On Alec Martinez:
“He was cleared for contact after the game the other night. We could’ve had him back yesterday.”
On whether Martinez is close to playing:
“He was cleared for contact. Remember the protocol. Injured reserve, he’s hurt, can’t play. Cleared for contact, activated, available to play. Not much more than that.”
On two “hot” goaltenders at this portion of the season:
“I think they’re competing against each other to see who plays the next game. That’s all it is. It’s not necessarily ‘hot.’ It means that they’re playing well enough to win the next game.”
On whether the need to win tomorrow’s game in Vancouver is almost like the need to win the first game of a long road trip, considering the heavy schedule approaching:
“No, it’s just a one game trip. Then we come home for five. Then we go for what, two? Then we come home and go for three or four. Then we’ve got to combine Washington [to meet the President] with it. So it’s tough…I’m not looking at it any more than tomorrow. We play four back to back sets – you just keep going four sets, four sets – it’s almost the impossible schedule.”
On the previous Vancouver game:
“We were down 2-0, we tied 2-2 and [won] in a shootout.”
On the previous Vancouver game taking place “so long ago in the season”:
“Not really. It was really just kind of in the course of…18 [games], and it was a dozen games ago. So it’s not that long ago.”
On his ideal schedule and rhythm between games:
“It depends where you’re at. In the old days when I was in Chicago, they were on the Original Six schedule, so you played Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday always. The old Original Six teams always had home dates Saturdays, Wednesdays, Sundays. That’s a different schedule. Your travel is different. You’d come out west, your travel was way different. So you’d prefer to have one day a week, whether it’s basically a recovery day, if you could. And if not, then you were traveling or playing. There’s not an ‘ideal’ schedule, and quite honest, this is totally different, and then going forward with the unknown of conference or divisions, if [realignment] comes to pass, how that’s going to be again. So you just have to reset. I don’t know what ‘ideal’ is, quite honest, because until you see it, you have to adjust to it. Hey, the biggest thing is trusting players. It’s what it’s about, right? Guys that play minutes, guys who don’t, trusting that their recovery is in the right order in terms of nutrition. It’s basically putting the fuel in the engine all the time.”
On players’ generally improved nutritional habits in the modern game:
“I think probably it’s an overview. Most of them are like that. You guys are just as familiar as some of our young guys, guys who have struggled before I was here, and they’ve struggled while I was here, and most fit in as that. Hey, it was the biggest issue I had seen last year with our club. It wasn’t anything other than to do with other than not living in a hockey environment, and young players have to adjust to that.”
On standing in front of the logo of a “certain fast food company”:
“I haven’t been to one of those since they cut off Alberta beef, which was quite a few years ago, and I don’t even like standing beside it.”
On when they cut off Alberta beef:
“Being cattle guys, the mad cow thing, they cut off Alberta beef – they cut off North American beef – so I don’t like standing beside that.”
On whether it’s challenging controlling the players’ emotions, given the “hatred” expressed towards the Canucks:
“Whatever they said, use, because I didn’t know it was like that. Was it ‘hatred’? That was the word? Good. Talk to them, don’t talk to me. I haven’t said it, so it doesn’t really come…to me”
On whether it’s “more challenging” to control the players’ emotions in a Los Angeles – Vancouver game:
“It hasn’t been in the past.”
The one thing I don’t like about those last couple questions, why do reporters try to make trouble by asking the same question over and over to try and catch the person off guard so they can say its a controversy. You work for the Kings, don’t try to get players or coaches to give the other team something to help them get pumped up.
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uknojata Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 5:33 pm
@brian spain, maybe I’m wrong, but I believe just because Rosen puts up a question and answer it doesn’t necessarily mean he’s the one who asked the question. I think most of the interviews are done with other members of the media present. Secondly, although he works for the club, I’d prefer Rosen ask questions independent of whats best for the team and instead ask questions with the fan base in mind.
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Neil Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 6:01 pm
@uknojata, DS talks at a press conference….means more then one person asking questions…
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kissmyblarneystones Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 6:17 pm
@brian spain,
So when other bloggers here (russ dynda, et al) comment on DS attitude during PC’s and how dour his responses are, consider that he’s been dealing with hockey press since the 70′s. As far as he’s concerned, the press in an inconvenience that serves no purpose other than to stir the pot. You can tell by his answers that he has no interest at all and I can’t blame him.
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brian spain Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 6:46 pm
@kissmyblarneystones, I agree Blarney, my best friend was a reporter for a newspaper for 40 years. I hope Our guy doesn’t ask stupid questions. though it is very entertaining to hear Sutter’s answers, even better when they are on T.V. I would not be able to handle half the stupid questions some of the hacks ask.
