Six days from now, the Kings will be in Nashville, and likely will be settling back into the team hotel after the morning skate. What will their emotions be? The trade deadline will just have passed, and if history is any indication, it will go down to the wire to determine what the Kings will do. Rick Nash? A couple secondary scorers? Nothing? No matter what, there will be a lot of attention and potential for distraction. Then, just a few hours later, the Kings will play the Nashville Predators. Darryl Sutter doesn’t like it. The Kings are far from alone, given that four other games will be played Monday, but Sutter would like to see teams get a day to regroup. Sutter, of course, experienced the other side of things, as general manager of the Calgary Flames for four years.
SUTTER: “It’s hard to believe that, on the trade-deadline day, you’ve got to play games. How can you not have one day? It’s really unfair to players, coaches. It’s really not fair to anybody. Sometimes there’s nothing better, but usually there’s nothing worse than being traded. … There’s a grace period, where your roster opens up and you have extra players and all that stuff, so how do you do it on that day, when you’re playing? You could have a 40-man roster, but you can’t have what you want.’’
six days from now the Kings can be 6 pts out of the playoffs and what will it matter at that point?
This is the longest week ever. It would’ve been so much better had they won of those 2 home games. unbelievable.
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the hockey don Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:25 pm
@Stuart, good point.
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dahack11 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:38 pm
@Stuart, quit crying Sutter & get your team to score! If they were playing to their capabilities….you wouldn’t be crying about having to play on Monday.
What a baby!
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Dave's a Killer Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 3:13 pm
@dahack11,
There are big repercussion if trades involve your team. Suppose the Bernier/Johnson/Lotki.deal goes down. That’s three (or more) players that all of a sudden won’t be able to play THAT day. So what do you do – call up some Manchester boys just in case and try to get them ready 4 hours before game time?
I don’t think he is whining at all.
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dahack11 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 4:48 pm
@Dave’s a Killer, I do. Play the damn game. It’s not the NHL’s fault that your team has underperformed & put ITSELF in a position to be needing a trade. Or just trade before.
jeeze…..pass the crying towelllll
vplaza Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:49 pm
@Stuart,
So sad, but true…six days from now it really won’t matter. Not that it matters now at all either.
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LA_1968 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:01 pm
@Stuart, Even winning one of those games would have been way better. 6 points out in one week? Eeesh.. I’m sure I’ll be hoping for miracles as usual.
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Stuart Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:11 pm
@LA_1968, ok, maybe not 6 pts out (unless the damn ducks sneak in there and displace CAL) but PHO plays CAL, so unless that goes 3pts we’re falling farther, then CAL has a tough game after that against PHI (they play EDM before they play PHO so I’m counting that as win for them) so CAL might pick up 3 more pts by monday. PHO (if they win tonight) will then face CAL and then EDM, so they can pick up 4-5 pts by monday, so we’d be 6-7 pts behind them come Monday… so if we don’t win tonight/tomorrow/Sat, we’re going to be 4-6 pts out with hopefully nobody jumping in between us pushing us to 10th… excuse me while I cry a little bit to myself.
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LA_1968 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:16 pm
@Stuart, Whoever makes 7-8th in West is going to earn it. For sure.
DEH Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 4:21 pm
@Stuart, the could be leading the division by 2 points too and then it really matters.
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Agree with Sutty, there should be a day off since a lot of trades happen on the day of the deadline in the NHL, comparative to other sports. However, as long as Rick Nash becomes a King on that day… I don’t think anyone will be complaining. We need to get this guy. Even if it means giving up Bernier, J Johnson, Stoll/Penner (one or both) and a 1st round pick + prospects. We’d still have a good core group of guys and add that sniper/pure scorer we need. You might think it’s giving up the farm for him, or giving up too much which it might be.. but as a team I think we can afford to give up all that and still get better.
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dahack11 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:36 pm
@KingsFletch, totally disagree. It is giving up too much. And I’ve said it before….Gretzky in his prime wouldn’t help us. Our organizations offensive philosophy is flawed…..not the players.
