Beware the wounded, angry team… The Calgary Flames sit in 10th place in the Western Conference and are coming off a frustrating overtime loss to Anaheim last night. Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff was pulled after he allowed three goals in the first six minutes, and then the Flames rallied from a 3-0 deficit, took a 4-3 lead then lost on Corey Perry’s overtime goal. Kiprusoff is scheduled to get the start tonight. The Flames also did some line-combination shifting during last night’s game, so it will be interesting to see how they come out tonight. Here’s the latest on the Flames, courtesy of the Calgary Herald and Calgary Sun, followed by the expected lineups for the Flames and the Kings and the full roster of the Flames…
Sutter likes Glencross at centre…for now (Calgary Herald)
Flames downed in Anaheim (Calgary Sun)
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FLAMES LINEUP
Alex Tanguay-Olli Jokinen-Jarome Iginla
Tom Kostopoulos-Curtis Glencross-Rene Bourque
Niklas Hagman-Matt Stajan-Ales Kotalik
Lance Bouma-Mikael Backlund-Tim Jackman
Robyn Regehr-Jay Bouwmeester
Mark Giordano-Cory Sarich
Steve Staios-Anton Babchuk
Miikka Kiprusoff
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KINGS LINEUP
Penner-Kopitar-Williams
Smyth-Handzus-Brown
Ponikarovsky-Stoll-Simmonds
Richardson-Lewis-Westgarth
Mitchell-Doughty
Johnson-Scuderi
Martinez-Greene
Quick
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FLAMES ROSTER
3 — Brett Carson — D
4 — Jay Bouwmeester — D
5 — Mark Giordano — D
6 — Cory Sarich — D
10 — Niklas Hagman — LW
11 — Mikael Backlund — C
12 — Jarome Iginla — RW
13 — Olli Jokinen — C
15 — Tim Jackman — RW
16 — Tom Kostopoulos — RW
17 — Rene Bourque — LW
18 — Matt Stajan — C
19 — Freddy Modin — LW
20 — Curtis Glencross — LW
26 — Ales Kotalik — RW
27 — Steve Staios — D
28 — Robyn Regehr — D
29 — Brendan Mikkelson — D
33 — Anton Babchuk — D
40 — Alex Tanguay — LW
57 — Lance Bouma — C
34 — Miikka Kiprusoff — G
35 — Henrik Karlsson — G
Injured-reserve list:
7 — Adam Pardy — D
8 — Brendan Morrison — C
22 — Daymond Langkow — C
25 — David Moss — RW
41 — Raitis Ivanans — LW
something tells me am going to like the Third line and something tells me the Second line going ot be horrible
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KFII Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 5:54 pm
@KingsFanFTW, Let’s hope you are wrong about the second line. We need you to be wrong about the second line. We need all the lines working tonight. I hope we get support where we least expect it. Go Kings Go! And Score Kings Score!!!
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KingsFanFTW Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:04 pm
@KFII, yea lets hope all the lines score but mostly the First they need to start scoring again
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Oh boy!!!
You know that Kipper is gonna come out with a chip on his shoulder..
Which we then knock off, on way into the net..
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:25 pm
@Slim,
Yah.
Aren’t the Kings also a wounded, angry team… ?
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Slim Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:10 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, I would say yes but not {for what ever reason] In their own building…
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steve Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:19 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, yeah i mean look at the injuries we’ve got
scott parse
wait who else
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John Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:20 pm
@steve,
Kyle Clifford.
Slim Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:23 pm
@steve, Maybe if we had more injuries we would be more angry?
We have been lucky in bottom half of season on injuries..
Chicago just lost Patrick Sharpe, that would suck if we lost, say
Kopi or Penner or Brown…
Totally off topic, and i posted this back in the jersey poll. What do you guys think of this design for a new Kings jersey?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10214155@N05/5548653400/
I got the idea from a couple of the posts. I originally thought of leaving in some of the gold or purple, but I liked the idea of silver and black.
Back on topic… I like lines 1 and 3, but Smyth and Brown turn over the puck way too much for that slow line to cover up for.
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jess Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 5:57 pm
@LAPD line,
I like it!
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Slim Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 5:57 pm
@jess, Me too.
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JDizzle Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:02 pm
@LAPD line,
The Jersey looks awesome! I would love to see something like that next year!
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Todd Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:09 pm
@LAPD line,
That jersey is awesome. I have always thought they should go with a design like that.
