Here’s my LAKings.com game story for tonight, with stats and video included. Thanks for reading…
The Kings are scheduled to have off-ice workouts tomorrow and will return to practice Monday morning in El Segundo.
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Being at this game in person and seeing the Kings play this well was a dream come true. I yelled louder than the whole section of Shark fans. So sweet! Great team effort. Everyone played huge! Clifford,Simmonds,Richardson line is wrecking havoc for the Sharks. Doughty proved why he’s the best defensemen on the ice. Go kings! Great work!
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mash-ola Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 1:27 am
@Hockeysureshot, Way to represent! It must’ve been awesome watching them not only embarrass the Sharks on the ice, but to their fans as well!
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RobSD Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 8:06 am
@Hockeysureshot,
With stolly back, who comes out? I thought Moeller was very good.
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hockeysureshot Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:49 am
@RobSD, That’s a good question. I thought Moller held his own but I would think Westgarth deserves to stay in. Penner still stresses me out. He played well in spurts I thought. Still coughs the puck up too much.
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RobSD Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:13 am
@Hockeysureshot,
The sky is falling at sharks DB nation. I enjoyed this one…Reality is setting in… I hope the thoughts start eating away at the sharks… Again, they are thinking already. We win Tuesday and it will mentally destroy them. They are still being cocky.
“Tonight’s performance was inexcusable. And we’ve got two days to sit on it, which makes it worse. But all “the sky is falling” rhetoric will dissipate once people sleep on this game and regain perspective. One thing is indisputable, though. The Kings have clearly shown up to play. I wouldn’t be surprised to see this series go the distance, and with the momentum and confidence both residing about 400 miles south of San Jose right now, I don’t think the idea of an upset is as unimaginable as it was 24 hours ago.”
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RobSD Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:39 am
@RobSD,
I think solidifies Ferraros validity of an analyst.
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NoDoughty Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:17 am
@Hockeysureshot, What an awesome game to see live! Did any Snarkies leave before the end???
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hockeysureshot Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:48 am
@NoDoughty, Oh yeah they filed out of HP Pavilion with about 8 minutes left. I was the LOUDEST in my section by far. Even when the game was scoreless, most sharks fans were sitting on their hands. Awesome experience. Be LOUD at Staples, I know Sharks fans will be attending.
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Bodoe Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 11:14 am
@NoDoughty, I noticed with about 4 minutes left in the game, their 100 section was deserted. So many empty seats.
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I’m going to the practice Monday! Who’s coming with me????
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Aida Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 12:41 am
@BigSeeGas, I will be there!
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BigSeeGas Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 7:51 am
@Aida, What’s a good time to show up? It’s my first time? Is there a ticket cost?
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NoDoughty Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:18 am
@BigSeeGas, no cost and the times I’ve gone was 15 minutes before or so
Aida Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
@BigSeeGas, First time for you…nice! You’ll enjoy it. Like @NoDoughty said, it’s free and 15 mins before is a good time to get there. I don’t know if practice time has been announced yet…haven’t seen it on the site. Anyway, I’ll be sitting on the floor somewhere to the left of the blue line. It’s my favorite spot. lol.
Oh, and if you’re interested in getting signatures, you can stick around and some of them will exit the building about an hour or so after practice. No guarantees, though, as it depends on who has parked in the lot outside.
BigSeeGas Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 2:19 pm
@Aida, Cool! Thanks I’m looking forward to it, thanks for the tip I’m going to bring my jersey and hope for an autograph.
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Aida Reply:
April 18th, 2011 at 6:59 pm
@BigSeeGas, Did you make it? Get autographs? What did you think?
the recap on NHL.com has all the best moments of the game.. and to hear those homer SJ announcers having to describe what took place tonight at the “tank” is just priceless.. loving it!!!
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ColoKingFan Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 12:28 am
@C leb, i hate them… so, so much.
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pr0cess Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 12:31 am
@C leb, Will it be the same chumps again on Vs.? on tuesday??
