USA Today’s Kevin Allen, among others I might have missed, reported this morning that Dustin Brown will not face a disciplinary hearing for his overtime hit on Phoenix’s Michal Rozsival last night.
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I’m so shocked.
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:33 am
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, I see what you did there.
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jeff Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:46 am
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com),
Hey now, keep your reedit off my La Kings insider….
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terrycrispstie Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 12:35 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, Interesting.. Rozsival and Brown collide,going at the same speed, hitting the exact same parts of their bodies. Rozsival lays in the ice for a while and is carried to the dressing room by teammates. Brown stays on his feet and fends of approaching Coyotes. Conclusion: Either DB is one tough SOB(which he of course is), or Rozsival EMBELLISHED!
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 1:04 pm
@terrycrispstie, Or, by chance, he got injured and Brown didn’t. BTW, Brownie is a tough SOB.
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801_Kings Fan Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 4:03 pm
@terrycrispstie,
One was expecting to hit, the other wasnt expecting to get hit. Theres a difference.
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luc20rules Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:10 pm
@801_Kings Fan, +1, but I will add that the areas of contact were legal. I was at game 1 at Phx just 6 rows off the ice and I just about never heard the whistles with the crowd noise. I mostly went by the hand signals of the officials.
See what Brown can do for you. Bring it on home.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:49 am
@Kimo, I’m still astounded at the comparison between him and Raffi Torres.
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The Puck Stops Here Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:59 am
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, It’s very telling of Mike Smith that he even put Brown and Torres in the same conversation. I thought players could recognize the difference between a legal, clean (although perhaps late) hit, and a very late leaping headshot from which a man was carried out on a stretcher. What a clown.
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Harrison Merkin Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:25 am
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
Shoulder to shoulder. Thigh to thigh. Knee to knee. Full body contact all at once. The hit comes within a blink of the whistle being blown. Refs butchered that game and for the most part the series to be sure. Brown is no more a “dirty” player than is Doan. They both play on the edge and are going to come close if not cross the line from time to time. Smith on the other hand is one of the dirtiest player’s I have ever seen. If any one punched, slashed and kicked another player as much as he does they’d have a match penalty for sure. The fact that Brown’s body spun on contact only further illustrates that his intent was not to initiate knee on knee contact. It’s a tough loss. There was a lot of fight in them dogs but that hit did not cost them the series. It cost them a goal which just happened to take place after being beaten to 3-0 deficit. I think the Yotes have done themselves a dis-service accusing the Kings and the League of dishonest play and officiating. Bad calls went both ways all series long. It is what it is.
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mg Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 12:12 pm
@Harrison Merkin, agree with you on the Smith comment, he has no right calling anyone dirty the way he swings that hatchet (I mean stick) around all over the place.
Did you see that after Penner scored in overtime, he waved and missed hitting Richards?
just plain wrong.
Kings x Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 12:38 pm
@Harrison Merkin, Doan is a dirtier player by far. Brown just embellishes on plays that warrant a penalty to make sure they get called. I don’t think he dives at all
Colin E. Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 12:45 pm
@Harrison Merkin, Well said!!!!!
MontanaKingsFan Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 1:44 pm
@Harrison Merkin, I guess Doan and Smith both got Game Misconducts after the game for badgering the refs. Not that it is a big deal, but shows the level of class we are dealing with.
crashin'da net Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:26 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, Or Brownie and Claude Lemuiex!! what these jokesters are grasping at is unfrigginbelievable. Just cannot accept that you lost because you weren;t good enough?! Cryotes.
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Oh no, better send some more tissue boxes to Phx.
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RIGHT ANSWER
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Glad there isn’t one. It would be absolutely ridiculous to have one on a clean hit during offsides.
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I hope Shanny releases a statement on this to clear the air and make Smith / Doan / Tippett look like idiots.