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LAPD line Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:20 pm
@Todd, Thanks for the nice feedback guys. It was just a quick photoshop job, but I like it too. Kind of combines retro with modern, plus that silver black and white color scheme. What about the purple?…. Do we need some in here?
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dahack11 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:43 pm
@LAPD line, I like it a lot, but I would like to see some purple….maybe in the crown or the lettering….
Dominick Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:18 pm
@LAPD line,
I think you have the right idea. Plain and simple. I do think the emblem should be a little less cluttered so that it is destinguishable from far away. This is an emblem that some fans did. It is something that I think the Kings should consider (doesn’t have to be exactly like this, but something close). http://lakingsnews.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/lak4.png
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LAPD line Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:21 pm
@Dominick, Yes…. i really like that crown…. like you said it is simple, but effective.
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LAPD line Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:37 pm
@Dominick, Here is your logo on a jersey….http://www.flickr.com/photos/10214155@N05/5548876438/ ….I do still like that purple silver and black color scheme….
Ok, if these were my Kings I would use that for the alternate, and this…http://www.flickr.com/photos/10214155@N05/5548653400/ for the home jersey. I know I’m in the minority, but I just don’t like those retro colors. Maybe because I wasn’t a hockey fan when those were current.
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Diablito93 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:44 pm
@LAPD line, Love it! The Kings should def look into it!
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Gary livingston Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:46 pm
@LAPD line, That’s the same sort of concept I did forthat design the Hersey contest a season or two ago that the kings did on facebook. Yeah, so much better than the LA corporation logo. The black and silver colors are great and the jersey lines and layout ate great, that la logo just sucks. I like what you did.
I did one that was a variation of the vintage jersey using the current crown logo too.
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LAPD line Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:52 pm
@Gary livingston, Sorry if I unknowingly ripped off your idea. I actually used several ideas i got reading the “jersey” thread the other day,…. guess great minds think alike…
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Happy Lappy Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:02 pm
@LAPD line, I like it, we need the crown, they are the KINGS right?
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LAPD line Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:13 pm
@Happy Lappy,
Absolutely. The Crown is one of the best logo possibilities in sports. It has to be first and foremost in any design. Maybe that’s why I never liked the chevron, the shield, or the home plate…. not enough crown!!
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Jim In CM Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:21 pm
@LAPD line,
Excellent, but I would like to see a little “gold”…other than that, I could live with any of those You designed…
Good Job.
Back into oblivion for me….
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lucky20 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:32 pm
@LAPD line, i like it…and the original purple and gold jerseys….the only problem i have in general is the original crown was a queen’s crown and now for a king…
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I keep calling Smyth out every game, hoping he will make a fool of me by scoring a couple.. no such luck yet for the past 3 weeks. Maybe tonight.
I predict a PP goal or two tonight, with the Kings blowing open a close game in the 3rd. Kings 4-1 with a late ENG. (Yeah, the definition of a Kings ‘blowout’ is a 2-goal lead late.)
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KC23 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:08 pm
@bbb7, He is either hurt or getting ready to retire because he is definately not a 2nd line RW atm. TM needs to make an adjustment soon.
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Detroit being badly outplayed by Pens in Detroit! They’re having a hard time even getting the puck off the Pens. And that’s the Pens minus Crosby and Malkin – and of course the venerable Matt Cooke. Scary. Scary that the Pens could be that good or that Detroit that poor? I don’t know.
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Bailey Fan Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:36 pm
@number 6, Speaking of the Pens, it’s good to see the league finally stepped up and gave a big suspension to a guy like Cooke. This is what, his 5th dirty hit of the year? I think its safe to say we’ll see either him or Trevor Gillies in a Ducks jersey next year.
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kororr Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:59 pm
@Bailey Fan,
yup, probably both!
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Kings should be absolutely fine tonight. I just noticed that Daymond Langkow isn’t playing. He’s usually good for a goal to a goal and a half all by himself vs. Kings.
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HockeyNerd Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:12 pm
@number 6, How do you score half a goal?
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jess Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:14 pm
@HockeyNerd,
the shooter goes into the net with the puck
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number 6 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:25 pm
@jess,
yep, that’ll do
Sometimes Langkow gets two vs. the Kings, sometimes he gets one. Rarely does he get none. If it’s a Kings Flames game and Langkow plays, the Kings symbolically sort of start out the game down a goal :_)
He Loves playing the Kings so maybe, just maaayybe it’s our lucky night.
HockeyNerd Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:07 pm
@jess, That would be NO goal, apparently even when their Defensemen pushed the shooter in……
jess Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:13 pm
@HockeyNerd,
Well the first answer to your question was so obvious, thought I would have fun with it, but then you took that literally too. May I ask what you do for a living hockey??
