Jeff Carter went to the rink for today’s morning skate but never got out of his suit. Carter wore a walking boot and actually left the arena on crutches. I caught Carter for a brief chat, and it sounds highly doubtful that his injured ankle will allow him to play before Monday, at the earliest.
CARTER: “It’s pretty sore. I think we’re just being precautious right now, keeping the weight off it and stuff like that.”
Question: Have they given you any kind of a timetable?
CARTER: “No, we’ll wait until we get back to see our doctors and stuff like that.”
Question: How did you get hurt?
CARTER: “I caught my toe going to get a puck along the boards. I hit one of their guys’ skates and just rolled it off.”
Question: You had a bit of an ankle injury earlier this season, right? A sprain?
CARTER: “Yeah, but that was nothing. One game, I think.”
Not a good sign.
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Weasel Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 12:43 pm
@DesertKing,
Think positive thoughts!
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Shakes Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:28 pm
@Weasel, …but at least he saved $200 on his auto insurance?
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JOSH Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:46 pm
@Weasel, but that will only make YOU feel better.
We need Carts to heal. hoping he’s not out long.
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Duncanz Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:02 pm
@DesertKing, He will rise again …
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Shakes Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:28 pm
@Duncanz, Easter is around the corner…
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DesertKing Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 2:00 pm
@DesertKing,
Maybe we should make him sleep at a Holiday Inn?
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Kingsfanone Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
@DesertKing,
Maybe that’s where he bumped his toe at in the first place.
Unless you’re thinking about a return to the scene of the crime?
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IceGuy Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 6:14 pm
@Kingsfanone,
How about giving Kompon a night off!
Carts can wear his suit! Wait … he’s already IN his suit!
Perfect.
Yikes! “Wait until we see our doctors…”
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fuzzerson Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
@Michael J., or “wait until next year”
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hopefully the boys manage to pull off 3 straight wins here and Carts can come back in a week… sprained ankles are a… let’s just say not good.
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Duncanz Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:04 pm
@Stuart, Carterstrophic?
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vinny Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:54 pm
@Duncanz, lol nice..cartaclysmic cartastrophy?
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ForumFan Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 3:35 pm
@vinny, surprising that DS doesn’t have any horse liniment handy in his back pocket actually.
lvkingaholic Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:19 pm
@Stuart, had my upper ankle sprain for almost a month now…… but i’m an old turd and dont’ heal worth a damn either……..
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40YearKingsFan Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 2:04 pm
@lvkingaholic, I know the feeling. I’m an old turd also and just you talking about an upper ankle sprain has made my ankle hurt.
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Untimely, does this mean we revert to the usual ~1 goal/game average now? :/
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40YearKingsFan Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
@Christian, That would be the logical assumption, but something tells me the team is much more likely to overcome adversity now than we were a month ago. I think they’re
going to going to surprise everyone by how well they respond. Now is the time for leaders to be leaders.
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luc20rules Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 5:29 pm
@Christian, I think Richardson steps up and plays with tons of energy for 3 to 4 games, before all that effort starts slowing him down. When put on the top line he usually has a small run then runs out of steam.
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Thats what happens when you use your toes!!!
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Duncanz Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
@Jack, Don’t be a bad influence.
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ArmChairKingsFan Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:11 pm
@Jack, I guess figure skaters have a toe-pick for a reason
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InTheCrease Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 2:35 pm
@ArmChairKingsFan, Yeah, much better than using your teeth…
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I’ve re-read his one quote of catching his toe 5 times and as a guy whose played hockey competitively for 16 years, I can’t for the life of me figure out what he means by catching his toe on another skate and rolling it off?? Makes it sound like he was wearing sandals on the ice? Any doctors out there?
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wavesinair Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 12:50 pm
@KINGCANADA87,
I read it simply as the skating equivalent to steeping on a someone’s foot just like going for a rebound in basketball. I’ve done that a few times and man does that hurt. Of course, I’m sure rolling an ankle happens in baseball too, but… well you know.
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KINGCANADA87 Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:01 pm
@wavesinair, Pro skates have toes that are made out of kevlar reinforced ballistic nylon, which is then even further wrapped by an outer protecting fabric… pretty darn tough to hurt your toes by being stepped on.
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wavesinair Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
@KINGCANADA87,
I guess I wasn’t clear. I think he stepped on another skate and ‘rolled’ his ankle.
mrbrett7 Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 12:52 pm
@KINGCANADA87, I was just trying to figure that out as well. I’ve never heard that before.
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KINGCANADA87 Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 12:52 pm
@KINGCANADA87, You guys remember in 1994 when Doug Gilmour played with a broken ankle against Chicago… The makeup of players has changed over the course of 25 years…
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Duncanz Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:10 pm
@KINGCANADA87, They should go back to wearing the old makeup.
