The St. Louis Blues will make a couple lineup changes for Game 4 tomorrow, per the team’s official Twitter account, with Ryan Reaves expected to replace B.J. Crombeen on the fourth line and Ian Cole expected to replace Carlo Colaiacovo on defense.
Crombeen has one goal and zero assists in seven playoff games. Reaves played one game in the first-round series against San Jose and, in the regular season, had three goals, one assist and 124 penalty minutes in 60 games. Colaiacovo has three assists and a plus-1 rating in seven playoff games. Cole replaced injured Alex Pietrangelo in Game 2 against the Kings and was a healthy scratch in Game 3. Cole played 26 regular-season games, with one goal and five assists. Click below for the latest on the Blues from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch…
Yet another change that shows the Kings have thoroughly confused the blues. Almost reminds me of the musical lines that TM used to play.
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@puck73 Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 5:17 pm
@vplaza, TM….perplexed, bewildered, dumbfounded.
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vplaza Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 5:52 pm
@@puck73,
Lol
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Kenny44 Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 8:47 pm
@@puck73, Still don’t understand insisted on Perplexed out of position on left wing like that.
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Colaiacovo’s been pretty brutal.
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RedBear Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 5:27 pm
@cjms, he looked like he was playing hurt. I think that’s the reason for these changes, putting in healthier players.
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What’s Reaves going to do? Fight and try to injure everyone? That’s like the Kings dressing Westgarth after being down 3 to zip
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BringbackButchGoring Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 5:12 pm
@Klong, Well from Hitchcock’s perspective, he’s got to try to do something different or the haters will be out in full force. We are definitely controlling the physical play in my opinion, which is something that few teams were able to do against the Blues this year. In any event, he’s just replacing a scrub for a more physical scrub.
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Kenny44 Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 8:48 pm
@Klong, Crombeen has been taking dumb penalties anyway, might as well give the other meathead a chance
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 11:01 pm
@Kenny44, Crombeen has really hurt his team. I might have benched him already if I knew who would replace him and what he brings.
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Give it up Bluesers, your done, toast, over. Go home
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Duncanz Reply:
May 6th, 2012 at 1:25 am
@King Cobra, Slither back into your hole!
)
(that was for St Louis, not you, Cobra
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They should just change their charter flight time to 8:00 pm tonight….no reason to hand around and get schooled tomorrow!
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Jeff Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 5:17 pm
@Joey No-No, wrong attitude. Kings still need to win another game. It’s not over and it would be a big mistake to underestimate the Blues. Yes, the Kings have played well and taken the play to the Blues, but the Blues have a good team and are capable of winning.
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monkeyboy Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 5:27 pm
@Jeff,I agree with your take on this, but also find it interesting that the confidence shown by the team is rubbing off on us fans. Will be there tomorrow hoping to see the hand shakes!
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 11:02 pm
@Jeff, It’s not impossible to come back from 3-0, but this Kings team is not going to let the team that lost the first three games do that. I’m pretty comfortable, for this series, now that it’s 3-0.
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crashin' da net Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 5:50 pm
@Joey No-No, It’s taken the best Kings hockey so far to take it to the Blews. Do not count them out. They are hoping fresh physical guns will open up a whole in our defense. We have to come out hard and make them see that their effort is futile and accept the inevitable as early as possible.
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Bonvivant Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 10:27 pm
@crashin’ da net, I don’t think we’ve seen consistently Kings’ best hockey. That’s a scary thought.
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Does anyone remember how annoying cocky Sharks’ and Canucks’ fans were the last couple years? Can we lead by example as a fan base and not resort to being the same way? The Kings still have to beat a very good team one more time. Even then, there’s still 2 rounds to go after that. The Kings haven’t won squat. Yet. Just my 2 cents.
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RedBear Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 5:29 pm
@Lithium, AH GREED!
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EJ Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 5:43 pm
@Lithium, you can add my two cents too.
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neil Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 5:49 pm
@Lithium, still only the second round…Winning three games in the second round doenst get you anything ..right?? Same as winning the third round..right??? One game at a time.I know that this is not Baseball but when I coached my son in High School(He was a Pitcher).I told him…one pitch at a time…or you will lose…That is one of the reasons that DS is doing a great job..staying focus!!!
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HockeyNerd Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 5:52 pm
@Lithium, No, the Kings have to beat a very good team NINE more times…..
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HockeyNerd Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 5:54 pm
@HockeyNerd, Granted, not the same very good team.
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Forum gold Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 6:11 pm
@Lithium, Stay classy my friends. GO KINGS GO!!!