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jess Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:20 pm
@jess,
Wait a minute -my appologies hockey!
Well done..:)
EternalOptimist Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:16 pm
@number 6,
How do you score half a goal?
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tornado12 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:21 pm
@EternalOptimist, an assist?
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John Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:34 pm
@EternalOptimist,
If, over a 2 game stretch, you score 3 goals, you scored 1 and a HALF goals a game
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It would be nice to have the Kings humiliate Kiprusoff tonight for a change. He seems to be at the top of his game every time he plays LA.
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number 6 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:26 pm
@RYC,
Yeah, cause he knows Langkow will get him at least one. Sort of a one goal handicap for the Flames.
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I really hope the team doesn’t underestimate the flames since they played last night.
Let’s get this critical 2 points boys!
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number 6 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:27 pm
@EternalOptimist,
WHAT? Dude, what’s there to underestimate?!! If they keep underestimating teams, they’ll underestimate themselves very quickly right out of the playoffs altogether.
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EternalOptimist Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:39 pm
@number 6,
Well, the team’s record against teams playing the quacks the night before has been pretty bad this season (pretty sure it’s under .500). Only thing I can think of is underestimating what your opponent is going to bring, has left in the tank after playing the night before.
If they come out like they did against the quacks last game, then we’ll be fine.
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John Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:36 pm
@EternalOptimist,
I think you underestimate the Los Angeles Kings.
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EternalOptimist Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 6:44 pm
@John,
Ah… I underestimate the teams ability to underestimate other teams. Or is that the other way around
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Lets get two points tonight….enough loosing!
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This game scares me. The Flames season is on the line! I hope the Kings come out and hit, hit, hit. wear them out for the 3rd. they should be a tired team playing last night. But, I guess that has been said many times earlier in the year and we (seemed to) always have lost to the team playing the Sux the night before.
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Slim Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:02 pm
@tornado12, I’m on board with you..
This game scares me as well..
We know if the Kings put in the effort
That has gotten them where they are then
We’ll be ok.. Just don’t
know which team will show up and that’s what’s scary!
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number 6 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:39 pm
@Slim,
I’d feel better about it if it was on the road.
Teams come in here like they’re playing the Kings of the late nineties, or late seventies
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It’s time to break the scoring slump boys. We need goals, we need goals, make it happen! Make us happy fans tonight Kings. GKG!!!
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kinginsaltlake Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:28 pm
@KFII, Thanks for your words earlier. It’s always nice to have friends on the Insider. What part of Id do you live in. Kings Nation is huge. Tonight’s game is a chance to put the Flames away. We need a killer instict and we should show it tonight. We also do better if we score first. We need a goal within the first 10 min if that happens we win by 2 goals. Game starts in 5 mins so go Kings go
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It’s this time of year I especially miss the pre-game show with Jim & Bob! GOD, a whole 33 minutes til game time…
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LA KING BOBchi Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:00 pm
@John, We are all ready and waiting tonight..
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man this penguins/detroit game is exciting
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LA KING BOBchi Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:01 pm
@jason, NO OVERTIME!!
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jess Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:02 pm
@jason, pens blew a 4-1 lead
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jason Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:12 pm
@jason, its rare to see the kings play these physical and intense games… I’d like to see them play like these teams physically and intensity wise
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jess Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:15 pm
@jason,
Agreed –hey this thing might go to a shootout..
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Slim Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:26 pm
@jess, Pens win in Shootout..What a game!
jess Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:33 pm
@Slim,
Good cause they never would’ve lived that one down
We need our top line to play heavy, have the shot mentality, and do the right things out there.
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KDinUT Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:20 pm
@Happy Lappy, Is there an echo in here?
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Happy Lappy Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:22 pm
@KDinUT, surprise! I’s me Terry.
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jason Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:21 pm
@Happy Lappy, yea our #1 line is sick, they just need to play with intensity.. one of these games i think they will explode with points
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did not read 1 comment—but, how bout two pts, thats it two pts
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we need this game
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Pens shootout win over the chicken wings..
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I personally would love for DD to just flat out demolish bourque early on and get revenge for the yet to be avenged spearing of DD’s boys! Let’s go kings!!!!! 4 mins to go time n I’m 5 beers deep! It’s starting out to be a good night!
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Go Kings: 2 goals in 1st, 2 goals in 2nd, 3 goals in 3rd. Flames: zero
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Slim Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:39 pm
@Happy Lappy, Who get’s the hat trick?
