Hey, hope everyone had a great weekend. Here are some pictures from the event in Valencia on Saturday. Felt good to see and hear the Kings game-night experience and watch some great hockey on the ice.
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Lets see now -
Kings – nope, lockout
Angels – nope, MLB season is officially over
Lakers – nope, Kobes broken, Howards healing and Mike Brown is a great TM imitator
Raiders – nope, yea, we won the last two, but we beat Jacksonville (they suck) and Kansas City (they suck worse)
Presidential Election – nope, its like choosing between the Sacramento Kings and Columbus BlueJackets
Its official, there is nothing left to root for except Shakes making it safely through the Superstorm. Go Shakes GO!!
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puck73 Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 3:15 pm
@DesertKing, Dont forget about @nyKingfan who is on Long Island as well !
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DesertKing Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 3:51 pm
@puck73,
New Yorkers are tough!
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jess Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 5:05 pm
@puck73,
Flood waters from the sound. Yikes!
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CB14 Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 4:21 pm
@DesertKing, I just had a case of deja vu.
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DesertKing Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 4:22 pm
@CB14,
Maybe Evil Load and the Matrix are cracking?
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Kingsfanone Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 5:08 pm
@DesertKing,
If Evil Load cracks, isn’t that a oxymoron? In any case……watch the splash! o_O
Subby Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 4:32 pm
@DesertKing, Angels!?!! blah I live 2 mins from them and I would never! lol
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Shakes Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 5:12 pm
@DesertKing,
flooding hath begun outside my building (this is the video I just posted)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o4zlFJpF8A
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DesertKing Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 5:21 pm
@Shakes,
You need the Cup (so you can start bailing)!
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USHA#17 Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 6:12 pm
@Shakes,
Hey that looks like Hoboken…like the back side of River St by the W.
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Lake Forest Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 8:43 pm
@Shakes, Sorry to see that. Sadly when i saw that video I thought “that view is amazing”.
Hope it gets better before it gets worse!
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Wayne-Train got targeted for a raciest comment again
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=408423
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jess Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 5:01 pm
@Subby,
That is messed up.
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Subby Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 6:25 pm
@jess, yeah pretty much. I alway call him night train but I’m pretty sure that nickname was given to him by a kings player.
It says that this has followed him his entire career.
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jess Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 9:34 pm
@Subby,
Yeah I hear you, and that is an affectionate name -and pretty cool. I have a black cat and call him night stalker, so what.
But the audience shouting obviously racially offensive chants is a whole different ball of wax, and completely unacceptable! -Especially towards a stand up guy like Simmers!!
luc20rules Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 10:15 pm
@Subby, Not good. This type of behavior is totally unacceptable, but the way the Home Team handled it was class all the way.
Hoping for some NHL soon, but the way non-talks are going doesn’t seem likely does it?
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Also JJ spoke out about lockout blaming owners lol
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=408388
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jess Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
@Subby,
Good for JJ. He’s a good man.
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luc20rules Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 10:40 pm
@Subby, I understand the stand JMFJ is taking here, but I don’t think LA is one of the teams pushing for rollbacks. DL has kept the team 9 mil under this years cap despite foolish cries for signing Doan’t. I think LA was actually one of the team that felt rollbacks may not be part of the new CBA.
Its unfortunate that owners of the Boston, Minn, & Wash are on the NHL Non-Negotiating(We want rollbacks). All three teams are maxed out on the Cap and have multiple players on huge longterm contracts. It becomes much easier to understand how these non-negotitations have been played out. The way Edm has signed the 3 lotto picks long term this summer it wouldn’t be surprising to find that Edm owner is part of the bargaining team either.
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OT but congrats and best wishes to Chris McGowan of the Kings moving to the Trail Blazer organization. My first season seat account rep with the Kings way way back!
Best of luck always, buddy! Thank you!
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Kingsfanone Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 5:02 pm
@Kingsfanone,
http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=644528
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Shotongoal Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 5:38 pm
@Kingsfanone, my first rep also. Stanley Cup champs are in high demand in the sports world!
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Ice Girl pictures make me feel very, very, very (very)………….. old.
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Wish we could see Manchester games. They are red hot. Second best goal differencial in the AHL.
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jess Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 6:20 pm
@KC23,
I bought a 5 game AHL live stream package. Not in HD but it definitely helps with the hockey cravings. I have 3 three games left and when those are done, I’ll probably buy more. If the monarchs keep playing like this, they have a strong shot at the calder.
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luc20rules Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 6:42 pm
@jess, Good to hear that DLs prospects are gelling. I am sure after the Cup run players like King, Nolan, and Voynov are playing like men amongst boys.
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luc20rules Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 6:48 pm
@jess, Nolan has only played 1 game is he injured?
