Jack Johnson’s postgame thoughts…
(on the game…)
JOHNSON: “I thought our power play was doing well. I thought our penalty kill was great. I think just, in general, we were moving well. I think they made some adjustments, and we had to make adjustments in the third too. I think once they realized we were playing well and moving well, I think they made some adjustments.”
(on the tight Western Conference standings…)
JOHNSON: “Every game means so much. We’re just trying to do our best to win all of our games. If we do that, we know then it doesn’t matter what else is going on. It’s pretty nice to have destiny in your own hands and not have to rely on other teams. That’s the last thing we want to happen is, at the end of the year, be watching hockey games and be hoping and praying for other teams to have a certain outcome. We just have to win our games and we don’t have to sweat it.”
Nice game JJ. Was really worried when you took that puck off the grill…glad your ok.
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Dominick Reply:
February 25th, 2011 at 12:04 am
@puck73, Hey where were you all night?
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puck73 Reply:
February 25th, 2011 at 12:10 am
@Dominick, Had to hang out with the girlfriend and watch the game over at her house on her old tv set. Definately not the same as my 2008 Samsung LN55A950 55 inch LED HD…CHOICE ! The girlfriend can definately cook so that made up for it !
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Dominick Reply:
February 25th, 2011 at 12:44 am
@puck73, Your lucky, my girl doesn’t even like hockey much. All she does is talk during the game, and try to get my attention, so I refuse to hang out with her when a game is on. Which makes her not like hockey even more. LOL
i didn’t think the power play did that well. yeah, they scored, but the main line of smthy, kopi, dd, jj were just statues standing around waiting for something to happen. someone please move around and do something! for god’s sakes, shoot the puck!
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Player-X Reply:
February 25th, 2011 at 8:03 am
@sid the kid, I have no idea how you could think that after that game. This sounds like a repackaged idea that you think will make sense, but it is totally inaccurate as to what happened last night. Relentless negativism with no basis in fact is getting OLD.
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sid the kid Reply:
February 25th, 2011 at 9:26 am
@Player-X, I think so because I watched the main line on the pp stand around and cycle the puck, lack of movement and shooting. IT’s not a repackaged idea, it’s observation based on what I saw. Notice that the main line did not score on the PP. That’s considered a failure. On top of hte failure, and the reason for it was the lack of movement and shots. review the game, they hardly had shots on the power play–the main line that is
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CB14 Reply:
February 25th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
@Player-X, I read your response, and posted one of my own yesterday, It’s at Final Kings-3 Ducks-2. If you want to reply again, please do so on a newer page and I’ll try to find it. Oh and Sid the kid made some good points too.
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Player-X Reply:
February 25th, 2011 at 8:06 pm
@CB14, Much respect for the tone in your reply, thank you. I think you were maybe more gentle than I might have deserved, I can come on strong sometimes, and in review I think you took a load of attitude built up mostly from the collection of many other’s purely negative attitudes, even when the team is posting lights out points and wins.
Also, you got me with the opening joke about having just finished reading my post…LMAO. Needed a good laugh, thanks for that. I felt I would get crap for length, but I think like that, and the subject is not exactly Twitter-sized.
I guess we agree for sure, the PP stinks, and I think it has cost us the division lead. But, I also think Murray is not really to blame for it, that it gets lumped in to an overall negative opinion that has been simply knee-jerk and in my opinion no longer valid, that Murray has a bad system, the offense is stifled by his system, that players are brought down by his coaching. People get stuck on thoughts, maybe they just need to have something to bitch about, I don’t know, but as I felt I showed in my “War and Peace” tome, for me Murray has guided this team into the solid foundation that can carry it through injuries, low scoring, bad nights and the playoffs.
My main feeling is the system is shown as effective by the ratio stat, because it incorporates all the stats you spoke about in a fully inclusive context. Like I said, Phoenix has 75 points and had an overall goal differential of +6, while Boston had 75 points and a differential of +43. To me, the ration helps explain the “health” of a system, in that even though the Kings goal total is down, it is balanced by the defensive focus, and that is what we need for the playoffs, too.
To borrow some phrasing from an old board game from the late 70′s, “Defense will get you through times of no goals better than goals will get you through times of no defense.”
Getting long again, who knew? Thanks for reading the post and taking the time to respond. I look forward to more of your posts. Salute.
CB14 Reply:
February 25th, 2011 at 9:03 pm
@Player-X, I also can come on too strong sometimes, and I have been sent to the penalty box for it. I just need to calm down and moderate myself before I post. The good thing about us both being so built up sometimes, is that it shows the passion we and everyone else have on this blog about the Kings. We love our team deeply, and wish nothing but the best for our team. But just like with everything else in life we have different opinion’s about most everything.
“Defense will get you through times of no goals better than goals will get you through times of no defense.” That is a great line, another one to help your point is “Defense wins Championships”.
I just wish someone would tell TM the line “The best defense is a good offense”. LOL. I look forward to more of your posts as well. Go Kings Go!!!
Nice helper on Simmonds 1rst Goal.
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Still too many shaky plays with the puck and TO’s for my liking… It’s nice when JJ makes up for them, but I’d rather not be in the position in the first place.
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