On all the penalties: “It’s got to be a record for no five-on-five play. That’s got to be a record.”
On his team’s overall play: “Oh I thought we played well…we hit three posts. It’s 1-0 and we had all those chances to make it 2-0…with all the power plays. It’s tough to win on the road.”
Looks an awfully lot like last regular season all over again. Start the Brown trade rumors to light a fire under the teams ass again!
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David R Reply:
January 24th, 2013 at 10:50 pm
@Klong, Im totally fine if it ends up just like last year
this team is obviously built for the playoffs, so as long as we slip into the playoffs im fine with it!
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vplaza Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 9:09 am
@David R,
Big difference is that this is a short season. Not a lot of time to figure it out. Fall behind early this year and you will have a difficult time making the dance.
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NOW IMPRESSED Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 12:11 pm
@David R, I’d like to know what that actually means. If a team is built for the playoffs, it should be able to win in the regular season.
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rogiesbackup Reply:
January 24th, 2013 at 10:58 pm
@Klong, This would’ve been a blow-out again….but our PP didn’t get it done. Same situation as last years PP==THE MAN WITHOUT THE PUCK NOT ALLOWING HIMSELF TO MOVE INTO AN OPEN LANE; HE JUST STANDS THERE WATCHING THE PLAY!!
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scratch richards on saturday
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xeropoint Reply:
January 24th, 2013 at 10:26 pm
@Stuart, This.
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Jason4Kings Reply:
January 24th, 2013 at 10:40 pm
@Stuart, Totally agree. The lazy stroll to the bench leading to the too many men in OT was the last straw tonight. He’s not skating at all.
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LB Reply:
January 24th, 2013 at 10:59 pm
@Stuart,
He said in interviews that he spent several months during the lockout resting…then was hunting or fishing every day. Clearly not in game shape.
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Deirdre Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 4:51 am
@LB, actually that’s not what he said. He wasn’t hunting and fishing every day, way to embellish. And he said he didn’t go to Europe because he was resting from the injuries he’d received last year. He worked out every day and went to Winnipeg during the week to skate with the Jets. And the whole top 6 isn’t in game shape, not just him. But by all means, make him the whipping boy, ignore the fact that the top line hasn’t produced either. And he wasn’t the one who lost the faceoff last night and was totally out of position when the game tying goal was scored.
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Cruiznblue Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 11:58 am
@Deirdre,
Have to agree with you on that…it’s not like any of the top 3 lines are producing. Why pick on Richards? Too early in the season I think to be bashing…give them time to get back into game shape AND rebuilding the chemistry.
Spencer Maze Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 7:51 am
@Stuart, I agree. And while DS is at it, scratch Williams too…the guy’s been absolutely invisible.
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Jeff_R Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 10:45 am
@Spencer Maze, Why not just scratch the whole top 6 and call up guys from the Monarchs to take there place. The fact is it is going to take a few games to get there timing down. These first 5 games is basically like pre-season games. While some of the players, who played during the lockout, are doing fine….Those that didn’t are having a tough time getting back. I expect this to continue for a little while and then things will turn around.
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Pa – fuggin’ – thetic!!!
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History repeats itself. The Kings started the last lockout-shortened season 0-2-1.
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Lake Forest Reply:
January 24th, 2013 at 10:35 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com), did we win the cup then?
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Anjin Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 5:37 am
@Lake Forest, New Jersey won it that year oddly enough starting out 0-2-1 as well
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Spencer Maze Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 7:53 am
@Anjin, I love the positiveness
GO KINGS
Lake Forest Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 8:32 am
@Anjin, sorry was being sarcastic…. but I do like the positiveness as well!
Be fair to the players. You benched Penner then you have to do the same to Richards. Assuming you have guts to do it.
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Stuart Reply:
January 24th, 2013 at 10:15 pm
@goldielocks, posted this on yahoo earlier today “cant bench richards or carter so you scratch the whipping boy”
We’ll see how much TM Sutter has in him…
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luuc Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 8:43 am
@goldielocks,
While I agree that he deserves it, the problem for DS is – you bench Penner and you have multiple options to effectively replace him (Gagne, Clifford, King, Richardson even). As bad as Richards has been, they don’t have anyone else to slot into that spot short of bringing up Lokti.