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jess Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 8:58 pm
@luc20rules,
I can’t seem to find an answer for that. Does not appear that his is injured. Healthy Scratch? Lokti, VV and Kinger getting plenty of ice time.
KC23 Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 8:47 pm
@jess, How much was it and where do I sign up?
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jess Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 9:05 pm
@KC23,
I signed up for a five game package for under $30.00. Obviously, the more you order, the more you save.
You can google AHL live and sign up / register. I think an entire season to follow your favorite team is under $100.00. Let me know if you do that and what the final price was. It’s not in HD so the quality kind of old school, but the announcer isn’t hideous and at least the camera follows the play decently. There is also a chat window on the right of the vid stream, so me and puck73 were having some fun as you might imagine
jess Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 9:07 pm
@KC23
*OR, you can purchase individual games for six bucks.
KC23 Reply:
October 30th, 2012 at 8:57 am
@jess, Thx jess, will do. I think 5 at a time is a good way to go, but I’ll see what else they have to offer.
KC23 Reply:
October 30th, 2012 at 9:32 am
@jess, Signed up for my 5 pack. My first game is Friday. Perhaps I’ll catch you and puck73 there on chat? Thanks for the heads up.
jess Reply:
October 30th, 2012 at 9:50 am
@KC23,
NICE! -Yes we’ll have to do that.
Also, quick update on Nolan as the Monarchs just responded to my inquiry:
Upper body injury.
Some thoughts from Martin Brodeur’s interview.
“But the league really had almost the same attitude as the last time around,” Brodeur said. “And with the last few weeks and the way they’ve conducted themselves, I don’t know what’s in the back of their heads, but they seem to be on a path that we saw seven years ago and it’s not something that’s fun to see. …
“For me, it’s just disappointing,” he later added. “Because of the structure we had already in place, I didn’t think we needed to be still talking about it by [U.S.] Thanksgiving. But that’s what it looks like now.”
IMHO for many fans if the full season is lost, then so is their interest in it. For me I will stay with the Kings, but likely won’t be going to or watching any other NHL. A shorten season is a huge disappointment, and if they do run playoffs thru to the last week of June. The Championship team of 2013 will have a huge Cup Hangover the next season.
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DesertKing Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 8:32 pm
@luc20rules,
The Kings will just have to live with that hangover.
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luc20rules Reply:
October 30th, 2012 at 6:40 pm
@DesertKing,
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KC23 Reply:
October 29th, 2012 at 8:52 pm
@luc20rules, Nah, they won’t have played a full season. The hangover won’t be as bad as it seems.
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Watching the storm footage (like many people) and they continue to get water drops all over the lens. Sometimes the camera man wipes the lens while the telecast is going which the view can see, but it just gets rain on it again.
The solution is simple. Have an aftermarket retrofit lens which fits over most any camera and spins at a fast enough rpm to keep the lens looking clear as a bell. CNC machines have this with coolant and it works perfectly.
I already have too many patents I’m working on. Someone want to run with it, go for it! If it works out take me to a Kings game!
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Is that Penner standing there with his shirt off?
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I am starting to fall into I do not care anymore mode. I needed to see something positive like this…
On a side note, TSN has been blocking all my comments about the owners living up to their contracts (they need to “approve” every comment) and only letting player bashing comments in. If they do let one slip, it gets instantly downgraded. Meanwhile on ESPN, all posts go through and people are sided with the players. Anyone else noticing this?
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Sebastian Reply:
October 30th, 2012 at 8:41 am
@WTF, i noticed everyone on TSN was siding with the owners and bashing players. whats the point of allowing comments if youre going to spin them. i thought tsn was supposed to be a trusted source.
the season is toast! the NHL has already said they gave their “best offer”. if their best offer was not taken then what makes anyone think the players will take their next offer?
now, more games have been canceled, money has been lost, so the leagues next proposal will reflect this and it will be a worse offer than their last. they will put a deadline on it, players will reject, all games for December will get canceled. repeat process for january and around february they will call the season lost….again.
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WTF Reply:
October 30th, 2012 at 6:21 pm
@Sebastian, You are probably right on point. Such a waste.
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Here’s one for ya..
What’s @puck73′s favorite thing to say on Halloween?
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DesertKing Reply:
October 30th, 2012 at 10:13 am
@jess,
Trick or TM?
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Kingsfanone Reply:
October 30th, 2012 at 10:15 am
@jess,
“Hey…..why am I in the cornfield…..again?”
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jess Reply:
October 30th, 2012 at 10:19 am
@Kingsfanone,
Terry Murray, boo!
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Kingsfanone Reply:
October 30th, 2012 at 11:26 am
@jess,
He stopped saying that line after the 435th time talking intimately with@ Poorman on their Batphone.
The truth……seriously. o_O