite part]. Are you no long unable to directly reply to a post? Also, where are all the links to the other team blogs and your bio is naked as your picture has disappeared? Why the changes?
Answer: I dislike this phrase, because I reject the idea behind it, but there has simply been “too much traffic” for the server to deal with. They’ve been trying different things to keep it up and running, and cutting back on some of the features helps keep the site, on a basic level, running. All of the features, and hopefully more, will be back soon.
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Cruel asked: I always wondered who was rooming together during the road trips. The only one I know is that Brownie and Doughty were roommates. How about Johnson, Kopitar, Quick, Stoll, Zues, Greene, Fro, Simmonds, and Williams?
Answer: Goalies have their own roommates, as do veteran players such as Handzus. I believe it’s Johnson and Greene, Stoll and Simmonds. I really can’t remember the rest off the top of my head. I believe Williams might have been with Clune.
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Andy asked: Hey Rich, Why is Brayden Schenn making 3million dollars, and why is Thomas Hickey making 1 million, while everyone else is making six figures?
Answer: It’s all about bonuses written into entry-level contracts. The two guys you mentioned are high first-round picks, so their potential bonuses are going to be higher. They may or may not (and probably won’t) reach all of those bonus levels in their rookie seasons, but the bonus amounts have to be included in their salary-cap hits.
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Jammers asked: 1. The question on the mind of every Kings fan: When is Heidi Androl going to become Heidi Doughty? 2. Do you feel like there is a friendly (or non-friendly) rivalry between JMFJ and DD? Do you think we will see them play together more next year? 3. Why does Frolov suck so bad? 4. Will the third jersey become the regular home jersey next year? 5. What is the extent of Clunatic’s injury? 6. What are the chances that someone in the Kings organization is going to admit that they overplayed Quick this season? 7. Who are the major free agents around the league this offseason and who would be the best fit for the Kings? Please don’t say Frolov.
Answers: 1) I didn’t know Drew’s parents were adopting her! 2) I think there probably was a competitive rivalry with the Olympics this year, but other than that, I don’t sense anything different between those two than any other two players. I think, long term, the Kings probably see a Doughty-Johnson pairing as pretty intriguing, but 5-on-5 this year, they weren’t very good together. 3) He’s probably in the top one percent of people who do what he does for a living. I wouldn’t call that sucking. 4) No, I don’t believe so. 5) They’re saying he suffered a “stinger,” which is basically just a nerve injury that takes a little time to die down. 6) Probably zero. 7) Kovalchuk and Marleau will probably be the two biggest names out there. They would fit in terms of filling a need for a goal scorer. It’s impossible to say if they would be the right fit for the Kings until we saw what it looked like.
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Jammers asked: 1. How many times would you estimate that DD said “you know” this year?
Answer: You know, I’m not sure.
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gr81scores asked: Now that the Kings had a great regular season, will FSW finally televise some games from Canada next season?
Answer: I don’t know, but given that the Kings improved this season and ratings were up, and given how much grief they got for it this season, I think I’d bet on it.
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nosoupforyou asked: I’d like to hear TM’s thought process behind pulling Quick, and then pulling Ers in game 5. Did he feel that Ers was going to get hammered for the rest of the game and didn’t want the rest of the team to continue to go through that?
Answer: Yeah, I’d say you summed up my thoughts pretty accurately there.
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KOHO asked: If you had a chance to do a blog like this for the Cubs full time would you take it over the Kings? I wouldn’t hate on you if you did…everyone has a dream job. Is that yours?
Answer: I appreciate the question, but as I answered the very first question in this forum, no, I would never want to cover a team that I’m a fan of. If you’re emotionally invested in something, it’s usually much more difficult to be rational and objective about it, so I don’t have any real desire to do that. I’m genuinely happy covering hockey.
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Kings Outsider asked: I’m Sarah’s Dad. Thanks for taking care of her. It was special. I have only one question, relating to the future b/c trades and free agent signings are in DL’s good hands. It seems we have several really hot prospects other than Bernier. Focusing only on those players who didn’t skate for the big club this past season, can you rate their talent, compare them with other teams’ up and coming talent, and give your “honest” predictions on which Kings prospects have the best shot at stardom in the NHL and why. Thanks and have a great summer.
