Dustin Brown’s postgame thoughts…
(on the game…)
BROWN: “It was a really complete game. Given the last, probably, 10 games, where we’ve been really struggling, I think it’s important for us to realize what we did tonight and what it took to play that way. We’re fighting for a spot right now. We need to be happy with that game, but also understand why we performed as well as we did.’’
(on the special-teams effort…)
BROWN: “Our power play got some goals, and I think our PK was probably the most impressive thing. We had to kill off penalty after penalty. You’ve got guys blocking shots, doing all the little things that make the PK successful.’’
(on what was different tonight…)
BROWN: “I think our preparation. Everyone is capable of playing. It’s more about getting prepared the right way, and that’s as individuals and as a team, collectively. When you see that we’re prepared right, you don’t see the turnovers, you don’t see the little mistakes that make a big difference over the course of a game. We didn’t make very many mistakes tonight.’’
(on his hat trick…)
BROWN: “I hope to build on it. I think we’ve been struggling as a team, and I’ve been struggling personally, to score goals. It definitely felt good to score some goals tonight, and hopefully build on that. As a team, we’ve just got to focus on what I just touched on, getting into those scoring areas. I think if we get into those scoring areas more often, we’ll start scoring goals.’’
(on hearing his name in trade rumors…)
BROWN: “I’ve been a King my whole career and I expect to be a King beyond the next few days. … It’s my responsibility to prepare myself the best I can and tonight felt good.”
Great win
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Lets hope t
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Did he change his clothes in a phonebooth?
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andy Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:21 pm
@Belexes, lol
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RLane420 Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 9:52 pm
@Belexes, Looks like he really wants to stay in LA. Good for ya Brownie
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Not only 3 goals and an assist
But all his goals were beauties…
Weird seeing that many goals and WIN..
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Kings x Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:49 pm
@SLIM, Let’s not forget “the natural hat trick” don’t see that everyday
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jacky boy Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 9:53 pm
@Kings x, It wasn’t a natural hat trick… A natural hat trick are 3 goals in 1 period.
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Kings x Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 10:03 pm
@jacky boy, Not sure about your definition. I’ve always known it as one player three consecutive scores uninterupted by goals from team mates or other team. Does not have to be in one period. Reference me if you have it
KingMe20 Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 10:04 pm
@jacky boy,
Natural hat tricks are three goals uninterrupted by other goals. They do not need to all come in the same period.
Here’s an article about Jeff Carter’s natural hat trick against Carolina last season. He scored a goal in the first, and then two in the second:
http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2010020220
Mik3ysfv Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 10:25 pm
@jacky boy, thought so too
Brown you’re awesome. You better not get traded…
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LA67 Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 7:45 am
@andy, Agree – why people keep wanting him to get traded is a mystery to me. Luv ya Brownie !!
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I’ve been critical of Brown at times, but never wanted him traded. Still don’t. Go get em’ captain!
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Way to shut em up Brownie. Were proud of you!
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Where are all the people who wanted brown traded?
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SLIM Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:22 pm
@jeffreyryan,
Getting ready for Kopi..
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jeffreyryan Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:29 pm
@SLIM, DL should come out and say kopitar is avalible.
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Pie Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
@jeffreyryan, Still here one or two good games dont make a good season. I like brown but don’t think he is a top six forward and would not be upset if he got traded.
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bmova Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:43 pm
@Pie, If according to you he’s not a top-6 forward, when was the last time a bottom-6 forward got a hat trick?
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Osaka Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:46 pm
@bmova, I don’t understand people who say he isn’t top six. What is their criteria?
jacky boy Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 9:55 pm
@bmova, To answer your question… Brad Richardson scored a hat trick last season
PCLoadletter Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 2:50 am
@bmova, Brad Richardson against Colorado last season
Osaka Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:44 pm
@Pie, I would trade him too (for the right player), BUT I don’t agree he isn’t a top 6 forward. He is what a lot of teams dream of having in their top 6. Why do you think he is not? Look at the rosters of other teams in the league. What are you comparing him too?
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King Cobra Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 9:08 pm
@Pie, Bah Humbug….
