Here are today’s updates from Darryl Sutter on Dustin Brown, who missed today’s practice because of illness, on Jarret Stoll, who appears to be just about ready to come off the injured-reserve list, and Dustin Penner, who apparently, in the coach’s eyes, has raised above equine-manure status for now.
SUTTER: “Brownie has been under the weather a little bit. With a couple days (between games), we better keep him away so it doesn’t go through (the team), if it hasn’t started. Jarret (Stoll) was sick in Dallas. He was really sick. So that’s probably where Brownie got it.”
Stoll spent quite a bit of time on the ice this morning. He was out there with Simon Gagne and Bernie Nicholls before practice, then participated in the full-team session for 40 minutes.
SUTTER: “He needed a full practice. He’s been skating on his own. You can push it when you’re skating on your own, but he still had to test it, when you’re getting pushed. He gets another day tomorrow, and then he should be good.”
As for Penner, he played 11 minutes, 31 seconds, in a fourth-line role against Calgary and recorded two shots on goal, three missed shots and one hit.
SUTTER: “He was fine. We talked about him working his way back in. It’s game to game. It’s simple.”
Hopefully Brown will be better by Tuesday and also Stoll, hopefully he has gotten back his scoring touch while sitting out. Penner is Penner.
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Mike Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 4:53 pm
@Jeff_R, Hopefully Brown misses a few games and Richards and Greene can take over the sorely missing leadership this team has…
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wes Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 10:18 pm
@Mike, “hopefully” the guy that leads the team in game winning goals and in game deciding shootout goals and in hits and in penalties drawn (putting LAK on the PP) “misses a few games”?
wow.
in love with losing?
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red49er Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 8:14 am
@Mike, Think Brown might be “sick” because they told him to get ready, pack his bags and have his farewell speech ready?
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fsd1 Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 9:08 am
@red49er, not a chance
“equine-manure status”
Awesome. I think that encompasses the whole team, not just Penner.
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Voice Of Reason Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:28 pm
@xeropoint, + 1
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ChiTownKingsFan Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
@Voice Of Reason, +2. Wonderful display of aggressive journalistic vocabulary, Rich!
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Of course the entire fanbase is sick that the Kings can’t even muster the fire power of Liechtenstein.
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thrustable Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
@Buster, im thinking the entire fanbase doesn’t even know where Liechtenstein.
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thrustable Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
@thrustable, ….is…
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Bonvivant Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
@thrustable, Small country in Europe I beleive near Belgium and Germany. Has a per capita income of over 55k. I did not even have to look that up.
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Steve W Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:01 pm
@Bonvivant, Between Switzerland and Austria.
thrustable Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 5:12 pm
@Bonvivant, I never said I didn’t know…I’m from Austria so I don’t need geography lessons on Europe. I was just making a funny on an obscure country reference.
Travelbabe Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:43 pm
@thrustable, I’ve actually been there, for half a day, and it’s a pretty little country if you don’t blink and miss it all!
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USHA#17 Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 6:10 pm
@Travelbabe,
I was there, too! But only for a few minutes, the express train to Geneva didn’t stop.
Chad Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 5:27 pm
@Buster, Easy now.. Don’t be so tough on Liechtenstein.
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Munchrat Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 6:58 am
@Buster, Isn’t Lichtenstein right next to Gelderland?
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c4sraser Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 7:09 am
@Munchrat, who is Leichtenstein?
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Munchrat Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 9:30 am
@c4sraser, new scoring threat!!?
Hey, the pancake manWILL come through. Putting him with a different center has helped him.
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thrustable Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
@Danny of Pasadena, of course! And the mayans were right about 2012 too.
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Hat trick Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:42 pm
@Danny of Pasadena, He will?? I think his MO for the season is play a 1/2 ass game then take 4-5 off depending on how pissed off the coach gets. Repeat, collect salary, end of season, eat donuts and cake everyday and pass out.
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Danny of Pasadena Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:40 pm
@Hat trick, give IHOP a break. First coach sutter, with his bizantine coaching methods blame pancake man for his coaching ineptitude. Pass the buck to the pancake man. Gimme give us…A BREAK
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Willybrokeback Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 5:46 pm
@Danny of Pasadena,
Well the pancake man has scored on the two teams he played on before.