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DEH Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 10:06 am
@luuc, easy trade gagne or penner with Bernier for a stay at home defenseman, bench richards, move carter to center and call up toffoli
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luuc Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 12:37 pm
@DEH,
Heh – I like that that was the easy solution
You didn’t play we’ll – u hit three posts and couldn’t hit the net more than once! I’m so sick of coach-logic where everything is excusable!
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CanadianKing Reply:
January 24th, 2013 at 10:12 pm
@Mucker, Something tells me he was being slightly sarcastic…
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David R Reply:
January 24th, 2013 at 10:52 pm
@Mucker, You dont call people out to the media, you call them out in the locker room and also give a chance for the leaders to call people out. He doesnt need to say anything to the media, and besides if he says what he really thinks he will probably be fined
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Hitting the post however many times doesn’t win you games darryl, number of chances doesn’t win you games Darryl , you know. This isnt baseball.
Put these 3 AWEFUL games behind boys, buckle up and go on a tear. Our pp and top 6 have got to do a lot better
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It’s amazing how fast the 45 years comes back to us, isn’t it?
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This is a tough team to figure out. The way they’re playing it’s like the last 20 games of the regular season last year and the entire playoffs never happened. (Thankfully they did) This team looks exactly like they did at the beginning of last season, JQ and nothing else. Yes we hit 3 posts, which means we were close to scoring 3 more goals, but as the old man from the Mighty Ducks movies said, you were also close to missing the net entirely.
The PP set-up the Kings have been using looks exactly like the one they used last season. Not a lot of movement, DD and Kopi passing back and forth to each other before one of them finally shoots and either gets their shot blocked, or it goes wide. I don’t understand why they’re doing the same thing that didn’t work last season with the same exact players.
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banez81 Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 6:30 am
@CB14,
“but as the old man from the Mighty Ducks movies said, you were also close to missing the net entirely.”
Actually it was the kid, Charlie Conway that said that.
Well I guess Joshua Jackson is an old man now compared to then so in a way you are right. 
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Crown Royal Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 6:38 am
@CB14,
No, I’m not really back. CB I consider you one of the most knowledgeable people who blog here so I just wanted to share some thoughts….The players are the same as last year but the team is NOT the same team. The league has changed. The tempo of the play is even higher this year than last. This is a trend that has been going on for awhile. Some of the older players like Scuderi, who is still an above average player but just slightly, and JW along with Penner, and Gagne are simply not as good as they once were and with bigger faster players in the league they can’t excel as easily. All of those players I just mentioned have seen their better hockey days.
The Kings absolutely are missing Mitchell and Greene on the PK but are actually a better team without them five on five. Martinez is ready to become a top-two defenseman if given the chance and Muzzin has top-four written all over him if the Kings don’t panic and bury him on the depth chart. DD1 reminds me so much of Ray Bourque and like Bourque, Doughty tends to struggle a bit when attacked by exceptionally speedy forwards like Duschene in the Colorado game- where you correctly mentioned Doughty-Scuds struggled. Doughty will be an all star for years to come and Voynov is also a top-four guy so the Kings have four D-Men 25 years old or younger capable of being top four defensemen. DD1, Martinez, Voynov and Muzzin. The NHL is moving more and more toward D-men who can skate and move the puck. The Kings are in great shape there. BTW, DD2 has been okay. TM destroyed his confidence so he will probably never be as good as he could have been but is proving he’s capable as a seventh D-man.
The Kings need to fix the PP and fast. Yes, it looks too much like last season. Stoll should never be on the PP despite his faceoff ability as he destroys the puck movement and can’t finish. Maybe Loktionov should be brought up to play the PP. He’s the best passer in the organization. Brown has to wake up so maybe Nolan should move to the first line with Kopi and Brown for awhile as the Clifford idea on the second line was exactly what I was hoping for…more agression on the forecheck and going hard to the net. Kopi didn’t look ready in his first game but was better last night and will play better. People are on Richard’s ass now but he’s a player you win with in the end, not one you lose with.