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MindGeyser Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
@Pie, Define a top-six forward.
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KingsFanFTW Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:27 pm
@jeffreyryan, Trade Kopi!!
LOL jk jk
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Osaka Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
@jeffreyryan, Not just tonight, he played great in the last game also. That brings up a point then, how come so many games where we didn’t get much results from him? For the “right” player I would trade Dustin. I love him as a player and think he is a classy guy, but why wouldn’t a team try to upgrade their talent if they can? Dustin is the captain, he needs to lead by example EVERY game, not just after being ripped by the coach or when his name is involved in trade rumors. I don’t expect 3 goals a night, I don’t expect one goal every night, I do expect 100% effort and focus from the captain. If Dean was just trying to light a fire, it worked, but lets hope it continues.
Great game Dustin!
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jonsey Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 9:08 pm
@jeffreyryan, I was one of those guys. “I’ve been a King my whole career” Brown just shut me up. What a game! Where has this guy been? Great to see. Maybe the rumors toughened him up. It’s a team game and I hope the team follows the lead of their once again strong captain.
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Very good finish tonite Dustin. Its about time.
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KC23 Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 8:20 am
@puck73, Against one of the worst goalies in the league, but he did get 3. Brown actually had a great shot at scoring two more, but Emerey stoned him.
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COMPLETE DOMINATION BY THIS GUY TONIGHT. way to lead the team captain. DB bleeds KINGS colours and im sure he has heard his name come up lots in many trade scenarios. im sure he had something to prove to DL,team,fans and HIMSELF.
“I’ve been a King my whole career and I expect to be a King beyond the next few days. … It’s my responsibility to prepare myself the best I can and tonight felt good”
with that kind of attitude and determination, yes i hope too he remains a KING for life
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Zuggyfan Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 11:29 pm
@gmo, completely agree
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Lets hope this ends all the talk about Brown being traded. What a way to stop all the talk. Brown will be a King for life. All you haters out there hope eating crow taste good. I can,t believe how some of you were so quick to ride BROWN off. I know it,s only one game, but give our cap some credit.
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SLIM Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:29 pm
@KingCharlesofSalLake,
Unfortunately this might raise the talk also..
A lot of GM’s are looking at this…
The return could be eye catching..
I’m not advocating this..Just weighing the possibilities..
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39scars Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:39 pm
@SLIM, Ovi Malkin or nothing
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bmova Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:45 pm
@39scars, Kopi has more points than Ovi. Just saying!
“I think if we get into those scoring areas more often, we’ll start scoring goals”
ya think?
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DesertKing Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:28 pm
@dMan,
Fer sure. Tonights offense was completely different from what we have seen in the past while under TM and DS. More aggressive, going to the net and taking shots from the slot.
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DEH Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:31 pm
@DesertKing, DS said it in the pre-game, he was going to let the boys play!
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PRMan Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 6:45 am
@DesertKing, It’s what we’ve been saying, go to the slot and take shots from the center of the ice. And screen the goalie. In your own zone, play your defense the way you always have.
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put Brown on the same line as Stoll!! I don’t care if it’s the 1st 2nd or 3rd line, there was chemistry there last year and there is chemistry there now. Put those two together and magic will happen.
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Stuart Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 8:51 am
@DEH, YES!!!
Great game by DB! I think the Kings were shaken, not stirred, by moving JJ… crazy how Foxy kept talking about “trusting” each other out there…trust that they won’t make a disastrous turnover at any moment? IDK, but I like it!
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Good point about the penalty kill. The officiating was total crap tonight.
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KC23 Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 9:14 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, yeah the officals were horrible. Was sitting next to a die hard Hawks fan and we both were rolling our eyes at each other laughing as the ref blew calls in both directions.
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PRMan Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 6:46 am
@KC23, You know it’s bad when…
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Like Snoops been saying. Dustin Brown is the heart and soul if this team.
Dude brings it every night. DB should be a king for life.
Awesome win. Let’s carry this effort over to Monday and Tuesday’s games.