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USHA#17 Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 6:12 pm
@Danny of Pasadena,
There’s only one thing worse,
In this Universe,
And that’s to play Penner at all!
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Danny of Pasadena Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 8:24 pm
@USHA#17, That was below the belt…right where my midrift is….damn…want some waffles and some fried bacon…some eggs over easy and a stack of pancakes…and I want the Kings to score more than 3 goals every game….
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Well…at least we aren’t at Bat Guano levels yet?
Hope Brown feels better & Stoll will have his laser-beam shot back.
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HockeyOnlyAwaitingModeration Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 5:08 pm
@TheCrazyWhls, Not until you brought it up, we maybe there, but I know we’re not lower then whalecrap.
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Went to the game last night. My record for the past two seasons is 1-8… I think I might be the curse, sorry guys. That being said, 6 of those were games where only 1 goal was scored. I have never heard the crowd so quiet before, it’s like the puck drops for the first period and the whole building is silent.
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kingrussell Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:01 pm
@alex101, Can you blame them? This is ugly.
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5holer Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
@alex101, Is there something we 18,100 missed this home schedule or was there a reason to get excited? Caught up on some reading and got in a nap many games at staples! Worst collection of forwards in decades here! No reason to single put any player, because they all suck, all 12-14 up here!! D and gts deserve a pulse from all forwards. Body language says stick a fork in them! Trades won’t help this season, too late! Lick your wounds & work on big overhaul in offseason. Core is not enough up front, leadership not good, bad room, & leave the defense gts enact! Laks are very close with changes up front made in July! Lombardi may learn or he may be gone by then? Crap shoot no luck! Coaching never was an issue in this team for all you town criers about tm! You gurus got more brilliant ideas?
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USHA#17 Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 6:14 pm
@5holer,
All season long I thought I was having offense flash backs to the 80′s. Thank God I’m not the only one.
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Brown sucks !!!!! Trade him!!!! Richards should be the captain!!!!!!!!
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KingMe20 Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
@Alex,
If Brown does in fact suck as bad as your five exclamation points suggest, what team would take him?
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Alex Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:35 pm
@KingMe20, Blue jackets!! Brown does suck!! Worst captain in the league
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tookie Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
@Alex, How’d Richards captaincy work out in Philly?
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Alex Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:36 pm
@tookie, Good
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Alex Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
@tookie, How’d brown captaincy is working for the kings!!!!
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Snoop dogg Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:49 pm
@Alex, Brown is the heart and soul of this team.
He plays with passion every game as evident
With the hit in the phoenix game and the fight against doan.
So let’s just say you should go be a duck fan.
tornado12 Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 4:01 pm
@Snoop, right on snoop. Some fans just don’t get it. Best hitter in the NHL. You don’t replace that. There r other more replaceable parts to use if needed for a trade.
gene Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:39 pm
@tookie, Well they made it alot farther than the kings did in the play offs last year.
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KC23 Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:43 pm
@tookie, “How’d Richards captaincy work out in Philly?”
A visit to the Standly Cup finals.
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Jeff_R Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
@KC23, and that team made the playoffs via a shootout in the last game of the season.
Jeff_R Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:58 pm
@tookie, I love how people have revisionist history when it comes to Richards’s Captaincy in Philly and DL’s firing in SJ.
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AZ King Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:12 pm
@Alex,
Dude that is amazing!! How did you manage to get into every team’s locker room during the season. Obviously you’ve seen not only what Brown does, but what every other other captainn in the league does behind the scenes…
Give me a break…..
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Danny of Pasadena Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:43 pm
@Alex, pardon? Richards should beput on wavers with Gagne.
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MmmmYummy Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:43 pm
@Alex, Yea fire Brown cuz he got sick!! Worst Captain ever! …come on dude…
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HockeyOnlyAwaitingModeration Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 5:08 pm
@Alex, Why??
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HockeyOnlyAwaitingModeration Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 5:11 pm
@Alex, Why? give us a good reason besides “Brown Sucks”
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wes Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 10:32 pm
@Alex, ah, “Brown sucks”, eh? Brown leads the team in game winning goals. 2nd or 3rd in the league in that stat through the first half of the season (Franzen’s been out of his mind in depositing game winners so far). Brown leads the team in game deciding shootout goals too. Leads the team in hits (second in the league), and in penalties drawn (meaning PP to LAK).