I’m not willing to give up TWO good young players, plus draft picks for one player with a TERRIBLE +/-, & a cap hit of 7.8 million.
I’ve been a Kings fan for 40 years & am WELL versed on Kings giving up young kids for expensive veterans. So far, that philosophy has not brought us a cup.
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KingsFletch Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:39 pm
@dahack11, I’m sorry.. but i read the first part “Gretzky in his prime wouldn’t help us” and I immediately disregarded any and all of your statement. LOL cmon think before you post man. Nash is on the worst team in the league, he has a low +/- duh lol. When have we as an organization ever had the chance of even getting a player near Nash’s caliber, besides when we got Gretzky. I guess that was a bad move too huh?
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dahack11 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:46 pm
@KingsFletch, I didn’t say getting Gretzky was a bad move, did I?
I said getting one player now won’t fix what ails this organization. Don’t believe me? Look at EVERY player we traded & how their offensive #’s have gone up significantly. Look at EVERY player that we have acquired & how their offensive #’s have gone down significantly. Those are just cold hard & plain facts.
And, I’ll say it again, i been a BIG Kings fan for 40 years & seen too many deals where we gave up our youth.
One player will not win the Cup for us. We need an organizational offensive shift in focus.
Kingsfletch Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:21 pm
@KingsFletch, first of all I
never said getting Nash would get us a cup lol. This team had NO chance of winning a cup this year. I want Nash to build around for the future, so we actually have a star player, who’s not a goalie. We need a sniper, a real true goal scorer. Not another 2way forward who is capable. Just like we needed kovalchuck. If DL botches this one he’s gone. Get Nash, give up the farm. Do it DL.
deadcatbounce Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:26 pm
@KingsFletch, In the end, did Gretzky lead the Kings to the cup? No, he whined his way to be dealt to St. Louis.
Gail Weber Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:59 pm
@dahack11, Hi Dahack11 you are so correct on both your writings today. As a King fan for 23 years now, your point is to the point and straight on. We keep getting rid of players and after they are gone they score and score goals. So LA no cup and if they do not change there system up then for sure it will stay the same no Cup ever.
Thanks so much, and nothing left to do but same old same old root for our team, and then next season pay higher tik prices.
Go Kings Go!
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Csaba Bhody Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:46 pm
@dahack11, Agree, we shouldn’t give up on so many young players for one 7.8 million guy…
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Dominick Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:41 pm
@KingsFletch, No possible way Nash is worth 3 roster players, a 1rst round pick, and prospects. No team would offer that much even if he does become trade fodder. Joe Thornton in his prime years didn’t even cost that much.
I would do that for Malkin, or Oveshcrap, but Nash? The guys never led the league in anything except +/-……and I don’t even want to go where he is at the moment.
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KingsFletch Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:45 pm
@Dominick, The problem is.. Penner and Stoll should not be roster players. They both suck and it’s time for them to go lol. JJ is good but easily replaceable by Voynov
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Dominick Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:03 pm
@KingsFletch, Voynov is a totally different type of defenseman, and cannot handle forwards over 200 lbs. He plays a speed game, but can’t play against top 3 coverage. Right now Sutter, and TM used him in a pairing against 3rd, and 4rth line opposition players, and only against top offensive players in offensive situations.
How can you automatically assume a rookie who’s only played 1/2 a season in managed coverage would be able to replace our minutes leader in that position for a puck moving defenseman? In those situations, JJ plays harder minutes than DD, and DD only recently started taking those coverages.
I’m not looking at it with fandom, I’m just being practicle. VV hasn’t proven he’s even ready for that much responsibility yet.
Dominick Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:10 pm
@KingsFletch, Also, VV doesn’t even have 1/2 JJ’s points, so hard to see where VV could “easily replace JJ”.
11 or 3 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 5:07 pm
@KingsFletch, that is way too much to give up. (bernier and jj and that is it… no more, no lokti, no picks – let the rangers have him for that price. in the summer they can get someone not currently on the block… and stay away from carter and his monster contract at all costs…
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Another thought on this Nash thing.