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DesertKing Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:39 am
@Chris,
Don’t need Shanny to do it,they did a fine job all by themselves
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Michael J. Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:49 am
@DesertKing,
Nice
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John Roy Morgan Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:39 am
@Chris, Someone should get Smith to look at this and explain it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ealiNdQ_enI&feature=related
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KRG Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 5:13 pm
@John Roy Morgan,
And Brown didn’t cry, put or argue. He took his penalty like a big boy
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Like there was suppose to be one? Brown led into his hit clean with his shoulder to shoulder and the other player extended his on leg out to avoid the hit. Plain and simple, that is the way the refs saw it as it went down and that is the way the off ice officials saw it as well when looked over in video review. Smith, he is the one to talk when it comes to CHEAP SHOTS. His crack on the back of Brown’s legs was not intent to injure? He has done it more than once in his career if ya look at his infractions with his goalie stick on youtube. Suck it up Smith. Ya lost the game in overtime and see ya on the golf coarse in the Phoenix sun buddy!
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Alex Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:44 am
@mcdangles, Did you you Smith swing his stick at Richards after the overtime goal was scored. If he whould connect….. If you did not see it than take a look.
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mcdangles Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:54 am
@Alex, how could I not. I was at GAMEDAY sports bar out in Valencia where they have a massive big screen with tv’ all over the damn place, it was so obvious he was intending to just do that, he missed, as he missed Penner’ o/t goal as well
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spidey35 Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:16 am
@mcdangles, Glad to see one of the many Kings fans out in SCV.
Minnesota Kings Fan Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:55 am
@mcdangles,
After everything that was said after the game, I think the NHL needed to address it by letting everyone know nothing was going to happen. Good job not to let it hang there by staying silent.
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i honestly was expecting a diving call on brown last night
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vplaza Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:45 am
@pr0cess,
+1
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Kings x Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 12:43 pm
@pr0cess, There were two non calls on obvious penalties. DD was called for a horrendous one in OT. Not to mention where he lost an edge and fell into the net, then they scored a PO goal. Try to do that 10 times in a row and I bet you can never make it look as accidental. Horrible officiating. Before the OT goal i was thinking NHL conspiracy the whole time the way the calls went. It made me sad for the game I love so much.
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Of course not. It just shows what a bunch of idiots Chase, Button, Milbury and the rest of the worthless commentators are that we’ve been subjected to.
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pr0cess Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:40 am
@Cav Pilot, I thought the post game was going come to blows with milbury and roenick, It was also odd to see roenick defend us lol
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vplaza Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:42 am
@pr0cess,
Milbury was about to pop a vein or something. I was hoping Roenick would knee the idiot just to make a point.
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Duncanz Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:44 am
@pr0cess, Actually JR gas been complimentary of the Kings the wole way through.
He’s been one of the earliest and more regarding advocates.
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Duncanz Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:45 am
* has been
lol, if the gas cap fits tho …
pr0cess Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:49 am
@Duncanz, ya sometimes but other times he like to tear us down… meh all is fair in love and playoffs i guess
mrbrett7 Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 12:05 pm
@pr0cess, He still owes us, that’s why.
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Kings x Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 12:44 pm
@pr0cess, I think he was defending a physical type player like he was more than LA per se
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CAA Reply:
May 24th, 2012 at 12:04 am
@Cav Pilot, Maybe JR should’ve grabbed Milbury’s shoe and beat him with it
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Kingdork personally feels that Rozsival was either out of energy, or was sick of the pressure. He didn’t seem to want to play and the play with Brown was certainly not the hardest hit he sustained during these playoff’s.
Minutes earlier, he was tapped by Penner and flopped to the ice in agony. I guess they were willing to pull out all the stops. All the while, Tippet is mum about embellishment.
Phoenix fans – throwing things at/on the Kings players, the Coyotes themselves taking game misconducts AFTER their season is over. A tribute to those fans before the presentation of the trophy. It was really pitiful and sad to see in the NHL
Should the NHL fine itself for all of this? Team is still under their control from what Kingdork understands.
Sore losers, worse than a Canuck possibly.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:53 am
@Kingdork, Doan was shameful all series, and Phoenix reporters are acting like the NHL is going to listen to what he has to say because he’s so saintly….frankly, I think it would be great if both captains had a private meeting with Shanahan to talk turkey, because I think there are things that need to be said behind closed doors. Otherwise, you’re going to have your next Vancouver brewing. Those things take a long time to run their course.
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Duncanz Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:55 am
@Kingdork,
He know, @Duncanz was a third person once.
Then he decided to stop being so Trychotic!
It worked for a while till he quipped and fell into a 6 hole.
Fore!!! (or should that be, Five!!!?)