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mrbrett7 Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:17 pm
@KINGCANADA87, Big difference in playing in the finals vrs. fighting to get into the playoffs.
Sandstrom played with a stress fracture in his leg the year the Kings went to the finals.
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PRMan Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 6:33 am
@mrbrett7,
I think you misspelled “broken femur”. My favorite goal was when the defenseman lifted his good leg over his head while he skated in and put it in on the backhand.
apol21 Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
@KINGCANADA87, have also played for 15+ years and don’t know what he means. But it doesn’t sound like a one-game thing, especially an ankle injury for a bigger guy like Carter.
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mrbrett7 Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:16 pm
@apol21, Yeah…I was thinking that as well.
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Osaka Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 5:15 pm
@KINGCANADA87, I’ve done the same thing as Jeff. Toe of the skate caught the back of another skate while taking a stride and putting weight down on the leg. The foot is behind you so you sort of roll the ankle when you put the weight down.
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If one game is ‘nothing’ and this is clearly ‘something’ then I’ll guess he’s out one week, making him ready for the back2back shark-attack. What you got to say about that, Jack?
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BigSeeGas Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
@wavesinair, i like it, short, it rhymes. but hey i can live with that. 1 week and back at 100% for playoffs.
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Duncanz Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:17 pm
@wavesinair, “It’s not a Shark. It’s bacon”
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LA_1968 Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:44 pm
@wavesinair,
I hope they say “sprain” when back in LA. Anything more is probably curtains this year.
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CB14 Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 3:50 pm
@wavesinair, Yeah, doesn’t sound very promising.
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Heal up soon Jeff…and stuff like that.
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Cricket Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:08 pm
@Darren, haha
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TheAcaciaStrain Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:19 pm
@Darren, that was funny i loled
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
@Darren, That’s the Philly dialect for “obviously”
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I’m okay with Richardson in there in that the Oil have lots of speed but are young, so best to press the forecheck and make them make young mistakes early, and Richardson is excellent at that.
Need another strong 1st period!
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come on Kings have no time to lose players….
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Duncanz Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 4:01 pm
@KingsFanFTW, It seems a foolish thing to do at a time like this … we need a winning streak.
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IceGuy Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 6:17 pm
@Duncanz,
Oh, come on now, it’s been PLAYOFF HOCKEY for the last couple of weeks.
You expect injuries when it’s this intense.
This is exactly why Richardson is there.
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Simple just tel richardson we are playing colorado and hypnotize him….
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Steve Jensen Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 12:57 pm
@hip-check,
LMAO. Good one.
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mrbrett7 Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:17 pm
@hip-check, Didn’t help against Colorado this year.
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Toe Pick!!
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Jeff Carter is our Rob Gronkowski. Ugh.
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Sounds like a case of Toe-jam-roll, toe-jam-skate-roll. Skates don’t roll, cant figure this one out. Hopefully “our Doctors” can.
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Remember Tomas Sandstrom playing with broken leg in the 91 playoffs? Carter…. take note.
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Gail Web Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
@Dan, My fav player, feel better Jeff and get well soon!
Go Kings Go!
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Duncanz Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 4:03 pm
@Gail Web, Man, you must have been around longer than 22 years!
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I think we may be reading more into it then we need to – the Kings are being precautious on his ankle to keep weight off so it heals quicker. I just had a bad sprain and i could limp around but the doctors basically said it will only fully get better in 2-4 weeks of rest, but you can speed it up by using crutches. I’m pretty sure if this were the playoffs he’d be in.
A sprain is strained ligaments (i believe) so barring any tear, he just needs to rest as much as he can, not much else you can do.
By saying his foot rolled off someone else’s skate, i think he just means that he stepped and his foot didn’t come flat on the ice and it rolled funny as he put more weight on it
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Duncanz Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:21 pm
@Shakes, I have some helpful advice for you and your ankle ….
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Shakes Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
@Duncanz, …”this isn’t baseball”?…
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Duncanz Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
@Shakes, … “shake it off!”
IceGuy Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 6:18 pm
@Duncanz,
Rub some dirt on it?
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FiG17 Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:55 pm
@Shakes,
This is what I’ve been thinking too. It all sounds precautionary and that’s what I’m going to tell myself until further notice. lol
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Luckily it doesn’t look like Kopi’s injury from last year….last few games we are all going to be on pins and needles each time out until the playoffs start. GKG!
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Duncanz Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:28 pm
@Carlsbad Kings Fan, Let’s all hope_Jeff_doesn’t require needles and pins …
@Stuart, @variable … ?
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0 – 2 vs. the Oilers this season. Pretty sure that means it’s our turn to win!
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Lake Forest Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:21 pm
@Eldoret, Yeah I said that with Colorado……
Again when expectation is there we lose.
