Head Coach Todd Richards, on Friday’s game:
“We didn’t win a lot of battles tonight. There was more urgency in their game than there was in ours. As far as winning those 1-on-1 battles in the offensive zones, we were spending more time in our defensive zone, using up our energy.”
Richards, on whether penalties in the first period set the tone for the game:
“I really don’t think that set us back.”
Richards, on disappointment over suffering a setback in developing an identity:
“Yeah. It’s playing 60 minutes. It’s playing the way we need to play. And what troubles me is we talked about it, showed video, and we come out and can’t get to that point. We had segments of the game where we were doing it, but the full commitment to it for 60 minutes – it was a 2-1 game, we’re still one shot away and not playing our best hockey – but for us to have success, everyone has to do it. Everyone’s got to be committed. We can’t be turning pucks over like we did. Again, that’s going back to the start of the year when we were turning pucks over. Just some puck poise and those types of things.”
Brandon Dubinsky, on the team’s struggles:
“We didn’t have enough push back. We certainly didn’t help ourselves. We made some turnovers that made us spend too much time in our defensive zone. Didn’t allow us to play enough offense. The shot total reflects that.”
Jack Johnson, on the team’s challenges:
“I think the Kings played a great defensive game . They did a good job keeping us outside. Give credit where credit is due. It’s up to us to create more offense at the end of the day. When your forwards help you on defense it’s huge. Then it’s five people playing defense opposed to two. The Kings do that exceptionally well.”
Exactly right, JJ. And I still cant believe people were booing him at Staples. For what? He was never anything but a good teammate while he was here.
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goldielocks Reply:
February 15th, 2013 at 11:28 pm
@bbb7,
Yes. And he took Anisimov out for us tonight.
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LB Reply:
February 16th, 2013 at 12:00 am
@bbb7, hmm I didn’t notice any booing, must’ve been very limited…
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Robyn Reply:
February 16th, 2013 at 12:49 am
@LB, There was only booing after they scored. Or at least that’s what I noticed in my end…
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et219 Reply:
February 16th, 2013 at 10:24 am
@LB, The booing started in the first period and continued throughout the game. It happened when Jack would move the puck forward offensively. It got worse with the assist. Some Kings fans think his positive comments about CBJ must mean he hated it here in LA, which doesn’t make sense at all. I’d be annoyed if after a year people were still asking me to comment about a trade and trying to provoke me into some nasty soundbite for their blog or article. He’s a class act, came in and played his game then gave credit to his former team. Sure he got into it a bit with a few players, but that’s just the game. He hates to lose.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
February 16th, 2013 at 11:42 am
@et219, I was disappointed with the boos, but it was a very small portion of the crowd at least.
He shows his class again.
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JJ doesn’t deserve to be booed…He didn’t demand a trade…He was a good teammate who negociated his own contract for crying out loud!…I don’t think those booes were sincere…That is just an LA crowd of people trying to have some fun…But, tread litely…Nashville crowds like to chant that conn smythe trophy and SC winners ‘suck’…yep…them Nashvegas fans are classy
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g smith86 Reply:
February 15th, 2013 at 11:30 pm
@g smith86, you stay classy,…Nashville
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oh…and after spending 4 and a half years in Nashville…let me just say…for the record…”GO F&%@ YOURSELF, NASHVILLE!!!!!!
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Duncanz Reply:
February 15th, 2013 at 11:49 pm
@g smith86, Fired up there, gs86!
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What a game by Ellerby!!!
The only time he coughed up the puck in the blue zone was a play next to the glass on section 103. But I blame Williams partially for leaving the blue zone to quickly.
GREAT D Day today!!
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Robyn Reply:
February 16th, 2013 at 12:52 am
@Gustavo, He had one little bobble where he turned the puck over, but someone (I think Kopi) managed to rescue him and take the puck out of the zone. Also there was one time when I thought DD was teaching him how to hit because he sorta hit a guy then DD came in and full on really checked the other guy into the boards (I have no idea who because from my angle, all I could see were the players faces pressed up against the glass). I thought he did a really good job tonight and he was really good at getting in on the forecheck
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Haha did JJ get boo’d!? Lol I didn’t make it tonight . You know should know if your a former lA player your gonna get boo’d xD I doubt there was much hate behind it aside from his comment after getting traded.
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I liked JJ when he was here but I didn’t like that cheap cross-check he gave Carter after the final buzzer. JJ did a few CS things like that when he was a King, acting tough when someone (usually a ref)would be there to step in. Loved the Kings’ presence in CBJ’s passing lanes tonight, and their puck-stealing abilities. I think the best we’ve seen in these areas this year.
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I heard a few boos but nothing JJ would’ve noticed. A guy behind me bold and when I turned around and looked at him henjustmsaid “hey, he’s on the other side now”. Whatever.
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