Rob Scuderi’s postgame thoughts…
(on the game…)
SCUDERI: “First of all, we’re disappointed about tonight. No excuses, the trip, nothing like that. We’re disappointed. But to take a step back and look at the trip as a whole, I think five out of eight points is about what we needed. Four would have been acceptable, but five or six makes it good. It could have been great. We gave up a point in the shootout there, after giving up the lead, but like I said, all things considered it’s not a bad trip for us.’’
(on rebounding from the first period…)
SCUDERI: “No excuses, but to me it’s more mental. When you make a trip like that, blah blah blah, whatever you want to say, it’s not so much about the physical element of playing hockey. It’s more about the mental side of things. Mentally, you’re a little slow. You’re not as sharp. Once we got through the first period, we got some of the crap out of our system and out of our heads and I thought, the rest of the game, we played fine.’’
(on facing a team that has nothing to lose…)
SCUDERI: “I don’t really look at the other team. For us, where we are right now in the standings, we need the points bad. It doesn’t matter whether we’re playing a team that’s in it or out of it. But to their credit, I thought they played very well. They didn’t give up too much. I thought they played real tight defensively. They had a couple good speed rushes, a couple good opportunities, and they really made us work for what we got tonight.’’
Stop worrying about the other team…king fans…If we are as good as we hope…they will win the next 3..if not…Lots of games early in the season that will come back to haunt us….Remember all the fans saying..dont worry its early???? Every point counts…even in the beginning….We have now lost more games then we have won…
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Duncanz Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 8:59 pm
@neil, I paid you a compliment on the Game thread. Think it got misunderstood ‘cos when I went back it was scrubbed.
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Lake Forest Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 9:24 pm
@Duncanz, did you say he was pretty in pink or just me?
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Duncanz Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 11:42 pm
@Lake Forest,
And as for you, you freshwater non-Tennesseean predator you, I noticed you endorsaling your Shirks for a win in the ‘Game 79′ thread but I gave it a pass in the interests of courtesy and civility.
Last time I make that mistake !
neil Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 9:27 pm
@Duncanz, Thanks even if i dont know what you said!!!
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Duncanz Reply:
April 1st, 2012 at 11:22 am
@neil, Words to the effect off, it was nice to read someone (yourself) posting with their own intelligence instead of blindly and biassedly following the party line, esp re how the calls were supposedly costing us the game.
1. Did Richardson get a star?
2. How does the tie breaker work after ROW
3. is making beer difficult?
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Jeff_R Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 8:45 pm
@socalkings, The tie breaker is like this….
1)ROW
2)Pts gotten in season series between the tiebreaking teams
3)Goal Differential
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tkecanuck341 Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 9:18 pm
@Jeff_R,
Here are the tiebreaker stats against teams we are competing with:
Kings vs Sharks:
Kings: 33 Regulation/OT Wins
Sharks: 31 Regulation/OT Wins (32 if they beat Dallas tonight, currently winning 3-0)
Season Series Points: Kings 5, Sharks 4 (2 more games to play)
Kings vs. Phoenix
Kings: 33 Regulation/OT Wins
Coyotes: 33 Regulation/OT Wins (assuming they win tonight, currently winning 4-0)
Season Series Points: Kings 8, Coyotes 7 (0 more games to play)
Kings vs. Dallas
Kings: 33 Regulation/OT Wins
Stars: 35 Regulation/OT Wins (assuming they lose tonight, currently losing 3-0)
Season Series Points: Kings 8, Stars 5
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tkecanuck341 Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 9:24 pm
@Jeff_R, If the Kings and Sharks both win or both lose their last game not against each other, then split the head to head games with the Kings winning one in Shootouts and the Sharks winning one in Regulation, it is possible that we go down to the 4th tiebreaker with the Sharks (goals for/against differential), as both teams would have the same # of points, regulation/overtime wins, and 7 points each in the season series between them.
The kings currently are +15 in goals for/against, and the Sharks are +13 (including the +3 from tonight).
I wonder what happens if all 4 tiebreakers are tied?
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Jeff_R Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 11:29 pm
@tkecanuck341, I don’t know. Hope we don’t have to find out.