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SLIM Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 8:32 pm
@Snoop dogg,
For shizzle..
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Bla bla bla Lombardi is an idiot if he trades me
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Nice opening goal Dustin.
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Crownme87 Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 9:18 pm
@Mikey J., and rebound goal and breakaway short handed goal!!!!!
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For real. This guy should be a King for his whole career. I dont care what otherd say. DB is a Beast!
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Carter got a hat trick too before he got traded …
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Brown served me some crow, no problem eating it for 4-0
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This is what happens when we enter the zones with speed. Too many times we enter the zone in 1st or 2nd gear.
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Great game Dustin Brown. What a way to end your stay in LA if that is what comes to be. You are the Captain and deserve to wear that C on your chest. You gave 100% each and every night regardless of whether or not you were 100% physically and led by example. You are the only remaining member of the 2003-04 team you were drafted onto. It angers me when I read the disrespectful remarks some make about you on this site. You’ve struggled some this year but so have many others. If you are traded, all the best to you. If you stay, DO NOT give up that C on your jersey to anyone. Let them earn the damn thing just as you did.
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Brown greatly increased his trade value tonight. Thanks Brownie
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Hopefully the C on sweater can also represent something else……. Consistency! Keep it going Dustin!
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BROWNIE….It’s ok not to always say “we” need to be better….It’s ok to be selfish and think about your self sometimes. YOu have to play better…and Kopi should say that about himself. you never hear Kobi Bryant say we as much as he says “I have to play better” After a while it rubs off…..
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wes Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 10:47 pm
@tellmeY, it’s specifically a team captain’s job to talk “we”. “we” is what a captain is for. there is no “i” in team. Brown is the classiest guy on this roster. and after Quick, the most effective. may be in the process of leading the team in goals score for the 3rd time in the last 5 years.
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Lack of Consistency is my only problem with Brownie.
If he played like this all the time you would not be able to say he is not a top six forward because you would have to say he is a top three forward!!
I love this guy and if he gets traded I am getting a DL voodoo doll !
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Brownie played like a guy who didn’t want to lose his wife to a new teammate.
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Craig Swanson Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 11:40 pm
@DEH, hahahahahahaha
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Brownie showed his potential to be a pure goal scorer tonight. Not just a power forward everyone thinks he is but has a scoring touch in it. When you look at how he scored the goals, right handed left winger sees the space, cuts to the middle and pick the corner, on the rebound, forehand – backhand(with no panic … I’m looking at some players you know who), on the breakaway, nice little tap with soft hands between goalies legs(again with no panic), those are the kinds of goals all those 30-40 goal scorers around the league showing off on the highlight reel. Brown is still not at his prime. He still have tons of upsides at age of 25. Brian Burke wants him? In your dream!
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jacky boy Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 9:57 pm
@goldielocks, I dont think Brown can be a 35 goal scorer but I wouldnt trade him bc his cap hit is great and he can score 25 goals. Def a great 2nd liner
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king o' philly Reply:
February 25th, 2012 at 10:26 pm
@goldielocks,
“pure goal scorer” is hyperbole. you gotta admit.
nonetheless, he scored 3 and the whole team looked more aggressive.
they went to the slot. the hard areas. it payed off bigtime.
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Awsome Capt. Brown! DS…put Stoll up with Brown and Kopi, and put Williams with Richards and Carter. We’ll rock the Western Conference!
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I’d still rather have pommeville – I was at game and he finished great, something he has struggled with for some time – great to see and we really needed the W
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It’s a start towards the right direction…the win that is…but i am so happy for DB, …a natural hat trick! Are you kidding me!!! First King to have a hat trick all season and it’s Dusty! Nice job…I hope that wasn’t an audition for some other team….Carter looked pretty good too in his Kings debut…I HOPE this is a sign of good things to come….GKG!
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I believe that’s 17 = the Kings leading scorer (tied w/ Kopi). I’m not sure there are enough napkins to go around with all the egg-dripping faces here (we now who you are). Go DB! Go Kings!