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C leb Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 12:44 am
@pr0cess, yes it will.. Versus is owned by Comcast (CSN) and they don’t care about West coast hockey enough to send Emrick out here.. so they’ll just tap into the local SJ feed with SJ’s own Randy Hahn and Homer McHomerson to broadcast another one-sided crap-watch.. thank the lord for Bob and Jim.. my old man is on a vacation in NYC and he has to watch that versus filth and he could not believe how anti kings it was… and when i asked him if he saw the Air Demers hit, from game 1, he did not know what i was talking about.. because they buried that film immediately.. I hope we tear them up tuesday!!!
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pr0cess Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:55 am
@C leb, ya blows i live in ABQ,NM and dish has been good about giving me LA feeds all year… But cause the games are on VS. there is only that option…
Mikey J. Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 12:36 am
@C leb, I think they were brought into reality tonight. Loved it.
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LA_1968 Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 2:03 am
@C leb, I watched Bob and Jim but replayed the third period of the Versus telecast. The SJ announcers said “suddenly we have a series”. That tells you how cocky they were. They barely won game one and even at that it was only 1 game to zero. They blamed the whole thing tonight on desire and hustle. Waawaaawaaaaaaa. They’re going down.
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Simarosa Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 5:48 am
@C leb,
I’m in NH so I had no choice but to listen to the SJ announcers. By the third period I couldn’t stand it so they went on mute. I listened to the Kings radio feed, which was a few seconds ahead of the tv, but it was better than the alternative. Really wish I could have watched with Bob and Jim but that wasn’t possible.
Can Kopi please, please be at every single Kings game.
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OttoKing Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:16 am
@Simarosa, I feel for you guys. We have actual (not CSN or FSW) TSN coverage in Canada, and it is relatively good. I was dreading having to listen to those CSN chumps. However they were basically treating this series the way you described above, saying at the beginning of the game ‘We’ve seen their best push, now it is time for the Sharks to put this series to bed.’ That made it all the sweeter…
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NoDoughty Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:22 am
@Simarosa, that’s how I watch the Kings and Ducks games if Bob and Jim are not doing the telecast. TV on mute and Nick and Daryl on radio. There is a time delay but as you say better than the alternative.
No WONDER Bob and Jim keep WINNING awards EVERY year!!!!!!
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Matt George Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:23 am
@C leb,
HA!
Just watched it … those are 2 very depressed broadcasters.
oh .. so .. nice
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No hate. Just business. We miss you Kopi but solid defense/net minding wins in the playoffs. See you on Tuesday boys; ready to holler.
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Man im still pumped! Slowly falling into a happy sleep! Goodnight kingdom! Gkg!!
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I don’t have much else to say other than that was just a great performance by the Kings.
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Scot Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 12:46 am
@Scot,
..And I never knew Jim Fox could even grow facial hair until tonight.
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NoDoughty Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:24 am
@Scot, that’s the thing with our boys, we KNOW this is how they can play! They just need to bring this intensity and focus on a consistent basis!!!!!! GKG
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We needed our D to shine and they sure did. What a great night. I sure hope they don’t complain about penalties. Every one of theirs was an obvious call. A couple of ours were so so, but really what a great showng. Did Kompon call in sick or what?
Quick played the puck WELL.
Westgarth played very well.
Lewis proved me wrong.
Who leaves to let Stoll back in?
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Ari Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 12:49 am
@jonsey, Agreed — especially that Westy looked great. He has been steppng it up.
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xeropoint Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 1:45 am
@jonsey, My guess is Moller sits again.
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FKA PakiFro Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 1:45 am
@jonsey,
Moller sits.
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hockeykingsguy Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:04 am
@jonsey, Yup Moller comes out.
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Offense wins games, defense wins championships! Learn from last year boys and don’t take your foot off their neck until they’ve stopped breathing. I believe in this team!!!!
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Pleasure to watch. We all know they have the ability to play like this, that is what made think we were condensers during the first part of the season. This performance with the personnel available was simply amazing. Thank you LAK.
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I have to eat my words…Westgarth played awesome! All the boys played incredible…#warm and fuzzy
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Gmo Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 10:57 am
@JacquesQ,
Same here bud, I’ve been critical of westie all season but I have to say that last 2 games he has actually played good
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It about time some of these NHL “know it alls’ give some respect to this Kings team. We dominated game 2, and we even dominated game 1 but luck went their way. Time to black out the sharks at Staples.
