On his recent play with Mike Richards and Jeff Carter:
“As a line we’ve played well lately. Obviously when you throw Carts on there, who has 15 goals, usually the other two guys are going to feel good about the [play]. We’ve been great on draws, especially in the last game, so that leads to puck possession. We haven’t been throwing away pucks. As I say, one-and-done. You get down there, try to make a quick play off a stick and out of the zone. We’ve been putting pucks in the right spots, getting down there, creating a forecheck, and then cycling the puck and waiting for the right time to make a play on them.”
On whether that line’s cycle and possession play is getting closer to the level of last spring:
“If you asked us, we’d probably say no. Maybe it looks like it from the outside looking in, but we can’t get complacent, and our coaching staff hasn’t allowed us to. We think we can play better.”
On moving on from the defensive breakdowns of Thursday night’s game:
“I think you can attribute…at least two of their goals to puck luck. That’s what happens. Sometimes we get it in a situation like last night, where the puck is bouncing for them and we were taking it to them, I thought, in parts of the game. You have to work a lot harder to beat a bouncing puck that’s bouncing in their direction. Jagr’s first goal where Benn throws it on net, it comes right back to his stick, backdoor. Of the faceoff, off a body, off a skate, backdoor. Things like that – when that’s happening to you, you have to recognize that and realize that tonight you’re going to have to work a lot harder to earn a victory.”
Um…wow. Sutter has done wonder’s for Penner. You can hear it in his words.
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shiny Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 1:07 pm
@mrbrett7, Penns is definitely growing up at the young age of 30 LOL. But Sutter has done wonders for the whole team. He makes them work hard and makes them want to work harder. He’s the right coach for this team and these guys
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mrbrett7 Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 2:31 pm
@shiny, Some people mature later than other’s.
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Hey, Jon. I’m liking how you’re running the site. You deinately seem more enthusiastic about the team than Rich did. Not to knock Rich, he did a great job. And not to knock objectivity, in general… but I think a Kings fan site should be ran by someone who can back the team. Also, another difference I like is how you incorporate more links to the other Kings blogs and even reply to their comments to you… when thy’re civil. To go about business without acknowledging all the others out there would be like living in a vacuum. Anywho, goo job. Keep up the good work.
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Justin Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 1:08 pm
@Justin, and forgive all the typos lol.
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definately*
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Hey Penns, wouldn’t you love one of those 66 Mil contracts your old chum Getzie just landed down the road?!?!
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shiny Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 1:24 pm
@Duncanz, who wouldn’t?? I know I would! Apparently it’s one of the more lucrid contracts in the NHL. Or maybe people think he’s just a tad overpaid. Selanne said Sucks management is building a team around it’s capo. With a contract like his, they have no other choice! lol
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goldielocks Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 1:27 pm
@Duncanz,
Penner on Getzlaf: ‘Good for him’…on Perry re-signing: ’80% chance’…will they trade Ryan: ‘I’m going 2call Bob Murray’ – by Mayor John Hoven.
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KJ Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 3:03 pm
@Duncanz, Penner had a funny tweet earlier, not sure if you saw it. It said:
Sneak peek at Ryan Getzlaf’s new car… (a picture was attached and when you open the link, it’s a photo of a Brink’s truck)
Funny guy.
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Duncanz Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 3:15 pm
@KJ, Ha Ha, beautiful. It’s the biggest truck in the fleet, too.
Also the ‘keep it below 65′ & ‘#deadpresidents’ comments.
Making sure he’ll always be able to get a lone from his old no. 15!
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KJ Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 7:57 pm
@Duncanz,
I hope you read the blog Pens, since I know you tweet all the time.
Game on! You were great this past week and seem to be getting stronger with each game. Keep it up!
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Puck luck? Yes, that happens throughout a course of the game, but there were clear defensive breakdowns…plus we got the “puck luck” on Carter’s goal
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shiny Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 1:27 pm
@Noah, yeah but the puck bouncing exactly so the other team has a perfect opportunity to.score IS puck luck. Yes, there were D breakdowns but the puck just kept following the Stars around last night. Kings had trouble generating their own puck luck
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kissmyblarneystones Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 1:36 pm
@shiny,
You could see by the middle of the third period, that the boys were puck chasing to the point that they just stopped skating.
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ashykins Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 1:40 pm
@shiny, why wasnt anyone covering jagr? puckluck or not, that is bad defense
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kissmyblarneystones Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 1:41 pm
@ashykins,
People around the NHL have been asking that question for 22 years.
8 Points separate 4th from 15th. After witnessing last nights game, I’m not sure my guts can withstand 7 more weeks of this. Talk about highs and lows, we’re on a 7 – 3 run yet we’re still nowhere near separating ourselves from the pack below us. If we’re winning who the hell is losing?
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Lake Forest Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 1:34 pm
@kissmyblarneystones, that run had to get us back in the pack. Now, we have to start another run to get us out. Every west game counts against us – someone is getting that 2 points.
Like Sutter says, let the ducks and chicago keep winning (and vancouver for that matter). Let them beat the teams below us.
It only helps our cause even though it’s against everythign we believe in as Kings fans.
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shiny Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 1:35 pm
@kissmyblarneystones, the problem is we’re winning in regulation. Everybody else is going to OT. Except Kings. Much like their jerseys, things seem very black and white with their season…
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kissmyblarneystones Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 1:44 pm
@shiny,
But in case of ties, teams with less OT points win. Right?
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Lake Forest Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 2:00 pm
@kissmyblarneystones, the team with more wins in Regulation or Overtime, wins IF they are tied with total points at the end of the season.
shiny Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 2:37 pm
@kissmyblarneystones, sure but they get a point every time they go to OT. Kings have had 2 ties season. Everyone else it feels like is going to OT every night
kissmyblarneystones Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 3:01 pm
@kissmyblarneystones,
VooDoo Math!
penner has been fun to watch since he has stuck on the line with richards and carter. he does a great job forchecking and recovering the puck. lets hope his play continues at this pace for the rest of the year.
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I think they interviewd Brown and put in Penner. Doesnt sound like Penner.
That said DS is doing a fantastic job with him.
And his recent play has shown it.
It was impressive to see him controling and holding the puck and keeping the stars at bay.
Keep it up Pens!!
GO KINGS GO!
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Is it possible that Sutter is simply undoing the damage to Penner’s game caused by Murray? “Stay on the boards”, “Don’t go to the middle”, “Not too hard on the forecheck”.
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Duncanz Reply:
March 8th, 2013 at 2:45 pm
@Michael J., Why can he not (gratuitously) remember how he played under Ron Wilson?
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Penner is a beast when he puts his mind to it.
Keep it up Penner!!
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Penner Power!
Go Kings Go!
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