The Kings may not win it all again this season but if they’re smart about the young D-men and bring Toffoli along properly, they can be at or near the top of the league for years to come.
@Puck73, I’m not really back so please don’t start texting me again. Not sure I’ll be posting the rest of the season! Just happened to see some of the games with free Center Ice but probably won’t buy it this year so may not be following the Kings or the NHL when free Center Ice vanishes.
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neil Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 10:16 am
@Crown Royal, sure seems like you are back…either you are with us or you are not….P.S. come back !
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Crown Royal Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 10:25 am
@neil,
Thanks, but not sure I want to make a commitment to the NHL again after the lockout. I wasn’t happy about it happening. I have watched much of the three games but not going out of way to do so anymore. I’M from So.Calif but now live in Phoenix. Normally I attend the Kings games here but will not attend the game tomorrow night. Not sure I will follow the team all season. Good luck to all the Kings fans…it was so sweet to finally win it all last year!!
Hackwoods Reply:
January 26th, 2013 at 12:49 am
@CB14, It is kind of simple: This team, and no team for that matter, has had a chance to practice the power play all that much. The PP will look the same as last year for a while. It will take several more practices before Payne’s style will start to show.
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1 point in 3 games is a bad stretch, but it’s magnified because of the expectations and because it’s at the beginning of the season so that 0 in the W column looms large. But the team has played a little bit better in each game. Hopefully, they’ll get over the hump against the Cryotes. That’s the first game against a playoff opponent. Maybe it will spark that intensity that seems to be missing.
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CB14 Reply:
January 24th, 2013 at 10:24 pm
@Kenny44, It’s also magnified by the fact that there’s only 48 games as opposed to the usual 82.
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KINGS not scoring goals=KINGS WIN CUP
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David R Reply:
January 24th, 2013 at 10:53 pm
@jonsey, NICE…. this is what im talking about… just like last year, finally people are getting it!
as long as we make the playoffs we are fine, thats when we start playing
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Good thing I’m not a player or coach but I’m still giggly about winning the Cup and just seeing the boys out there makes me happy.
Man, the Oilers’ fans were fired up about beating us too.
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Mikey J. Reply:
January 24th, 2013 at 10:58 pm
@LA_1968, It looked like they were going to riot after the disallowed goal.
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DesertKing Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 7:10 am
@Mikey J.,
Would have been nice if the refs had called a bench minor om the crowd instead of hiding against the glass. That was on of the worst officiating jobs I have seen.
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My bud saw Richards doughty and stoll at The Tragically Hip concert last night. Think Richardswas still hungover skating to the bench in OT. I think so
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DesertKing Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 8:43 am
@Ryan oliver,
Wasn’t that one of those crappy bands that played at Staples during intermissions last season? No wonder they are playing like crap.
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so coach only answered 2 questions?
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Last season when Richards came back from his concussion he spent about 20 games passing to no one, missing assignments and generally being lost.. much like he has been so far this season. Since I’m fairly sure he’s not suffering concussion symptoms now, maybe he’s got a motivation problem.
Stoll, there’s 9 seconds left..I understand Belanger has for a long time been one of the top guys in the league on draws, but cant you at least tie him up a little and not lose such an important draw SO cleanly?
And oh, the memories of the Kings last season making every goalie (including many back-ups) look like George Vezina by shooting the puck right into their mid-section.
Speaking of memories… the 2011-2012 PP is back, especially on the 5-on-3s. No movement, no quick shots… all super deliberate. And when they DO free a guy for a one-time shot with an open look, the pass is always in the wrong place and the guy has to settle it and the opportunity is lost. I’m hoping it’s just rust, but as Yogi would say:
It’s like deja vu all over again.
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Why do we have Gagne if we don’t use him?Did he get mad at Sutter? Whats going on here?
I understand why he Scratch Penner but y keep Gagne out?
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Got a point on the road. Not going to get all excited about it. Kings were the better team.
