Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts…
(on finishing the 10 consecutive road games…)
MURRAY: “That’s 15 points out of 20. That’s a nice road trip. It’s important that we just keep our focus on how that happened. The hard work, the intensity, the concentration, to bring it every day and do things right. Now we’ve got to do the same thing tomorrow at home.”
(on holding the lead after Mitchell’s goal…)
MURRAY: “The guys were really digging in on the checking part of the game. They were very responsible. Everybody worked hard. We did a better job of getting into the shot lanes later in the game, than what we did in the first period. Quick was good when he had to be good, but again, everybody had great awareness to their skill and their speed, and we stayed above the puck and got a good win.”
(on MItchell’s goal…)
MURRAY: “Well, he can shoot a puck, there’s no doubt about that. The same with Ryan Smyth’s goal, it originates from the top with Jack shooting it, and their two goals come from the top too, with the D-man shooting. That’s kind of the way it is in the National Hockey League right now. Everybody plays a very tight, home-plate attitude. They get in shot lanes and it’s very difficult to score goals with the style of play that we’re seeing today. But when you do get it up top, good things can happen if you miss that first layer. Again, four goals end up coming from the blue line in the game tonight, so it was great to see the winning goal. I thought Justin Williams made a great play on it, to hold onto it, just show the composure and buy a little bit of time, and then (Mitchell) walks in from the top of the circle and tees it up.”
On a side note Ted Purcell scores hat trick tonight…oh and I believe Mat Moulson did that the other night too! Where did these guys come from? Oh yes, from our system! Great! Oh and who’s this Brian Boyle fella? Oh just another one that slipped through! Doesn’t this speak volumes about our system!
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
February 23rd, 2011 at 10:52 pm
@Abo, http://lakingsinsider.com/2011/02/23/doughty-postgame-quotes-34/#comment-372666
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Abo Reply:
February 23rd, 2011 at 10:59 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, My bad! I was just scanning the scores and news on TSN and saw that story on Purcell and it was another bad reminder of what we didn’t give a chance to develop! You’re on it!
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:00 pm
@Abo, He had a chance…but he didn’t deliver…
Slim Reply:
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:01 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, Nice responseA day late and a dollar short.
Not only that I posted that about 3 hours ago on an earlier thread.
It’s because we as fans are frustrated that players we had. key words we had
could be useful now. Who’d a thunk!
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Slim Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 4:37 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, How do u refer back to an exact post like u have been doing.
I like that u do that. Cause it’s amazing how many times people post the same thing
so much later. Do they not follow all the posts. I know I do. Learning my mac on the fly.
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HockeyNerd Reply:
February 23rd, 2011 at 10:58 pm
@Abo, I see I have to say this once again.
You find me ANY GM in ANY sport (it doesn’t have to be Hockey) who has NEVER let talent walk.
And in reality if your best examples are Moulson, Purcell, and Boyle that just shows how well DL is doing……..
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Abo Reply:
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:06 pm
@HockeyNerd, I agree with you, but there was way too much expected from these guys and they had little time in my opinion to get close to what they could have achieved. That being said, I believe ours is a system in which they could not thrive! I think it’s evident given all of their recent success.
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puck73 Reply:
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:13 pm
@Abo, Very well said.
kings4queens Reply:
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:48 pm
@Abo,
Yes, but why the hell are Lokti and Marty out now? Those players, who are lighting it up now did nothing for our team when they were on the roster. But Lokti and Marty have been showing how good they are. I’m frustated with Murray taking them out!
Kingme20 Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 7:33 am
@Abo,
Yeah, I agree. The only one I would have kept from that group is Moulson. To me, he’s a Luc Robitaille-type player. Not a great skater, but just knows how to get open in front of the net. Look where he scores his goals from, and how he plays. Not a hall of famer like Luc, but a reliable player in that type of role. While I wish he were still here, I’m happy that he’s succeeding somewhere.
I wish he’d had more of a chance here instead of the year they wasted on Purcell. I don’t miss Ted at all, even with as well as he’s played this year.
Boyle… hard to say. I think he needed to realize that he’s not as special as he thinks he is. The interview he gave the other night when the Kings played in New York kind of showed that. He seemed humbled by the trade, and it looks like it made him realize that he needed to work harder to stay in this league. I doubt he gets that message by staying with the same team.
KC23 Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 12:34 am
@HockeyNerd, Agreed. And lets not forget who Purcell is playing with. There are a ton of players in the league that would do just as good if not a lot better.
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Slim Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 4:40 pm
@HockeyNerd, What Was said during one of the games was that he took figure skating
lessons this year. Like Skinner. More players should try this. Westy comes to mind.
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tmurrayhater Reply:
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Fully agree but Dino can redeem himself with few trades, we need scoring bad. Trade Doughty, we have enough defense and he is valuable.
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Action Reply:
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:34 pm
@tmurrayhater,
That’s not funny.
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Blake Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 6:47 am
@Action, I stopped reading after i read his name
gene Reply:
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:29 pm
@Abo, Great point, I was thinking the same thing. Hey, TM and DL why dont you give the young guys some playing time and wee what they can do. Lost three good players.
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src Reply:
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:34 pm
@Abo,
And the list goes on and on………..Grabner from VAN. It happens to every team. Leino DET etc etc etc.
Change of scenery or whatever the reason, it happens.
Purcell was very soft and non assertive in LA. Boyle pretty much the same. They had ampel oppurtunities. Maybe its the system. Too late, lets move on.
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tantrum4 Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 12:23 am
@src,
Funny how no one mentions the O’Sullivans, Segal’s, Barney’s, Lehoux’s etc etc when talking about young players they gave up on. For every Moulson, Boyle or Purcell, there’s one of the guys mentioned above, actually there’s probably two.