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Kingdork Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:52 am
@Duncanz, Kingdork is pleased you enjoy the way his posts are written. FYI – he dictates what he wants posted, and they are transcribed to the website by a scribe. Hence, the use of third person is contextually accurate.
Kingdork would like to state that it may be time for Doan to hang them up. Kenneth’s frequency is spot on and we can’t have the league going in this direction (poor sportsmanship, unruly desert-dwelling fans) with a new bargain having to be dealt over the summer months. Hopefully it gets wrapped up in time for harvest.
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Drew Doughty's Mustache Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:06 am
@Kingdork, Yup, Phoenix fans have taken the Vancouver cake.
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LyonLA Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 1:20 pm
@Drew Doughty’s Mustache, sorry, but I have to disagree with you guys. As bad as the fan base got in AZ, they are not anywhere NEAR taking Vancouver’s spot as the most hypocritical, whiny, and all around pain in the ass set of fans in the NHL.
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PRMan Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:15 pm
@LyonLA, The fans maybe not (they didn’t burn Phoenix last night), but the players are far worse. At least the Twins and company lined up and shook hands like men.
What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 9:33 pm
@LyonLA, Agreed, PRMan, and what’s disappointing about them is they have real talent and don’t need to do that stuff. Phoenix–has to do that stuff. Ironically, though–the players doing that stuff (besides Torres) don’t have to do that stuff.
Your kidding? No hearing? This is a travesty! Are we actually questioning the veracity of the Cryote’s organization? Are those Yotes not professional members of the NHL? Didn’t Mike Milbury and the other NHL Network and NBC commentators/analysts decry Brown’s actions? How could they, the true experts, be so wrong? An even BIGGER questions is, how could Jeremy Roenick be so right when he defended Brown and was the only one to do so? Roenick right, everyone else wrong, the Kings in the Stanley Cup Finals, what in the Hell is happening in this world? Time to head for the bomb shelter.
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Shakes Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:40 am
@DesertKing, Cryotes, i like that
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Minnesota Kings Fan Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:59 am
@DesertKing,
I detect a faint trace of sarcasm…
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Pili Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:42 am
@DesertKing, Cryotes LOL. They now have a new nickname from now on.
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Kenny44 Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:57 am
@DesertKing, The NHL Tonight stooges and Milbury have made this a provincial thing. The best player in the playoffs must be Canadian. Therefore, Doan is a fearless leader with unimpeachable character, and Brown is a thug.
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mrbrett7 Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 12:06 pm
@DesertKing, I know this is tongue and cheek, but really…has Roenick ever been right?
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Kenny44 Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 1:19 pm
@mrbrett7, I’m as surprised as you about JR being right. He’s an American sticking up for his countryman Brown against all the hosers.
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PRMan Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:17 pm
@Kenny44, Actually, I would say that JR’s the best analyst of all of them. So many Kings fans have such a blinding hatred of JR (and somewhat deservedly so for his play here), that they fail to see that he’s the best of the bunch, with the possible exception of Mike Keenan.
Well yes finally we all saw the same thing, Dustin our (C) Captain, made a soft hit a shoulder one, that’s it, correct, legal enough said.
Go Kings Go!
LA Fans Hurray now its our time finally to be happy!
Staples is ours! Thanks Kings!
Go Kings Go!
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Lake Forest Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:56 am
@Gail Web, You want to win don’t you?
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SLIM Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:07 pm
@Gail Web,
Smell the ice? our ice?
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My brother, who last followed hockey in ’93, just called and said, “So are the Kings really in the finals?” Clearly we’re gonna need a bigger wagon! I’m thinking more like one of those oil freighters anchored off El Segundo beach.
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vplaza Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:44 am
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com),
I think there’s a big bandwagon out on fire sale right now from a certain desert town that just had their season ended…
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LyonLA Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 1:25 pm
@vplaza, HA! Yeah, did you see the graph in the Hockey News about teams whose attendance went up once they hit the second round? The Yotes led the entire post season by leaps and bounds, a 42% (pretty sure that was the number, +40 for sure) jump in attendance!
