On the difference between tonight’s game and the other two games against Nashville:
“Not much difference, actually. Two games prior, we scored a power play goal as the only goal we scored. Tonight we scored two. Last game in here we lost 2-1 in a shootout…Not much different.”
On Jeff Carter’s hot streak:
“He was hot tonight. He struggled – hey, I’m sure he’d tell you he struggled the last two games. If you traveled with us, you would say that he wasn’t necessarily hot. He’ll tell you that. You get back to work tonight, he was rewarded with his skill set. He gets rewarded. It’s not like it was magic or something. He did a great job on his shots. He did a great job of stripping a puck and scoring on a breakaway.”
On Carter stripping the puck and scoring on a breakaway:
“Well, we ask our F1…he’s got to be the guy that kind of dictates stuff for us, if he is that guy that’s on the front part of it. It’s not very often you can force a turnover like that, but the rest of the other four guys on the ice know what direction it’s going to go. His skill set allowed him to do it – quick hands, good feet. If he doesn’t score, he gets a penalty shot. So then you would’ve been asking ‘How come he didn’t score on the penalty shot?’…He could’ve had another one, actually. Should’ve had the fourth.”
On his encouragement over the development of Slava Voynov:
“He’s played a lot of minutes for a kid. It’s not ‘encouraging’ or ‘discouraging’ when Slava has a rough night or a good night. He’s a good player.”
On whether a late offensive outburst can carry over to the following night:
“That could be possible. I guess we’ll find out. I don’t really know.”
On the team’s “slow start”
“It wasn’t a slow start. We were doing exactly what we wanted to do. [Nashville is a] tough team to play against. It’s just exactly what you asked the last time we played Nashville. Were you here the last time we played Nashville in this building? Remember? How many shots did they have?…What was the score? Great goalie at that end, missed the net by that much…It has nothing to do with a slow start. I thought we had an awesome start, actually.”
On Alec Martinez:
“He was in and out, up and down, side to side. Got to get him to be an effective young player. I‘ll evaluate and make a decision on our lineup tomorrow again.”
Martini not so bad. Not so great. Had like 3 turnovers smack dab in front of JB tonight. He seemed to play well with Ellerby, though, which was nice.
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Way to go DS. As usual not feeding us any malarkey.
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I was at the game, Thanks to an awesome young man that hooked my brother and I up. What a treat!! Hat trick on Hat night was awesome. What a great third period. Way to battle guys. Gets some sleep and do it again tomorrow night. Go Kings!!
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Shout out & a big thanks to @Puck & @Luc20 for a great time at a great King game tonight! Thanks again guys & I hope your drive home was smoother than your drive to the game. On another note, Carter is just a beast & I am so happy he is a King. We would not be the team we are without the trade for Carts!
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We should have given Carter the A over Richards.
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Adam Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 12:04 am
@Goedecke, just because Carter is scoring more goals doesn’t make him a leader off the ice. Richards has those team leadership skills.
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MK Ultra Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 7:28 am
@Goedecke, Why?
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KingsGRT Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 8:12 am
@Goedecke, Disagree. I think that carter is a guy who wants to fly under the radar and just do his thing. Ricker on the other hand is very vocal and heart and soul. I like the decision to give it to him.
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Goedecke Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 10:51 am
@KingsGRT,
Detroit’s captain is Henrik Zetterberg.
Doesn’t speak up much in the locker room from what I hear. Leads by consistent work ethic and by example. I feel as though Carter helps build a sense of swagger for our team on ice; a confidence level.
I like Richards. He is more of a leader, I was only joking anyway.
I liked Greener with the A.
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OT: NHL Tonight’s Billy Jaffrey (Joffrey? Whatever) ranked Kings as the 5th power team! He said, and this is a direct quote, “Yeah, they lost the other night but they’ll get right back on the horse.”
How prophetic! I bet he didn’t even know the Kings were playing tonight when he said it. Booya. Respect.
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Mikey J. Reply:
March 4th, 2013 at 11:49 pm
@soo-do-nihm, I watch NHLN pretty much every night. They stay up, good to see him give us some love.
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The first line was not effective, nor was it needed tonight. I think it will be different tomorrow.
