Welcome to the Midwest, where weather exists. For the purpose of testing the video capabilities of this blog, here’s a nine second clip of the descent from the plane into the media bus following the four hour and five minute flight earlier today. Guest star: Patrick O’Neal.
It’s 28 degrees in Ohio’s capital this evening, a number that should rise to a balmy 34 by tomorrow afternoon. I’m looking forward to providing more audio and video clips of the road trip, as well as photos from the cities and arenas we’ll be visiting.
Tell Patrick that walking in snow and using the phone is dangerous !!!!
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jess Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 6:45 pm
@neil, -yeah zombie walk front gainer with a front twist!
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Duncanz Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 8:00 pm
@jest, My parental control is still preventing me from accessing these radical channels..
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Thanks Jon! I love seeing the video of what you guys are going through! Be safe out there! Looking forward to more of your great work – thanks again for giving us our fix on non-game days – we need all we can get!!
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I hope the Kings start a winning streak starting today..Never expected them to win every single game but am sure expecting them to make the playoffs
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KingsFanFTW Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 3:30 pm
@KingsFanFTW, i mean tomorrow ><..Starting to get ahead of myself
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jess Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 6:47 pm
@KingsFanFTW,
That’s ok, I do that all the time.. -Especially when it comes to our “Los Angeles Kings”
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The “It Works!” Means that Apache is not configured, your webmaster needs to see what is going on.
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jess Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 6:47 pm
@HockeyNerd,
That’s right, -put a nerd on the task!!
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Great! Now, can you please get some video of Bob singing karioke?
On second thought, scratch that.
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Kingsfanone Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 4:57 pm
@Michael J.,
I think only Rich got that of Bob. But I could watch it if you got it, Jon!
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Goring 19 Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 6:23 pm
@Kingsfanone, Bob only sings in Nashville bars…
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Kingsfanone Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 9:35 pm
@Goring 19,
There you go!
Thanks Jon. Came through fine on the iPad. Enjoy your first roadie and thanks for all your hard work. GO KINGS GO!!!
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Enjoy the snow…………..
See you guys in Detroit…………..
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setoguichi can play left wing and hes in minnys doghouse ……… the dude consistently scores 20 , even on a offensively challenged minnesota team ……………. just saying he might be a good fit since we need a top 6 left winger since pens and gagne really arent working out ……………… and besides 20 is about 20 on the kings …. boths are offensiovely challenged ………… i mean its not like penner where he scored 20 and 30 on edmonton , but only 7 or whatever for the kings …… u knew it was beacuase of our different syles of play
but minny and la are the same offensively challenged teams …….. so 20 there might be 20 here
and 20 goals for a kings player is like a goldmine these days …… just saying
i think he had like 19 goals last year in minny in like only 70 games played or sometyhing like that
just saying people
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Duncanz Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 5:44 pm
@phil sykes,Well, it was his first season in MIN and he scored 19 in 69 games, but he also somehow managed to rack up a horrendous -17 in the process so he wasn’t doing so well at the other end of the ice.
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Ravens Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 8:12 pm
@Duncanz, those numbers are O’Sullivan-esk
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Duncanz Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 8:34 pm
@Ravens, Yes, and congratulations on yesterday.
With Brown, Williams and Lewis on the roster, how could they fail?!
Don’t worry about Columbus…
Was in their dressing room a month ago..
In fact, my job ended there and flew home from there..
One plane from Columbus to Burbank..[Got lucky]…
Any way i put a jinx on them vs the Kings…
The year before I stepped on the center logo and got yelled at…[big time]..
So [what I'm saying is]…We got this…
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Duncanz Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 4:32 pm
@SVELTE, Not if CBJ #7 has his say. Bet he still feels burned.
And try removing your bovver boots before stepping onto other team’s ice next time.
You don’t wear them when doing your yoga, do you?!
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Kenny44 Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 11:16 pm
@Duncanz,
If he scores on us do you think he will “Kapernick” to celebrate?
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Duncanz Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 11:46 pm
@Kenny3/7, Isn’t he too Young for that?
Michael J. Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 4:39 pm
@SLIM,
Lucky Butt?
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Kingsfanone Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 4:54 pm
@SLIM,
You didn’t………
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Off Topic:
Normally I dont care much for Bleacher Report as most the time I have issues with thier site but I think this is a good article and it really hits on whats not going so well with our team.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1515534-4-weaknesses-la-kings-must-address-during-2013-season
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Munchrat Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 5:02 pm
@BrokeKingsFan, That was 5 minutes of my life that I will never get back…
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BrokeKingsFan Reply:
February 5th, 2013 at 8:58 am
@Munchrat, It wasnt that bad…
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HockeyNerd Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 5:27 pm
@BrokeKingsFan, Let’s see: offense, defense, special teams, goaltending, shots being blocked, shots going wide. Do you think they missed anything there?
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jess Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 6:44 pm
@HockeyNerd,
-Yeah all that and a few bounces for crying out loud.
