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Simmonds…
Heal fast, my Brother!
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KINGS #01 IN THE LEAGUE AT THIS VERY MOMENT!!! WOOT!
gKg!
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
I think St. Louis has 14 points in 9 games…and of course, Nashville appears to be at a faster pace.
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Graeme Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
Nope, St. Louis has 12 after 8. Preds 13 after 9
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grit Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
No other team has seven wins!
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grit Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
@LBlocal,
#1 AND NOTHING ABOUT IT ON NHL.COM.
THEY HAVE VIDEO OF RICHARDS BREAKING THE GLASS!BFD.
THE PENS CLASSIC JERSEY ON THE HEADLINES!BFD!
JUST KEPT WINNING BOYS.
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Great game guys. Quick was awesome…besides that one weird poke check that failed on the second goal. Dude was on it though tonight.
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Jokinen scores for CGY…
col 3-4 CGY/3rd period, under a minute…
Now a FINAL.
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LBlocal Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, Too much Bako??
Only the end of 2nd.. my friend.. (hit refresh)
Expect Calgary to grab defeat from victory..
gKg!
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LBlocal Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
(go colo)
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Williams and Clifford were huge! Hope Clifford sticks. Love his energy!
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Great game. Poni continues to play well. Now let’s kill the Devils on Saturday!
GKG!
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
@vplaza,
I think we can get Kovalchuk’s coach FIRED with a win…
Sweet revenge is coming!
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Dominick Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, Too bad it’s the coach who’s uner fire, and not Kovalschmuck.
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Dan H. Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
@Dominick,
Should be the owners and Lou. If a coach can’t field a team it’s hard to win.
Dominick Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
I’m not sure(Quisp probably knows better), but I think Lou was handcuffed on that, and had no choice but to go along with Kovalschmuck. That was the bigining of the end for that franchise.
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That empty netter was good snypage!
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Well done boys. See ya saturday! GO KINGS!!
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Really good finish….hope Simmer is good, he left quickly after whatever happened.
D solid, Quick a wall.
Clifford KO, and looked fine on Handz’y line.
New Jersey is hurting but watch them, no one gets off the hook this season, no one.
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Lime Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
@Harty, Agreed if Clifford is going to play like that every time he gets in a fight, i say let him punch someone out in the first 5 minutes!
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Nice win, boys!
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I know the injury to simmonds probably happened from that hit, but watching simmonds goal he did go into the post pretty hard. Just sayin’
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great game quick was great. just a few goal posts away from going 4-1 on the trip. now lets go kicks kovi’s a**
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yea, great game by the kings tonight, very cool to see the scoring being spread out! everyone seemed to contribute tonight. I’ll admit, clifford did have a great game, westgarth wasnt a huge factor, nor schenn really, but schenny boy looked better tonight then usual.
Anyways, they need this 1 day rest, and its DEVILS on sat! woot woot GKG!!!!!!!!!
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grit Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
@LEE10,
Westgarth was a factor.He came in after the hit on Schenn.Clifford was there also.You needs these guys to kept other teams from taking runs at your teammates.They rub off on the whole team.Look at Poni when Clifford got hit.
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408kingfan Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
@LEE10, Westgarth did his job
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The 19 year old Clifford was one of the best players on the Ice. This Kid needs to stay.. He is tough and as you can see tonight he can skate and create chances. TM gave him extra shifts and he did well. Good game for Clifford and it’s been a solid good 3 games for Clifford. Hope they keep this Kid in, he is only going to get better. Wait until he starts he starts showing all of you why he was on the first line for Manchester’s playoffs… The Kid has some hands too…
RICH!!!! WE NEED A CLIFFORD INTERVIEW. THE KID WAS AWESOME TONIGHT AND THE FANS ARE CALLING FOR IT..
Work your magic! Thanks!!!
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LEE10 Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
@kylecliffordfan, LOL, he wasnt that great, but he was good
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mcsorleyfan Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
@kylecliffordfan, Okay, KyleCliffordsDad, we agree…lol
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something happened in the offensive end in the 3rd, he was out and then bailed after coming together with someone??
Rich anything out of the room as of yet??
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so much for the zues is to slow talk,zues is once again my hero!!,his line was unstoppable.
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They play so well with a lead this season!
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frazier king Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, as tm said i like that they are playing a good team game right now.
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Let’s hope they can hold off the worst team in the league (LOLz) Saturday.
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awesome game boys way to rebound after chicago…poni huge and tough………….clifford outstanding game and quick headed for 45 wins only 39 to go…….bring on new joisey……….lets roll those bums and send kovalsuck back to the ghetto were he belongs.
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Go Kings Go! Another solid game by JJ. I just am continually impressed by Muzzin, although I think the combo of DD2 and Harold stays for this year. Eventually Muzzin is as good of a skater as Harold and is meaner/nastier than DD2. I will eat some crow over anticipating UFAs Williams & Stoll won’t be here after this year. I did at least argued too not trade Stoll unless we got a solid faceoff guy, but I know its still a wing and a thigh. But with Kings wins Crow is delicious. The way they are playing they will have their choice of teams. Lets hope they see the potential here and know that they fit here as well.