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Duncanz Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 6:54 pm
@kissmyblarneystones, The one use he has for the press is to be a pneumatic capsule tube for material for the ‘Great Sutter Book of Wisdom and Witticisms’ currently being compiled by the absent, but busy, @JackKentCooke which will be published shortly after his retirement and right before he sells the farm to McDonalds Corp.
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kissmyblarneystones Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 7:12 pm
@Duncanz,
You think one too many hockey pucks to the skull accompanied by the occasional hoof to the nether regions may have made the press somewhat useful?
luc20rules Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 7:17 pm
@kissmyblarneystones, +1
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I understand that Ray Kroc was a big Nuks fan
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Observation at practice today…. Sutter is intense….you just look at DS on the ice and I wouldnt want to upset him……Team skated really hard and practiced really hard..I didnt see that type of practice under TM…Martinez looked really good….Bernier look like he was still on fire..(Dont tell me cause the Kings dont have scorers that is why Bernier looked good) Watching and realizing that Iam watching the Stanley Cup Champs practicing !!!! Also got to see Mr. Miller and his ring !!!! Awesome right???
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Duncanz Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 6:07 pm
@Neil, I wonder what goes on in the mic jockeys’ minds when people ask to take a picture of just the ring on their finger rather than one standing beside them anymore?
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jess Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 6:28 pm
@Neil,
So TM skating out on the ice with oven mitts and serving freshly baked cupcakes didn’t work too well??
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Also…side notes…Frasier,Nolan,Kopi and others stopped to take pictures even thou they were on the way to the airport. Talked to Mr. Rosen…Really good guy despite being a Dodger fan…Hung with Duncanz and he didnt buy me lunch….Mr. Evans is as nice as they come…just ask Duncanz kid !!!! Mr. Miller who had the same sentiments as me…I think about the Stanley Cup in disbelieve every day !!! GKG !!!!
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Duncanz Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 6:11 pm
@Neil, I’m saving my pennies for a drink in a dimly lit cocktail bar with @Lake Forest.
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kissmyblarneystones Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 6:19 pm
@Duncanz,
I want to come to!
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Duncanz Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 6:30 pm
@kissmybarroomsteins, An Irishman, a Pahrumpian and a closet Sharks fan walk into a bar …..
kissmyblarneystones Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 7:00 pm
@kissmyblarneystones,
Someone’s going to be very lonely!
kissmyblarneystones Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 7:00 pm
@Duncanz,
Someone’s going to be very lonely!
Duncanz Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 7:24 pm
@kissmclellanstodds, I would hope you’d both unconditionally include me in your in depth discussions about haute Couture.
kissmyblarneystones Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 7:36 pm
@kissmyblarneystones,
I’m not sure about that, but I’d be willing to reminisce about my experiences in preparing Thresher Kebabs, Shark Fin Soup and Smoked Mako!
haha DS…
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DL needs to man up and tell the prez we will do a double with him in June.
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jess Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 6:37 pm
@jet,
I wonder if the whole team will have to dress up in first responder’s and doctor’s outfits?
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 7:10 pm
@jess,
I hear the sequester caused the lockout
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jess Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 7:13 pm
@Kenny44, yeah it must’ve went through a time machine, cause it still isn’t here yet.
Kenny44 Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 7:27 pm
@Kenny44,
It ate your sandwich out of the office fridge
jess Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 10:18 pm
@Kenny44,
Well, then it’s gonna get sick. That thing was like 5 weeks old.
Funny how DS should suddenly ‘steer’ the conversation in that direction.
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kissmyblarneystones Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 7:01 pm
@Duncanz,
Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck,
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I don’t think the boys care for the nucks too much, but Sutts is smart not to go there.
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Duncanz Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 7:07 pm
@jest, Maybe true, but one of my fave DS quotes of all time was when he ‘suttlely’ opined of the Canucks,
“We feel fortunate they could fit us into their schedule”
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jess Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 7:14 pm
@Duncanz,
he’s so suttle..
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anybody have an update on willy mithcell?
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soo-do-nihm Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 7:34 pm
@rat161, “Stuck in the same holding pattern” was the last update from Deano.
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rick Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 8:52 pm
@rat161, I have to admit that I am starting not to care. The young guys are the future.
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Spongy Bovine Disease. McDonalds. Branding. Hockey. Mad Cow. Standing next to. Alberta Beef. Great interview.
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I ate at a McDonalds in Alberta several years ago, and could not believe how much better the meat was than here in the states. Of course, things change…
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Time to make some trades for picks
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jess Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 10:18 pm
@Ravens,
Do tell. Who for what.
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Ravens Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 11:22 pm
@jess, that’s not for me to decide, I’ve warned everyone I’m only posting while drunk from now on so I’m exempt from making any true sence
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jess Reply:
March 1st, 2013 at 11:31 pm
@Ravens,
Excellent, and understood.
@Ravens, does this mean that if you start posting a lot more than usual we’re going to have to set up an intervention?
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