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Wilmonde Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 9:57 pm
@Lithium,
Agree 100%. A huge reason why the Sharks and Canucks are so hated is because their fans are obnoxious about them being the greatest teams to ever play the sport, and because their fans believe there is a proper ‘order’ to how well teams should be doing without realizing that all teams go through ups and downs as a direct result of the draft system.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 11:03 pm
@Lithium, Yeah, like, no brooms at Staples, eh?
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Andros Reply:
May 6th, 2012 at 12:13 am
@Lithium, Agreed, wholeheartedly.
I’ve always thought we have been the better fans, if that makes any sense. We know the ups, the downs. We’re waiting patiently and we’re ready for each game, each period, each minute.
Cheers to all Kings fans (even the ones who have snuck onto our bandwagon).
BELIEVE, brothers and sisters! BELIEVE!
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Watching the USA/Canada game I see the USA team didn’t have to change the uniform 23 as Brown is wearing it, JT Brown. Saved money on that.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 11:04 pm
@Jeff_R, I thought that was weird too. Also thought amateur hockey is starting to look like NASCAR with all the corporate sponsorships pasted everywhere humanly possible, including on players’ foreheads and shoulders.
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Steve W Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 11:11 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, Weird Skoda car logo on center ice, Skoda Cars in the stands, and referees with logos plastered on their shirts and helmets.
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Duncanz Reply:
May 6th, 2012 at 1:14 am
@Steve W,
Ahh, Skoda, coda, yoda!
I’ve heard it all before!
I have 3 tix for sale for tomorrows game. One in 300 for $125 and two in section 116 $225/ea. message me if you’re interested. Laura@imagegear.com GO KINGS!! Gonna be a GREAT GAME!!
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Duncanz Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 6:22 pm
@Laura, tried to send you an email, but not sending.
greenelawn26@gmail.com
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IwantTheCup Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 7:06 pm
@Duncanz, I just sent you an email…
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They have dispatched the GOON!!
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Duncanz Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 6:10 pm
@Kissmyblarneystones,
Do you think perhaps something ag-reaves them?
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Kissmyblarneystones Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 6:28 pm
@Duncanz,
I reckon we should dispatch our own pugilist and let the two of them neutralize each other. Reaves is going after Brown and Richards tomorrow. How desperate are they?
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 11:06 pm
@Kissmyblarneystones, I think it’s only as a replacement for Crombeen, who’s really hurt his team. I doubt it’s because they want him to goon it up.
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Off Topic: For those not going to the game, there’s a watch party in El Segundo at the Toyota Sports Center (the Kings practice facility).
Here’s all the info if you’re interested…
http://kingsnewsdaily.com/tsc-la-kings-watch-party-sunday-at-noon/
Hope to see you there!
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Jeff_R Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 6:05 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com), Would be there if I wasn’t at Staples. Have fun and hopefully a good time with the Kings hopefully clinching.
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Wilmonde Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 10:05 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com), Unfortunately, I live too far away to go to that, but I was looking at the page for it and it said the volume would be turned up. Might I suggest you guys have the volume turned down on the TVs and up on the radio so you can hear some real play-by-play and commentating from our very own announcers.
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I’m tempted to have someone pitch me a beer. Wish the screens wre bigger and more plentiful!
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From the SL Post-Dispatch ~
Hitch: “We’re getting done to us what we’ve done to teams all year”
Kings are doing unto others as they have done unto others – except the Kings!
Happy Cinco de Gringo, gringo ~
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Hopefully we keep our cool and let them take the stupid penalties. Just clean hits, muted responses to the dumb, post-whistle antics.
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Reaves, huh? To bad they don’t have two more of ‘em, they could have their own Hanson brothers line…
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we’ll handle it,,,,,who cares!
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Serious question with major impact on the outcome on the game tomorrow….will there be food in the insider suite?
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I’m half thinking that we should counter Reves with Westgarth. It’s clear what Hitchcock intends.
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Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
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Reaves said. “Hopefully I can bring something to the table, a little bit of physical energy to help get the boys going. (The Kings) are a physical team and I think we’re kind of playing into their hands right now. They’ve been running us around a little bit, so I think we have to turn the tide.”
Translation:
“It’s about time that fat slob of a coach recognized he needs me to start concussing opponents to win at least one damn game in this series. I’m the team’s last hope. And if we’re gonna lose we’re going taking concussed noggins with us.
Dress Westy, DS!….Send him in every time Reaves is on the ice.
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