As noted, Jonathan Quick was selected to the NHL All-Star Game today, and became the first Kings goalie in 31 years to receive the honor. Typical for Quick, he was a bit reticent today in terms of talking about himself and his accomplishment, but he did briefly share some thoughts, as did Darryl Sutter…
QUICK: “It’s a great accomplishment, something I’ll look forward to do at the end of the month, but right now we’ve got a lot going on here. We’ve got a big game tonight against Dallas, and that’s ultimately what we’re all focused on. … It’s exciting. It’s something I’m looking forward to. It will be a great time. It will be a good couple days, but that’s a couple weeks away. We’ve got a lot of work to do here in the next couple weeks.’’
SUTTER: “I think it was, to me, a formality. You look at his season. They take six goalies, and he’s top five or top six in all four (statistical) categories, so the only way that he could get overlooked is just because he’s out of loop a little. I think it’s an easy decision. … He paid his dues and he’s having a great season, so he should be there.’’
This guy always says the right thing!
Gotta love seeing him get his due
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Sean Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 12:48 pm
@Munchrat,
A true class act. Way to go JQ, enjoy it – you earned it for sure.
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Typical Quickie!
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Raunq12 Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
@Darren,
Yup, I love his “team first” mentality.
This guy bleeds Black and Silver! GO KINGS GO!!!!!
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QUICKsilver Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 2:13 pm
@Raunq12, should be purple, not black *grumble*
But I love my QUickers.
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IceGuy Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 4:45 pm
@QUICKsilver,
+1
Actually, I don;t think it’s a bad idea at all to dump the home “Home Plate” jersey entirely and use the Crown here. But maybe that’s another discussion.
Right now – all the best to our All Star goalie, Jonathan Quick.
(maybe he can squeeze in another shutout or two before he goes to Ottawa!)
Quick is the man! I love how humble he is, and how he brings all the focus back to the Kings and what is going on right now. All that being said I hope he takes a moment to understand that this is an honor that he deserves, and that he takes some time to enjoy it.
I think Quick will be the last Kings player to wear #32.
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FabKings Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 12:52 pm
@AZ King, 32 would look great as a huge jersey in the stands one day for sure, but he’s got many, many years to go!!
Go KINGS Go!
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pautna Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:33 pm
@FabKings, And a cup to win!!!!
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pautna Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:40 pm
@pautna, *the* cup
Simarosa Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:05 pm
@AZ King,
You nailed my thoughts with your comments.
GO KINGS GO, GO QUICK GO!
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KC23 Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:29 pm
@AZ King, I would agree. The number 32 will likely never be seen on another King.
Poor DL, I bet he’s thinking … oh man, what argument could I possible use to keep Quick salary below DD’s.
I’m hoping Quick takes a page from JJ’s contract play book and gets his money and keeps our cap space reasonable.
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Deke'r Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 2:04 pm
@AZ King, ….unless JQ realizes the team MVP should earn the most money in which case an outside offer could tilt his decision….who could blame him?
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We really need to lock Quick in for life!
I hope it is a nice long contract!
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AZ King Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
@Mars,
We need JJ to negotiate Quick’s next contract.
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KC23 Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
@AZ King, hehee … just said the same thing above before reading this.
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Raunq12 Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
@AZ King,
Hahahaha!
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Yeah “Out of the loop” is what we are up against in Southern California as far as the NHL spotlight is concerned.
Last night they did talk us up on NHL network a little. We didn’t even play and they spent a couple minutes on us. Talking about how DS was not a popular choice at the time but seems to be working out well. Also saying we could have some home ice if things keep moving forward.
