Anze Kopitar’s postgame thoughts…
(on the 4-0 road trip…)
KOPITAR: “It feels great. I think we learned from the last long road trip, when we went to Long Island and everybody was kind of ready to go home. It’s not like tonight we’re not ready to go home, but I think the approach was totally different than Long Island. Obviously to go 4-0 right now, it doesn’t happen very often. We approach it just like playoffs. It’s the playoffs for us. The playoffs are at stake, and you’ve got to play right to your potential every night. I think that’s what we showed, throughout these four games.”
(on Bernier being hard to beat in Nashville…)
KOPITAR: “Apparently, yeah. If he keeps going in this building like that, I think we will be in good shape.”
(on the strong second period, after a back-and-forth first…)
KOPITAR: “They always come out strong in this building. I thought we had a couple really good shifts in the first, and we obviously scored a goal, and then they came back. In the second, usually that’s where the game breaks. I thought we’ve had a couple good, solid second periods in a row now. Even in Dallas, I thought we really took it to them. It was just a good effort from everybody.”
Yes! Now please, please prove me wrong guys. Kings come home to a team that is pretty much eliminated, whose played the night before vs. the Anaheim Duck-wives of Orange county and use the backup goalie. Those are the teams that scare me. Please prove us ALL wrong. GKG. Magic number is now 10. Yeeesss!
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St. Louis Blues at home r next!!
Can we change our schedule so we play them on the road? Lol
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KingsFanFTW Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 8:03 pm
@Paul G, LOL i wish
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DesertKing Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 8:07 pm
@Paul G,
If someone would just clean the ice at Staples with one of those NHRA jet Zamboni’s, then I bet we could stay on the road.
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SJ just scored an ENG with 1:06 to go . . .
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KDinUT Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 8:08 pm
@KDinUT, and now another ENG . . . 6-3. A little help now from Calgary, maybe?
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KingsFanFTW Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 8:10 pm
@KDinUT, nope Flames going to loose like always oh well we just got to keep the winning streak alive
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KDinUT Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 8:13 pm
@KingsFanFTW, ‘Yotes are only up by one with 20 mins. to go – just no 3 point game, please.
Newf Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 8:18 pm
@KDinUT, you know what’s funny? my friend Rita and i bet on all the games this time of year. so although tonight we’re each betting on our teams, we each kind of need the others to win lol
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DesertKing Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 8:20 pm
@KDinUT,
Hey, at least it wasn’t a 3-point game. We have 2 games against SJ and we can take the Division lead ourselves.
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I’m not sure if I want the SJ to lose so we can catch up or the 6-8 teams to lose so we can open up some padding on just getting in!?
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Calgary’s in trouble…
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 8:24 pm
They’ve fallen and they can’t get up.
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Newf Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 8:25 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, lol i was eating my big mac and in 2 bites it was a 4-1 game.
i need to secretly need CGY to win more often! at least i’m making a few bucks this way if they lose though lol.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 8:27 pm
@Newf, Well, they managed to score, but they’re still two goals down now.
Blake Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 9:08 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, life alert!
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mrbrett7 Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 7:21 am
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, Injuries…no Brendan Morrison, and now no Moss.
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Is there anyway the Kings could stay at a hotel in Palm Springs or something. Then they take a bus to Staples, making it feel like an away game.
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DesertKing Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 8:29 pm
@Who knows?,
Greener stayed here in Palm Springs during the All-Star break. He stayed at a pretty nice place too.
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Odd hypothetical:
let’s say Kings finish 4th and Preds finish 5th in the West. Considering Bernier’s strong play in Nashville and Quick’s apparent struggle, who does Murray start?
I know Murray would go with his #1 and start Quicker, but you have to wonder – if Quick struggles the first two games, would he put Bernier in?
Who would you start?
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USHA#1 Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
@dbargaehr,
I’d start the Ford.
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Newf Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
@dbargaehr, i’d go with Bernie, easily. he’s just bee phenomenal against them this year. Quick really struggled against them last year. You don’t want to start Quicker just because, you want to go with who will get you the wins. Playoffs aren’t the time for experimenting. I think if TM wanted to see how Quick would do against NSH now, he would have started him tonight.
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don’t know if this means anything, but minus kovalchik’s empty netter tonight kopi has just as many goals as the almighty kovalchuk
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Congratulations Kopitar
325 Straight game.What an accomplishment.Kings fans are Looking forward to watch you play for many more years.Also looking forward for you and the kings to break more franchise records,like you guys have already accomplished last year and this year.Thanks Kopitar for everything you do for your team and fans.I know you are still young but i believe you deserve to have your jersey hung up in staples center.When you retire from the kings of course.
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2 years ago Kopi was a -17 this year he is a +26 to lead all forwards. Apparently TM has done something right in regards to coaching Kopi. Congrats to our new Iron Man, may there be many, many more to come. Go Kings!!!
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luckyluc13 Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 9:49 pm
@Hesperia STH, Kopi is 5th in +\- and 7th in scoring.Only 1 other player in the top ten in scoring and +\-….KOPI rocks…period
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DLB Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 11:17 pm
@luckyluc13, CONGRATS KOPI!
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Wow. The Kopi line is looking better every game. Where did all the Penner nay sayers go?
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Hesperia STH Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 8:53 pm
@krash324, They went to bed in O.C.
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LaFan1967 Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 9:01 pm
@krash324, most were not against getting Penner , just not at the
expense of roster players and the #1 prospect in the LEAGUE.
A case could be made that Penner cost the most of any trade deadline
players but he’s looking like he’s justifing that cost.
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krash324 Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 9:10 pm
@LaFan1967, I live in Calgary and the media here was awarding Edmonton with winning the trade. I could not disagree more, we dealt from a position of strength, and like you said no roster players and Schenn is in LA next year.
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puck73 Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 9:29 pm
@krash324, Oiler fan wont know for several seasons if he got anything of value..Oiler fan is a big time myopian, and oh yah..he is in last place!
UglyinLA Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 5:32 am
@krash324,
Just an observation from the last six games or so. Kopitar and Williams have elevated their play tremendously. I’m still not sure about Penner. Maybe I need to give it some more time, but right now he seems to be a little out of sync, like he’s not sure where to go without the puck. I also notice that he dished the puck way too soon instead of holding on to it. I have yet to see him throw his body into an opponent. Other than using his body for positioning, I wonder if there is a physical component to his game at all, especially in light of fact that Williams and Kopi have stepped up their physical play.
The Kings are winning and so my observations are irrelevant, but hey, they are my observations.
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