Also, hoping the night train is not seriously injured and can be back very soon.
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mcsorleyfan Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
@luc20rules, You’re a big man. Um… Unless you’re a woman… then I’m not sure how that compliment wa ssupposed to go…
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Energy saving win this one with less hits and shots but boys got job done. Definitely one way to win.
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how badly do you think kovalsuck will get booed?
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Cifford!! Clifford!! Clifford!! Clifford!!!
Vote for him at…
http://www.hockeyfights.com/fights/98082
The kid deserves a win in his first NHL fight!!!!
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AZ King Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
@kylecliffordfan,
Not really much of a fight. Really impressed with his game lately though. Hopefully we get a chance to see more of what he can do. If Simmer is out for any length of time I would have no problem seeing Clifford fill his spot.
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mcsorleyfan Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
@kylecliffordfan, Bonus points for teabagging him!! LOLZ
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We are going to miss Simmonds on Saturday. Hopefully DD will be back. I was impressed with the amount of energy the team displayed considering the game was a back-to-back with a long flight last night.
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They looked a little tired on the second game of back to back but what a effort. See you in the stands at Staples Sat against New Jersey.
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Col 5 – 4 Cal still in 3rd.
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Slow night after a game. Oh yeah! we won.
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1st period still gives us trouble?? I’m sure TM will figure this out.
nice finish, everyone was going hard again late in the 3rd. Plenty of energy and all good. We in Ontario Canada have to shut it down almost midnight.
Waiting to here from TM however can’t wait.
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I’ve pretty hard on JJ, but he played great tonight, not cuz he had 3 points but played a solid game on D and made great passes tonight. I still think he’s a winger playing D.
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jason Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 1:33 am
@Pesus, you’ve been hard on him cuz hes made alot of mistakes. tonite we saw his potential.. Hopefully he keeps it up because hes awesome when hes on his game
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it’s always a great night when the kings win and the red wings lose….
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Great game and Quick was HUGE!. No more Mr. Softie.
Original thought was ribs also.
Time smack Kovalpuke and co on Sat. Breakin out the ol Deadmarsh jersey for this one.
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luc20rules Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
@src, Wondering if owner thinks Kovi is the equal of the 4 players he is removing from the roster. If NJ keeps loosing we may be able to fleece Parise at a reasonable price. I can see a 3 team deal we get Parise for prospects/picks and some other team gets Volchenkov for prospects/picks. I believe the only people that want Kovi/pricetag live in Russia at this point. At this point interest there may be fading fast. Looking forward to playing them on their end of a back to back with a 19 man roster.
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Nice Win Silver & Black!
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We have played seven out of our first ten games on the road, our best player has been out for several games, and we are breaking several very young players into the lineup – and our record is 7 and 3!!! Pretty damn good start….
P.S. Am I the only one who is really impressed by Poni? The guy is a very solid two way player, and fits in perfectly on the 3rd line. The more I see, the more I like.
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rontheking Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
@rick,
i’m with you–i don’t miss that other russian guy much at all!
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tellmeY Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
@rick, I am always impressed with the guys DL brings in…he knows how to build from the back to the front. It’s really cool and we are happy kings fans these days.
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Kings have the best record in the league and the Devils are dead last! I hope we take it to them and bust Kovulshmucks spleen Forsberg style!
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I forgot to post this after the last Kings win, but TM don’t you think Handzus deserves to be in the top 3 of shootouts with a 8 of 15 scoring rate. I believe he is 4 of 5 on shootouts as a King.
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Gritty pond hockey game tonight. Even saw Willy knock someone down with a check LOL. Quick was very good but scared me a couple times with his biscuit handling around the net. Whiskey and Clifford were tight.
Saturday’s my Bday so please don’t let me down Kings. Do NOT underestimate the Devils. They are just in a rut right now. Let’s not get too cocky. Just play your game seriously.
GKG!
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tellmeY Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
@crashin’ da net, I agree…Kovi might be the kind of guy who will get angry if he gets booed…and decides to light it up and score a hattrick….I hope I don’t see that in my dreams tonight….YIKES!
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Someone on this blog was saying they get nervouse when “Quick’s in net” I can only imagine how nervouse they were with Cloutier or Fukifuji etc
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rontheking Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
@408kingfan,
you have to admit though…fukufuji had the best goaltender name ever–he just couldn’t live up to its defiant promise….
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jason Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 1:37 am
@408kingfan, Quick is one of the best goalies in the NHL. Hes in shape and has more experience now. He will finish top 10 and maybe top 5 in league. One thing I like about him is he plays best when we need it like in shootouts. His huge save tonite when the game was 1-1 was a game changer
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johnjuan Reply:
October 29th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
@jason,
I agree. A lot of talk about Bernier being the goalie of the future but, I have serious doubts about that. Quick gets better and better.
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Could this be the year?????? So far so good, let’s keep EVERYBODY healthy. If we do that, we may have a real shot thus season.
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