Players like Nash don’t grow on trees. They are asking for a lot but are we gonna get another opportunity like this?
Who are next years big names or this summer for that matter?
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KingsFletch Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:41 pm
@Subby, Parise. but I totally agree with you on this. Nash is one of a kind goal scorer and we need him. Even if we give up a lot, it’ll be well worth it and losing JB, JJ, Penner/Stoll 1st pick and prospects would be okay with me if we got him.
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Stuart Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:46 pm
@Subby, it doesn’t matter who will be available because DL/L.A. will not land any big name UFAs…
We will only gain big players by trades. Nash IS a once in a lifetime talent and he must be attained. Once here, the magic will happen.
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wavesinair Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:52 pm
@Subby,
I’m pretty sure no players grow on trees. I could be wrong though.
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DesertKing Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:59 pm
@wavesinair,
I thought I saw one once, but it was an avocado.
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Daren Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:25 pm
@DesertKing, lol
King Alex Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 3:28 pm
@wavesinair, In the salted earth of Mordor, the Penner tree grows wild.
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deadcatbounce Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:29 pm
@Subby, Another point about nash is that Columbus doesn’t have to trade him at all, not even if Nash demanded a trade. Who will their drawing card be once they get rid of him? They’d better get a dynamic young player in return.
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DEH Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 4:23 pm
@Subby, well Penner had more goals at the trade deadline last year than Nash has now… just saying.
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They have been playing ‘Back to the Future’ on cable a lot lately…
Since the Kings beat Columbus at home, 3-2 on DD’s time-warped goal, they have not scored at home.
–The offense is still trapped in the 8th dimension!
–Call Buckaroo Banzai!
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Lake Forest Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:35 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, Yeah we need Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
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Bonvivant Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:43 pm
@Lake Forest, Feels more like “7 Years in Tibet”.
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Stuart Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:47 pm
@BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy, Buckaroo Bonzai…yikes what a train wreck of a movie LOL it was on the other month and I watched it just to kill my brain, and it worked. my brain is now kilded…
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:51 pm
@Stuart,
Now try, ‘A Scanner, Darkly’…
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Steve W Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:16 pm
@Stuart, You’re right, what a horrible movie(along with Bladerunner and The Big Lebowski).
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Stuart Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:47 pm
@Steve W, maybe if I saw Buckaroo Bonzai in the context of the time it was made it would’ve been cool… but Bladerunner can be seen anytime, anywhere and be appreciated/liked… maybe you think they’re on par with each other? I get they’re both futuristic sci-fi, but whoa…
I think the league should assess a tax on all deals at the deadline. The closer to the deadline the higher the tax should be. The tax would be purely monetary, maybe $1,000,000 per player moved on deadline day, reduced by $100,000 per day – each day prior to the deadline day.
This waiting around sucks.
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KingsFletch Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:36 pm
@Michael J., That’s ludicrous lol. The waiting around is so that both teams can come up with absolute best/most fair deal. It’s not done on purpose.. it’s necessary. I understand you and other fans (myself included) not liking waiting around till the last second, but it has to be done so both teams can get the best deal.
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Michael J. Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:41 pm
@KingsFletch,
Ludicrous??? No way!
What’s the saying? “Crap or get off the pot”?
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Stuart Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:48 pm
@Michael J., or was it “here I sat broken hearted…” LOL
My wife just asked – “How many times a day do you check the LA Kings blog?” LOL.
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Michael J. Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:32 pm
@KingsGuy,
Wow! Days like today and yesterday? Yikes…
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Subby Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:33 pm
@KingsGuy, I think I’ve checked 32 times this morning.
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Subby Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:36 pm
@Subby, make this 33 xD
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Lake Forest Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:37 pm
@KingsGuy, my wife and I have had a few arguments spawn from me reading this blog….her famous question is always
“Oh Yeah, what did I just say?”
“uhhhhh hopefully something about Nash?”
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Stuart Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:49 pm
@Lake Forest, out-FRIGGEN-standing man!!! let me know when it’s Rick Nash speaking with her voice asking you to take out the trash!!!