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TiredOfIt Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 12:05 am
@KingsATX, One game? Please
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TiredOfIt Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 12:07 am
@TiredOfIt, 17? He should have 25 or 30…He’s a top 3 forward on this team…well, he was
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KingsATX Reply:
February 27th, 2012 at 7:27 am
@TiredOfIt, For 2x the money, it’s Kopitar and Richards that should have the 25-30. Look at $/goal – Brown is definitely not the problem.
KingsATX Reply:
February 27th, 2012 at 7:50 am
@TiredOfIt, Hardly one game, his 6 GW goals (career high, team leading) might jog your memory… especially when compared to: Kopi=1, Richards=0, Williams=0, etc.
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Sean Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 2:00 am
@KingsATX, HAHA I couldn’t agree more. Let’s keep it going boys, hopefully this momentum is gonna carry forward. If Willie says he’s staying in LA because he wants a cup, I think there’s something to be said. Every team struggles sometimes (oh god have we), but I’ve always been true to LA and always will. Gkg.
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DL will trade brown if someone overpays otherwise no way. GO KINGS GO
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Did anyone notice that Brown didn’t do his “jump on the ice and start steam rolling people” thing. Normally, that’s his routine. He forechecks hard and finishes his checks almost every shift… I was there and I didn’t notice that tonight. He was acting more like a center thinking about scoring and creating chances .. than about runs at people (which I’m not saying is a bad thing). Maybe that made the difference.
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Duncanz Reply:
February 26th, 2012 at 12:43 am
@Yellow Pants, I remember a hit or two but yes, that might just be the key right there. If Jordan Nolan can be coaxed into that role of offensive-hitter-in-chief, along with measured support from Kyle Clifford, it would sure free up Brownie to do what he does next best, but what we sorely need him to do best!
And that is to score prolifically going forward, just as he did tonight!!
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On a truly great night for Dustin and the Kings, the only thing that bothers me is the comment that the difference for this game was that they prepared the right way. So what’s been going wrong in the area of preparation for so long and why hasn’t it been rooted out and addressed before now?!! That should really be a part of the captaincy thing as well as the coaching.
As far as the minimizing of mistakes and turnovers, this game was certainly a night and day difference from so many of the performances of recent weeks that have placed us in grave danger of being out of the play-off reckoning altogether.
I’m going to celebrate this rousing victory, but really hold the hope that the ‘preparation’ for the remaining 20 games will
be just as impressive as was displayed vs Chicago.
With the West being once again so super-compressed at the make-or-break end of the standings (Positions 3,6-13), and an ever tougher schedule coming up right now, The Kings are really, really going to need it to be!!
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prolly should sit on Dusty and see if he takes his ‘C’ for real. bringin in Carter, dishing out JJ, this might get our Cap’n into the gear he needs to find his best game. if a trade for DB is imminent, then do it in the off season and give him his due diligence of these remaining games of the season/playoffs out of respect. he’s far from our best captain, but the dude hasnt always had much around him. always have respect for what he’s tried to do for this team over the years. go Kings!
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I was so happy for Brownie! Hope that ends the rumor mill.
Voynov was awesome too. What did he have, 3 or 4 shots on goal, and not one single head fake?
I think he only missed the net once or got it blocked. Thats awesome.
Stoll was a beast. Even pancakes looked good – looked like he could have had his own hat trick tonight.
I think now any and all pressure is off Penner, he might actually perform much better. We’ll see. If he can mange 10 goals in the last 20 games, he might save himself a roster spot.
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I would like to hear the “trade brown” and “browns not a captain” fellas input after tonight. Oh and the Stoll haters as well (not that I can honestly blame anyones criticism, but I’m tired of hearing some of you saying you’re “done” with the Kings and being such fatalists about the team)
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So maybe we should keep this guy for a while
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Oh captain my captain.
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I am glad they performed this way at home…We need to show this lrvrl of intensity 3 games in a row at least until it sticks permanently.
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Way to go Brownie! Kings just need the same intensity for the rest of the season and we’ll be fine.
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I would say Brown may have been slightly motivated. Great to see the hats come flying last night!
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