Kyle Clifford stood and watched most of practice today, his left eye still a nasty shade of purple and slightly swollen, but Clifford was able to do off-ice workouts today and apparently is not suffering from any concussion symptoms right now. Terry Murray’s hope is that Clifford will be able to return for Thursday’s home game against San Jose.
MURRAY: “When I talked to him yesterday, he was feeling much better. The headaches were gone. He had a workout off ice today, riding the bike. I’d like to think that he’s going to be able to get on the ice, if not tomorrow then Tuesday, and join the team in the practices.”
Clifford is a tough kid and it will be good to see him back in uniform. Can anyone answer why Westgarth played so many shifts at the beginning of the 3rd period? We needed scoring and Westie isn’t a scorer.
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Scot Reply:
March 20th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
@DesertKing,
Sounds like you were booing at that point. Howcome I didn’t hear about it in any of the booing updates?
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DesertKing Reply:
March 20th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
@Scot,
I heard that there was some really poor and unprofessional reporting on the booing situation occurring. I can honestly say that the Kings were not boo’ed by the fans at all.
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Guss Reply:
March 20th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
@Scot, He probably wasnt booing
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DesertKing Reply:
March 20th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
@Guss,
I can tell you that a certin BS chant was heard in very very very close proximity to the reporter. I heard via text that you could hear it on TV and when we replayed it this m rning, you could pick it up. The fans were definitely united against the Zebras and for very good reasons!
Get well soon Kyle. We need you back in the line-up soon so that Westy doesn’t play as much, or at all.
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Murray must have thought he needed to send a message, not withstanding I thought Anaheim was playing some grinders early, not the big 3 guys??
Great for Clifford, really tough kid, I know that Cliffy is more upset with the outcome of the altercation then the black eye right now. Long career Kyle to settle such a trivial score with Reaves, chalk it up to the learning curve.
All good lets get back to the playoff drive
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Is it just me or is Staples Center’s ice a lot smaller than the Honda Center, and all other rinks for that matter? Seems like everyone is so condensed at Staples, and there is so much more space, watching the Ducks game right now. I’ve been seeing this for awhile.
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GBOI Reply:
March 20th, 2011 at 5:16 pm
@Scot,
every rink is the same size per NHL standards. It’s not soccer where the home team can have a field any size it wants within certain parameters.
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Scot Reply:
March 20th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
@GBOI,
I know. But did you hear a couple years ago, I think it was Jacques Martin who noticed that the rink at Madison Square Garden didn’t seem as wide from player benches, to penalty boxes? And he was right! They came in and measured and MSG’s surface was about 7 feet narrower. You never know!
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Guss Reply:
March 20th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
@Scot, Yea i have always agreed with that, it always seems smaller.
39scars Reply:
March 20th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
@Scot, Boston had a small rink at the garden
CB14 Reply:
March 20th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
@Scot, They are all the same size, 200ft. x 85ft.
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lets go kings go
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god the Ducks are ahead 3 to 0 still the 1st but if the ducks win they be one point behind us
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Good news, hope he completely recovers, we need that kind of spirit on our team, he’s only gonna get better. In boxing too!
Go KINGS Go!!!
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I must be a real Kings fan by virtue of
the fact that the Ducks really bother me..
Real disdain for them.. They have managed
to score 6 goals in about 6 minutes chasing
Kipper from the game.. The flames look quite flat out there.
Is this the team we’re gonna get? I doubt it…
GKG
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Slim Reply:
March 20th, 2011 at 5:37 pm
@Slim, Make that 3 goals…..Oops!
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KingsFanFTW Reply:
March 20th, 2011 at 6:06 pm
@Slim, when they face Red Wings they were upset how they got embarrass at home 7-4 and won the Red wins pretty much they play angry but we dont got the scorers to score like every team like 6 to 1 or something
Kings always angry but they just dont get anything going their way
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KDinUT Reply:
March 20th, 2011 at 5:45 pm
@Slim, Sitting here watching the game thinking “great, just what we don’t need, angry Flames coming to Staples tomorrow night.”
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KingsFanFTW Reply:
March 20th, 2011 at 5:47 pm
@KDinUT, well the kings are going to be angry too they play hard and still lost against the Ducks so going to be a ugly game tomorrow
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Slim Reply:
March 20th, 2011 at 6:00 pm
@KingsFanFTW, Whens the last time the Kings went into a game
angry, I’ve got a horrible memory.. Seems to me that they are
an even keeled systematic machine..
Dominick Reply:
March 20th, 2011 at 5:50 pm
@KDinUT,
You have to wonder. St.louis lost to the Ducks 2-1 the night before, then came into Staples center and creamed us. I hope someone from the Kings coaching staff is paying attenention to the game so we can be ready for Calgary they play us.
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KDinUT Reply:
March 20th, 2011 at 5:55 pm
@Dominick, I know – it just seems like these back-to-back games where they play the Quacks first and lose they come in with a chip on their shoulder. Flames have scored late in the 1st but still down by 2.
Hang in there brother your presence on this team is greatly appreciated.
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Rich, any chance of grabbing a picture of kyle tomorrow?
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Kyle Clifford with a black eye… just makes him look more fierce, I’m sure.
GET WELL SOON, BIGREDDOG!!!!
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We miss you Cliffy! You’re a thousand times better than Westie. Need to find a place for Westie somewhere else. I am always nervous with him on the ice–I even saw him grab at a couple of Duck players and expected the ref to call a penalty. He is more of a liability than an asset. I thought DL likes assets! Even when Westie stands in front of the net waiting for the Duck player behind the net, he looks like he doesn’t know what he’s doing. Please TM, get him off the ice!
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He looks adorable with the black eye! Sad but true! every brawler takes a hit now and then he will get that chick reaves next time! Cliffy drops bombs!! He’s not a quitter notice how in a daze he was still reaching for Reaves! MMA boy! 2 cute! He should do some muoi thai boxing on the side he would rock that!
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