Shots were 6-5 in favor of the Flames in the first period. The Flames went 0-for-2 on the power play and the Kings went 0-for-1.
Shots were 6-5 in favor of the Flames in the first period. The Flames went 0-for-2 on the power play and the Kings went 0-for-1.
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not impressed
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xeropoint Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:23 pm
@jess, Neither am I. An OK period but same ol same. This team just cannot generate offense.
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jess Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:27 pm
@xeropoint,
Yep can pretty much tell after the first few what the mindset is. Don’t mean to be buzz killington but I don’t see our team being anywhere near ready for the playoffs.
Quick is doing great, but someone needs to tell Murray he doesn’t score goals..
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number 6 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:47 pm
@xeropoint,
Yes, they can…. they just can’t put the little round thing into the net is all.
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Could we please teach our PK how to score goals?
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klepto Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:25 pm
@DesertKing, apparently not.
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Mike C Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:26 pm
@DesertKing,
I can’t believe how much time they waste passing it, only to give it away or shoot “wide” time after time. Shoot the puck, knock in the rebound.
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:30 pm
@DesertKing, Thanks for the IQ test. Only the Red Wings can be expected to score on the PK.
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Great save by Quick and we are out of period tied…….
-Doughty has to stop giving the puck away, he’s making mistakes he made in Guelph
-all D guys have to get more solid
-centers need to win some draws
-more shots guys.c om’on
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jonsey Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:17 pm
@Harty, Hey our shot production is twice what it was against that team that beat us 4-0
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Harty Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:26 pm
@jonsey, com’on jonsey that isn’t funny, we need to shoot more…….
I get what your saying man and your right, LETS GO KINGS SHOOT THE PUUUUUUCK
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mcsorleyfan Reply:
March 22nd, 2011 at 1:46 pm
@Harty, by that logic we lose 4-2?
Brown is playing well, but he is playing with Handzus (if a tree falls in slow motion does it make a sound?) and Smyth (colder than my ex on prom night)
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Guss Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:18 pm
@jonsey, agree about smyth, its been a long time since hes put his print on a game, too long to call it a “drought” i dont think hes top 6 anymore in my eyes, age seems to finally be gettin to him.
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jonsey Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:21 pm
@Guss, Yeah, it’s just weird he can do 20 in 40 games and 0 in 30 games.
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vplaza Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:21 pm
@jonsey,
He kind of blew that 2-on-1 by taking the shot as late as he did, allowing Giordano to make the play. But he is playing better, yes.
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Johnny Quick
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jonsey Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:17 pm
@Mikey J., I’m sold on it. Much better than Quicker. Or Oats.
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Can we boo yet?
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jonsey Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:20 pm
@Pesus, Lol, not until we get 4 wins in a row followed by two OT losses and a regulation loss.
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vplaza Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:20 pm
@Pesus,
Shhhhhh, DD will get mad at you.
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jonsey Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:24 pm
@vplaza, Hey Dreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew why can’t we booooooooooooooooooooooooooo when you don’t doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo when we want you tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo (too cheerleadery?, yeah, my bad) booooooooooooooooooooooooooo SCORE A GOAL.
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How come teams that have LOTS of injuries still are very competitive or play better than the Kings, who have been pretty healthy?
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:30 pm
@King John, I’ve been trying not to voice that opinion, but it’s true. Last night on NHL network, the commentator said “every team” has injuries. I immediately thought – Kings, not so much (knock on wood)
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CB14 Reply:
March 22nd, 2011 at 4:59 pm
@Kenny44, Nice job jinxing Williams.JK. At least you knocked on wood.
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So, Kiprusoff looks like a rented goaltender last night against a Quacks team that played the night before and now the Kings make him look almost like an All-Star. The PP is still as unproductive as ever. It may be a little different, but the results are the same. No goals. Kills momentum.
At least the PK was working. Why, oh why, can’t this team win at home like they do on the road?
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Deke'r Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:21 pm
@vplaza, Disipline.
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Wow, this team is offensively inept at home. 5 shots? WTF is going on? Stop passing the puck to death.
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vplaza Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:26 pm
@Mike C,
What is that, six goals in the last 5 1/3 home games? That’s not lighitng it up for your hometown fans.