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banez81 Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 6:31 am
@KC23,
+1
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Stuart Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 5:08 pm
@KC23, Not on the PP
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Why is Richards wearing the “A” on his jersey. He sure isn’t leading.
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Man, our expectations are so much higher now. I know mine are, at least to play a full 60 minutes. We’ve got to stay focused. I agree with Coach Sutter on most of our play but…we’ve got to start playing like champions. Go! Kings Go!
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Here’s the KND postgame roundup including video interviews with Quick, Doughty and Sutter…
http://kingsnewsdaily.com/kings-powerless/
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I think it should be noted that in 94-95 the eventual Stanley Cup champion NJ Devils had a absolute horrid start. A great goalie and a strong defensive system can take you far. Start worrying when we are mathematically eliminated, until then let the boys play and develop some chemistry which made us the powerhouse that won the cup.
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Has Penner learnt his lesson………NOT LIKELY, keep him in the pressbox.
Gagne for Richardson and see you in Phoenix………..
Com’on guys lets get the job done, its a 4 point game…….
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tornado12 Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 8:19 am
@harty, Ragging on Penner and he didn’t even play last night. I guess it was penners fault the kings lost last night
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408kingsfan Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 9:35 am
@tornado12, it will be refreshing to get Penner back in the line-up so I have an indidual player to bash on
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Kings PP….. Fire Kompon!
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DesertKing Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 7:12 am
@Osaka,
AGAIN – he ran that PP drill so many times with this team that they can’t get it out of their heads.
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Ike Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 12:05 pm
@Osaka, Hahah, thats what I was thinking last night. Who will my fellow insiders blame for the lack of PP production.
Why Kompon of course! Its Kompon Derangement Syndrome (KDS).
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Where does Clifford go now Darryl in for Brown?
Lets go million dollar people…………
Easy to see who plays the game for purpose, non big league contracts for the larger part all stayed in game shape by playing……why, they need the money but more importantly they commit to the game…….
Those who have big doe in a contract for the larger part didn’t play at all only alleged training sessions.
Most of the millionaires are out of shape and not even close to being ready.
Hell we got one that cannot put an effort forward to get off the ice let alone what he does on the ice.
I know Darryl your missing Mitchell, Greene in the back end and it stings………..but your front 6 millionaires are not getting the job done. Imagine if you were the owner and seeing all this money being pissed down the drain…….
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Hey, we’re still the champions. No need to panic. We’re only 7 points from number one in the conference.
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DesertKing Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 7:14 am
@Bonvivant,
The more important measure is where are we in relation to the #8 position.
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Bonvivant Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 9:00 am
@DesertKing, Very true.
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tornado12 Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 9:38 am
@DesertKing, thats what Lakers fans said when they started losing….I get what you are saying but IMHO The goal should always be to win the conference not just make the playoffs
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DesertKing Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 10:57 am
@tornado12,
If the Kings were the Lakers and had the highest paid talent that was also considered the best line-up in the league, then yes, the expectation should be a division and conference championship. The Lakers were built to steamroll everyone from start to finish (which isn’t happening due to poor coaching and no team chemistry).
The Kings are not the Lakers. They were built for the playoffs. DL put this team together with the intention of winning 7 game series by wearing down opponents and outperforming them with teamwork. We have a couple of great players, some really good players and some journeyman players. No one will ever say that the Kings are the most talented group on the ice. But when they play together as a team and sacrifice for each other, the sum of their talents exceeds the sum of the talents of the superstars on the opposing team.
That is DL’s strategy. It did not work the first 2 trips to the playoffs because we didn’t have the right coach or team chemistry. DL founf the right coach and made a couple of player chemistry adjustments and guess what? Success and a big shiny silver Cup.
IMHO, the goal of just making the playoffs is the right one. To expect this team to turn in a Presidents Trophy type season is not practical. Vancouver can beat any team, on any night, in a 1 game match-up, almost all of the time. Put them in 7 game series, where the other team gets to figure them out and can wear them down, and they fold.
Pride, Passion, Power and the word we learned last year, Grit, is what wins Cups. Just make the playoffs, then let DL’s strategy run from there.