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Bonvivant Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:44 pm
@KingsGuy, At least your wife cares.
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KingsGuy Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:58 pm
@Bonvivant, Ahh, man good chuckle.
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LA_1968 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:07 pm
@KingsGuy, I have to admit there’s more action in the bedroom when the Kings aren’t sucking. Because of me. It’s like there’s a direct correlation to Kings goals.
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Stuart Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:16 pm
@LA_1968, hear, hear!!! I’ve been total Dhead around the house this past weekend… Kings lose, I get grumpy, I get grumpy, wife gets irritated for letting a hockey team affect my mood and isn’t the most receptive to my grumpy advances which = more grumpiness, and around and around we go… it’s a vicious cycle that only goals can fix!!!
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cpmc29 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:25 pm
@LA_1968, SCORE!!!
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Shakes Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:15 pm
@KingsGuy,
you really can’t put a “number” to questions like “how many times do i check this blog a day?”… not because it’s some metaphysical questions (e.g. “how do you catch a rainbow” or “where does one find happiness?”) but rather they simply have not invented a number that high.
i suppose the answer is somewhere between pi and Avogrado’s Constant.
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Sutty complaining because he’s knows he’ll have soooo many things to do that day?????
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dahack11 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:39 pm
@crashin’da net, really!
Like I said earlier, if he had his team playing better, he wouldn’t have the trade deadline to fret over!!
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all i know is i am going to be at that game in nashville, 9 rows back, planning on watching the game with my boys and our wives, knowing that another win that night will further solidify our playoff spot! GKG!
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fsd1 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:44 pm
@fsd1, well, the game on the 6th in nashville.
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It just does not matter who we get or do not get as trade deadline nears. The current system stifles and decimates any creativity any player has had. Look at Kopi—-defense defense defense whereby his offense has all but disappeared. Look at Richards..a scoring powerhouse, with said scoring in absentia. Meanwhile we have smarmy DD who thinks he is Mr. Hockey since he has the megabucks(not deserved)and all the talk is about trading JJ who at least tries and skates rather that stand still. I could go on and on, but will undoubtedly be moderated and deleted so—get rid of Kompon….he is useless
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DEH Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 4:25 pm
@poe, St. Louis? Same system, more goals. Why them and not us?
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Screw next Monday. We need to really really and really be ready these next 2 nights.. Need 2 take all 4 no matter how we do it giving ujp points in ot..
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dahack11 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:40 pm
@lakingbob(chi), EXACTLY!!!
Worry about tonight Daryl!
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Since we don’t see Nash on an everday basis, I’m going to throw some cold water on the whole Nash the savior thing.
Why are we expecting an underperforming player (59 GP 40 pts) to come here and light it up like Malkin or Stamkos?
We’ve been talking about Kopi and how he’s not scoring like he should, yet he has 10 more pts than the annointed Superstar Nash.
Hell Nash has 1 more point than JW who has underperformed as well this season.
Jsut because you have ther repuation of being a superstar doesn’t mean you are one. you earn that title on the ice, which so far, he really hasn’t.
He hasn’t made a team like Columbus better, but yet we all believe that he’ll come to another offensively challenged team and be the difference maker.
I’m sorry but this is getting silly.
the media is famous for making players better than they actually are.
I just don’t understnad the logic.
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fsd1 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:43 pm
@nykingfan, +1
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TheRussianKing Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:47 pm
@nykingfan, He’d be surrounded by much better players here who can compliment him. His key value is that he uses his size and is very dynamic on the attack. He’s gotten through our D countless times solo, but he had no one to pass to. Match him with either Kopi or Rick and we’ll see changes. He’s a bigger DB that can actually snipe and finish.
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nykingfan Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:26 pm
@TheRussianKing,
better players?
You mean the guys who can’t score 1 friggin goal in a hockey game?
His team now scores more than we do!
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DEH Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 4:28 pm
@TheRussianKing, Didn’t they say the same thing about Penner last year??? just saying..