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Mike C Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:29 pm
@vplaza,
Wow, that’s bad.
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Just to give you a little info I was watching the Manchester Monarchs game vs the Worchester Sharks and they had only scored 1 goal in eight periods until breaking that slump to get 2 goals in the third. I couldn’t believe the similarities with the Kings there. Here’s to getting 2 or more in the third.
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Mike C Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:30 pm
@Jeeves,
At least there is consistency in the system, lol.
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King John Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:30 pm
@Jeeves,
They don’t have Loktionov either….
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I am getting very bored with this team. These games have no excitement due to the crappy, boring, defensive system that TM utilizes. No fire, no spark…not even going to watch the rest until after it is over so I can fast forward and just watch the goals…if we can muster up enough shots to finally get one.
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:26 pm
@Chongo, I’m guessing you never played hockey. It aint easy scoring goals sometimes.
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jonsey Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:27 pm
@Jeeves, They only get 0:30 – 1:30 to make something happen. I really think it is tougher to score for 4th or 3rd line guys because they might only get 0:45
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Chongo Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:32 pm
@Jeeves, You guessed wrong.
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Mike C Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:27 pm
@Chongo,
Amen. Yawn!
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:32 pm
@Mike C, This game is still 100x more exciting than any basketball or baseball game I’ve ever watched.
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Chongo Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:33 pm
@Jeeves, I agree with you there…hockey is the most exciting sport out there except maybe UFC et al.
I want Iginla and Brown to fight.
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:34 pm
@jonsey, I’ve seen Brown fight, trust me you don’t want that. Maybe Green will knock someone out.
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mcsorleyfan Reply:
March 22nd, 2011 at 1:58 pm
@Jeeves, I’ve seen Greene fight too many times and that won’t happen either.
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I don’t understand why everyone is so critical over the first period. We limited the Flames to six shots when they had two PP and quick’s play thus far has been exceptional. If you’re expecting the Kings to blow out every team then you have an odd concept of what the NHL looks like in March and April. As much as I would love to see the Kings get five goals and coast through the game, I would rather they play games like this, like playoff games, so when the playoffs come, they’re mentally ready.
GoKIngsGo!!!
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Chongo Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:34 pm
@HockeyGeoff, Blow teams out EVERY game? How about they blowout someone in A game.
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Michael_DD8 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:52 pm
@Chongo,
Great post Geoff.
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Really thinking about changing my name to DREW DROUGHTY? because he’s been horribly inconsistent this year. But like all good things require adaptation I believe drew will adapt and be the future of the la kings defense. Let’s go kings!
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Report from the game – game looks fairly evenly matched from here. Quick looking solid. Some offensive player looking good, some looking out of it – nothing new
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DesertKing Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:40 pm
@Bill M.,
Good report!
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jason Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:45 pm
@Bill M., i like when kings play these low scoring games.. problem is flames play this style also
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mcsorleyfan Reply:
March 22nd, 2011 at 2:00 pm
@Bill M., SNAFU.
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I thought Collective Soul was a collection of soul music
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@Harty, At least he isn’t a Berg from the 90s and 00s
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Get it together Kings, we need this win! Make it happen.
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first 30 secs score!
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Calgary’s desperate to get into the playoffs. Kings win a few then think they’re all set and don’t play desperately until other teams start catching up again….
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jonsey Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:33 pm
@King John, yup
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:54 pm
@King John, Must be a royalty-related syndrome. The Kings do seem to have an entitlement attitude after they taste a little success.
I like the Stoll / Simmonds / Poni line tonight.
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This game can turn around in a heartbeat..
we will press them and score..
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I gotta say Zeus looked pretty good there.
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@Harty, Pretty unfair to compare him to Orr. He’s more similar to Ray Bourque.
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Yeah, Kiprusoff looks like he’s trying to make amends for allowing those three goals on five shots in the first last night against the Quacks.
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wow horrible example of the system
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Mixed bag in the first. I give it to the beat up Calgary Flames … though as far as momentum goes. Smyth needs off our 2nd line.
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Chongo Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:36 pm
@KC23, Concur…he doesn’t have it anymore.
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Poni hasn’t impressed as a replacement for Fro
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JQ vs. Calgary –so far 0-0
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another terrible call
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Uh-oh, our slow it down system making a tired team look fast again.