Only Quick is among the leaders in as many categories.
and yet that all “sucks”, Alex?
may i suggest that you are plainly wrong.
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I’m truly baffled with how impotent the offense has been. Truly unbelievable that a team with six 30 goal scorers sits last in offense.
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KingsFletch Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
@FKA PakiFro, Couldn’t agree more. Either there’s something we dont know about.. something causing the lack of chemistry/apparent lack of care for each other as teammates.. or TM’s defensive, don’t turn the puck over at all costs type attitude truly damaged all of our offensively-capable players. Truly a shame, a real shame.
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Hat trick Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:46 pm
@FKA PakiFro, That’s because there’s ZERO chemistry. No one other than Maybe Richards, AHL kids, Mitchell, Scuds and JJ have a clue as to what team chemistry is. They all just put their head down, drive to the net, put the puck in the goalie’s chest or pads and then wonder why they didn’t score a goal. Maybe if you had a sense to where your other linemate might be there might be a better chance of scoring.
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Christian T Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:18 pm
@FKA PakiFro, It’s gotta be a curse from a Ducks fan I think. Only a “SlumpBuster” will break this curse.
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FKA PakiFro Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:35 pm
@Christian T,
I don’t even know if that’d help. They did score 5 on Washington and 4 on Dallas…but completely powerless otherwise. They need a string of a few offensively lopsided games, or a dramatic cone from behind win.
I genuinely feel for Quick. Consider that he’s lost the last two games but has improved his GAA from 1.9 to 1.8.
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Watit a minute………………What was Stoll doing in Dallas???????? He was on the I.R. So how could Brown catch the bug if he was not thier????? There is smoke and we need to find the fire..
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Bluecoconuts Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:36 pm
@lakingbob(chi), he sat in the press box.
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lakingbob(chi) Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
@Bluecoconuts, Ok but are they room mates?? It just sounds kind of fishy
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hockeynerd Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:39 pm
@lakingbob(chi), he was already with the team on the road trip when he got hurt. they don’t just fly him back when they have a team charter ……………..
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Two 1 to nil games on the wrong side. Both easily could have gone the other way. Both games in PHX and COL are winnable. No excuses, Kings have the players to do it.
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Willybrokeback Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
@Mikey J.,
Nice to see someone not trying to fix the team with an overhaul. They can do it with this roster.
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It was pretty sad that the only reason the crowd had to stand and applaud (and it was the absolute very best of all reasons) was to recognize and applaud the Hero of the Night from the US Navy. Heck, the whole organization was underperforming last night from the fan who fell in the concourse right before the game, to the Ice Crew girl who forgot to take her blade protectors off her skates before hitting the ice (literally), to the players who couldn’t get it done. All in all, a typical night at Staples recently.
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5holer Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:40 pm
@DesertKing, We had Charlie simmer at our meeting before the game last night saying how he wonders how goals get scored in NHL these days! Curious comments from old number 11, the king of the 5 foot goal & none better since Johnny Bucky days! Charlie says to us, no teams score much in today’s NHL…. All play he plate mentality with 5 guys blocking shots, plus your own guys going in front of net for rebounds…goalies so bulked up with equipment, how do any shots get past them or even reach them at all? Laks do not go to net at all…stay on Wing boards and watch teammates with pick! No goals forever with passengers & spectators on ice! If I were a forward here, I would hope to get moved at deadline for a fresh start sewhere else! My dollars worth!
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rogiesbackup Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 9:22 pm
@5holer, It probably why Nash doesn’t want to come here….he knows the kings offensive coaching is lacking here.
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Funny. I tried to get my schedule re-aranged at work to see the last two King games live, but couldn’t get it done. Probably saved a couple of hundred dollars and a whole lot of bitterness. God is on my side.
I am going to the Chicago game though so wish me luck.
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Jeff_R Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 2:50 pm
@KC23, Watch them start a 10 game winning streak on Tuesday.
