Matt Greene’s postgame thoughts…
(on what the win does for the team’s confidence…)
GREENE: “It builds it up. I think it’s still a work in progress, but we’ve been having some success over the last little bit here, with Darryl coming in. This was a good game for us, obviously, but we have to keep rolling. We can’t rest on this game.’’
(on taking over the game after Vancouver’s early goal…)
GREENE: “We’ve been having success just rolling four lines. I think that’s what we did. We got a big goal out of our third line tonight, and that’s what it takes sometimes. They score and we get one right away, that’s a big confidence boost, knowing they’re not going to push us back and we’re going to keep rolling.’’
(on the four-minute penalty kill…)
GREENE: “That was big too. Quickie has been great for us, and again, he shut the door there. That was huge, especially losing Rick [Mike Richards] on that one too. He’s obviously a big part of our PK, and to patch that together and get a big kill was big for us.’’
(on Kopitar getting the scoring monkey off his back…)
GREENE: “Maybe you guys would make a big deal out of it, but he’s been doing everything for us. He hasn’t been scoring, but he still logs 20-some minutes of ice. He plays well. He does everything. He’s on the ice in every situation. If you ask the guys in here if his play has dipped at all, I don’t think so. He’s just not finding the back of the net, and for him to do that, that’s great, but he’s been our best player throughout the whole year.’’
(on the win…)
GREENE: “We need points. We’ve got to keep climbing in this division. It’s tight. We didn’t do ourselves any favors for that stretch of 15 games there, not getting too many points, and now we’ve got to get them no matter who we’re playing against.’’
Good job, tonight…Happy new Year to you and the rest of the boys…thanks for the great game…be safe and Tell DD not to drink too much tonight
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Good win tonight, keep building and we will go far in the playoffs. Go Kings!!!
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The farmer from Alberta, with no fashion sense, is not doing such a bad job so far.
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Steve W Reply:
December 31st, 2011 at 10:46 pm
@tomb, He was dressed to kill tonight. Probably going to a new year’s party.
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Duncan Reply:
December 31st, 2011 at 10:58 pm
@Steve W, and he killed!!!
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Most impressive. I wish I could say I knew it was going to happen, but I had my doubts. The cheap shot diving nucks are probably the best team in the west and we beat em straight up and with no help from the refs.
I was most impressed in the 3rd period with the nucks just flying at us for all they were worth and we matched them and didn’t take a step back.
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I love how Greener has Kopi’s back there. Great goal by Kopi, and great game winner by Greener too.
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ziggyfan Reply:
January 1st, 2012 at 12:13 pm
@KFII, I loved it too. Green has been solid all year and so glad he was able to get a goal and Kopi, what can I say about him but he is our best.
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Kingstane9 Reply:
January 2nd, 2012 at 12:11 am
@KFII, yp, love it too, still he’s just telling the truth. Trade Kopi right(LOL)?
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All play get around the net staying in, create more change around, D-man join in at right time,But the most important thing is not just shoot the puck–making ONE extra pass or two, confidence working up to success..with extra effort..well deserted TWO points…GKG.
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Congratulations on the goal Matt. What a great game! Happy new year everybody
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I’ve always liked how Greener is dead serious at the right times and a bit of a joker at other times. he seems to know the right balance of when to be each one. After a 4-1 win it could be easy to be flippant and say some goofy answers but instead he’s all business
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