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Duncanz Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:34 pm
@Lake Forest,
” … And when we lose, we wake up in a pink Sharts shirt at a company retreat.
Don’t wake up in a pink Sharts shirt at a company retreat! (Get Direct TV)”
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Lake Forest Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:51 pm
@Duncanz, All I want is the cup. I’m not asking for too much!
What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
@Eldoret, Usually, it means they match up well against the Kings. I wish statistics worked that way (in this case) but I don’t. I expect the Kings to have their heads screwed on straight or lose.
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I guess this ankle injury is worse then expected? We are going to need this guy. I do have faith in Richardson. Dude plays balls out. Hope he scores a goal tonight, so some of you guys will stop bagging on him. He’s just as much part of this team than anyone else. I’m sure he’ll fill in nicely. The Oil will not just lay down tonight, I’m sure they will be ready. I could care less what other teams are doing at this point. All that matters is winning and moving on to the next game. It’s getting a bit much with all this who’s playing who stuff. I guess for others it’s a way to be entertained, but for me I just want to see the Kings win… Every game!!!
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Duncanz Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:42 pm
@King Charles of Salt Lake,
I’m going shopping before tonight’s mumbo jumbo.
Would you like to come along?
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King Charles of Salt Lake Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 2:06 pm
@Duncanz, Yes I’ll take a mumbo jumbo and some fries pleeese. Do you think we could go down to my basement to watch the game? My mom is going out tonight with the Direct Tv installer so I have the house to myself. I need a friend also. Hey Mate?
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Lake Forest Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 2:06 pm
@King Charles of Salt Lake, lol
Duncanz Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 4:10 pm
@King Charles of Salt Lake, Sorry, I have three birthdays and a toy store opening to attend …
I’m the clown.
Get well soon Carter. There is a reason Richardson is our worst plus/minus player.
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Duncanz Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:44 pm
@KC23, Was he on the ice with JJ a lot?
(sorry, Dom)
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Scot Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:53 pm
@Duncanz,
Lol
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ForumFan Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 3:27 pm
@Duncanz, JJ…gone, but apparently not forgotten. Or is that forgiven?
could have used your help on ‘Morning Skate Update’ today btw
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ForumFan Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
(aka Friday Skate Update)
Longsuffering Jackets Fan Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 6:06 pm
@Duncanz, JMFJ is +3 with our terrible team. Being paired on many nights with random call ups and seeing around 30min a game playing infront of terrible goaltending. Enjoy Jeff “the lamb” Carter, he’s all flash and no heart, good luck getting him to play through a splinter much less another injury.
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This is nothing compare to Kopi going down late in the season. At least, it sounds like Carts can come back and play.
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LA_1968 Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
@goldielocks, What a nightmare that was. You knew it right away. Still nervous something like that happening any time soon.
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40YearKingsFan Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 2:39 pm
@LA_1968, I don’t even like speaking of it!
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
@40YearKingsFan, Yeah, no kidding. Don’t want to think about it, talk about it, etc.
luc20rules Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 5:38 pm
@goldielocks, Deadmarsh & Allison basically both career ending injuries (Allison played about 3 years later, but was a shell of himself for Toronto for a couple of years) in the same playoff series vs Colorado. Still took them to 7 games, but as I remember neither boarding was called. But you have to give it to Colorado they charged then hit hard right between the numbers. So much for cheaters never prospering they won the cup that year. Wow, its been 10 years and I am still bitter.
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I find this interesting.
Willie Mitchel 71 games played. 5 goals and 14 assists and a +16 paired with a rookie most the season. Never gets PP time.
Jarret Stoll 73 games played. 5 goals, 14 assists and a +4 regularly playing on our PP.
Pretty sad when your stay at home defenseman playing with a rookie can keep up with your one of your PP centers.
Stoll would make an excellent 4th line center, but our 3rd line needs to be upgraded in the worst way.
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He Shoots, He Scores Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:49 pm
@KC23,
Appreciate the faceoff ability, but would it kill him to have some discipline? Always running people from behind with his elbows up…not sure who’s worse between him and Greene…
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purple and gold Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:50 pm
@KC23, he is out there to win the faceoff, as long as he is wining them he is worth it on the power play. We have enough trouble getting the pp to enter the zone. If we lost precious faceoff wins in the o zone on the pp we might not have a pp goal all season (im exagerating but I think you get the point.) Not to mention Stoll played out of position and with a lackadaisical penner, and a post concussed Richards for a good portion of the season, that would hurt anyone’s production.
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BigMikeonD Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 2:03 pm
@KC23, You do know that PP doesn’t count for the +/- correct?
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luuc Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 2:36 pm
@BigMikeonD,
I was thinking the same thing at first, but I take he mentions that more to point out how well Mitchell has done having to “cover” for a rookie. Flipside of that though, I would say Stoll’s line has gotten a lot of the top defensive matchups throughout the year, so that hurts +/- too.