Michael J. Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 11:12 am
@DesertKing,
No that I can agree with (the part about Vancouver).
I’m as pissed off as everyone else with the lack of vicories so far, but it’s way too early to hit the panic button and start benching everyone who has a bad game.
They didn’t play a bad game at all last night. I thought in the limited amount of 5 on 5 play, the kings dominated the majority of the tiny little bit of time.
The officials unfortunately had their whistles stuck between their lips and couldn’t remove it.
Most of the penalties were penalties, but you can’t call everything you see. If you do, you end up with a game like last night.
The Kings PP was terribe. I thought the previous game they had good movement on the PP and had quality chances. Not the case last night. Pucks bouncing over sticks..DD played a terrible game. He needs to QB the PP and he do it at all. Did not like any part of Muzzin’s game last night. He’s on the PP unit and I’ve yet to see him put a shot even towards the net. We need a better option on the 2nd pp unit. Mitchell should provide that when he returns.
I hope some people have leearned it’s not the coach, it’s the personnel and the execution. Now you see what Kompon was up against.
The PK was outstanding for most of the night and Quick wasa s sharp as he was during the playoffs. There were good signs in last nights game. Hopefully they carry it over to Phoenix and get the 2 points that they desperately need..if not for the standings, at least for their collective psyche’s.
I liked Kopi’s game last night. It was a big improvment over the previous game.
I’ll continue to drink from the glass half full side of things..It’ll get better..it has to!
Go Kings!
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nykingsfan Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 5:50 am
@nykingan,
geez..I didn’t even log in with my correct screen name. uh boy!
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I think that Oilers Fans should be Suspended for booing the Ref’s and throw things at the ice is wrong because what is a Grease Play means push off Quick and a goaltender is very wrong that means the Ref’s should call the Security out the Oilers fans out the Game for doing that
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That was a funny game but I’m not laughing
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Penalties in overtime are deadly–4 on 3 is tougher to kill than 5 on 4. If you gotta take someone down in OT, it had better be to stop a very high-quality scoring chance.
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DS summed up the officiating. Awesome! Lackluster play by the Kings aside and two blown penalties at the end, Doughty cross checked from behind and the fans repeat throwing of objects on the ice and the Kings probably still would have found a way to lose.
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Can we all please stop talking crap about DS? Has everyone already forgotten about what happened last year? Jeez, it’s only been 3 games. I’m frustrated too but I’m not gonna blame DS for the power outage. Give ‘em at least 10 games before you start blasting the head coach.
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not blaming DS, im blaming the guys for not being ready, alot of them are just not up to speed. And there is no time to wait for it to happen this year…
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Really people. Come on, did any of you actually think these guys could keep the pace they played the playoffs with. They’ve only played 3 games. Yes and I know, they haven t been good. Not even close. When and I do mean when, they figure out they can t just flip a switch to play this will all be forgotten. That s the problem with what they did last spring. Everyone knows what they can do, and they can’t make excuses anymore. It ‘s a catch 22 either way. I’m not happy with the end results lately, but I’m not worried either, I have last year to remind me not to panic anymore, no matter what.
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DesertKing Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 8:47 am
@P90X,
Aaaaaaaaaah!!! (Running from room to room with my hands on my head) aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!! (while looking at the sports page) aaaaaaaaaaaaah!! (watching the sky waiting for it to fall). Oh, how wonderful, I feel so, so, so calm (looking at my Stanley Cup replica from the HHOF on the mantle).
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To me, the season so far has boiled down to the damned power play and the inability to finish scoring opportunities. The defense is holding its own considering the loss of the top guys. Quick is playing well.
But come on, zero for forever on the man advantage, with several two-man advantages? WTF?
Same story from last year. Can’t score on the PP to take advantage of what the other team is giving you. Unfortunately, it’s a short season, so there isn’t a lot of time to tweak and try to figure it out. If they get into a longer losing streak, they stand a good chance of not making the playoffs since other teams appear to have come ready to play.
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King Charles of Salt Lake Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 9:36 am
@vplaza, Great Post!!
