The Kings announced today that they signed free-agent defenseman Andrew Bodnarchuk to a one-year contract. Bodnarchuk, who turns 24 next week, is listed at 5-foot-11 and 190 pounds, and he spent the past four seasons in the Boston Bruins’ organization before he became an unrestricted free agent on July 1.
Bodnarchuk played five games for the Bruins during the 2009-10 season and spent the last two seasons with the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League. This season, in 63 games he had five goals, 12 assists and 44 penalty minutes. He was a fifth-round draft pick of the Bruins in 2006.
Bodnarchuk is likely to compete for a spot with the Manchester Monarchs, particularly given that one of the Monarchs’ top defensemen, Patrick Mullen, signed with Vancouver today. Mullen played 67 games for Manchester last season, with 13 goals and 28 assists.
Sounds like a decent replacement for Mullen
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Donald_S Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 8:12 pm
@Kingsfanone,
Mullen has a one year two way contract paying him $105k/$600k. So good for him, he’ll have a decent payday regardless.
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Well done, @Harry.
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Harry Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
@Duncanz,
Thanks Duncanz!
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keeping the cupboard well-stocked at all times…
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Mars Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:18 pm
@variable, That is what I was thinking.
But instead of cupboard I was thinking bar.
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quick correction. Patrick Mullen had 13 goals and 28 assists this season. The other numbers are he stats from the previous season.
http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=3322
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Rich Hammond Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Thanks!
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Yay! Wait…who?
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JackKentCooke Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 6:52 pm
@thrustable,
He’s married to Ingrid Bergmanchuk.
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He is probably at the place in hIs career where he could see some real ice time in Man Chester and eventually come up end of this coming season.
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When we going to get a “Hot” left winger?????
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Sebastian Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
@John Roy Morgan, i think Carter is pretty good looking. my wife crushes on Clifford all the time too.
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Duncanz Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:34 pm
@Sebastian, Sounds lime one of those “show” marriages..
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Duncanz Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:50 pm
like
Sebastian Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:57 pm
@Duncanz, HAHAHA!
Perro Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:49 pm
@Sebastian, Really Clifford? I could see Carter but not Cliff.
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Darrell Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 5:31 pm
@Perro, You haven’t seen Sebastian.
BobKnob Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 10:11 am
@Perro,
You’ve never heard of scaring chicks into liking you?
What’s Drewiske’s status, anyone know?
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Sebastian Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
@iansez, he has a very sore rear end from riding the bench all year. hes got 1 year left on his contract then becomes UFA.
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Duncanz Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:03 pm
@Sebastian,
Culos y cosas? There you go again…
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Sebastian Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
@Duncanz, LOL, got me there, im on a roll today.
Kings Win, Ducks Lose Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:28 pm
@iansez, He’s still our seventh D-man… One more year on his contract… Nickey & Muzzin are getting closer
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Kings Win, Ducks Lose Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:29 pm
@Kings Win, Ducks Lose, * Hickey
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Perro Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:49 pm
@Kings Win, Ducks Lose, I like Nickey.
iansez Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
@iansez, thanks fellas! It’ll be interesting to see if Coach Sutter gives him a chance or two this season..
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Perro Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:50 pm
@iansez, There will definately be a couple injuries. Especially after such a long season this year. Less time for the player to relax and rejuvinate.
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FKA PakiFro Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:12 pm
@iansez,
Lombardi pulled him aside on the ice after the Cup win and said something in his ear. It was on the HNIC coverage. The guy deserves a huge pat on the back from being a great fill in a couple of years ago to being benched for 75 games and not complaining at all (publicly).
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And so it begins. We overstocked the Minors with prospects and now they rest of the league is going to pick them away. Zatoff & now Mullen gone. DL has made the decision I suppose that we need the depth at Manchester and the Vets on the Kings will get their shot to defend the cup.
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Duncanz Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
@luc20rules,
Ebb and flow, ebb and flow.
When Patrick Mullen becomes the new Sami Salo and Zatkoff the new Tom Barrasso I’ll pay a little attention.
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Perro Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:51 pm
@luc20rules, I think Jones is why Zatkoff isn’t back. Wish him the best.