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dahack11 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:51 pm
@nykingfan, EXACTLY. The annointing of Nash as the cure to all that ails us, just isn’t justified period.
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DesertKing Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:02 pm
@nykingfan,
Was that a bucket or swimming pool full of cold water?
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nykingfan Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:29 pm
@DesertKing,
sadly an ocean of cold water!
If he came here, I’d root for him as hard as anyone else, but I can’t see mortgaging the future and tying up cap space at the same time for a guy who has the potential to be a superstar, but isn’t one yet.
The old saying…be wary of acquiring the best players on bad teams usually holds true.
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DesertKing Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:53 pm
@nykingfan,
You made some good supported points.
Does anyone think the Mayan’s calendar is somehow mystically linked to the LA Kings?
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Bonvivant Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 12:45 pm
@IceGuy, Being that what is happening defies explanation, I’ll entertain anything right now as within the realm of the possible.
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pautna Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:16 pm
@IceGuy, Nope, it turns out the Mayan calendar was being held upside down. The end is actually 5105, so we’re good…
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IceGuy Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:19 pm
@pautna,
I have to say that you are the most creative Insider.
You actually found a way to justify and slip the phrase “We’re Good” into a comment about the Kings!
Well done!
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Stuart Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:20 pm
@pautna, LMAO!!! nice.
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Dave's a Killer Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 3:27 pm
@IceGuy,
Maybe not the Mayan calendar but I’m thinking that it might be linked to the weather. If it would just start snowing again up here I thinks the Kings would start scoring. Pray for Snow!
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It’s funny how JJ’s name is coming up in trade rumors as if we are sellers. The only thing I would move him for is Nash along with whatever the rest of that deal needs to work out.
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DEH Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 4:30 pm
@TheRussianKing, I wouldn’t even move him for Nash. I’d rather move Brown. I’d say Brown + Martinez + Bernier + draft picks max for Nash. If Columbus want’s more they could go play hide the finger.
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So then maybe DL needs to get something done b4 the deadline so that the players have plenty of time to cry and say their goodbyes! But in all honesty, that might be a problem roster wise if they trade a couple of roster players and can’t get the traded for players into the lineup that night. It’s not like we can afford to throw that game away.
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So who wins it tonight?
Most predict the Kings, but some can’t see past the recent skid and are taking the Yotes.
As for me, I’m guaranteeing a Kings win. Call me Joe ‘waves’ Namath.
See where you stack up with the others…
http://deepinsidethekings.com/2012/02/kingstradamus-game-10-predictions/
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DesertKing Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:12 pm
@wavesinair,
“Hey Suthie, how about a little kith?”
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wavesinair Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:19 pm
@DesertKing,
I guess by guaranteeing a win, I’m also guaranteeing we ‘score’ too… I’m just glad Namath isn’t the one taking the shot.
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How many player have come the LA Kings and had his career just take off ?! How many players have left the LA Kings and careers took off ?! .. that point alone tell you Nash is not going to come here, Richards came because he didn’t have a choice he was traded where as Nash can veto any trade …. LA Kings is where talent comes to die. Someone mentioned it on a different post where he enjoyed it better when we were the under dogs .. I have to agree. We look so good on paper, little to no cap space left and we blow. just awful.
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Once again, Helene Elliot steps up to the plate and says it like it really is. She is far and away the best writer in Hockey. Agree completely with this article. http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-elliott-nhl-20120221,0,7418066.story
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fsd1 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:01 pm
@Poorman, she only has a 50/50 chance of being right, never have liked her negative writing, i dont think DL loses his job even if we dont make the playoffs, which I think we will, even without the new GOD rick nash.
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LA_1968 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:14 pm
@Poorman, I think she’s reaching a little. Her job would be more important if the Kings had Nash.