Answer: Great meeting you this year! Sarah is a great kid… Rating prospects is obviously a very subjective thing, but a few different organizations/media outlets have had significant praise for the organizational depth in L.A. One website/magazine that focuses on prospects, hockeysfuture.com, has the Kings as the second-best organization in terms of prospect talent. TSN recently said the Kings had the best draft classes of the past couple years. To mention some specific names, other than you-know-who, Brayden Schenn and Andrei Loktionov are two forwards who should have a chance. Schenn, realistically, could play in the NHL now. The only question with him is exactly where he might fit in. He’s not a No. 1 center. Is he a No. 2? Perhaps, and that’s a big, big role if he can fill it. Loktionov has enormous skill and hockey sense, but he’s tiny and he needs to bulk up. If he and Oscar Moller can get some bulk and body control, they will be NHL players. On the back end, Vyacheslav Voynov and Thomas Hickey are good puck-moving defensemen, but Hickey is regularly hurt and that’s stunting his growth. Look out for Jake Muzzin, an undrafted kid whom the Kings signed during the season. It wouldn’t stun me to see him in the NHL next season. Want a total wild card? Brandon Kozun. He’s tiny, but all he does is pile up points. I can’t wait to see how he looks in the developmental camp.
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mk_42 asked: Any way you (or someone in the Kings organization) can compile a list of legal ways to watch games online? I understand that it’s complicated with conflicting broadcast rights but I feel like *we* (the fans) shouldn’t be the ones to figure it out. There’s the occasional game on a reputable site (I think yahoo had one of the canadian no TV games), sites affiliated with cable companies (I think Comcast has a thing), pay sites which may or may not be legal… I’m all for banning links to pirate sites…but how about identifying some legal options?
Answer: Honestly, other than the GameCenter thing NHL offers — and the Yahoo thing that I’m vaguely aware of — there really aren’t any other options that I know of. The Yahoo thing seems very hit and miss, and I’ve yet to see any kind of schedule from them, but otherwise the NHL controls the online distribution of its games, as far as I know. Locally, FS West isn’t going to be allowing anyone to stream games (other than GameCenter).
Hey Rich, do you have the Wifi password for Staples? Can I have it?
Just kidding, thanks for your hard work Rich, this was a great season and you made it easy to follow at every step.
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“Goalies have their own roommates, as do veteran players.”
Is this just a city to city thing? Or do these ‘extra’ roommates travel with the team?
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hey just wanted to know how cluney (clune) is doing?? after he got hurt in game 5? thankss!!!
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1. The question on the mind of every Kings fan: When is Heidi Androl going to become Heidi Doughty?
1) I didn’t know Drew’s parents were adopting her!
1. How many times would you estimate that DD said “you know” this year?
Answer: You know, I’m not sure.
Great responses, Rich. You are the best. Thanks for all of your hard work.
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Wavesinair – did he mean roommates or just rooms? I thought they get their own rooms. is Quick traveling with his own in room masseuse or something?
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I will repeat my question in another thread to the best of my ability.
I was wondering if the main reason Kiril Kabanov is being passed over by some teams in the draft could be a thing as him having “a top 5 talent; but, a bottom 100 personality.” I want to know the real deal about this kid if he isn’t under consideration by DLs scouts.
How heavily do the scouts do the BCHL and who would be the top guys from there? Also where would they rank David Killip?
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Jeff, yes, he meant rooms. Hence my *wink* at the end of my sentence. Pretty funny though!
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Still no response to the Mikus questions:
http://lakingsinsider.com/2010/04/26/open-forum-2/#comment-108488
Are you afraid to utter his name? Like speaking the name of “Jehovah” in a Monty Python skit?
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Jammers “When is Heidi Androl going to become Heidi Doughty?”
WTF? What makes you think they have something? I never really seen any signs that they like each other. Has never crossed my mind.
