It’s starting to feel more than a little like “Groundhog Day” around El Segundo. Travel can be a grind, but there’s no question that everyone — players, coaches, staff, everyone — will be happy to get on a plane Saturday and start feeling somewhat normal again. The Kings will practice again tomorrow in El Segundo at 10 a.m., then fly to Phoenix on Saturday morning and practice there in the afternoon. Darryl Sutter said, of his players’ mindset, “I think they’re anxious. I think it’s normal. They’re used to playing. They’re used to playing every second or third day. And especially when it becomes bigger, I think they’re anxious.” Jonathan Quick and Dustin Brown talked about trying to stay sharp, given the long layoff, in advance of Game 1 on Sunday.
QUICK: “It’s the same thing we’ve been doing all year. Obviously we’re going to have a couple more days of practice than normal. We just go into every practice as though we were playing a game the next day, and prepare as though we were playing a game the next day. I think guys do a good job of challenging each other out there, and that’s going to keep us sharp by doing that.”
BROWN: “It’s just (about) staying in your routine. Every player has different things that they do. We’ve got four or five days of practice, a little extra time. It’s important to stay in the gym and keep your body going. From a mental standpoint, it’s just doing a routine, staying in your routine, because I think most athletes are creatures of habit.”
YOU GUYS ARE ANXIOUS ?!!!
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Kissmyblarneystones Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 3:55 pm
@Duncanz,
About as anxious as a one-legged man who just entered a butt kicking contest.
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Stuart Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 3:59 pm
@Kissmyblarneystones, that guy’s not anxious, he’s drunk! And I don’t mean @Dunkedz!
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Kissmyblarneystones Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
@Stuart,
Drunk or not, he’s certainly optimistic!!
YoBro Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:58 pm
@Kissmyblarneystones, Or, anxious as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs !
Go Kings
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Osaka Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:07 pm
@Duncanz, Watching is always worse than playing when it comes to intense anxious games. Waiting, well that just sucks for everyone. I don’t have that thing they say is a virtue.
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Kenny44 Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:49 pm
@Osaka, Apparently, it’s only understood as a virtue for the person hearing that it is.
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YoBro Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 5:00 pm
@Osaka, And thats the reason I could never be a doctor… I have no patients!
Go Kings
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Kissmyblarneystones Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 5:04 pm
@YoBro,
Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck…..
im not anxious at all. we have the Qrab. that is all.
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It’s their fault for playing like badasses.
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This team is ready and no one is going to stop them. I do believe that after 40 yrs with this team this I will see. Cup before I do. Bring it home boys.
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Gevo Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:02 pm
@jeremy, I nusthope they hoist it at the Staples Center…..it would suck to win it away…..i know there is a parade and everything, but hoisting it in front of us will be an amazing thing!! I will cry !!! Lol
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Gevo Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:02 pm
@Gevo, i just hope* damn i pad
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Noah Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
@Gevo, I’ve been thinking about that as well. I will definitely cry! What a moment that would be!!!
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Stuart Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:12 pm
@Gevo, I will cry no matter where they lift it! If it’s not game 7 OT, I will cry with 5 minutes left… it will be the biggest “relief” cry that there ever did was!
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P90X Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:31 pm
@Stuart, My wife’s worried about how long I might cry. Not that I’m getting ahead of things. But I’ve seriously thought about how long myself and every other Kings fan has waited.(30 years). that’s a lot of pent up emotion to let out. She’s also worried, because I’ve mentioned about running up and down the streets in a purple thong holding a Kings banner.
Diego Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:42 pm
@P90X,
Dude, my mind’s eye is burning. TMI!!!
Stuart Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:50 pm
@P90X, nothing says hardcore diehard more than a adult man crying his out waving a Kings banner hysterically whilst only wearing a purple thong!! And I don’t suppose you mean to run with only one chancla on your foot?? Fortunately I only have 25 years in the bank so I don’t have to reach for the string just yet… but another 5 years might me go Frank the Tank all over Anaheim!!
What street will you be running on so I can make sure my wife and kids are away from all doors and windows!!! LMAO
FKA PakiFro Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:32 pm
@Gevo,
With all that emotion, if they win it at Staples, it’ll make for some awesome TV.
Count me in for the ones who expect to be teary-eyed if that happens
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:12 pm
Here’s today’s video roundup, including a bunch of HD clips from today’s practice: http://kingsnewsdaily.com/pre-game-videos/
Also, mobile users should now be able to view all video. Let me know!