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DesertKing Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:21 pm
@Poorman,
As usual, she misses the entire problem. We have great players who have performed in the past, some even while wearing a King’s uniform. If she was a decent reporter, she would have figured out that DL exacerbated the problem by hiring DS, rather than going for an offensive minded coach whose offensive strategies are post-2009 rather than pre-2005. DS is now reverting back to what his pre-Kings reviews indicated – yells alot and puts people in the dog house, but doesn’t have an idea as to what the X’s and O’s should be. Thanks Helene for making a terrible paper even worse and publishing a story that is at least 7 days behind the curve. Time to get one of those 4G phones, put the Insider on the opening screen, do some research and then, just maybe, you might know something about the Kings.
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Personally, I think its too late in the season to trade your backup goalie. What happens if JQ cant play, epsecially during the playoffs. I think we need to establish who the new backup is before we go trading our current one. Beside, until JQ is under contract, no way in hell do we get rid of Bernier.
I also think that we will have about $15M in cap space next year. If, and only if, we have a chance to win the cup with Nash on the team, then its worth it. Are we really that close? Is adding one player going to take us to the cup final? If not, then bite the bullet this year, retool during the offseason from a position of strength.
The only thing I would offer Columbus (if I were the GM) is JJ, Penner, and a 1st rounder. We’ll take eother Carter or Nash. Thats it. Take it or leave it.
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Subby Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:01 pm
@UglyinLA, what worth does a pending UFA have to a dead last team? If anything we need to give up more for the salary dump.
Nash isn’t going anywhere.
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UglyinLA Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:55 pm
@Subby,
If memory serves, Columbus needs Penner’s salary to stay above the minimum salary if they also have the chance to dump Carter. They would certainly dump Penner as would we. Besides, we would need to shed Penner in order to make room for a Nash type salary.
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Poorman Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:04 pm
@UglyinLA, Agree Completely. Add, Fire Lombardi, and make him win or lose with his current 3 coaches and six year player plan. i just don’t like this team continuing to sit Bernier every game even as Quick loses 3 of 4. Then they trade him? Just like Simmonds, Schenn, Moulson, Boyle, Cammilieri, and Smyth.
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fsd1 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:08 pm
@Poorman, and you are sure that Bernier would have had shutouts all of those games? Quick did not lose 3 of 4 games. The team did.
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SLG1013 Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:11 pm
@fsd1, Thank you…
DesertKing Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:27 pm
@fsd1,
The offense did.
vplaza Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:24 pm
@Poorman,
If you can’t see that Quick did not lose these recent games, then you’re being extremely myopic. He has posted an amazing GAA and save percentage and the only reason he hasn’t won many of those games is because the team can’t score.
Are you saying Bernier can post the same stats and score goals as well?
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DesertKing Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 1:26 pm
@Poorman,
Last 10 games we are averaging something like 1.68 goals against per game with Quick. If our offense was at the NHL average of above 2 goals (instead of 0.67) per game, we win them all. The more you pump JB with some of your takes, the more you make him look bad. JB has never been, and never will be, on the same level as JQ, because if he was, he would be playing while JQ was sitting.
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King Alex Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 3:41 pm
@Poorman, I agree with the Fire Lombardi part but your off your rocker with your disdain for Quick & your love of Bernier. The Kings may or may not score more for Bernier as you have stated more than once but I have watched every game this year & Bernier has let in his share of goals he should have stopped & when he does, it’s usually within the first 5 shots he faces. With all things Kings scoring wize being equal, how does Bernier win these games giving up early goals when we can’t score anyway?
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@dahack11, I’VE been a Kings fan for OVER 40 years and know all about the trades you’re referring to. Those trades and ANY trade involving Rick Nash is like comparing apples to oranges. And as far as Gretzky in his prime helping this team? Without a doubt he would. Writing hyperbole does not make your opinion any stronger.
Nash is 28, which doesn’t compare with the horrible over-the-hill player acquisitions this team made years ago. Is the “system” flawed? Perhaps or perhaps not. But, without quality players at the forward position it will not matter what “system” the Kings play, they will continue to be mediocore, at best.
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Quincey to TB for Downie. Hate to see this guy more often in the same conference.
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February 21st, 2012 at 1:17 pm
@goldielocks, Steve Downsyndrome
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Ds complains too much…….
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Not too sure what the difference would be losing on Tuesday than losing on Monday.
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