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I AM SOOOOOOOO STOKED! I celebrated so hard tonight and am winding down the night by reading these comments. AWESOME attitude my friends!
This really was a complete effort. It was so fun watching this game with a few guys from LA and one sharks fan in my dorm. i’m so happy omg!
GO KINGS GO! YEA!!!!!
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I think the Kings broke the teeth of the sharks..now there is nothing to bite with, hopefully we’ve solved their offense. If so, the rest of this series is going to be fun.
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Pili Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 5:04 am
@Rod, The Sharks still have plenty of bite but the Kings proved beyond a doubt that they are a force to be reckoned with. Towards the end, the Shark’s play by play guy remarked “we have a series here”, proving that they had expected an easy series win. They somehow had forgotten how hard fought the season series was.
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RobSD Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 8:16 am
@Pili,
Funny because they barely won game 1. I think every single person saying they were toast was the best thing for them. This series is far from over… We have certainly showed we can win and win well. It’s almost like everyone forgot we won the season series. Yeah, with 2 shootouts but as coach Riley would say, it’s all about the “w”. A win is a win is a win. Let’s go up 2-1 and really mess with their heads. GKG!
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to kill a Shark offense is by out number their attack then letting them out numbering our defense…
Lets keep that up and am sure we get game 3 like we did in last year against the Canucks
and this time hopefully they dont let them win in game 4 and game 5 and game 6 to kick us out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope the Kings play with their heart and passion and alot of effort and hard work am sure they get the win in game 3
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Excellent job boys well done…….
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The Kings looked really focused last night. They appear to have broken that bad habit of allowing their opponent to score within 2 minutes of their scoring. Hopefully they keep that focus and don’t have a. 1st game back at home let down. GKG!
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number 6 Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 6:35 am
@DesertKing,
DK, might be a bit soon to say definitely that a habit is broken, but for sure a nice step in right direction.
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USHA#17 Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 7:10 am
@number 6, That and one note…there were a lot of cross ice blue line passes that came within inches of interception. Bet the Sharks will be looking for that next game…
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Amongst the players who made their presence felt was Dustin Penner. I’ve contributed to several threads saying how disappointing this trade has looked. One game does not a career make, nor even a season, but if he shows up like that then not only no complaint, but welcome Dustin Penner. We’ve been looking for you.
Doughty, some poor decisions in Game 1 but showed what you’re made of last night. Outstanding.
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wes Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:51 am
@number 6,
have to disagree strongly. Penner had a couple of semi-decent shifts in the first, but was not “effective” by any stretch of the imagination. i saw nothing that could truthfully be called ‘making his presence felt’. he had a least 3 solid opportunities to do something ‘effective’ and completely bumbled them all. he showed _a little bit_ of effort, for a change (which, granted, is a small positive), but that’s not really saying very much. he looked as feeble as ever in the third.
agree that there was a vast difference between DD game 1 and DD game 2.
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I just saw some signed game used Doughty skates on eBay. I want them!
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DesertKing Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 8:50 am
@Howe9,
Check and see if they have any Bobby Ryan skate stomp marks on them to ensure that they are authentic.
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Stuart Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:20 am
@DesertKing, Craig Button on OTF was incensed that Ryan got 2 games when such a horrible hit by Stolli only got one. WACK!!
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DesertKing Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 11:22 am
@Stuart,
I saw that and it explains why is a commentator on Tv and no longer a GM.
The Kings played 60 minutes of hockey the way we know they could play. Even though they didn’t play this way for the last weeks of the regular season and the first period of the first game, they really look like a team that hit the reset button.
I also think they caught the Sharks off guard, perhaps overlooking the Kings. The question now is can the Kings keep it up and go for the kill and will the Sharks figure out that they can’t just show up in the playoffs.
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Pili Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 8:34 am
@vplaza, Yes the element of surprise may be gone, but the effectiveness of the system can still dictate this series. In my mind, the Kings’ fate is in their own hands. The Kings don’t have the greatest playoff record either, but all that history is out the window. GKG!!!