Mullen likely left because of all the depth the kings do have. He will be higher ranked on the sucks depth chart.
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luc20rules Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:52 pm
@Perro, & @Duncunz that is basically what I am saying. This year its not that big of a deal, and I am with DL on keeping the Vets. I just wonder at what point it will be a very hard decision, and do we try and get some assets before they go UFA on us. Bernier is next summer. Hickey and other probably the year after that.
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plywood Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 3:28 pm
@luc20rules, Let’s see, we really started clicking in the last 20 games of the season. This was when we really learned how to play and embrace the DS system. There in NO REASON to believe that we have reached our full potential with this team yet. Yeah, we have great rookies (bet the ducks wish they were in our shoes) but given the present team, they’ll have to be patient and wait for the proper time
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luc20rules Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 7:15 pm
@plywood, I would have to agree you need to reward the guys that bring you the Stanley Cup Championship with continued employment. I was just wondering if we will move any prospects that we will lose in the summer at the trade deadline or sooner? DL has gotten us this far I guess its just wait and see. I would imagine alot depends on what is offered verse the possible need due to injury of the Kings roster at the given time.
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Deke'r Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 3:41 pm
@luc20rules, ….damned if you do…..damned if you don’t….
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can we get a clarification on prohorkins not being at camp?
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Oscar Moller's Beard Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 5:27 pm
@losingsand, He was there.
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Way off topic, but I had to post this quote from Roberto Luongo about whether he wants to be traded to Chicago:
Q: Can you deal with the “Chelsea Dagger” song?
A: I like that song. It’s catchy. I heard it seven times in one game.
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Duncanz Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
@Jon G,
That evening must’ve been a Night of the Luongo Knives for RL!
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Jon G Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:51 pm
@Duncanz, The Luongo Knives are in Buffalo, against the Sabres.
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Duncanz Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:26 pm
@Jon G, I was thinking of the “Dagger” aspect and all the goals he let in.
But yeah, that’s some pretty bad curse they’ve got going there.
Don’t think their Miller is going to be satisfied like our’s for a luooongo time.
Blues Almighty!
CAA Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 5:08 pm
@Duncanz, The last Q that asked Luongo dealt with peeing in the shower and Luuu’s first response was: Good Question…
He is funny at times
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Perro Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:53 pm
@Jon G, the what song?
One hting i could not deal with was how overplayed the Coyote’s used the howl sound. After they beat out Nashville it seemed to play continous for like 20 minutes (probably only 5)
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Jon G Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 1:57 pm
@Perro, The Chelsea Dagger song is the one they play in Chicago after all of the goals. Last year I happened to speak with Todd McClellan right after San Jose was bounced by the Blackhawks, and I asked him what he thought of that song. He just (pleasantly) gritted his teeth.
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Perro Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
@Jon G, That sound is annoying. The San Jose song is a clasic but the version they play has to be the worse version out there.
Shotongoal Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:05 pm
@Perro, Coyotes don’t even howl, they yip! Go figure……..
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Royal Family L.A. Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 3:37 pm
@Shotongoal, Right?
Choralone Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 5:49 pm
@Shotongoal, Kings Twitter linked to a hilarious vid where they overdubbed real coyote “howls” on a Phoenix goal replay.
Gustavo Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 9:25 am
@Shotongoal,
THAT is what bugs me the most about it. I happily managed to piss every Yotes fan around us when we went to Glendale for game 1 by asking them “When did you change your name to ‘Wolves’???”
laikaloco Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 10:06 am
@Shotongoal, THOSE Coyotes mostly whimper and whine.
FKA PakiFro Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
@Perro,
The Chelsea Dagger song is the Blackhawks goal song.
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Choralone Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 5:46 pm
@Jon G, Props to Luongo for having a sense of humor about it.
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Jon G Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 7:20 pm
@Choralone, Exactly. It sounds like something Dustin Penner would say. (I mean that in the positive sense).