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mcdangles Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:49 am
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com), I , myself, will not be jumping on that bigger band wagon if ya make one. I am not a Kings fan, but I am a hockey fan and I will be happy to see the Kings win the Cup, if they do, so it makes hockey here in general, bigger than what it is, from the little kids starting out like my nephew all the way up to the midget AAA levels, which I do see getting bigger nationwide as in scouts and colleges and Canadian Junior teams and the USHL, NAHL and other US jr leagues drafting and recognizing the talent that is being produced here now
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:14 am
@mcdangles,
Yet another subplot. SoCal is about to get a lot more youth hockey action. Good for the sport no doubt.
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Spilled milk!
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Of course not….(eyeroll)
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Big item missing in a lot of the commentators asking for a suspension, big shout out for Jeff for this info, but Roszival was the same guy who dove after Penner barely touched him a few minutes before the hit. I am sure the refs saw him go down on a clean check and thought he was adding some more “flair” than what it really was. Tippet said players were diving too much and in this case it hurt his team.
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pr0cess Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:44 am
@Bobo, sounds like Karma to me
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OnTheFly Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:54 am
@Bobo,
Your spot on! I feel his faking it. He stepped off the ice with the so-called bad leg. The only thing hurt here is Browns inner core. He looked disturbed during his interview. I don’t know what was said to him in the handshake line, but it bothered him. I truly hope it does not effect the Cup games next week.
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JQ is better than you Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:07 am
@OnTheFly, Whatever that whiny little baby doan said to him is just more fuel for the inferno burning in browns soul right now! Doan has no class n no respect for this game! Have fun in quebec or Hamilton next year shaney! Both those hellholes make Phoenix look like Atlantis!
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BluLiner Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:57 am
@Bobo, Rozival had no problem moving his knees when he was down on the ice. It looks to me like the limp was big-time embellishment.
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Yotes win or lose Reply:
May 25th, 2012 at 7:18 am
@BluLiner, you do realize he is on crutches right now right?
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HockeyNerd Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 12:57 pm
@Bobo, Phoenix “embellishing” penalties? You gotta be kidding me!
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PRMan Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:20 pm
@Bobo, Looked like a massive thigh charley horse to me. Makes sense based on the replay as well. Those can give you an unconventional limp.
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Can we get this thread back to what a gutty little perfomance the 3 seed had against the 8 seed Los Angeles in game 4?
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Steve Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:07 am
@BringBackButchGoring, Haha. I’m always thinking about that.
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Inconceivable!!!
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thecupinla Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:00 am
@vplaza, you stole our sign!!
my son was holding that poster at warm ups during game 4!!! it’s ok… you can have it.
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vplaza Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:04 am
@thecupinla,
LOL, it’ll be replaced by the next victim…errr…opponent.
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Has anything come out as to how badly injured Rozsival is? In watching the hit over and over, it doesn’t look like his knee took the shot. I wonder if the guy would have made it our for the second OT.
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Kings x Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 12:48 pm
@Pasadena Hockey, closer frame by frame of the actually shows browns thigh/knee hitting rosival in the junk. So no way his knee can be hurt. Can’t say the same for his nads though
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Pasadena Hockey Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:14 pm
@Kings x, That’s hysterical, thanks.
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This is as it should be. NHL gets it right.
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We will possibly be moving from a dirty little whiny team in the conference finals to a dirtier, whinier team in the SC….there will be nothing better than smacking Tort’s team around, imo
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SO RICH, LET’S GET SOME SUITES GOING!! =P
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pr0cess Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:59 am
@Wasabi, I think its whats his name that makes the Suites happen, im sorry i cant remember the name right now…
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Wasabi Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:05 am
@pr0cess, you’re right it’s the AEG guy. i forget too. anyone know how to get ahold of him?
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Diego Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:07 pm
@pr0cess,
PRman or guy?
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PRMan Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:22 pm
@Diego, My wife rented me a suite for my 40th birthday a couple years ago (isn’t she great?), but I’m not the guy.
(We’re going to a Finals game for our 20th anniversary instead of going on a trip, too. She’s the best.)
I am hoping and praying that the Rangers come out on top out of the Eastern Conf, I am so looking forward to watching the interviews with Torts after the games
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Haha!
Roenick: “oh come on Milbury! How many times did you throw that hit?!?! How many times in your career mike?!?!”
I’m actually starting to like JR a lol bit.
Also isn’t Milbury the same guy that walked out onto the ice and punched out a 15-16 year old kid a few weeks ago? I could be wrong tho….