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Let’s hope he’s back for the SJ games at a minimum. Edmonton gives us trouble, Minnesota is a real tough back-to-back…without Carter for the time being, I wouldn’t be surprised to see us go 2-2-1 down the last 5 games.
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KC23 Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 1:58 pm
@He Shoots, He Scores, People forget that last game against the Wild they had just pulled off a very unpopular trade and it was the new guys first game. The next game with the Wild will be difficult. I’m hoping we can get by the Oilers tonight.
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Can’t let one injury ruin a team…this team ain’t s*it if they dwell on that. Remember Kopi last year? Only one thing has changed: new coach. Interesting to see how they handle this before Carter gets back.
I have faith this team will make the post season and be the ones responsible to knock the Sharks out of the playoffs…
Go Kings Go!!!!
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
@Vegas13, I guess you don’t remember what a “powerhouse” this team was before Carter….
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Don’t know if this has been said, I assuming Richardson was in warmups for the last few games because of carters injury. If that’s true it means the injury has gotten worse or Sutter thinks that we can handle the next few games without him. Carters line seems to have been a bit lacking the last 2 games or so.
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KC23 Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 2:03 pm
@purple and gold, I think you’re exactly right. This didn’t happen the last game it happened against Boston. I think DS’s thinking was to get a win Vs Calgary and then give Carter’s foot a rest until Monday. If we win the next two I wouldn’t be surprised if Carter sits for Monday’s game as well.
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King Charles of Salt Lake Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
@KC23, Remember if the Kings can somehow get deep into the playoffs, i’m coming out for some Mexican food!!!
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KC23 Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
@King Charles of Salt Lake, I believe you meant to say “WHEN the Kings get deep into the playoffs …”
Why are the Kings waiting until next week to have his ankle evaluated? If he’s not going to play “until Monday at the earliest,” then why not send him back to L.A. to get his ankle checked out?
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KC23 Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 2:35 pm
@Rainman, Yeah, there are a couple of things that make you wonder about this injury. Richardson coming out for the early skate in Calgary and the next week eval thing.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 3:03 pm
@Rainman, I should have read your post before I typed just about exactly the same thing!
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The next question should be…’If it was game#1 of the playoffs, would you be able to go?’
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Time for the female blogger who was responsible for our last two losses because she didnt wear the appropriate purple garmets. Time to step it up with some garmet redundancy.
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Duncanz Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 3:53 pm
@Kings x, After those losses, I’ll bet she was a … howling @Gail !
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Kingsfanone Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 5:26 pm
@Kings x,
You’re not thinking Garmet Mentality, are you?
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Luc Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 5:37 pm
@Kings x, thanks for the reminder I better go put on my purple Calvin’s.
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Great!! Now we just pray We don’t lose the next two
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Why wait? Why not get the hell back to LA and see a doctor now? If this is potentially serious, the team needs to know ASAP.
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Why does he have to wait until they get back to LA? Doesn’t Edmonton have competent doctors to evaluate his injur.. oh, never mind.
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Duncanz Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 3:57 pm
@Darrell, LOL! Very nice dig there, # @Misspelt 1st Name
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Boy, by the time Carter can get back in, the Kings may be eliminated by then. This team has been struggling lately WITH Carter in the lineup, what do they think they are capable of without him in?
I love the support and the optimism, but seriously, this situation looks pretty grim. The analysts are saying they need to bring the same kind of play they had against Calgary. Is everyone forgeting that included Carter?
Does anyone remember what this team looked like BEFORE Carter got here? That doesn’t bode well for the remaining games of the season, especially if Carter is (suprise!) out for the remainder of the regular season.
The Kings are in the position that they can’t lose a single game now. That’s reality.
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DBking Reply:
March 30th, 2012 at 4:31 pm
@Kingsfanone, Carter hasn’t been a show stopper the past 3-4 games. Well be fine til he’s fit to return.
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Too many bloggers sound as if Carter’s injury will force the team to play 4-5 for the entire game the rest of the way.
Come on, cheer for Richardson. He’s hot to trot!! Carter will be back fully healed for the playoffs.
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Carter I good, really good at that no doubt. But the reason I think we are winning a lot is the mental thought that he is on our team. I believe we can still win without him. Goals early goals. Let’s go kings. I don’t want any spoilers tonight
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Most guys dont lace ‘em up all the way, or at least not tightly up on top. Check out this picture and you can clearly see how he could’ve rolled the ankle a bit.
http://media.lehighvalleylive.com/sports_impact/photo/jeff-carter-skating-5c8337686ac7f127.jpg
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Jackets fan here – Get use to his glass feet. Carter will not play injured. Thanks for Jack Johnson. He’s a beast. He will single handedly turn our Defense around!
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