Loyal reader Chasen Ikiri has once again been kind enough to share his great photos from development camp, which he took yesterday. They’re a great complement to the videos that Paul dutifully posts for everyone, and Chasen does consistently outstanding work so please give them a look…
For those with a free afternoon, the second day of development camp concludes today with a full-group session at 3:40 p.m. at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo. Tomorrow, forwards will be on the ice at 8 a.m., followed by defensemen and goalies at 9:40 a.m. and the full group at 3:40 p.m. The sessions are free to the public.
Dowd……great Hair!!!!!
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rogiesbackup Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 8:04 pm
@neil, Looks like Letang!
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Gotta love this…The Hockey News takes a shot at Kings fans: http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/enjoy_it_while_you_can_la/
Glad I don’t waste my money on that garbage.
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Paulhb Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 10:48 am
And btw, the quote from the LA Times shows how ignorant the paper is about hockey, not LA sports fans.
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PP Anybody? Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 11:39 am
@Paulhb, It’s funny, I’ve seen other arguments as well, where people try to site how the Kings attendance levels are mediocre, when viewed against other teams in the league. The Kings placed 15th in the league this year, on pure attendance numbers at home, but Staples center’s seating capacity for hockey just can’t match a lot of the other teams. This year, I believe the Kings had 38 sell outs during the regular season, and that’s including the portions of the season where it looked like the may not even make the playoffs.
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Klong Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 11:52 am
@Paulhb,
While it seems pretty pointless and comes off as sour grapes to write this type of article instead of letting a team bask in its Cup glory, the main theme behind the story is unfortunately pretty true. Southern California, and pretty much the US in general, just isn’t big on hockey like it is for overrated garbage like the NBA and NFL. Those sports are all hype.
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rogiesbackup Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
@Klong, Unfortunately, MANY Americans make judgement what’s on the outside rather then the inside. You have names like Prokohorkin, AnZE Kopitar, Lundquist, Koivu, Selanne, Vachon, Deslauriers, etc…..NOT exactly household names like Jones, Ruth, Smith, White, West etc.
People simply will not be curious enough when things are tough to understand, unless it becomes a fad.
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KingMe Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
I didn’t see any shots. What he said is absolutely true. He said kings have a small and dedicated following which is true. He also said that outside of that small following the kings will remain but a curiosity unless they consistently win, which is also true pretty much for every city in this country. BTW, I’m glad he called out Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, etc. He’s wrong about the Rangers though. Those fans are more bandwagon than anybody.
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BobKnob Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 4:09 pm
@KingMe,
He also implied we’re like Pittsburgh in that we don’t have good attendance unless we’re winning, which is untrue.
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Mike in Oregon Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 11:36 pm
@Paulhb, Writer is moron
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Deke'r Reply:
July 9th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
@Paulhb, …….oh..ok….what I wanna know is what did he do with Fran and Ollie…..
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awesome pictures, thanks!
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Great Photos…
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Great photos!!!
I really hope the art of passing is pushed hard on these kids! If one thing really helped our cause it was our ability to suddenly move the puck very quickly and accurately in the playoffs. Idk if DS had anything to do with that?
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 11:39 am
@Stuart, Totally agree. The aggressive passing really made a huge difference in the Kings’ offense going down the stretch and into the playoffs. Thusly, it would be a good idea to emphasize passing skills with this team’s composition and style.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 11:41 am
Particularly that first pass out of the zone, which probably means “especially defensemen.” We did see, however, the need to make three or four good passes in a row to gain the zone against the Devils.
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Fantastic photos! Thank you!!
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Could we please get a list of player numbers.
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viceless Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 2:51 pm
@RolePlayer, Source: http://kingsnewsdaily.com/development-camp-roster-sorted-by-jersey-number/
35 Jean-Francois Berube
39 Marcus McIvor
40 Nick Ebert
41 Alex Roach
42 Paul LaDue
43 MichaelSchumacher
47 Barclay Goodrow
49 Joel Lowry
50 Nikolay Prokhorkin
52 Tomas Hyka
53 Rob Czarnik
54 Kevin Gravel
55 Michael Mersch
56 Kurtis MacDermid
57 LindenVey
60 Jordan Weal
61 Colin Miller
64 Andy Andreoff
70 Tanner Pearson
72 Nic Dowd
73 Tyler Toffoli
75 Chris Gibson
76 NickShore
80 Nicolas Deslauriers
82 Brian O’Neill
84 Derek Forbort
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7UkThkIqX0&feature=plcp :: short, but here’s a quick video.
I loved 60′s (Weal) hustle, but it kind of came off as showy sometimes. They are still kids, though, right?
Impressed by Vet, Weal and Toffoli. Future looks good.
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BobKnob Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
@viceless,
Prokhorkin looked good taking that one puck up the ice and getting a good shot off.
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DEH Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 6:41 pm
@BobKnob, cue the club music?
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vinny Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
@viceless, cool, thanks
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BobKnob Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 4:10 pm
@viceless,
Also, MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!
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The original schedule said 3:15 for the full team skate, so is 3:40 a typo or a change in the schedule?
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Personally, I’m anxiously awaiting for Rich’s evaluations to resume. Eventually he’ll get to the “K’s” and we’ll finally get @DesertKing’s opinion of Kompon…
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Duncanz Reply:
July 7th, 2012 at 1:55 pm
@Michael J.,
I think @RH should install a per-posting word limit like Twitter.
Simething in the region of 14,000 words should be about right.
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Wondeful shots, Chasen!
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Great shots. Schumacher is a BEAST! Hurry up and put some data up about the camp!
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Was at Development Camp today. I took pictures but mine aren’t anything like those. Still enjoyed watching the guys. And was there for the Russia Canada game too.
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What happened to Linden Vey?
I went to camp Saturday AND Sunday, and I saw Vey injured himself on Saturday, and didn’t participate at all today.
Colin Miller took a MEAN stick to the mouth today, didn’t finish the session, but I doubt it’s anything as serious as Vey’s.
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I also took pictures at camp today: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bridgetds/sets/72157630487552902/
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Nic Dowd could give prime-aged zeus a run for his money for “best hockey flow.”
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Duncanz Reply:
July 11th, 2012 at 2:04 am
@ChiTownKingsFan,
Dowd may be no Doughty … but he aint too dowdy either!
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