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Rom27 Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:02 pm
@Jeff_R, men, i wish
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yard dog Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 4:21 pm
@Jeff_R, I thing the only relevance to 10 is the place in the western conference they will be in in about two weeks.
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kingrussell Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:03 pm
@KC23, You’re lucky.
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KC23 Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
@kingrussell, We’ll see how lucky I am Saturday.
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Fitting that the Kings aren’t playing on Hockey Day in America.
One thing I’ve noticed while painstakingly having to endure recent games is how terrible the Kings are at moving the puck around to create great (even serviceable) shots on goal. There are a few things I’d suggest that they need to do, rather than blowing up the franchise: acquire 2 forwards that can score, make Richards the captain and get rid of Penner. He’s dead-weight, plain and simple. Sounds too easy, right?
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rogiesbackup Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 9:24 pm
@King for a day, You hit it dead on the first sentence. I’ve been screaming about the same thing all season.
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rogiesbackup Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 9:24 pm
@King for a day, You hit it dead on the first sentence. I’ve been screaming about the same thing all season.
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rogiesbackup Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 9:26 pm
@King for a day, Unfortunately, I have to completely disagree with the second half of your comment. They won’t need to futz with the roster too much if they moved the puck more on the oZone.
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The Wild beat the Bruins 2-0 and both scores were done from the slot. Why is it our players won’t go to the slot? I can’t believe it is a coaching or system thing. I just think our players are afraid to do so. It boggles my mind. Hopefully this will change and soon.
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SLIM Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:16 pm
@Jeff_R,
And they are also catching up in the standings…
We seem to be able to beat the better teams..
But are horrible vs the average teams..
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5holer Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 4:09 pm
@SLIM, And to the rest of you folks.. Maybe you are waking up to the sad truth here finally!? These recent posts show me that the message is getting thru more & more! This not working offensively here & it will not with this group of forwards! Trading a d-man, bernie, a top prospect(?)& a pick for a high priced winger is flat stupid! No 1 winger will make a difference, not Nash, not carter, no 1 forward will cure this mess! $ rules this NHL. Gms make cap trades not hockey trades any more! Donald fehr will probably end all this in September with a strike! Last thing… Take a look at today’s la times sports columns on page 9 (2 by Lisa dillman)….you will see if you read each one while substituting kings for ducks $ vice versa with each piece that they are mirrors of each other in reverse order! The hockey gurus in this town are getting it right sort of ? Try reading Dennis Bernstein of the 4th period.com, he is bang on most times & a friend of mine!
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I’ve been aware of other team slumps
in this sport and others…But even then
At least theres one player able to rise above it….
Not so far on the Kings…Not one player has been a given.
When a timely goal is needed….Beyond Bizarre..
Also is it possible that Kopi and Williams are a bit
snakebitten in getting in more physical games
They both got Badly injured in late part of season last year…
Maybe grasping at straws. but it does get in you’re head…
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Jeff_R Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:18 pm
@SLIM, That might be a reason why Kopi is afraid to go to the net, afraid he get injured again.
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KC23 Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:30 pm
@Jeff_R, Nah, Kopitar got injuried in his “office” right at the half boards.
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Jeff_R Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:36 pm
@KC23, Well going to the net means you are going to get hit. Getting hit could cause injury. This could leave Kopi gun shy. I don’t know we are just grasping at straws here trying to come up with reasons why this team won’t go to the dangerous scoring areas of the ice.
King Alex Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:44 pm
@Jeff_R, Kopi was injured on the side wall last season. He was nowhere near the slot or in front of the net. He was right where he was supposed to be under DL’ s system. We don’t score because we play dot to board instead of dot to dot. You don’t give up as many offensive chanches to the other team playing dot to board. DL school of hockey 101 right there!
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Jeff_R Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 4:23 pm
@King Alex, I know where Kopi was hurt last season. I am just saying that he might be gun shy now because of that injury.
5holer Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
@SLIM, Not much of a team if no one stands up for their top scoters!
No care, no pride, just give me my paycheck please! This is la king hockey today, all inclusive of all forwards! What a huge let down after such big hype & buzz in September! Losers mentality up front versus big winners on defensive sides?! Sayonara til next year I’d say!
