Marco Sturm will miss his ninth consecutive game tomorrow because of knee tendinitis. Sturm continues to skate heavily in practice and will actually be on the ice tomorrow morning — before the 12:30 p.m. local start — with the rest of the healthy scratches, getting in more work. Before the Kings left Los Angeles, Sturm said he hoped to get back in the lineup during the road trip, but Terry Murray also did not commit to playing Sturm on Sunday against Philadelphia, so Sturm could be looking at almost another week without playing.
MURRAY: I think he needs more skating. I think he needs more work here, to get that pop in his game, in his legs, to see that on a consistent basis, practice after practice. I had a conversation with him yesterday on the ice. He gets a hard work day in yesterday and he comes back the next day and still feels a little tightness, in his overall body and a little tightness in his knees still. So that’s a concern for me. We’ve got back-to-back games here, and I want to get him to be feeling the right way and making sure that he’s on top of things physically, so that he can get back into the lineup and contribute. it’s not just a matter of going out and playing the game. That’s no good. He’s got to come in and be a player that’s going to have an impact on the game.”
good….we don’t have to see Loki get sent down just yet….take your time Sturm
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Read somwwhere, kings interested in hemsky and oilers “leaving doors open”.
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Jason4Kings Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 2:43 pm
@Guss,
Go check out the Oilers blog, they have a section called “Armchair GMs”,or something like that. They’re talking about how they think Penner is gonna go for Simmonds and a prospect. But they don’t want Simmonds (the fans), they want Schenn. Good luck with that.
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Guss Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 2:48 pm
@Jason4Kings, Lol, no way we give up schenn for penner. If we can get a good trade, dl better pull the trigger on 1 or both!
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Jason4Kings Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 3:00 pm
@Guss,
Oh, i know. But that’s the thing with everyone wanting a trade for a top scorer. If we’re talking a true star there is only one centerpiece to the deal that will work, Brayden Schenn. That’s not gonna happen, i don’t think (or want). The other guys that could go for a superstar are Kopitar or Doughty, and no one wants that.
Is everybody selling wasted players to Kings. I’ve just seen video about trading winds and they are selling Gaborik to LA. I mean wow.
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Agame Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 2:42 pm
@Agame, I mean injured, not wasted.
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KingsFanFTW Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 2:48 pm
@Agame, so DL trying to get another injury guy??
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Scot Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 3:10 pm
@KingsFanFTW,
Absolutely, they cost less. Dean Lombardi is the cheapest GM in the league. Count on the players we get at the trade deadline to be underachievers looking for a fresh start, or injury-plagued players teams are trying to get rid of. Count on it.
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BrokeKingsFan Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 3:12 pm
@Scot, thats assuming we actaully get something. My bet is we get nothing! it will be the same ol song and dance. “wasnt the right fit” something of that nature.
KingsFanFTW Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 3:35 pm
@Scot, dam we need a scorer not another injury guy
Agame Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 3:10 pm
@KingsFanFTW, Looks like it.
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pr0cess Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 3:12 pm
@KingsFanFTW, fits the MO right?
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Agame Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 3:15 pm
@Agame, Link http://ht.ly/3UZlO
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Michael_DD8 Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 3:19 pm
@Agame,
Id be VERY happy with Gaborik. He is SICK, and when healthy, scores, and can score better then most. You guys are crazy to criticize DL if he got Gaborik with Kopitar.
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Agame Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 3:29 pm
@Michael_DD8, Did you hear what they say, streaky. Two streaky guys Kopi and Gabo. I don’t know?
Jason4Kings Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
@Michael_DD8,
The more i think about it the more i realize Dean is gonna wait to the last moment, if he does anything at all. They’re gonna want alot for Gaborik. If we go on a tear here and win a bunch of games between now and the deadline maybe he thinks about it. But then it’s prospects we’d be moving, and that means Schenn. I don’t think i see it happening.
Leave the little Russian dude in!
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GO KINGS!!!
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poor Sturm injury u r hope u get well and wake up to score score when u come back at 100% if that every happens
I hope the Kings are ready for the Caps tomorrow and the Flyers for payback on Sunday
Lets Go Kings get those points that we need
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Take your time Sturm. You’re saving a roster nightmare by being out.
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If we do end up trading for a guy like Gaborik (whose name has been thrown out there as of late) or Spezza, even though he is a center, or Parise (maybe), I wonder if we could still have enough money after signing Doughty and Simmonds etc. to go after Brad Richards as well in the summer?…To have Kopi, Richards, and anyone of the 3 guys mentioned above would be crazzzyyyy, but DL could never pull this off, but to be honest I don’t think we have enough cap space to do so at all, but one can dream right lol
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Maybe this is premature but Im really looking forward to next season! Im not saying this because i have given up on this season because i for sure have not but this is not our year to contend for the cup. we can contend for a playoff spot and im optimistic that we will get in but a first or hopefully second round exit is probably more like what we would be looking at. Hopefully we can pick someone up through a trade this year and make a splash in the UFA market during the offseason. TM needs to coach some offensive hockey to go along with his D as well. here’s to hoping, Cheers!
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I’ve had the feeling since Sturm got here that Murray just doesn’t like him for whatever reason. Every question to TM in regards to Sturm seemed to elicit a lukewarm response, at best. There’s plenty of players in the lineup right now who have no “jump” or “pop” to their game and yet they are playing every night. Sturm on one leg produced more than most of the current Kings roster and they need offense so if he feels ready, let him play. Get turds like Westgarth out and get Marco in already.
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BrokeKingsFan Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 3:48 pm
@BluLine77, I have noticed that as well!
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Dan H. Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 3:59 pm
@BluLine77,
At one time the guy had a lot of speed. This surgery is hard to come back from and takes a full year. He might be ready by training camp but I doubt this season.
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bbb7 Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 4:11 pm
@BluLine77, I tend to agree, but right now TM has to use the ‘needs more work’ talk cause activating Sturm will require a roster move that I dont think they have decided how to make yet. To me if you put in a Sturm and therby have to send Lokti down you havet added much, skill-wise, to the lineup. We need BOTH Sturm and Lokti playing and rotate some of the grinders in-and-out. And rotate Westgarth out-and-out.
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puck73 Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
@bbb7, Westgarth out and out ? OUTSTANDING ! CONCUR.
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friarking Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 5:07 pm
@BluLine77, I get the same feeling too. Maybe he just expects more from his veterans than the younger players.
Does anyone else feel like Clifford hasn’t been as effective lately as he was in the first half?
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puck73 Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 5:24 pm
@friarking, Clifford not as effective ? Typical of a 20 year old trying to play with grown men. AGAIN…most players dont develop until the ages of 24 and 27…seen in it many times in my life as a fan so I am not surprised at all. I think the question that needs to be asked is…would he be better off in Manchester with no pressure, and he can be trained properly by Mark Morris and his staff ?
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I’m betting this has much less to do with Strum’s injury and more to do with waiting on a trade that is about to happen. Well see. We are rich at Center, Defense and Goalie. Absolutely bankrupt at LW. I hope there is something we can do.
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Forget Sturm.. 3 line winger at best
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King fans please don’t cry all the time. We have to be happy about the Kings play of late. They have not lost any game last 7 games. We had ponit or points in all of them. Kings are getting the most out of the talent. Good job coach.
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