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heart attack
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WOW!!!! Two guys with no stics on the PK!!
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HAHAHA who needs sticks?
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vplaza Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:40 pm
@McDonalds,
I can’t remember the last time I saw a PK unit where two defenders had no sticks. Rare.
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Another similar play to what Poni did last game.
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McDonalds Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:40 pm
@Jeeves,
ehh this one was more debatable. Poni’s was PAINFULLY obvious
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McDonalds Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:40 pm
@McDonalds,
Poni’s was obivously not interference, that is
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:42 pm
@McDonalds, Proof of how ignorant the refs were in that game.
way to keep the legs moving simmers
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Gotta make something happen here.
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Love that play by Lewis
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:55 pm
@Kenny44, Lewis has been hit and miss this game
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:15 pm
@Jeeves, But that pass up to Simmonds was a rare example of Kings getting a transition attack going.
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Really good PP (is he serious?)
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For crying out loud!!
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Far too stationary and indecisive. Again.
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jess Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:43 pm
@xeropoint, did you forget to call ahead and make reservations for those passing lanes again?
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xeropoint Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:46 pm
@jess, They’ve been taken since October!
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Do we have to take 5 seconds to tee up a bomb from the slot when we’re given the perfect opportunity to take a cross-ice one-timer or quick snapper?
We need to work on getting our shots off quicker imo
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Sheesh, more rod hockey on the PP
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vplaza Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:45 pm
@Kenny44,
Two cutesy passes down the middle, one makes it across, one doesn’t. Calgary is putting pressure on the point men and it’s throwing off them off.
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:00 pm
@vplaza, Well, when you know where the puck is going, it makes it easier to defend
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number 6 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:50 pm
@Kenny44,
Whats Rod hockey?
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:58 pm
@number 6, You know the old table top or arcade game, like foosball?
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:59 pm
@number 6, Also short for “nimrod”
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maybe they can run the power play with no sticks, probably score more often
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jonsey Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:45 pm
@Tony Granato, Or without KOMPON
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give kopi the puck on the PP: = deer in headlights
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They look like deer caught in the headlights..
It’s inconceivable! C’mon boys storm the castle..
GKG..
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We need to see more ice girls to calm us down when the Kings aren’t exceeding expectations
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TM = Hellloooo!!! Kopi standing at the half-board, telegraphed passes, no one timers, what are we trying to do, make it easy for Bob to calll it? We all know this PP by heart and can call it with our eyes closed.
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It appears the Flames are afraid to hit Poni.
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This year at times and this last PP I saw Kopitar in the mid-to-midhigh slot area with the puck but with his back to the net… no one is around him and yet he doesn’t get a dangerous backhander off or turn and shoot. Instead he usually passes it further out. Shoot the puck when you are open like that!
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BobKnob Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:49 pm
@King John,
srs
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Kompon must be Lombardi’s son in law or something
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:53 pm
@jonsey, I know right? We need a Tortorella type coach to fire these guys up.
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Haven’t seen much of Williams since his spin o rama
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how is that not interference.. he rn over quick and noone touched him
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McDonalds Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:52 pm
@jason,
If they had scored right then i’m sure he would’ve waved it off
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:52 pm
@jason, Missed it. Was Quick out of his crease?
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The Flames are a 1/2 step ahead of us and we
couldn’t connect on a pass if our life depended on it..
GKG
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vplaza Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:52 pm
@Slim,
Hmmm, seems like the last five home games all over again….
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Quick should have hit him descretely
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nice pass jack..whew
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The offense is so bad, right now… I would be happy just to see a SCORING CHANCE.
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vplaza Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:54 pm
@xeropoint,
What are those?
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jonsey Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:55 pm
@vplaza, I believe it is when the opposition almost scores on us.
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number 6 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:56 pm
@vplaza,
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xeropoint Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:57 pm
@vplaza, I think it’s when you throw a soft pass up to a defensmen and they dump it back down low and lose posession. Oh, wait. We see that all the time.
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number 6 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:55 pm
PP Flames. Great….. how many of these can they kill off. This isn’t looking good.