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FiG17 Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
@SLIM,
Incorrect. There has been one player who’s pretty much a given every single game. Unfortunately, Jonathan Quick isn’t a goal scorer…
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The fact that our personnel is staying pretty much the same but our scoring is declining suggests to me that the league as a whole understands the predictability of and the weaknesses in our system, making preparing for and playing against us easy. Management seems to be saying, “if it’s broke, don’t fix it”. This is more than a personnel issue, so it won’t be solved by a few tweaks to personnel.
This seems to be hockey’s version of the Chicago Cubs, Outdated philosophy, old school management, ineffective scouting and player development, and insufficient information systems not to mention absentee ownership. The Cubs have replaced the entire management team and are reshaping the organ-I-zation from top to bottom thanks to new hands-on ownership,
That is what is called for here. The Kings problems cannot be solved with trades.
Only organizations provide what Theo Epstein calls “sustainable success”. Players will come and go. Quality management and engaged ownership is the key. Forty-plus years of futility won’t be cured by a sniper
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KC23 Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
@JackKent Cooke, Nothing wrong with our goalie and defensive scouting and developement. Our forward developement however needs a complete re-write.
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Jeff_R Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:33 pm
@JackKent Cooke, Even if a team was truly predictable team was put forward they still should be able to score some. This team can barely score 1. I don’t get it. The only thing I can think of is it is the players. Even though individually the players are good, as a team they don’t have the chemistry needed to win or score consistently.
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TheZamboniMechanic2 Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
@JackKent Cooke,
Another baseball reference….the Angels…Moreno dumped the entire front office because he demands a winner!
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5holer Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 4:31 pm
@JackKent Cooke, Poppycock! This is not the commodities market, it’s human assets! A crap shoot is all about timing, luck & other intangibles! So Lombardi etal rolled the dice, used their accumulated data on acquisitions & guessed wrong? So what, the best gms are wrong more often then are right on these things! The plan or the coaching isn’t the problem, not the system or anything else tangible! It is now & always was a player execution problem, nothing else! Take it or leave it!
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JackKent Cooke Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 6:06 pm
@5holer,
People is good organizations execute well.
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I’m still optimistic about a deep playoff run…here’s why:
1) Our goaltending is great (Quick or Bernier always give us a chance to win).
2) Defense is great also…not many shots and realistically how many times have you seen them leave our goalies out to dry.
3) Games in the playoff are won under 4 goals (usually your best scorers get shut down….and we have none so who do you focus on??? joke).
4) We are good in games we score first in and have a lead after 2 period (good qualities in the playoffs)
I know this is why we’re all frustrated we see how good we are defensively…and just wish we had more on the offensive end (could we get Penner, King, Nolan, or Clifford to take a goalie interference penalty?…with the way our penalty kill is going to me it’s worth the risk just to get the goalie thinking about something other than facing the shooter…and maybe free up some space for Kopitar, Williams, and Richards to work).
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MmmmYummy Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:48 pm
@Duckhunter, I want some of whatever this guy is smokin’
Or Kings can just cave now and join the sellers market which could benefit things long run.
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John Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:51 pm
@MmmmYummy, I agree, the Kings should just enter the sellers market and totally clean house!!
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Duckhunter Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 6:31 pm
@MmmmYummy, Sell who??? For what??? Don’t want to criticize too much but (sarcastic here) we’ve done soooo well drafting forwards…why not take our glut of d-men (just think…we just have to replace Mitchell and Greene sometime in the next 2-3 years maybe just a touch sooner rest we are good with for about 5 years…but we have Voynov, Hickey, Forbort, Muzzin, and Delearius (sp?)_ glut at goalie ( Bernier, Zatkoff and Jones)…do you really want to sell?? Some of the trades that have been suggested I’d be fine with (trading Jack Johnson, Bernier, Hickey, Muzzin..even in a great deal Brown) for Nash or others. I think looking at what your good at (drafting d-men and goalies)…trading some of those to shore up what your bad at (drafting forwards) = a good plan…restarting the clock wouldn’t play well with me….doubt with management either seeing as though they want to raise ticket prices(season ticket holders want wins).
