35 Comments

1. schlocktober says:

   January 24, 2011 at 10:08 am

   Ceci n’est pas une video review.

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   812 Reply:
   January 24th, 2011 at 11:16 am

   @schlocktober, Clever and appropriate Magritte reference! For those of you who aren’t familiar with the original picture “Ceci n’est past une pipe,” the poke at the NHL here is that the supposed video review the other night was only the appearance of a review, not an actual one.

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   Purple Ghost Reply:
   January 24th, 2011 at 11:30 am

   @812, Ahh, those Belgians. Some are even hockey fans, but probably not Magritte.

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2. Mel Powell says:

   January 24, 2011 at 10:10 am

   Rich, they had just got wind of it and were reviewing the between-periods interview to determine if they were going to fine Dean Lombardi again.

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   NoDoughty Reply:
   January 24th, 2011 at 1:01 pm

   @Mel Powell, LMAO!!!!

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3. VanKingsFan says:

   January 24, 2011 at 10:12 am

   Saw that moment… soooo confusing. Especially after those comments it looked SO suspicious.

   I was half expecting them to call it a goal after the replay lol

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4. Pumpernicholl says:

   January 24, 2011 at 10:19 am

   I remember that moment in the game, best I could figure was that the officials at first thought there was an issue of needing to change some time on the clock, but then for some reason ruled against it

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   Buster Reply:
   January 24th, 2011 at 12:01 pm

   @Pumpernicholl,

   I was guessing time on the clock all the way on that one. If they would have changed it, there might have been an extra second (which I thought ticked off prematurely).

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5. BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy says:

   January 24, 2011 at 10:19 am

   …And since the Kings won the game, not a single Kings employee wants to call the NHL and find out why!

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   puck73 Reply:
   January 24th, 2011 at 10:54 am

   @BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, Interesting how winning cures everything. Me, I would be calling NHL offices after every game, win or lose on calls that went our way and against us ! Gary Bettman would really hate me !

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6. MMF says:

   January 24, 2011 at 10:21 am

   My thought is that they were reviewing the goal to sdee if the puck was deflected or guided in by the phoenix players hand or glove…

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   gboi Reply:
   January 24th, 2011 at 10:47 am

   @MMF, exactly! Stempniak or whoever was in front pushed scuderi with a cross check motion and at the same time the puck hit his glove and it went in. they had to be checking that.

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   waterndirt Reply:
   January 24th, 2011 at 1:43 pm

   @MMF, That’s the way I read into / looked at it too. It was pretty obvious to me that the puck changed directions up near the hands.

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7. neil says:

   January 24, 2011 at 10:22 am

   they were checking out a replay of Heidi and just wanted to share their findings!!!!!

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8. bfarm says:

   January 24, 2011 at 10:24 am

   there was a false face off between the save and resuming play. because of the false face off a second ticked off the clock. I think the ref just wanted to set the clock back to the right time or somethin and toronto was like, “no stupid! just play on!” and then the ref was like oh snap, uggghhh (turn on mic)

   “there is no replay available on the play”

   muttering to self:
   “…awww man i look like an idiot”

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   Sebastian Reply:
   January 24th, 2011 at 10:37 am

   @bfarm, this is what i thought happened. i think he was trying to say that he was not on the phone trying to do a video review, rather than saying that a video review was not available on a certain play.

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9. DesertKing says:

   January 24, 2011 at 10:31 am

   I am not amazed at the confusion. It is readily apparent that the officials in Toronto are either blind, on the take or attempting to move the NHL into the WWF market. Of course Bettman is doing his best “invisisble man” imitation and if asked, I am sure he would say “it only affected LA.” It kills me to see the league catering to cities that do not bring new fans to the sport and are not supporting their teams. So Cal hocky is growing, as evidenced by the regular sell-outs at Staples and the Pond. The potential market for increase is huge if marketed right. The Kings organization is doing its part and it would be nice to see the NHL support the Kings organization and their efforts. Nothing drives sports fans away faster (other than losing) than non-neutral or poor officiating

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10. Ravens says:

    January 24, 2011 at 10:34 am

    I’m pretty sure they wanted to give the Coyotes some rest and allow them to get their best guys on the ice

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    OneTimer Reply:
    January 24th, 2011 at 10:55 am

    @Ravens,

    haha … good one. You got a chuckle out of me amidst this recent Kings nightmare.

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11. Sebastian says:

    January 24, 2011 at 10:34 am

    it was good of Lombardi to come out on TV and talk about this incident. It shows he has good character and can admit when he makes a mistake…UNLIKE the NHL! he was pretty funny too…he kept Jim’s $10 bill. haha.

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    justlu Reply:
    January 24th, 2011 at 11:54 am

    @Sebastian,

    Yeah I started laughing at how fast DL pocketed that 10 bucks.