Dominick Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 8:49 pm
@socalkings,
On question 1, MO! friggen lame that 3 guys who scored 1 goal between them took all the stars away from the 1 guy in the game who scored 2 goals.
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CB14 Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 9:01 pm
@Dominick, I was always a Curly fan myself.
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Dominick Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 9:20 pm
@CB14, Damn “M” is next to the “N”! Who put that thing there?
I don’t try to hide the fact that I suck on the keyboard, but……..I suck on the keyboard.
Duncanz Reply:
April 1st, 2012 at 12:10 am
@DoMonick, And what’s mo’ lame … is what a bad day you’re having at the movies!
Get the picture?
tellmeY Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 8:50 pm
@socalkings, I love question 3….no it is not….well…more difficult to Make than Drink!!!
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Kman Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 9:11 pm
@socalkings,
Making GOOD beer is what’s difficult.
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scuds . . . the voice of a veteran and of reason. luv that guy! unsung hero . . . he and willie.
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with PHX winning, do we keep 3rd?
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Jeff_R Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 8:52 pm
@Jack, Yes. We have the tei breaker over them (Season Series and Goal Differential.) The oonly team we don’t have the tie breaker over is Dallas which is why we need to keep them behind us.
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Jack Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 8:56 pm
@Jeff_R, oh goody..i will sleep better tonite..
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DesertKing Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 8:56 pm
@Jeff_R,
I think Dallas is done. They got nothing left.
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Jeff_R Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 9:00 pm
@DesertKing, I would like them to make it to the playoffs. More so that Sj doesn’t.
Kman Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 9:19 pm
@Jack,
Kings will be back 2 points up on Phoenix (+ tiebraker) after a win on Mon. night.
Jackets @ Yotes Tues…
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3-0 Sharks. Yea Sharks.
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Kman Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 9:01 pm
@Jeff_R,
Just what we need to put the SOL behind us. 20 Reg. minutes away from staying in front with 3 TO GO !!
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help Jeff or anyone..If the Kings win 2 out of 3 and Dallas wins their last 3…we would be behind Dallas..Right???
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neil Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 8:56 pm
@neil, But we would be ahead of S.J.?? cause one of our wins would be against S.J. Right??? Just win all 3 and now I wont have to figure it out..Iam trying to study for my Baseball Draft tomorrow!!!!
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Jeff_R Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 9:22 pm
@neil, This is if Dallas loses tonight. The Kings have 91 and Dallas has 89. The Kings can’t catch the Stars in ROW so they need to finish at least 1 point ahead of the Stars. They can however tie Phoenix and San Jose as they have the tiebreaker on both of them, so they would have the edge there. So if the Kings win 2 out of 3 and get to 95 points the Stars will have to lose 1 out of 3 for the Kings to be ahead of them. If the Kings win all 3 then it doesn’t matter what Dallas does, as long as the Sharks win the game tonight.
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I think this OT loss will actually ground the team to play better against Edmonton on monday….
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Jeff_R Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 9:03 pm
@Jack, It also helps they play the Ducks the night before.
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Dominick Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 9:10 pm
@Jack, Having the day off tomorrow, and a mandatory Monday skate will probably help too.
3:45 check in, no morning skate, along with starting Berneir after sitting so long. End of a long roadtrip. Too many things going on, and too many reasons for a struggle.
Lets get back to a routine, then beware the rest of the NHL as we close the season out with 3 games in California.
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Good effort by the Kings tonight. The Kings will remain in 3rd place as long as San Jose beats Dallas in regulation. So far near the end of the second period the Sharks are up 3 goals to 0. The Kings own the tie breaker against the Coyotes due to goal differential 13 to 12 in head to head in favor of the Kings.
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Jeff_R Reply:
March 31st, 2012 at 9:01 pm
@Cesar A, Sharks can win in OT also as Dallas would have 90 points if they got 1. But yes I rather it be in Regulation.
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richards had a pretty wide open net in OT that he shot back towards the goalie instead of going for the empty part of the net. wasn’t so much a great save as more of a missed opportunity.
Next 3 games should be wins, but sharks are going to be determined so lets finish them off right!
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any word on Carter?
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scuderi’s a good guy to have. Stand up guy & knows what it feels like to win the cup….
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