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vplaza Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 12:11 pm
@King Charles of Salt Lake,
Thanks! And the Kings have hit a bunch of great posts too…unfortunately.
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I got the same feeling from that game as I did with the game in Dallas last year. Up by a goal with seconds left, Richards tried to shoot the puck down the ice off the faceoff (Richards had an open net near the final minute last night and his shot was blocked), Dallas tied with a few seconds left and eventually won in overtime.
Which loss do you guys think stung the most?
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King Charles of Salt Lake Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 9:37 am
@California Royalty, Dallas Game we really needed that win!!
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Most players have not played in 7 months. The ones who did played a much different game in lower leagues or overseas on much larger ice. It’s been a total of 3 games people. We have 1 point out of a possible 6. We have a target on our back being the defending cup champs. There is no magical switch they can just turn on a be the team that steamrolled their way to a cup last season. It takes time. Why do you think no team has repeated as champions for so long? We are only 5 points behind the division leader at this point. It’s not the time to panic or throw players, coaches or management under the bus.
The first 3 games have been ugly and player performance is not up to par but the season is not close to being over. For all of you who thought this would be easy, you were sorely mistaken.
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Also, Kopi should have taken that draw on the tying goal. He was a beast on the draws last night. Stoll always seems to win draws when they don’t mean as much.
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The Kings still get one shot in the zone, usually blocked, and then it’s back out to mid-ice. There’s no sustained pressure. This is on 5 on 5 and PPs. Heck, we had a 5 on 3 last night and Doughty was shooting it from the point. Watch any good 5 on 3 and every shot should be coming from close in with no one in the shooting lane.
And if you want to talk about invisible, how about Brown? In the playoffs, Brown was laying someone out and wreaking havoc in front of the net within the first 5 minutes. Right now, I don’t hear his name more than two times the entire game.
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And as many have said, I don’t understand why home fans throwing trash on the ice isn’t a bench minor penalty. That delay gave the crowd time to get really riled up, got the Oilers team time to regain their composure, and put the Kings on ice in a game that was all but over. That entire scene was just ridiculous. And that stands for my team too. If I ever saw someone throw something on the ice at Staples Center, I’d make sure the person got an earful and a visit from security.
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We deserved to lose the game last night. When you get as many chances as the Kings did last night you must convert. Simple as that. The lockout hurts us! The Kings sat around with the extra time soaking in the Championship. Some players played over seas and some kept in shape. These first few games were basically preseason games in the players minds. They are still trying to find their rhythm. We look a lot like the team we were last regular season. If we don’t correct our wrongs, we will be the laughing stock of the NHL once again. Can you hear it now… The Kings Championship was a fluke. Thing is we don’t have the time to wait around and sneak into the playoffs. I still believe that we can beat any team in a 7 game series, but these regular season games of relying on Quick will catch up to us. Panic, Hell ya Panic. I DO NOT like to see the Kings lose. Hopefully this Cup thing is behind them and they can focus on this season. 1 win and everything will be back to normal. Not until we see a goal from our PP unit. I’m OUT!!!
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When you raise the Cup you essentially have raised the bar.
This season will be the toughest in team history. Nobody is taking the Kings lightly anymore. In fact, everyone is highlighting the Kings on the calendar, everyone is measuring themselves against them, everyone wants to knock them off the pedestal. Just showing up doesn’t get you a “W”, there’s no hiding under the radar anymore. The guys need to realize the price they paid and sacrifices they made to win it all.
Every game is now Game 7 of the Finals..drop the puck!
GO KINGS!
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Boy was that lots of quotes or what???
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Honestly they should take the A of richard’s jersey and put it on Doughty’s, Doughty and Clifford have been the best two players so far this year.
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408kingsfan Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 10:15 am
@DEH, Doughty’s play so far has really impressed me as well.. Its almost like he is maturing into the player he is being paid to be. Were mot off to the start we all expected but its the finish that matters.