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Let’s go KINGS!!!
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kings have 2 prospects leading their prospective leagues.
Linden Vey – WHL
Tyler Toffoli – OHL (scored 4 goals and 1 assist in his last game of the season)
HOW SWEET IS THIS? =)
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wow nice dive
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Kings PK is excellent. Their PP unfortunately scores as many goals.
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jason Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:45 pm
@jonsey, even though our Pk is so good, other kings PP look amazing compared to ours haha
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Good hustle Smyth……NOT.
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ok time to see what theyve been working on in el segundo..
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seriously smyth? anyone see that? he just stops skating….wow
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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat???? Ponikarovsky is on our PP? No wonder. No wonder.
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jason Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:48 pm
@jonsey, hes been contributing to the last few PP goals
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jonsey Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:49 pm
@jason, Put ME with Kopitar or Doughty and I might get an assist.
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This PP would make little girls point and laugh. (Power Play)
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Our power play reminds me of my Friday nights as a kid: a lot of back and forth motion but nowhere near any chance for scoring.
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jonsey Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:51 pm
@Shakes, Your inuendo was way better than mine
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HEAD UP Kopi
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Our PowerPlay is like the product they are replacing on an infomercial.
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Good energy.
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Doughty appears to be on a mission tonight. Instead of booing tonight, you can hear the fans providing sound advice – SSSSHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTT!!!!!
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jonsey Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 7:57 pm
@DesertKing, Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuc tell Doughty to shooooooooooooooooooooot or we’ll boooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Next goal is either fluke or individual effort.
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5 former Kings on their roster
0 Flames on ours
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Shakes Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:06 pm
@jonsey,
it would’ve been 6 if Conroy hadn’t retired too
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You guys are harsh. We look way better tonight already. Our Powerplay actually got a chance or two. And our passing is miles ahead of last game.
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They’re getting away with murder infront of the net. Brown is struggling, hope he pulls it together.
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Now that was nice sustained pressure
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Maybe we need a line consisting of all slow guys: Ponikarovsky Handzus Smyth
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can we at least pretend like we can put an attack together?
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johnson is retarded.. i guess he wants to lead the kings in negative +/- until the end
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jonsey Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:06 pm
@jason, I disagree that he is developmentally delayed.
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Just before the last shift with Brown getting knocked around, the Flames looked brittle with fatigue. Guess their coach got into them a bit about that. Kings need to grind these guys into a fine powder tonight.
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jess Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:07 pm
@Kenny44,
yes we will tire them out by letting them punch us in the face
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:11 pm
@jess, Or mouthing off while we get cross checked, like Richardson and Hagman. There’s a Sutter smiling somewhere
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No penalty. He didn’t trip him. He got the shot?
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What rhymes with Mullet and is two words.
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jonsey Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:07 pm
@Jeeves, Fried cutlet?
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DesertKing Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:08 pm
@jonsey,
Silver bullet?
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:08 pm
@jonsey, I’ll give you the first word, Bull.
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DesertKing Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:11 pm
@Jeeves,
Bull pellet?
jason Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:10 pm
@Jeeves, i hope you dont write poetry lol
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:18 pm
@jason, The content of my poems would not be clean enough to get on these comments. BTW GO KINGS GO!
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Man these refs are horrible!!
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how did they give richardson a penalty? weak
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:13 pm
@jason, It’s the Canadian PIM exchange rate
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I know that I can trust Jim Fox when he disagrees with the refs because he usually agrees with them and will even say the Kings deserved one when it doesn’t happen. Ducks announcers make hockey look like billiards.
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:10 pm
@jonsey, What Hazy is partial to the Ducks? I don’t believe you. Never. lol
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perfect telegraphed shot brown
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Do we have a guy who can shoot as hard as Iginla?
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I’m so over the Kings and waiting 5 seconds too long to shoot! They can’t hit the net, they can’t shoot quick enough…. burning with anger.
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jonsey Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:13 pm
@Garrett, They even beat us to our own cycle with two guys to our one.
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Garrett Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:15 pm
@jonsey, It’s unacceptable. These are things they can change, can control.
Brown had a clear shot and he waited till the guy caught up, then shot.
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:16 pm
@Garrett, My problem is that they don’t fool people with a fake shot, yet they always get blocked when they do shoot. How does that happen?
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Just to be clear Doughty we are booing the hand pass call not you.
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 8:14 pm
@jonsey, He still thinks the fans are saying Dreeewww.
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