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soo-do-nihm Reply:
March 4th, 2013 at 11:47 pm
@Gustavo, Don’t underestimate what they did. They spent a good amount of time in the Preds’ zone and Kopi for one did a pretty good job in the Kings’ defense zone.
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vindogla Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 1:15 am
@soo-do-nihm,
Just going thru comments but yer the first
Not scoring doesn’t mean not wearing down the defens(c)e and getting second defenders out for a strong second line.
Also Carter scores a goal tonight from Fraser 4th line so Darryl is the wise guy again.
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Gustavo Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 9:23 am
@soo-do-nihm, I agree. I should have added “scoring wise”
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brian spain Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 8:00 am
@Gustavo, What game were you watching, did you not see brown draw a penalty, he also crushed a guy at the blue line, They had a nice cycle going, just because you don’t score doesn’t mean you didn’t have a good game. If your a Kings fan learn the game…don’t be like a clueless Ducks fan.
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Gustavo Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 9:29 am
@brian spain,
I was there. Section 214. The Brown penalty was embellished, it could have easily been called for it. Kopi defended well, but Williams was a non factor in the O zone tonight. I meant scoring wise regarding the lack of production. None of them scored or even produced enough quality shots.
And no, if you do not score or facilitate scoring, you’re not productive as an offensive line. This game belongs to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th lines.
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“It wasn’t a slow start….I thought we had an awesome start, actually.”
coach, were you watching the same game as me? we gave up 3 high percentage shots in the 1st 5 minutes or so…for the rest of the 1st period THOUSANDS SLEPT…
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 7:13 am
@Real 7, Yeah, I disagreed with TWO of his comments. That one, and “Not much difference, actually. Two games prior, we scored a power play goal as the only goal we scored. Tonight we scored two. Last game in here we lost 2-1 in a shootout…Not much different.”
The only thing I remember being the same is the team that won only took about 15 shots, but managed to bury a high percentage.
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Hopefully Sutter starts Bernier tomorrow night he only got 17 shots tonight…With how the standings are right now take advantage of Bernie being hot
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Fortunato Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 12:12 am
@Kasey9, I agree. He needs to send a message to JQ.
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HockeyNerd Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 1:57 am
@Fortunato, Exactly what message?
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goldielocks Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 12:24 am
@Kasey9,
Not gonna happen.
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Kasey9 Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 12:42 am
@goldielocks, Unfortunately you are probably right and that is probably the one thing I do not agree with on his coaching methods
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 7:14 am
@Kasey9, Which coaching methods that you disagree with?
LT21 Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 7:22 am
@Kasey9, The coaching method of keeping your #1 goalies head in the game? I don’t disagree with that method at all. Let’s keep in mind that Quick is not some lame back up goalie. Oh how quickly we all forget.
I can’t say enough how much I appreciate DS. Class act. I will always read his quotes because they are real.
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Love Sutter, by this act might get tiresome sooner or later. Carter was a man among boys tonight. Give props sometimes Sutter….negative energy will eventually bring down the best of them.
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Duncanz Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 3:26 am
@cup4kings, “Not really.”
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soo-do-nihm Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 6:48 am
@cup4kings, Some of the things he said is kind of high praise from him. He called VMFV a “good player” in (how I read it as) “He’s a good player, period” type of tone.
And he was essentially praising JMFC’s skill set to be able to do poke the puck away from Josi and then score on a breakaway.
I think Sutter praises the guys in very subtle ways and then people bitch about it. Remember, it’s part of his job to keep his guys grounded and focused so that they stay fresh and ready for tonight’s game and then Thursday’s game.
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LT21 Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 7:26 am
@cup4kings, The thing I have noticed about Sutter is that he treats different players very differently. He must know what they need mentally to stay focused. He doesn’t give a lot of kudos when his top players play well (Carter, Kopi, Quick) but when the people who are not expected to be main players in the game (Muzzin, Lewis, Bernier) he has been very quick to give them kudos. Just something I have observed this season.
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KingsGRT Reply:
March 5th, 2013 at 8:16 am
@LT21, I think it breaks down even further than that, its like he will let you know when he is pleased with you, and when you do considerably better than he expected, but he isn’t going to be shaking your hand and patting you on the back for an hour. Yay you did a good job, now screw your head back on and get ready to do it again.
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Go Kings Go!
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