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vplaza Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 10:00 am
@Pili,
Play hard for 60 minutes and anything can happen.
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There goes the so called Hockey experts before the games started everyone said sharks 5 or 6 games over the Kings ( so did I ) But after the first game I have to say the kings where as good as the sharks ! After the second game I am giving the edge to the Kings, hope it’s not going to happen like last time after a great road trip, they dropped 8 home games a row. After I saw the hit on Smith I have to agree TM was right, can you image if he was facing the board? JS got 1 game this guys should of been DQ-d for the remaining of the games.
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I just read where Cheapshot Clowe said that the Kings played a “desperate game”, demeaning any skill, execution and competiveness the Kings brought. The Kings, on the other hand, keep mentioning what a threat the Sharks pose and that there is a lot of work to be done. May the Kings stay “desperate”
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The Kings played their game from start to finish. San Jose helped us, immeasurably, by taking foolish penalties early and then playing loose on the PK.
Loved the way we responded to taking a lead. No give-backs this time! Instead, the guys revved up their clamp-down D and grinding O and basically wore down the opponent.
Obviously a huge game from Doughty, but everybody took their game up a notch. They played tough. More importantly, they played smart. Gotta love the way Clifford has developed.
Does anyone else sense that big plays from Penner and Simmonds are in the offing?
After Game 1, we THOUGHT we could beat them. Now, we KNOW we can beat them. And they do, too. Given the Sharks well-known propensity to choke in the playoffs, let’s hope they get rattled enough to lose their discipline…and that if they do, we’ll manage to retain ours.
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Pili Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 8:37 am
@Salamano, Yes, I expect Simmonds and his lively legs gang to reap havoc, and I think Penner may be on the verge of headlines.
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number 6 Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:21 am
@Salamano,
if you can keep your head while all about you are losing theirs…..
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I cannot believe NHL.com did not put Quick as one of the 3 stars. I guess they had to put Price on there to keep the Canadien fans happy. NHL must have missed Quickers game like they missed the hit on Smyth. No love for the Kings. Fight on boys. Underdogs today can be cup raisers.
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SouthBayPhil Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 10:02 am
@socalking fan,
It doesn’t surprise me, the hockey elite don’t believe the game is played out West. NHL Network’s “On the Fly” had detailed highlites of every game and full expert analysis–except the Kings game, for which they only showed the box score! Just goals at end of show and no analyst comments!
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Penner thanks for showing up last night. No you didn’t score, but you played hard and made a few good hits. Dude, if you keep playing the goals will come. We need you in this series. Man Peeps, I can’t think of a more solid post season game then the one we saw last night. Our “D” flat out won that game. What a way to shut up those shark loving announcers. I understand way VS shows the Comcast feed, but I thought you had to be somewhat even in your broadcasting. I had to sit through these guys praising the Sharks even when they went 4 goals down. It just goes to show you what they mean when everyone says’s that “D” wins Championships. Drew plays with this cocky kind of edge that only comes if you have lived in LA for a bit. Also when are opposing teams fans going to learn that the old worn out phrase, Beat LA, does not help you win. Can’t fans come up with something new. Gotta love how the team kept playing so Quick could get the shutout. One big goose egg the Sharks layed. Now we come back home. Road Warriors we are, Protect this house, means more now then ever before. Let’s hope that the Blackout in Staples will blind them Sharks and put the NHL, The Media, and everyone else who thought that we were going to fold up and die, on notice that the Kings and their Fans will die hard. I guess a nap and a prayer before every game will be my ritual for the remainder of the Post Season. Great game Kings….. Thanks!!!!
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Pili Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 8:58 am
@kinginsaltlake, The analyst irritated me from the opening faceoff, but the play by play guy wasn’t bad until the game was out of hand, and then he took some liberties with his loyalty. I really don’t blame announcers too much for that, but we really should get the FSW feed for the games at Staples.