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vplaza Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:06 am
@JQ is better than you,
Yeah, same guy. And it’s worse…it was a 12-year old kid.
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mcdangles Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:07 am
@JQ is better than you, yes, that is the same Milbury that sucked as a player, sucked as a head coach, double whammy sucked as a GM, and still sucks to this day. The deal on going after the kid incident, he was pissed that the kid got into it with his son on the ice. So he felt he was in justice to take it into his own hands to let the kid know he was bigger than his son and would have to deal with him now. Milbury, YOU SUCK!
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jdhockey526 Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:14 pm
@JQ is better than you, High horse? Milbury should be sweeping the locker room.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsEXqCXycRA
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It’s interesting that absolutely no one in the media commented on how Smith attempted a slash right to Richards’ abdomen right after Penner’s overtime goal. I think he has a slashing fetish.
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SMITH’S RECOMMENDATION: Suspension forever.
NHL’S RECOMMENDATION: Nothing. Not even a hearing.
See a dichotomy?
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PRMan Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:24 pm
@Steve, The sheer definition of bias.
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Though I can’t stand the guy, I’m anxiously waiting to hear Don Cherry’s take on the hit. If it goes the way I think it will, he’ll set a lot of people straight.
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Great photo on azcentral.com of smith swinging his stick at Richards after the
Penner goal. If that’s not proof of his dirty play I don’t know what is.
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vplaza Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:45 am
@Demob,
LOL, classic. His hometown paper shows an example of what a tool he is.
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Duh.
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I am still pissed about the Yotes comments and hope the NHL comes down on them.
Poor sports the Yotes were. Sad.
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Kings x Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 12:50 pm
@Mars, cryotes. Get it straight
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LVKINGS88 Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:11 pm
@Kings x, I still like Cry-yotes.
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RobSD Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:14 pm
@Mars,
Cryotes are insanely hypocritical. I enjoy their whining and poor sportsmanship though. Shows everybody how classless they all are. I would think most of the league thinks Brownie is a fair player and doesn’t attempt dirty cheap shots. The Cryotes on the other hand, showed intent to injure on several occasions. There were a few very obvious dives in that game, and not from the Kings. The articles praising Doan and talking about what a understandable veteran he is??? WHAT???
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Hard to listen to the Coyotes dirtiest players complain about a clean hit.
They need to change their logo: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ho75n1tu1qcdz3mo1_1280.jpg
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deepsea_drumz Reply:
May 24th, 2012 at 5:31 am
@Randy, Thet need a logo of a “Slingblade” across their jerseys. That would be fitting.
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I had to look on You Tube to see Mike Smith swing his stick at Richards, after the goal. It’s right there. I wonder how many of you caught the next action Smith did. As the camera tracks Smith, he and a few other Coyotes head towards one of the referees to argue the goal I guess. You can see Mike Smith raise his stick in anger towards the referee. I can see next year if the league doesn’t come down on Smith he will escalate his frustrations by badly hurting someone. He is a loose canon…
Tell me I am not seeing this right.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoxnrVbU1E8&feature=related
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Yotes win or lose Reply:
May 25th, 2012 at 7:04 am
@John Roy Morgan,
No, you’re not seeing it right. Yes, he tried to slash Richards, however he does not raise his stick at the ref. In fact there are two coyotes in between him and the ref… He never cocks his stick like he is going to swing it. Believe me, I’m a goalie and lifting the stick in the air like that is natural.. and you must not have seen much hockey if you would classify him as a loose cannon… As for his slash on brown, yes a penalty, uncommon? Not by any means, it happens all the time and used to be the way the game was played…
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I haven’t heard a single person mention that Mike Smith THREW HIS GOAL STICK directly at the officials after the game. This, moments after he tried to slash Mike Richards from behind after the game winner and just didn’t connect.
In 40 years of watching hockey, I have never seen a player intentionally throw his stick at an official in any capacity. That should result in a major suspension to start next season.
Mike Smith should have been suspended for the remainder of the series for blatantly attempting to injure Dustin Brown with a slash to the back of the knee. He was by far the dirtiest player in the series, with his gutless stick work and punches with his blocker.