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jess Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:57 pm
@xeropoint,
those are pretty lofty expectations buddy
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number 6 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:59 pm
@jess,
You guys are a riot!!
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What team scores 1st and who scores it?
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:59 pm
@Slim, Kings score. Martinez is my pick.
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jason Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:00 pm
@Slim, yea its probably going to be a point shot or a really sloppy rebound
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Lewis hits more than Westy
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:03 pm
@jonsey, Not if you count players’ reflections on the glass. Westy is very good hitting where they used to be.
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i want to kill a zebra right now and barbecue it
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I say put Westy on the next PP. What, it can’t get any worse, right?
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Anybody ever heard the Four Seasons Greatest Hits?
Or how about Wild Thing by the Troggs?
I’m just comin up with stuff at random to keep this interesting.
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DesertKing Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:59 pm
@number 6,
Anybody else think that the Calgary coach should just shave his head? Does that help?
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:01 pm
@DesertKing, he should get his ears while hes at it. I’ve seen elves with rounder ears.
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xeropoint Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:59 pm
@number 6, We can play the Alcoholics Annonymous drinking game. Take a shot every time the Kings score.
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jess Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:11 pm
@xeropoint, that sounds horrible
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:00 pm
@number 6, Ever heard that band Five for Fighting? They are so lame for a band with a hockey related name.
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Slim Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:03 pm
@Jeeves, The singer is on this blog and is a huge Kings fan..
Or maybe you’re him?
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:06 pm
@Slim, Lol, no im not him. But I don’t care maybe he can make his music more exciting like this game.
What was that, two shots on goal by the Kings on the PK? LOL
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@jason,
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Damn, Greener looked bad on that one.
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jason Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:01 pm
@vplaza, speed isnt his gift haha
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vplaza Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:04 pm
@jason,
Maybe the ice…his skate caught a rut.
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The Yahoo! feed really sucks tonight.
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@XEROPOINT
Dude, you got what you asked for. A scoring chance. Like someone above said, a mistake by the D and there you go.
Careful what you wish for.
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Is it me or do the Kings fall down a lot?
Ice uspect something….
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:05 pm
@King John, Did the Clippers play again today?
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jason Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:06 pm
@King John, maybe bailey played a trick
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Commence showering Drew with Boo. j/k I am proud of the Kings for keeping up
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Oh no!!! A Kings PP!!! Can we play with four skaters? Decline the penalty???
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notice how williams came down..he shot but his teammate was behind the net anticipating the dump in… I dont like the system.. i think go for the shot and the other guy go to the front of the net
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C’mpn boys, let’s kill this 2 minutes!
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really good PP for real
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Get DD an orange armband! He called that slash all the way
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That (PP) was exciting!
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vplaza Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:09 pm
@King John,
Exciting….unfortunately, same result. 0 goals. Too many wide shots.
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BobKnob Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:26 pm
@vplaza,
lol c’mon.
If we keep playing like that we are going to score lots of PP goals.
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double check!
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Great effort!
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Greener!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Right on browin!!!
Great work buddy!!
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xeropoint Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:09 pm
@jess, That’s more like it.
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brown is brilliant..he totally made that
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vplaza Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:10 pm
@jason,
His hit was a clean hit.
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jason Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:12 pm
@vplaza, yea
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For a team that expects to get garbage goals (rebs and deflections), it would make a humongous difference if they’d actually get shots on net. You can’t get a rebound from shots that hit the boards (unless you play in Detroit)
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The Batman Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:14 pm
@number 6, forreal right? i mean we all want them to shoot more, and they shot a lot there but how many actually hit kippers? they need soem accuracy practice or something
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The ref is a major D-bag for placing the faceoff outside the zone.
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C’mon guys were wearing them down.. It’s amateur of time..
They are hurting..Brown and Ignilia will fight..
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jonsey Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:11 pm
@Slim, I sure hope they fight. I don’t know if Brown would win, but it would be a good draw.
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Shooting gallery. It’s beautiful man, it’s beautiful!
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That’s now one goal in almost three home games!! I don’t want to figure out that GFA (goals for average). At least the PP looked better.
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King John Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:16 pm
@number 6,
It’s 1 (goal) out of 2 2/3 games. So 1 divided by 2.66666666666666…
= 0.375 goals/game
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