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No offense to Mullen but he never sat with me well, I don’t know why but I never really liked his game so I don’t mind this change of events
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Kozak Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:11 pm
@Paul, I saw Mullen play against Norfolk in the playoffs. He wasn’t impressive at all. I know it was just one game but he looked overmatched and out of position quite a bit. Campbell looked much better.
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just tried to get a 10 game ticket pack for next season…..SOLD OUT! So i thought alright…Im gonna drop the $$ and get a half season…guess what? SOLD OUT! This is the only thing that is going to piss me off about being winners. I probably will never be able to actually go to a decent # of games again. I will be relegated to going to games against the bottom dwellers in the NHL that no-one else wants to attend and the teams we never seem to be able to beat anyway and all the while paying twice as much to do so! Oh well….nature of the beast i guess. Que the music…rant over
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Kingsfanone Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:12 pm
@BrokeKingsFan,
You may just wait till more near the beginning of the season. I would bet many people signed up for season seats just to get into playoff games at reasonable prices. When it comes time to pay up, people should begin dropping out and packages will become available again.
Of course, my theory of relativity could be all askew and I could be wrong.
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BrokeKingsFan Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:28 pm
@Kingsfanone, I hope you right! I really really do…
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CAA Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 5:10 pm
@Kingsfanone, Also, they always hold back some seats for prospective season seat holders – when the season starts, they release good tickets before each home game…
Also, Kings used to have a board where you could post as “sharing season tickets” as either a buyer or seller
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Sebastian Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:40 pm
@BrokeKingsFan, all those mini and half season plans sold out before the finals from people trying to get priority playoff tickets. i usually have pretty good luck with stubhub
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Kingsfanone Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:49 pm
@Sebastian,
Yes. Puck73 pointed me to StubHub & I was almost never disappointed. Ticketexchange was an option sometimes too.
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Tim James Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:43 pm
@BrokeKingsFan, there is always the Ticket Exchange. Someone is always willing to let seats go for regular season games. Sincerely, equally broke Kings fan.
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Gustavo Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 9:32 am
@BrokeKingsFan,
Don’t despair and stay in touch, some of us season ticket holders cannot attend all games and don’t mind letting our seats go at cost, as long as there are loyal LAK butts seating on them.
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Muzzin — Hickey
Deslaurier — Campbell
Bodnarchuck — Kolomatis
Gravel? Forbort? are these players eligible for the AHL yet?
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Paul Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:23 pm
@losingsand, Yes although they do have the option to rejoin their respective NCAA teams as well… I think that Bodnarchuk is an insurance policy if one if them does not have a strong camp and returns to the NCAA
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Tim James Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:42 pm
@losingsand, from what I’ve read Kings design for Forbort is to have him complete his eligibility at UND. That’s two more years. Fortunately, they are not in desperation mode where they have to plug in not-ready-for-primetime players.
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Sammuch Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:54 pm
@Tim James,
That could be dangers! If they don’t sign him by March 13 or is it 14! He’ll be free to sign with any team he wants!
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Is a Bodnarchuk anything like a Hawerchuk?
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Stuart Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:27 pm
@Michael J., How much chuk could a Bodnar…oh nevermind
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Weasel Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:27 pm
@Michael J.,
Do woodchucks chuck wood?
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Kingsfanone Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:32 pm
@Michael J.,
Why would you chuk a bodnar and not a hawer……..right?
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Normally when the Kings would make an insignificant signing such as this one, we would joke “The Cup is ours!”
This time it actually is OURS…well the Kings’
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I know, I’m spoiled in that the Kings are just a couple of hours up the road but damn I wish the Monarchs were closer as well.
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Kingsfanone Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:36 pm
@370455VinSD,
I’m spoiled, and I miss the Ice Dogs being right over the Vincent Thomas Bridge from me over in Long Beach. Sad.
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370455VinSD Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
@Kingsfanone, I moved away from Long Beach before the Dogs left San Diego, I got to watch them as the Gulls for 2 years before they moved to L.A. Bad timing.
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plywood Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 3:45 pm
@Kingsfanone, Saw my first Kings game in Long Beach with Hawerchuck in goal in 1967 two weeks after I came home from Vietnam. . I’ve been hooked ever since.