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Hi Rich, Do you know what the bonus stipulations in Doughty’s contract are? Will he reach max salary if he wins the Norris?
Damn … That felt good to type!
Thanks
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I would like to give a few more details on why ESPN would be a better choice than Versus for the NHL. I live in Washington State so I totally rely on TV coverage to watch the Kings. I subscribe to the NHL Center Ice package every year and it’s great! But when ever a Kings game is broadcast on Versus, it will be blacked out on the Center Ice channels. On DirecTV you must subscribe as a minimum to their 210 channel package to receive Versus. On Dish Network you must subscribe as a minimum to their top 250 package to receive Versus. So the downside is that you have to subscribe to a pretty large channel package just to get that one channel, Versus. Another issue is that Versus only has one channel. They have been showing a lot of games once the playoffs started. Sometimes they show two games back to back. If the first game goes into overtime, many times it runs over the beginning of the second game. They just switch over to the second one with the game in progress. ESPN can do a better job of scheduling because they have multiple channels to use. So from my direct experience, I am not a fan of Versus.
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“Are you afraid to utter his name?”
Or like speaking the name of Muhammad in last weeks’ South Park episode. Which begs the question: Are there Mikus extremists among us? Come to think of it, I could see Cynic strapping a puck to his chest and jumping on the ice during a game screaming, “Juraj!!!”
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Rich, Thanks for all the great work this season!
Last summer, I heard that some of the players spent quite a lot of time here in LA getting to know each other on a personal level in order to build team chemistry and reinforce their working relationships. It seemed to worked very well, so I was wondering if they had any plans on doing something similar this summer. Thanks!
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Kings are gonna wear a special purple-and-gold jersey next year? WOW!!! That’d be amazing, just like the old Vintage jerseys several teams (Kings included) wore back in like 2003 or something.
Would this game be in LA or Vancouver? (Please make it so for LA also). Calgary wore their special uniform for 6 games this season, and Boston and Philly each wore their Winter Classic uniform on occasions post-Winter Classic, so why not?
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HEY RICH???…
I know free agency is a long time away, but who do you think DL will most likely try to target this off-season both on defense and offense? I know you said a top line winger and a top 4 defenseman, but would you have any idea yet of who those guys might be? Maybe a Patrick Marleau or obviously Kovalchuk and maybe on D a guy like Willie Mitchell, any ideas I know it is still a long way before July 1, but jw if you may have heard anything from within the organization yet? And what do you think the chances are of the Kings switching their current jerseys to their alternate jerseys for home games and creating a white version of the alternate for the road? Give us a look that was similar to the days when Gretzky was here. I personally think they would look awesome! Thanks Rich for everything over the season it has been a great place to comment and receive very helpful information.
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hahahha lepper, i agree
“WTF? What makes you think they have something? I never really seen any signs that they like each other. Has never crossed my mind.”
good response Rich
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Here is my pet peeve at Staples Center, some might consider it nitpicky.
I like to monitor shots on goal, but every time I look at the display at Staples Center, its telling me how many timeouts each team has left, AND BIG SURPRISE, each team has ONE!!!! The problem is the same display switches between shots on goal and time outs. But timeouts is a waste of space.
What are the chances of getting rid of the time out part of the display?
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O.K. I started reading this blog in November (I think) and ever since I have occasionally read all this “Mikus” jibber-jabber. I know he’s a Kings prospect, but that’s about it. Anyone who feels like explaining what all the “Mikus” hoo-hah is about, or giving me a link to an explanation, I’d appreciate it.
MKF
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I love the “response” option, its hard to track a specific comment you’d like to follow, or respond to. I actually lost alot of interest in the site when this option was not available.
If you were to run the team, what specific areas would you invest in, and who would you look to move up from Manchester as a result, and pick up in FA?
A personal opinion would be appreciated-be bias, what are you really thinking on this Rich? We all want an insight as to what you would do, or what you think, its why we ask.
Thanks in advance for your response.
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MKF – You need only believe in him, then you will understand all.