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mash-ola Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 1:07 am
@tantrum4, I agree, tantrum… The Daniel Briere’s, Ilya Brygalovs, etc. are few and far between… There is a reason that these players were not retained. I will say, though, that I think they mishandled Brian Boyle, trying to turn him into a defenseman, then a bruising, physical forward, where his strength is obviously finesse…
Anyways… the Kings did win last night, didn’t they? Sounds like this thread took a wrong turn somewhere… btw.. whatever happened to Pavel Rosa???
GO KINGS!
nykingfan Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 5:25 am
@Abo,
That a way bro
You watch the scoreboard and see how all the ex-Kings are doing, while we watch OUR team march their way to the playoffs.
Enjoy!
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Bob Bobson Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 7:03 am
@nykingfan, That’s what I like to hear. While I am glad ex-Kings are finding success elsewhere (more importantly not in our conference) it is best to move on and focus on our boys here.
All teams have let good players go (Briere was placed on waivers at one point) who go on to perform much better with other teams. Anyway, tantrum said it best when he listed guys we let go of and they went on to do nothing.
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Abo Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 7:10 am
@nykingfan, I watched “OUR” team win tonite & and was just as pleased as every other Kings fan, but I also keep up with whats going on in the league too & can’t help but see what “OUR” ex players are doing, and knowing “OUR” teams needs at this point to go deep into the playoffs!
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nykingfan Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 10:37 am
@Abo,
Here’s what you said
“Where did these guys come from? Oh yes, from our system! Great! Oh and who’s this Brian Boyle fella? Oh just another one that slipped through! Doesn’t this speak volumes about our system!”
just another dig at the Kings. People like you will never be satisfied. We could win the cup in 5 games, and you’d complain that we lost a game and blame the coach/GM for allowing that to happen.
nykingfan Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 10:40 am
@Abo,
Also
why didn’t you bring up how Sully’s doing these days? You remember the guy the Kings traded for JW?
That wouldbn’t have helped your argument, so leave that out!
GOKINGS Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 7:30 am
@Abo, hes a good goal scorer, but he just didnt fit into our system. Tampa bay has some outstand players playing along side him. Lecavilier, St. Loius. Stamkos Malone, he is good be cause of them. On his own he isnt worth it. I am bummed we let Moulson go tho, he didnt really get a shot. Boyle is a goon! woulda loved to get something in return tho.
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When you look back at this awesome road trip
Williams played a huge part. Do we resign him?
I say absolutely.
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before99 Reply:
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:00 pm
@Slim, and soon please…… if not me thinks he walks.
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Niko Reply:
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:16 pm
@before99, He will get a new contract, and possibly become an alternate captain next season. Williams works hard for this team, no doubt in my mind he wants to lift the cup as a King
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puck73 Reply:
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:14 pm
@Slim, He and Stoll have been flying, and busting their ass all season…Sign JW !
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mash-ola Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 1:13 am
@Slim, tantrum alluded to it earlier, but remember how a lot of people cursed the Kings for giving up O’Sullivan, and how they chided management for taking a huge risk on an oft-injured Justin Williams. They said he was a soft player, and that he was one of Dean’s boys from Philly, blah, blah, blah.
I will tell you this, though. To me, Quick is the King’s MVP. But Justin Williams is the team’s unsung hero, unheralded for his hustle, his smarts and his guts. Coming back from what could have been a career-threatening injury, he is unquestionably the Kings most consistent/clutch performer this season. Hands down. If they had a stat for points in the clutch, he would probably be on top.
Do you resign this guy? Hell yes! He deserves it.
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Coach of the year. Great system. On same page. Bring home the cup this year. Wonder what coach thinks about DD2 play. Some might ask him soon.
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4 goals came from the blueline, and our last 2 goals came on the counter attack. Not from the dump and chase system.
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Gary Livingston Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 12:39 am
@CB14, you can’t play the game counting on counter attacks to be our main source of goals and strategy. Turn overs are quite a bit more limited than establishing offensive zone position and cycling the puck back up to the blue line.
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Player-X Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 7:48 am
@CB14, Turnovers create “counter-attacks.” Turnovers are what the dump and chase is designed to avoid. Besides, the Kings don’t exclusively dump and chase, anyway, they do it about as much as most teams. And, when you say they scored on counter-attacks, not dump and chase, you are saying they didn’t dump it in, the same thing you say they always do. If they only dumped it in all the time, there could be no “counter-attack” goals. When the opportunity is there, the Kings rush the puck. When a rush is well defended, they dump and retrieve. Just saying something over and over does not make it true for anyone but yourself.
Also, you have been ducking a post from me about why I think you are wrong that the Kings have regressed so badly this year, and why I think you are wrong about the system being bad.
http://lakingsinsider.com/2011/02/22/what-can-brown-do-for-kings/#comment-370478
Scroll to my reply under the first comment.
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One thing I never understood when coaches said that you have to play a tight checking game and also get in the passing lanes. Interesting that TM says it here. My coaches said that too (college) and we players would just grumble, because it seemed like the coach didn’t know what he was talking about. How can you check your man closely, but also be in a passing lane? As a 1st pair D-man, I just ignored this and got as close as I could to my guy and tried to deny possession. I ignored that passing lane stuff, figured it was for the forwards if they ever decided to honor us with their presence and play some D.
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Gary Livingston Reply:
February 24th, 2011 at 12:42 am
@In the Net, Think about how a goalie cuts the angle down between the shooter and the net by coming out closer to the shooter. Now, think of the net as being another player the shooter is passing too instead of taking a shot at. That line from the shooter to the net is the same as a passing lane.
You can be in a passing lane as a player and still be close and checking the opposition player. It’s all about your positioning.
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Good job coach. The Kings are right up there in the standings. Let’s keep it rolling down the home stretch.
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