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:14 pm
Ooops! Didn’t mean this as a reply…
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Maybe all of us who play(ed) can gear up and have a little scrimmage against the kings. That should keep their hitting-people-through-the-boards chops up.
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Gustavo Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:29 pm
@Mikey,
As in sacrificial lambs, uh?
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Isn’t the NHL season over already and why can’t I find out where the Kings players are playing golf? I found out where the Duck, Sharts, Casucks and Blues players are playing, but whats up with the Kings? Man, I hate the off-season..
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Here’s today’s video roundup, including a bunch of HD clips from today’s practice:
http://kingsnewsdaily.com/pre-game-videos/
Note to mobile users: You should now be able to view all video. Let me know!
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King Alex Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 5:17 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com), Working great on my iPhone. Thanks for all your work Paul. Much appreicated!
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just got tickets for game 1. section 226 row A kings shoot twice.
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vplaza Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
@JAYC,
It really sounds like Kings fants will be repruhsentin’ in Game 1. Was that post in the other thread accurate, though? Over 2,000 tickets to game one sold on Ticketmaster in the LA area?
More than 10% of the crowd will be dressed in black to mess up their white out?
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vplaza Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:29 pm
@vplaza,
“fans”….sorry.
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BigSeeGas Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:51 pm
@JAYC, section 205 row K seats 7,8,9 WOOHOO! ill be there for game 2 on tuesday as well
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For anyone down for a little Kings nostalgia tonight, Fox Sports West is airing games 6 & 7 vs Toronto in the 1993 conference finals. Game 6 is kn @ 7 with tame 7 immediately after.
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SLIM Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
@PaulHB,
Got it ready to dvr and watch…
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rumpa#19 Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 6:00 pm
@SLIM, Ditto.
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Kenny44 Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:57 pm
@PaulHB, The series that proved to the world that Marty McSorley was a legit hockey player (in addition to his other pursuits), made him rich beyond his wildest dreams, and set us all up for 19 years of frustration.
But that series was a hell of a ride! Blake was a wrecking ball. Shuchuk was a little Hellfire missile. Toronto was game. And Gretz showed he had just a little more magic left. If you haven’t seen these games before, hang onto your butts
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Big Rob in Dallas Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
@PaulHB, I still got Game 7 on VHS! I’m sure the quality is still excellent. I had to tape it in SLP in case it went to OT. Anybody old enough to remember that?
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PaulHB Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 6:27 pm
@Big Rob in Dallas, I’m certainly old enough. I grew up an Isles fan living in NYC in the late ’70s & early ’80s. These 2 games turned me into a Kings fan & I’ve hardly missed a game since. Can’t wait to see them again.
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OT:
TSN Poll: Who will win the Western Conference?
80% – 20% Kings (10,000 votes).
Someone’s been watching TV up in Canada me thinks.
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Shakes Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:53 pm
@IceGuy, I like being the underdog but with the quest for Respect comes the honor of meeting high expectations.
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Kenny44 Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:58 pm
@Shakes, It’s time to outgrow the success allergy our young team has exhibited from time to time. GKG!
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mash-ola Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 4:58 pm
@IceGuy, Oh great… now the Kings are jinxed… It sucks to be the favourite, eh?
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Diego Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 5:46 pm
@mash-ola,
Yep, who’d they pick in the 1st & 2nd rounds?
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Wow… came on here to ask bout people going to Phoenix. Is that true? 2000 tix sold to game 1 from LA area? Awesome.
so, who’s going?
whats up? We should all join forces, just as our team is, and be out in a huge crew getting juiced up and walk in to the game together.
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vplaza Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 5:00 pm
@Sol,
I wonder if the Yotes faithful will make the same trek out to Staples for games 3 and 4. But it would be epic to see a bunch of black jerseys among the white in their house.
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Crownme87 Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 5:37 pm
@vplaza,
Actually it will look like we are at home since we will be sporting the white away jerseys.
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Deke'r Reply:
May 10th, 2012 at 5:55 pm
@Crownme87, …I was wondering about that…maybe the boys wear the black instead?….
Duncanz Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 7:35 am
@Sol, & other Glendale Game Oners,
See my email addresss in the ‘Scouting The Leafs Game 7′ thread!
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I think the first game will be more about which coach was able to properly manage his players mentally and physically during this LONG week off.
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