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Stuart Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
@LA_1968, but at the same time, the night the boys wupped the Caps 5-nil, all they talked about was O-benched-kin and how hurt and beat up the team was. blah
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HockeyfanB4Gretzky Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 12:59 pm
@Stuart, 5 Nil I saw 5-2 Kings
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Stuart Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:16 pm
@HockeyfanB4Gretzky, LOL yeah, sorry I had 5 goals stuck in my eyes! LMAO
LA_1968 Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
@Stuart, You are right. The Kings didn’t have anything to do with the Caps losing 5-2 as far as their concerned. If they can get that 4 conference realignment approved we will have a chance to thump the East on a regular basis and there will be no denying us our due.
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KC23 Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
@Stuart, At least he didn’t spit on the Kings … I think?
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Lake Forest Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 12:57 pm
@LA_1968, seriously i try to watch the show and i never seem to catch anything about the kings. if i do, it’s a good 20 seconds.
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LA_1968 Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
@Lake Forest, Same here. And normally it’s just stat talk with no evidence of them watching the Kings. What I don’t understand is if these NHL Network’s guys’ jobs is to watch and talk hockey you would think they could catch the Kings very easily when there are no other 1030p eastern time games. That happens a lot. So my conclusion is they are lazy and prejudice.
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Mars Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 2:42 pm
@LA_1968, Didn’t Simms say LA isn’t a hockey town. I saw (on TV) Richards being interviewed at a Lakers game. I was pumped he is getting all LA on us, but more pumped they recognized him. (At home too) LOL.
You know they couldn’t spot Brown, Kopi, Doughty or JMFJ or Penner @ staples @ a non hockey event.
Quick is a typical goalie. Maybe mild mannered in public but fiercely passionate and competitive inside. He might seem quiet but on the ice he’s like many goalies. A yapper. Congratulations to him on his All Star selection. He deserves it and the Kings should be proud to have picked and developed him.
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Way to go Quicker!!! I remember getting my skates sharped at Toyota Center. You were on the ice getting some practice in after having just been called up (for the final time). I thought wow this guy looks awesome.
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just my opinion Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 3:42 pm
@Greg, I thought this when he was in camp that fall. I thought it was a mistake to reassign him to Manchester.
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At last a KINGS goalie year after year delivering the goods and getting recognized league wide. Bout frigging time. Quick, you ARE OUR MVP, no doubt.
Go KINGS Go!!
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What a difference between him and Thomas. I will take a class act like Quick any day over Thomas and I don’t care what Thomas has won. Quick will someday lift the Cup and Vezina before his career is over.
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Lake Forest Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 12:58 pm
@DesertKing, did thomas say something not classy?
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EJ Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:20 pm
@DesertKing, what the …. ???
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Jack Aubrey Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
@EJ, Agree. Never heard anything bad or lacking class from Thomas. Great guy, IMO. Oh, yeah, and WAY TO GO, QUICKIE!
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Wow, I think the whole “Pancakes With Penner” raffle might just start some new Kings breakfast traditions:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/dustin-penner-responds-pancake-gate-open-letter-063219599.html;_ylt=Ain0nP67nk.md15639_FcD57vLYF
Soon we will have “Waffles with Westgarth”, “Kashi with Kopi”, “Donuts with Doughty” (okay, too easy), “Menudo with Martinez”, “Sausages with Sutter”, and my personal favorite, “Quiche with Quick”!
The possibilities are endless!
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Lake Forest Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:02 pm
@bbb7, Creme Fraiche!
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Belexes Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:11 pm
@bbb7,
I’ll take waffles with Westgarth. Where do I sign up?
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Stuart Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:17 pm
@bbb7, If she was still here I’d take a hangover with Heidi…
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DieHardKingsFan Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:22 pm
@Stuart, Whatever happened to Heidi?????
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Stuart Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:24 pm
@DieHardKingsFan, she’s working for different companies, one is an MMA fighting company who’s name escapes right now…
anonandonanon Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 3:05 pm
@DieHardKingsFan, She was doing interviews from the Classic. I wanted her back. Of course I want Martinez to wear 54, the uni to have some purple, and any King to get 70 points. Call me a classicist.