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    Jason4Kings Reply:
    January 24th, 2011 at 11:56 am

    @Sebastian,

    I’m glad he came on. To be honest i expected a bit more humility from him. I thought his little joke about govt. stimulus and the president was a bit weird, but i don’t want to say more because the rules say i can’t be political. So i’m not being political. I just thought it was a weird jumping off point. I’m still 50/50 on Dean in general. I agree with people when they say he seems likeable though.

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12. BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy says:

    January 24, 2011 at 10:35 am

    –OFF TOPIC ALERT–

    ECHL ALL-STAR GAME IS ON WEDNESDAY IN BAKERSFIELD!
    –Come on out and celebrate with us, the league versus the Bakersfield Condors!

    It should be great fun.
    Hopefully I’ll see some of you there!

    I’m Section 105 C10 next to the visitors’ bench at the cage…

    http://echlallstarclassic.com/
    The Fan Fest is sold out…

    –GO KINGS!
    –GO CONDORS!

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13. launch says:

    January 24, 2011 at 10:36 am

    that was one of the oddest things I’ve ever seen with that…review that wasn’t a review of something that nobody understood why they stopped the game.

    do we think that Toronto was watching our next game after the high stick gaff just to be sure that they got everything right?

    I’d like to believe that Toronto/M Murphy don’t do such things, but I sure wouldn’t put it past them

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14. Cynic says:

    January 24, 2011 at 11:13 am

    I explained this on another site.

    The referee was supposed to drop the puck and Phoenix was to score off the draw. The horn sounded to get the attention of the refs. Mike Murphy wanted to remind the refs to stick to the script. MM had us winning that night to make up for the call the night before since DL apologized for his comments and he wanted to throw us a bone.

    Seemed pretty obvious to me..

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    Kingsfanone Reply:
    January 24th, 2011 at 2:14 pm

    @Cynic,

    Outstanding!!!

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15. Chester says:

    January 24, 2011 at 11:22 am

    Ever seen the “I’m a Little Teapot” commercial for Anschutz’ Foundation for a better life? The ref had to sing to his kid.

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16. kinginsaltlake says:

    January 24, 2011 at 11:37 am

    Cool to actually hear DL talk. It was worth the 50 Geez if it sparked a fire under the club. With the win on Saturday hopefully this started the fire rolling in the minds of the players. Boston is my favorite East Coast team, but tonight they are another team that we must get to early if we are going to have a chance to win. Missing a top player should help out also. It would be great for our spirit if we could get the next two before the All-Star break. Is anyone out there having problems with the feed. It was confusing getting logged on today. Maybe Rich has had to much of me calling people out in my post. Lately I have been a bit judgemental of some of the fans. Letting my words over run out of my fingers,calling people fair weathered and fly bye nighters was flat out wrong. Who am I to think that just because fans are angry and express their views, does not make then any less than a fan then me. Some of us are just flat out mad because the club has not lived up to our expectations. We all are in this together and many of us are on different levels. For me I am not on the level as say some of you are. You guys know all the play by play stuff that sometimes blows me away. Knowledge of the plays are sometimes hard for some of us, especially for us who has never put on skates. Some fans here in Salt Lake don’t think I’m a big enough fan because a never played the game. I just think that hockey is the best of all the major sports. I guess I could go on and on about this,but I won’t. NO MATTER who you are, if your in the Kingdom then from here on out you are all right in my book. Go Kings and kick some Boston But.

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    Irishlak Reply:
    January 24th, 2011 at 12:43 pm

    @kinginsaltlake, that was a great coment you left. Go kings go

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    Hat trick Reply:
    January 24th, 2011 at 1:35 pm

    @kinginsaltlake, It’s never too late to start. I’m sure there’s a rink near you somewhere if you’re in salt lake. There’s a guy in his 70′s that comes out and plays pick up sometimes. IMO it’ll definitely change your perspective of the game.

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

    January 24, 2011 at 11:59 am

    Thanks Rich! Could only catch the game replay on FSN, so it was nice to get a chance to see that interview, after they teased it several times.

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18. Paul G says:

    January 24, 2011 at 12:03 pm

    This continues my theory on why the NHL is against LA….I have too much evidence

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19. concussionman02 says:

    January 24, 2011 at 12:47 pm

    They were just delaying so the fans have time to buy another $10 beer. The NHL needs to get a return on their investment in the yotes somehow.

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20. Capt Jam says:

    January 24, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    I just hope the new Kings owners will be able to rectify this situation mucho pronto.

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21. nocturn says:

    January 24, 2011 at 4:44 pm

    WTF is the “Bread Hell Situation…” The Paris Bread Riots of 1725?

    

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