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I have been surprised by Roenick’s self-effacing humor and. downplay of his game in his prime, the blaming of the skate sharpener for giving him a bad turning radius not-withstanding. The NBCSN postgame diatribe on Brown’s hit was a joke. The whistle and the hit were there bone of contention, yet were practically simultaneous. Shame that each SCF teams can’t simulcast their iwn announcers solely for the markets of the respective teams. I’m all for the Kings making a DVD of JimBob making the calls.
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Mike Smith would have a criminal record if he behaved this way in society.
He needs therapy.
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Here is a nice frame by frame breakdown of “the hit”
http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2012/05/23/breaking-down-the-dustin-brown-hit-on-michal-roszival/
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Rich- Any news on Rozsivals injury? I’m wondering what the injury was, and wether it’s not the knee, but the thigh? And how the Yotes reacted, after they see the replay of the hit?
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anyone else notice that Rosival only began writhing in pain after he looked up, and saw it was brownie who hit him?
Pathetic attempt to discredit brown (and/or get him suspended), as they’ve done all series.
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deepsea_drumz Reply:
May 24th, 2012 at 5:29 am
@holydiver, Yeah I saw it too. Pathetic is too nice a word. The Best team is headed to the S C F. Yeah!!
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There should not be a hearing. It was a legal hit. Get over it. The Kings are going for the CUP!
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If it was Brown laying on the ice, would you be saying the same thing.
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Nor should he. It was a legal hit. It came after the whistle, but it was probably .5 seconds after the whistle, and he had already lined up the hit.
I did just read on Yahoo that Phoenix goaltender Mike Smith wants a lifetime ban on Brown, because of the hit. What an IDIOT! I’m sure it was more of a “in-the-moment” comment, but still, he said it. A lifetime ban for a legal hit, yeah right!!!
Here’s the link, if anyone is interested.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl–kings-advance-to-stanley-cup-final-with-ot-goal-just-seconds-after-dustin-brown-s-controversial-hit.html
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logic prevails.
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Also, no hearing today for Smith’s attempted slash of Richards.
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Whewwww!! I thought he might be done FOREVER!!!! (sarc)
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Good non call by everyone. BTW in the play when Smith lost his glove, Rosival is seen to Smiths left and TOTALLY EMBELISSHES a non stick to the face, it was as bad as the Penner tap to his skate earlier. Amazing how Tippet can talk about embellishing and he’s got clowns like that on his team. Smith, Doan, Handzul, Rosival, Yandle not only did you get outplayed by the KINGS, you lost your composure, and lost the series. I do believe in karma for sure. Some comments they’ve made as a team are not only laughable but disgusting and insulting to the league and to their own fans.
Go KINGS Go!
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The fan base is so bad in Phoenix the local grocery store and gas stations were giving out tickets to game 5! Enough said!
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If you’re on the ice and Dustin goes beep beep.
Just step aside or might end up in a heap.
LA Kings win on the road all day.
Even the Coyotes can’t make them change their ways.
Coyotes, the Kings are after you.
Coyotes, if Brown catches you you’re through.
Coyotes, the Kings after you.
Coyotes, if Brown checks your butt you’re through!
That Coyote (Mike Smith!) is really a crazy clown,
When will he learn he can never mow him down?
Poor little Brownie never bothers anyone,
Just runnin’ down opponent’s his idea of having fun.
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Nothing to see here. Move along. Nothing to see. Keep moving…..
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Dustin Brown put a clean hit on Rosival albeit a hard hit at that. But it was legal. Rosival should have had his head up. Any contact to the lower extremities was not intended. Brown never stretched out to make a lower body contact. I’m glad the NHL is not having a hearing regarding the hit/ What happened though, was, after that hit, it took Phoenix out of the game. They seemed to let up. This team has the tols from the coaching staff down to the ground level to be a conter and to be champions for years to come. I don’t see The Devils or Rangers stopping these KINGS.
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The hit was possibly questionable but so are a lot of hits. It irritates me that they see this hit as being so over the top. Yes a player got hurt. The only reason Dustin Brown is not out after taking the hit into the boards in game 3 or 4 is because he has adamantium fused to his skeleton and is self healing.
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A total legal hit. Too close to the whistle to consider it late, get over it already you poor sport loser Coyotes. Your entire franchise needs to be eliminated. Very poor representation of the NHL, Bettman!
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