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kinginsaltlake Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:27 am
@Pili, The reason why we won’t get the FSW feed is because VS is owned by Comcast. Fox and Comcast are competitors thus the reason why the VS feed is blackout in LA. You folks in the LA market are lucky because you guys get Bob and Jim, we here in Salt Lake get stuck with the poor talents of the San Jose announcers. It’s all good as long as our Kings play hard there will be nothing to hang our heads low about. Again I can’t say enough on how Penner played last night. I’m beginning to pull for this guy. He’s so darn big and if he really wanted to he could control games the way Rick Nash does. I’m pulling for you Penner. We want nothing more then for you to be part of this club. Go out and make some noise, let us see the hockey player we know is in there. Here’s to ya….
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number 6 Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:27 am
@kinginsaltlake,
in response to your post…. I agree wrt to the announcers. You can be as homer as you like when you’re broadcasting for your city, or Center Ice, but if it’s going nationally you’d like to think it could be a bit more ‘toned down’. But I did hear them say they thought Cliffy will be a good one. That’s at least something.
Oh, for the ‘beat LA’ thing. Watching game 1 I started almost laughing when I heard that. I mean other than the fact that we got to the Finals over 15 years ago, we haven’t won anything. It seemed really bizarre. Not like we have the history of the Lakers or Dodgers. But at the same time I thought ‘hey cool, the fans must think we’re really really good if they’re getting into it that much’.
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RoyalPain Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 10:17 am
@number 6, I think ‘Beat L.A.’ has more to do with Bay Area vs. SoCal than the actual teams. They hate us for stealing their water.
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I think the TO’s were huge too, something like 6 for the Kings and 19 for SJ… good puck management!
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too many comments here(imo)about Sharks fans and analyst opinions ………doesnt matter and I dont care. Its only about winning.period. The only way to shup them up is to win the series.The Kings should be the underdogs. But……the Kings have alot of talent now that Williams is back.Our defense is better then last year( Mitchell and Martinez less Jones and O.D.)Our goalie is rested….the team has bought into the system.DD and Johnson has a year of playoff experience.Clifffy,Lewis etc are good role players. So it shouldnt be a shock that we are 1 1. But we need to win 4 !!!! Stay focus..one game at a time.
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number 6 Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:29 am
@neil,
good post
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kinginsaltlake Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:32 am
@neil, Thanks for putting things in the right perspective. You are right the only thing that matters is winning our next game. I think a lot of us are still in a little shock on how well we plated last night. It’s good to know that there is still level headed fans out there to bring some of us back in. So thanks Pal…..
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I kind of had this feeling. A young team, got a taste of the playoffs last year, and nearly beat Vancouver with an inspired power play. Right then, I could tell – this team lives for the playoffs. We may or may not ever find the fortitude to play consistent in the regular season, but that’s ok. DL learned his lesson from the sharks – with them he built a talent powerhouse that didn’t have the character to win a playoff series. Not this time. DL has built a character powerhouse – a team that comes alive in big games, and plays for each other when the games really matter. Maybe maturity will lead them to regular season consistency someday, but for now, my instinct tells me that we are dark horse playoff performers, like Montreal, and not powerhouse choke artists like the guppies. And I for one am very ok with that.
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kinginsaltlake Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 9:37 am
@Bill M., Great post!!!!! I get the same feeling while watching Drew last night. That kid lives for the big games. It almost seemed like he was bored during the regular season. I don’t know, what do you think?
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neil Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 10:01 am
@kinginsaltlake, Maybe its a L.A. thing…Lakers and Kings both have that infamous switch!!!!!
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Pili Reply:
April 18th, 2011 at 9:58 am
@Bill M., Plus one on the great post. Magic used to call it “winning time” I think he was actually referring to that last few minutes of a game, but it fits for the playoffs. It looks like this Kings team calls it that too.
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I listened to the game last night and what a great feeling it was to have the Kings upset the Sharks! Now the Kings are in the series and have served noticed they’re not going down easily! Kings have better all round talent and skill,they just have to use it…Nice to hear Kings-men bottled up the top scoring line(Thornton-Marleau-Heatley). They’ve have to do it again and again and again…The Kings can…Great to hear Kopitar was in attendance I’m sure his presence gave the Kings a huge lift!!! Wow what a game by Doughty,Clifford,Johnson and Quick…great job boys…great job by all the Kings-men
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