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Last summer, I heard that some of the players spent quite some time getting to know each other in order to build team chemistry and reinforce their working relationships (bonding, if you will). It seemed to work pretty well judging by the season we had. Do you know if any players plan to do something similar this off-season?
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@BluLiner
Uh, thanks for responding, but that was no help at all…
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If you don’t have blind & total faith in Mikus, you cannot be enlightened. And until you’re enlightened, you’ll never have blind & total faith.
Juraj Mikus is the ultimate hockey paradox.
Some say he’s from Slovakia. All agree, he’s from hockey heaven. And he’ll probably kick your face in.
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I just tried posting links to Mikus bios, but Rich’s broken website ate them. Maybe they’ll pop up later.
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No help again, huh?
Allow me to arrogantly quote myself from yesteryday. (Click on the links to read the bios of the two halves of Mikus):
Most people don’t realize this, but sometimes during the 2010 season, the awesomeness of Juraj Mikus was too great to be contained in one human body, so he split like an amazing Slovakian bacteria:
http://www.torontomarlies.com/team/index.asp
http://www.monarchshockey.com/bio.php?bid=242
What are the odds that we could get the Maple Leafs to part with their half of Mikus?
If we could get both pieces of Juraj Mikus on the same line, I think the Stanley Cup would be ours.
And then the universe would eat itself.
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Failed again. Does it automatically block hyperlinks? I’ll try posting again, and cleverly disguise the links…
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Thanks, Simmer. I am curious to understand, this Mikus business, paradoxically speaking, of course… I think…
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No help again, huh?
Allow me to arrogantly quote myself from yesteryday. (Click on the links to read the bios of the two halves of Mikus):
Most people don’t realize this, but sometimes during the 2010 season, the awesomeness of Juraj Mikus was too great to be contained in one human body, so he split like an amazing Slovakian bacteria:
[3ws&dot]torontomarlies[dot]com[slash]team[slash]index[dot]asp
[3ws&dot]monarchshockey[dot]com[slash]bio.php[questionmark]bid[equals]242
What are the odds that we could get the Maple Leafs to part with their half of Mikus?
If we could get both pieces of Juraj Mikus on the same line, I think the Stanley Cup would be ours.
And then the universe would eat itself.
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Hey, do you think that the Kings and Ducks will ever do another exibition game at the San Diego Sports arena? With the Gulls gone, there’s no more hockey down here.
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Jammers “When is Heidi Androl going to become Heidi Doughty?”
That’s the wrong question … it should be:
“When is Heidi Androl going to become Heidi Johnson?”
Every time she interviews him .. there’s flirtation on both sides.
As far as the retro jersey’s … can they just be buried please? I’m sorry to all you extra long time fans but those things are about as ugly as you can get.
Scudder even said as much during his Yahoo Puck Daddy interview. BLECK!!!!!!
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@mk_42
Regarding watching games online legally, I don’t think there’s a way if you live in the LA market aside from the free games Yahoo! broadcast. NHL Gamecenter is only for out of market games, so it works if you don’t live in the LA area. Cable and satellite providers have a lock on sports networks’ feeds, so they’re going to force you to come to them for it.
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Rich,
My question is one of delicacy: How does Lombardi handle the impending goalie controversy? If Bernier outplays Quick in camp, and he is named starter, how does Quick go from No.1 goalie and Olympian to backup? Can he handle that or will it be impossible and necessitate a trade? Thus, could we see Bernier/Zatkoff with Quick traded for a high pick?
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@ waves, “I could see Cynic strapping a puck to his chest and jumping on the ice during a game screaming, “Juraj!!!” Thank you! That was hilarious! I got a visual of that and nearly spit coffee all over my monitor!
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Juraj Mikus does not get frostbite. Juraj Mikus bites frost.
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LOVE the purple and gold. If I owned the team, that’s what they’d be wearing every game! Yes, I know you’re glad I don’t own the team. I’m very excited to hear that uniform is making an appearance again!
As for two Mikus’ – is the plural, “Mikai?” Maybe that’s a common name in Slovakia… his stats in the Slovak league look pretty good, but as a 4th rounder, I don’t know that we’ll be seeing him on the big club.