AZ King Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
@Stuart,
giggity!!
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Stuart Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:24 pm
@AZ King, t’would be the happiest hangover I ever did have!!!
DieHardKingsFan Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
@AZ King, I sure do miss her sparkling smile, bubbly attitude and just her herself
Stuart Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
@DieHard, I was never personally a big fan (although I think JJ pines for her return). She was decent eye-candy but with the advent of the ice-girls I think she became expendable. I wish she would’ve taken that Patrick O’neal clown with her though…
DieHardKingsFan Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
@Stuart, After the reports of a DUI nothing more was said and next thing I know she was no longer part of the Kings broadcast team……BUMMER
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AZ King Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
@DieHardKingsFan,
She continued to work for Fox Sports after the DUI. She left during the summer to pursue other opportunities.
old man Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:53 pm
@Stuart, You win,that was the best.
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Stuart Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 2:36 pm
@old man, thanks old man!
BringBackKingston Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:29 pm
@bbb7, and for dessert Lubo cookies
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bbb7 Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:38 pm
@BringBackKingston, Or “Croissants with Clifford”..I cant even picture that with a straight face..
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Stuart Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:40 pm
@bbb7, I couldn’t even SAY that with a straight face LMAO
maybe biscuits with big red?
LittleRhody Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:50 pm
@bbb7, How about KFC with KFC??
YAY I get a Quick Jersey finally
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You know, thinking about it, this is a good thing. Only Quick goes to the ASG. That means that all the Kings, including Kopitar can have a mini-camp with Sutter. If you had to pick a player to miss that, it would be the goalie. His game doesn’t really change based on the system that the skaters are using.
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AZ King Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:38 pm
@Donald_S,
I don’t think teams are allowed to practice during the all-star break.
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Stuart Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 1:40 pm
@Donald_S, I thought that there was a team freeze where players and coaches couldn’t meet or practice…or maybe it was all a dream with the imagination of myself?
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Quick allstar = bigger $ contract. For some reason I see this guy being loyal to the kings. Definitely not a DD holdout scenario. He’s not the type of character to do that to himself or his team.
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Stuart Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
@Kings x, I really hope his family loves loves LOVES it out here in LA too, that would go a long way in helping out our cause…
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Deke'r Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
@Kings x, …..dunno….big money does funny things to people…(see DD)..
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Where have all the Quick-haters gone??
So many folks claiming that JB would be ( and should be ) the #1 goalie this year… hmmmm.
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Raunq12 Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 3:38 pm
@McCheese,
Yuuuup
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just my opinion Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 3:46 pm
@McCheese, I was just saying the same thing.
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Kings x Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 5:27 pm
@McCheese, JB got regulated to the pine. Not for a lack of competition. JQs game rose faster and better and he clearly showed the distinction of who número UNO was.
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After hockey Quick may end of in the State Department.
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Quick for M-V-P for the team and in the entire NHL.
I am SSOO GLAD to know that he WILL be on the All-Star team this year. He has DEFinitely paid his dues for the last couple of seasons. So it’s about time he is getting that recognition.
I hope when J. Quick is at the All-Star game that he shows everyone in the NHL world of just what he is about and reason why he was chosen.
It (to me, IMO) feels even better knowing John Quick got chosen to the All-Star game this year OVER Anti Neimi of SJ Sharks.
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Raunq12 Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 3:40 pm
@Brown23,
Put Niemmi on a low scoring team like LA, and we’ll see how his numbers are.
Quick is a stud eh?
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Relish in it Quick You EARNED it by far. Just keep your head as i know you will.
On a side note I am glad Camalerri got called out, i really think his exit from the KINGS COURT was a good thing. His mind is self motivated.
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MVP! MVP! MVP!!!
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Great for Quick. It would have been a joke if he didn’t get selected.
Too bad the people that select the team (and the fans) picked too many players from mediocre to boring teams. Who wants to watch 4 Senators?
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