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kinglouie Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 5:08 pm
@plywood, Do you mean Sawchuk? Who is Hawerchuck? Just asking.
rogiesbackup Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 8:21 pm
@plywood, It was hall of famer sawchuck.
paige Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 4:00 pm
@Kingsfanone, I miss the Ice Dogs too!!! Do you remember the playoff game where they were trying to fill the stands, so they sold tickets on the glass for under $10? But there was some sort of problem that delayed the game for a really long time, and they gave away free beer to the fans to keep them there. But as soon as the game started and there was a penalty, the fans were so drunk, they rushed the box and lifted the glass to get at the player…I never did see what happened to that player. I think the game was against Detroit, but i am not sure.
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vinny Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 3:12 am
@paige, lol thats insane. i remember my parents taking me a few times..once i got picked to do the chicken dance,haha pretty embarrassing
Was at kings camp this morning, Hyka, weal, Vey, Toffoli looked great.
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KC23 Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 2:39 pm
@Rom27, I got a feeling Vey will be one of the last cuts in pre-season this year.
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regulate Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
@KC23,
If he is physically ready, then I agree with you on this. Much underrated on this board and others in the Kingdom.
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Gustavo Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 9:46 am
@Rom27,
We were there yesterday for the afternoon session. Who is that nasty dude wearing #64 in black?
He was skating with a chip on his shoulder looking for something to hit every time he could. Needless to say, I like him!!!
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I think it will be weal, or toffoli, but watch out for Hyka this kids so fast and has amazing hands.
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Off topic alert…..
Just got back from development camp… Good to see the young crop on the ice including Tanner Pearson aho was handling the puck well.
Also good to see some of the kings faithful in the stands!
We Believe that We Can Repeat!!!!!!!
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Getting excited in watching collage & junior hockey this coming season!
The best draft since 2003, 13 is loaded with talent!!! 12 & 14 draft don’t even come close to lucky 13!
To bad kings don’t have a 1st, it would be nice if they can trade for one. Even in the 2nd rd some players would be taken in the 1st round in other draft years. Yes I’m truly a hockey nut and follow all things hockey! Here are my top 5 in no order yet!
Hunter Shinkaruk, C, Medicine Hat
Seth Jones, D, Portland
Nathan MacKinnon, RW, Halifax
Ryan Pulock, D, Brandon
Kerby Rychel, LW, Windsor
The only euro I know that I read a lot about but not seen on TV, is, Andre Burakowsky, LW, Malmo Jr, looks very promising.
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@Rich Hammond,
Did Dwight King receive a “qualifying offer,” and if so, might this be the last we hear about his contract? (Meaning if he accepts an offer from no one else, he’ll continue to be on the Kings’ roster?) What is the whole situation here?
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Rich Hammond Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 3:09 pm
Yes, he did receive one — http://lakingsinsider.com/2012/06/20/qualifying-offers-preseason-schedule/ — and no, it isn’t the last you’ll hear. When he signs a new contract it will be announced. He could accept the QO but I would bet he will sign a multi-year deal for more money. It’s essentially the same situation as Doughty last year, but without the drama.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 3:11 pm
@Rich Hammond, Thanks!
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plywood Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 3:47 pm
@Rich Hammond, Thanks–What would we do without you?
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Kingsfanone Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 4:04 pm
@plywood,
Bite your tongue!
Life without Hammer is life without…………uh………..err
nails?
Thanks too Rich
Also miss the ice dogs too they were a fun game
to go and see too.
Go Kings Go!
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Still wondering who will be Jones’ backup in Manchester.
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luc20rules Reply:
July 6th, 2012 at 10:43 pm
@Bruce, Probably JS Berube He saw sometime in Ontario & Manchester last year.
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@Hammond
Do you think the kings will make any more significant signings during this free agent period? Do you know if the kings are going to make an offer to Doan? Or are we done until the trade deadline?
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Gustavo Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 9:52 am
@Paul,
I’m pretty sure the offer to Doan has already been made. SD said he’s going to wait to see the results of the voting this coming Monday, July 9, as it will affect the feasibility of the new owners to keep the team in AZ.
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