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@Matt George: Initially I did think there was something going on between Heidi and JMFJ (with the Michigan connection and all), but after hearing about Heidi texting DD’s dad, watching her and DD house hunting along the beach while undressing each other with their eyes, and DD waving his stick in front of her while she was doing her pregame speech (that sounds worse than it was), I’m convinced that Heidi will be taking Night Train’s or Clunatic’s spot in DD’s apartment.
Question for Rich (taken from a yahoo post):
Do you think that “I’ll f***ing hip check the s*** out of you” has any chance of replacing Pride=Passion=Power? Maybe it could be the new name for your blog?
Gotta love DD: http://www.battleofcali.com/2010/4/21/1433393/kings-gameday-part-i-of-iii-game-3
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Hello Richard,
First, thanks for another great year of coverage.
My question is a two part question… purely for comic relief and my own stress management.
Would you take 30 American dollars if I asked you to kick Terry Murray in the nuts as a return? If not, are you willing to discuss a price range and/or location of the kick? Let me know!
Thanks!
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Carol said: “How does Lombardi handle the impending goalie controversy?”
Lombardi doesn’t. Murray does. And by the way, that’s a very loaded question. You are implying a controversy where one does not exist. As far as I’m concerned, this is a great problem to have. Two young, talented goalies battling each other.
Also, if history is any indication (and it often is) the goalie duties will be handled slowly and with care. Two things I’m certain of: 1) The Iceberg is gone and 2) Zatkoff will be in Manchester all year (barring injury of course).
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HI Rich
Can you tell how many pick we will have at draft and in which rounds?
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Ovechkin or Crosby , pick one
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I personally wished those alternate black jerseys were burned. I find them ugly and with no creativity. I love the current jerseys, I just wished they added some gold to it, at least to have some link to the purple and gold days.
Who determines where the NHL teams will play those pre-season games in non-NHL cities? I beleive it was the Islanders or Lighting that played a game last year in Everett, any chance of seeing the kings play up here in Seattle during the pre-season?
Also please bring back the reply button along with the email reply you got if someone answered your post!
Thank you so much Rich, I have never felt this close to the Kings since even before I moved to Seattle 4 years ago. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for everything you do!
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WWAMD – I don’t think I have actually LOL’d too many times when I have typed “LOL”. This time LOLOLOL!!!!
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Rich,
A few days ago the LA Times ran a nasty write up of Kings fans as a bunch of ugly, fat, stupid drunks, and the women among them are fat and ugly, and they watch a stupid game that doesn’t make any sense, etc. Allowing for a certain amount of contentiousness in the sports page, it struck many as not just unfunny, but over the line of what’s acceptable in sports journalism. Are there limits, and if so, was this beyond them? Should that scribbler be allowed to consume oxygen in staples at management’s expense?
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Hey Rich! Thanks for the great year! Not sure if you answered this elsewhere already, but what sort of contract terms would you predict on a Doughty signing? Thanks!
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Isn’t there also some sort of legal streaming on ESPN. ESPN 360 or something like that? Not sure if hockey is shown but it might be worth checking out to those interested.
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One more thing, I have never thought that contracts in any sport of a decade or longer are a good idea, ever since Steinbrenner gave one to Dave Winfield. But if there was ever a kid I thought should be locked up long term, it’s Drew Doughty.
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This is for all you Quick bashers out there who have this love for Bernier before he has even proven himself.
Remember Alexander Daigle, the next Lemiuex, Gretzky all rolled into one? That first overall draft pick? So much expectation was placed on his soldiers he dropped out of hockey. Patrick Stefan, Pat Falloon?
Some of you need to get over yourselves with this Quick/Bernier circus. All this trade Quick before Bernier has even played a full NHL season.
Look at Howard with the Detroit, that rookie goaltender is only alive right now in the playoffs because of Detroit’s scoring. If he loses game 7. Should he be traded too?
Fuhr, Fleury, to name a couple are goalies that crashed in their playoffs debut, and the following seasons they created havoc and ended up winning their teams the Stanley Cup.