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Planning to drive down tomorrow, attending the game wearing my Stanley Cup shirt and cap.
34 degrees is downright balmy compared to up here east of Cleveland. Of course compared to SoCal, all of Ohio sucks.
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Duncanz Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 4:35 pm
@Robert R, Except Toledo, home of John Harbaugh … and the other one.
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Robert R Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 4:59 pm
@Duncanz, Yeah, let’s all vacation in Toledo.
No Kings hockey dates here either. Bah!
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Duncanz Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 5:35 pm
@Robert R, Detroit’s not out of the question, too, eh?
Anyhow, you’ve got to be happy for Frogtown John and your ex-Browns today.
Robert R Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 6:03 pm
Since I was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley (Madison Jr. High, U.S. Grant H.S., UCLA), I don’t care about Cleveland sports at all.
I care about LA sports and single female Kings fans
neil Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 6:05 pm
@Robert R, Calling Laura for Robert R ……
Duncanz Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 6:25 pm
@neil, You’re a devil …. or maybe Eros!
Robert R Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 7:01 pm
This is becoming a real “Backpage”.
edwood2 Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 7:22 pm
@Robert R, As the old John Denver song says; “Saturday night in Toledo Ohio is like being nowhere at all”.
Belexes Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 10:38 pm
@Robert R,
Just stay out of Youngstown Robert….
jess Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 6:40 pm
@Robert R, Hey I went to Grant HS!!!
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Robert R Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 7:00 pm
@jess, So did the members of the band “Toto”. Early ’70s.
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DesertKing Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 7:14 pm
@Robert R,
“99″
Duncanz Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 8:14 pm
@jest, @Backpage R
Mike Curb (‘Burning Bridges’), Johnette Napolitano, Mickey Dolenz!
Tom Selleck, meh…
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Poor JR, having to go on the road with the Kings. Man, I feel bad for you. Following the Stanley Cup champs around the country, watching hockey games, eating nachos, posting on the Insider blog, yep, gonna start calling you “Annie” since you are living such a rough life.
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BrokeKingsFan Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 4:57 pm
@DesertKing, Tomorrow, tomorrow, Kings hope to win 1, tomorrow, Mitchell please return to Playyyyyyy…
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jess Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 6:43 pm
@DesertKing,
Key word: NACHOS!!
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Best opening line ever “…where weather exists”
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jess Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 6:42 pm
@Shakes, yeah seasonal climate changes, what a concept
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Cav Pilot Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 8:57 pm
@Shakes, Weather is WAY over-rated.
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wondering if Willie Mitchell made the trip??? we obviously need him..
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Kingsfanone Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 9:32 pm
@hapakid,
He did not look very confident skating at TSC.
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Happy 28th Birthday, Bradley ‘Ritchie2′ Richardson.
Hey, Kyle Palmeiri scored 3 goals in the 2 games after his birthday the other day, just sayin’.
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jess Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 6:41 pm
@Duncanz, Hey Happy Birthday to you man. Your posts are ON tonight.
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Duncanz Reply:
February 4th, 2013 at 8:50 pm
@jest, Speaking of which, what’s occupying the crystal tumbler on your coffee table this evening?
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Maybe hockey weather will produce some actual hockey by the Kings. Maybe?
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Don’t use quicktime keep mobile compatible formats
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Love seeing the video clip and a glimpse of the Kings world when not playing a game. Very cool. Thanks Jon
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Anyone see the brilliant twisting, sweeping, goalie-bailing save Jason Demers made off Cogliano in the SJS @ AD game?
What a fixture. Now, this is Pacific Division hockey!
Signed, @Lake Finnest & @purge73 ~
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rogiesbackup Reply:
February 5th, 2013 at 1:40 am
@Duncanz, It doesn’t seem like many teams play their best/hardest against the Ducks. I watch many of ducks games and the opposition doesn’t seem to have the same intensity/passion as when they play against the Kings. They don’t even put their starting goalie when against ducks.
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Duncanz Reply:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:28 pm
@rogiesbackbrace, This is true, but if you remember, Kings were regularly making ‘backup’ goalies look like Vezina winners as recently as this time last year!
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I once saw the Kings win the Stanley Cup. If they won it once, they can win it again. GKG-AGAIN!!
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do we look like a terrible bunch or what? The lack of Greener & Willie is killing us. Will Lombardi pull the trigger and pick up a stay at home D-man? hopefully!! and soon!! not even 10 games into this shortened season and i feel time is running out.
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Kings let get it together and win some games boys……
This is not good…….
We have the horses we just need to get out in front in few games…
Both Columbus and Nashville should be far easier then the west coast teams…..
Com’on boys…….
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quicktime plugin no bueno… chrome is not pleased
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Welcome aboard Jon. I look forward to reading your posts. It’s great to have a new insider.
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Video looks good here. Just a request for future ones from your phone. Please hold the phone sideways if you can. Those tall skinny videos drive me crazy!!
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Dont
tell Patrick, but is someones hair thinning a little in the back?
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