Also I know your looking at the way we are going and that we’re out of the playoff spot are we that far out? Last I looked 1pt out and 4 points out of 3rd (I know SJ has games in hand but they’re not playing lights out either)…you make the right move (Dodger and Manny a couple years ago) can propel you to great heights (I know DL doesn’t give great confidence in finding the right trade or pulling the trigger on that trade).
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KC23 Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:51 pm
@Duckhunter, You do know you actually have to make the playoffs to make a deep run?
Just jokin with yas.
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Duckhunter Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 6:06 pm
@KC23, Yep…know your joking…hate the negativity when realistically we’re right there to get in…just need to score 2 goals (think we’re locked in defensively…just think we need the mentality to crash the net like Phoenix…because I don’t see the desperation out of scorers yet…just the attitude oh it’ll come.).
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Selanne-20th goal of the season. Wish we had 5 Selannes out there.
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SLIM Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:48 pm
@Goring 19,
Then w’ed be All Finnish..
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wannabeking Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:53 pm
@SLIM, At least we’d have some Finish.
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I’m channeling my inner most @Poorman….
There is an elephant in the room..
We aren’t seeing..[Dont want to]…
Do you want A couple of scorers…
Use our best trade value…Quick…
Now don’t freak out on me…{I know you will}..
Quick will get us the players we need…
It seems we are all confident in Berniers capabilities…
I’m not advocating this, but simply being open to ALL possibilities…
Besides so many bloggers are already predicting he won’t resign..
Quick, Penner, Stoll and rookie and pick…
I’ve put on the armor…Come at me..
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KC23 Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:52 pm
@SLIM, Back away from the crack pipe.
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SLIM Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 3:56 pm
@KC23,
Been sober over 20 years and preferred the other direction…
Please just tell me why this is bat poop…
It’s been done before and has worked..
Once again not advocating this..Just asking the Question..
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DBking Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 12:57 am
@SLIM,
Quick – 24-16, 1.87GAA, .934% SV
Bernier – 3-5, 2.57GAA, .900% SV
Quick is the only thing keeping the wheels from totally falling off. He’s been our best player this year. He will be a Vezina finalist and he’s 26 years old. When is the last time we have had an elite goaltender? We have other pieces to dangle.
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SantaMariaKing Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 11:55 am
@DBking,
Elite goaltender,let’s not forget about the great Cloutier.
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SantaMariaKing Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 11:55 am
@DBking,
Elite goaltender,let’s not forget about the great Cloutier.
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SantaMariaKing Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 11:57 am
@SantaMariaKing, dang so good I had to mention it twice
All time record 70 or more for fewest goals average. 1.9 53-54 Black Hawks.
Look out Black Hawks were gunning for your record and getting closer every game.
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tornado12 Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 4:14 pm
@KC23, Thx kc. Was just gonna ask that? U da man
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Jeff_R Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 4:26 pm
@KC23, Well at least then they had a reason with there only being 6 teams, so they basically played the same 5 teams over and over again.
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MmmmYummy Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 5:55 pm
@KC23, One way to look at it might be to represent the best and the worst in a ratio. Currently Kings are 1.99 to 3.27 (Flyers) or 60.9% of the leading GAA this year. Would be interesting to see how that tracks back in history…
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MmmmYummy Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 5:55 pm
@MmmmYummy, Oops I meant GFA not GAA.
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I think they all suck, Kopitar, Brown, Williams, Doughty, all need to be traded!!! Richards, Gagne, and Penner, they should never never even picked up. They’re gonna miss the playoffs!!! I think Quick should demand a trade.
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Dot to Board. Cycle Low to High. Kick it out to the Point. Shoot!
This is why we don’t score fellow insiders. That is our offensive game plan in depth right there!
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tacomakingsfan Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 5:38 pm
@King Alex,
Yup sums it up. You forgot make a cute pass that leads into a turnover into an odd man rush… then GOAL!!! Kings down 1-0. Game over??
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crashin'da net Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 8:49 pm
@tacomakingsfan, I think more like DD or JJ head/shoulder-faking for 20 seconds before letting the humongous one-time go for a blocked shot, THEN it’s a 2 or 3 on 1 breakaway. Goal, game over.
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