Ironically those two young teams had to lose before they won. These were teams with names like Gretzky, Fuhr, Messier, Anderson, Kurri, Crosby, and I can go on. So glad many of you aren’t involved in the NHL running teams or those teams will get nowhere.
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@Minnesota Kings Fan
for Juraj Mikus see below
http://www.insidesocal.com/kings/2009/07/the-legend-of-juraj-mikus.html
http://www.insidesocal.com/kings/2009/07/the-legend-of-juraj-mikus-part.html
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Do you see doughty getting an assistant captain honor for next season? have 3 Assistants as a result…
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5buckcolonnadeticket- That’s TJ Simers who wrote that article. He’s hated hockey for years, thus ridicules it.
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“Brandon Kozun. He’s tiny, but all he does is pile up points.”
So was Theoren Fleury. So is Martin St Louis.
You don’t have to be 6’4″ and 220 to score.
And if they can’t catch you, they can’t hit you.
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on jammers 3rd question…pwn3d. haha
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Hey Rich,
Have you ever spent a Chicago summer afternoon watching a Cubs game from one the Wrigley-ville roof tops? A recommended experience for every Cubs fan. How about suiting up the goalie gear and taking in an off season pick up game/practice with the NHLer’s who come to town to work out for an “insider behind the mask” piece? Besides sports writing and the Cubs what are some of your other interests, hobby’s, passions? From your observation, which NHL city has the hottest (female) hockey groupies? I had to specify “female” cuz I’m thinking there are some crazy dudes in Canada, like the guy who snuck on the ice ready to take practice with the Leaf’s a few years ago.
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Rich, Your responses to the DD questions(?) were great. BTW, if Heidi and Drew had a baby girl, they could name her “Princess Summerfallwinterspring”. You have to be pretty old to remember that.
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Any chance the Kings will alter their 3rd jerseys by putting the old Gretzky-era crest on the front instead of that terrible thing that says “LA” that’s there now? I’m starting to be ok with that jersey but the logo on it is really horrible. It’d be a nice way to pay homage to one of the most popular jerseys in leaue history to put the Chevy/Kings logo on the 3rd jersey.
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this is a re-post from Forum Answer III, I posted a little late and just wanted to make sure it’s seen:
Hey Rich,
Thanks for the knowledge. As usual, you’ve really gone above and beyond with your time in responding to your readers questions. If you have time for one more, a topic that hasn’t been discussed yet, unless I missed it, are RFAs. While there are limited top-flight UFA’s out there (Kovalchuk & Marleau come to mind and that’s it), there are several interesting names that fall under the “RFA umbrella”. My question is a two-parter: (1) Do RFA’s work the same as in other sports (the team that has the player under contract can match any offer and retain the player)? (2) Can you roughly approximate whether the Kings will have enough cap room to make a generous offer to a RFA on a cap-strapped team, such as a Nick Bakstrom, Bobby Ryan or Erik Johnson, thus making his team (eg. WSH) unable to match the offer?
Finally (alright, I lied, I had more than 1 question), what sites/writers do you frequent when adding to your wealth of NHL knowledge?
Thanks again for all your great work. If I see you out on the town, Rich, Doughty99 will be buying you a drink!
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minnesota kings fan
i agree with you, i also love the purple n gold. i do like the current uni’s, that black 3rd jersey they wore i dont really care for. i would like to see the purple n gold with the current crown, i think that might look sharp. i just want the kings to stay with 1 uniform, ala Det, Chi, Mtl etc. i know some fans dont care about uniforms and history but i do.
anything but those Awful!!! 90s uniforms Yuck111
i hope the Yotes knock out the Wings.
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@ Dayman
Damn, I laughed so hard reading those links you posted about Juraj Mikus. Like MKF, I’ve been trying to understand the facination.
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Hi Rich,
I know a lot of people on the site are concerned about the contract statuses of Doughty, Frolov, Johnson, etc. I am too, but I’m also wondering how long term you’ll be with us? You don’t have to give us the exact terms, but are you “signed up” for next year? Thanks for all the work you do. The season wouldn’t have been the same without you.
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