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Team hasnt had practice with the new PP coach..so thats why it looks like last year…also Kopi is not 100 % and we are missing WM and Greene. Have you ever notice if a call goes the Kinks favor that Foxy will comment..”Its Close” He will never come out and say that the Kings got a break… like on the disallowed goal last night….
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damien Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 10:38 am
@neil, grrrr. RUff RUff. Grrrrr.
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red49er Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 10:48 am
@neil, Fox is one of the best, but he is paid by the Kings. At the same time he has obviously made it clear to you that the Kings got a break just not in those exact words – which is a lot more than more commentators do…
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The Kings are the Kings, no different except for some extra rest, and a shine of a cup past, they gave LA the cup, now its time to move on and so as always yes we are slow starting out of the gate and who knows what will happen, but it was good to see Quick after two games getting back to true form, what a great player he is turning out to be, along with (13 ) and others too, keep going forward boys!
Go Kings Go!
Great to hear and see Jim and Bob and Daryl and Nick again, missed them very much!
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DesertKing Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 10:38 am
@GailWeb,
+1
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damien Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 10:44 am
@GailWeb, Thinking back to many past seasons…when the Kings start off hot they often end up flat. So go ahead and start flat, because I’d rather have them go through diversity early. Don’t hit the panic button yet. I put my panic button away this season. The Kings finally won the cup after the worst possible first 1/2 of the season last year. It was amazing. They have a cup hangover still. No big deal.
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rick Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 10:54 am
@GailWeb, Good post, as always.
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get it going kings.. that was ugly last night.
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I missed Duncanz!! Where you at?
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pr0cess Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 10:55 am
@DodgersKingsoftheGalaxy, Drunk?
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DesertKing Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 11:08 am
@pr0cess,
…with the boys at The Tragically Hip concert….
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One good thing about tomorrow night in Phoenix, is we might get Labarbara in goal as Smith is injured. If anything can cure the Kings offensive woes it is Labs.
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DesertKing Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 10:59 am
@Jeff_R,
My son and I will be at the game tomorrow night. We hope to see and hang out with other Kings fans there.
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toemas_sandstrom Reply:
January 25th, 2013 at 11:02 am
@Jeff_R, Or we might just make Labarbera look like Terry Sawchuk
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Thinking about last night’s game and coming to realize that it could have easilly been a 3-0 win and all would be fine once again in the Kingdom.
Some things to consider:
1) Edmonton had half their team playing together in Oklahoma City
2) Some Kings players are not in “game shape”
3) Missing Willie and Greener
4) Kopi played better
5) Quick was awesome
6) the Kings did outplay Edmomnton for most of the game.
I’m not giving up.
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Richards, Brown and Williams have looked terrible. Team’s power play has been brutal no movement very stagnate out there. Still lots of games to go but right now it doesn’t look good.
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A sad performance by Richards who is still relishing in the hangover mode. DS please sit him along side Penner for Saturday. Scuderi got caught watching the paint dry on Yaki’s goal ….ooops. The special teams look abysmal. Maybe getting WM back will be a settling for the blueline as DD #44 should start his healthy scratch stretch and DD#8 can play his position instead of trying to play all over. Poor JQ rough start and should have gotten a W last night to build on instead of the letdown… Lockout then copout…get your act together.
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My issue with this season so far is that you have a coach playing his top players 20+ minutes a night at the start of a shortened season that had very little training camp. Many of these top players have not played in 7 months. The best line so far as been the 4th line and they are only playing 8 minutes a night. I just do not get it. The Kings can roll 4 lines as well as any team in this league, but the coach just won’t do it. If there is a time in the history of sports when you need all your players going, it is now…the start of a shortened season that had no training camp after a very long lockout.
Let me see: Do you think the Kings struggling in the 3rd period of each of the last 2 games has something to do with the legs not being there yet of our top players? Do you think that these top players having played minutes greater than normal has something to do with this late game struggle?
I am sorry but some posters have said you cannot blame DS for the slow start this season. Wrong. He could have done a lot better managing player minutes in these first 3 games and we would have likely had another point or two already.
Please DS… roll 4 lines and you will see a team that can play a full 60 minutes and win most nights.
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