On whether Jeff Carter’s skill set is similar to Valeri Kamensky’s:
“Yeah, high speed skill set. Like, he can do the high speed. Really good shooter…that’s one thing about Jeff – on his stick, off his stick, which means you’re always in good position to do it.
On Carter’s natural goal scoring ability:
“With guys like that, he knows where his holes are, and if he’s with a guy that can get him the puck, he’s there. Everybody looks at Jeff, just because it’s outside and speed and all that, but really, most of his goals have come from between the dots and that triangle, where the goalie’s got to make a pretty good save.”
On whether he knows where Carter is going to shoot the puck:
“You look at the goals – like, he scores goals on his off side. It’s sort of like Jarome, where he scores goals on his off side. He’ll go up top, he’ll go low, where you’re just not seeing how he shoots it. And then around the net, he just scores where it’s natural. He’s scoring to score, not just [shooting] to shoot. Shooting to score, I like that – when you’re getting on guys to score on rebounds and all that instead of just another save. Like, he’s a hard guy to defend, I think, because it’s not that he’s perimeter, it’s not like he’s inside, it’s like those guys that they’re just going to compete to score. It’s not something you’ve got to learn. It’s something [that comes naturally]. And you know what, he’s confident and feels good. I give Jeff Carter lots of credit. He’s a really good role model for players, because when they talked about our team winning the Stanley Cup, and all that – when we got Jeff Carter last year, he was 199 pounds, and he trained like a son of a gun last summer. He’s 210 pounds. And you can say what you want, but he’s second in the league in goals. That means that he made that commitment…He’s like a greyhound, anyways. But…he’s one guy that made a huge commitment to getting better again. And that’s after leading the playoffs in goal scoring…He only had the six, seven-day training camp…We had never seen Jeff last year. We thought once we got Carter that it was like “turning our team around.” Carter only played a few games. He got hurt. He was questionable for Game 1 of the playoffs. Like, he never got healthy. We had never seen him.”
Whether Carter reminds him of anyone he had coached or played against:
“He’s a different type of player, but his hands are like Jarome, right? The thing with Jeff, you very rarely see him slap the puck. It’s like tick-tick. You probably see him backhand pucks more than you do slap pucks.”
On the lack of curve on Carter’s sticks:
“It’s nice to score and feel good about it, right?”
Whether Muzzin’s performance against St. Louis is an indication of the player he can be:
“We need him to…Because of injuries, he didn’t have to earn it. He got given it. He was one guy that he had given it and also earned it as he went along, instead of earning it and then [giving it]. He’s the other way. He’s giving it, and now he’s earning it…Hey, you know what? It’s still such a learning thing. Like, the other night, our penalty killing – and he hasn’t killed penalties very much. Martinez hasn’t killed penalties very much. Both of them make out of position mistakes. They get goals scored against him. But that’s part of playing these kids.”
On whether Muzzin has showed a lot since an early poor showing in Anaheim:
“Well, we needed him to. It’s not so much showing us a lot. It’s [that] he wasn’t very good. Most guys in that situation, if you had seven, eight defensemen, they’re going back to the American League. That’s a fact. That’s just the way it works, right?”
On finding a possession advantage against another good possession team:
“Possession doesn’t mean you always have the puck. Possession just means you’re not always chasing the puck. It’s a big change in the game the last few years. The dump and chase and all that is not part of the game anymore. Possession doesn’t mean you always have it, but you’re always in good position to get the puck back. If Calgary is a great possession team – put it this way: when you have high goals against, it doesn’t make you a great possession team. It means the other team’s got the puck. So when I harp about goals against, it’s not…defending on your heels, it’s about defending on your toes. When you break it down, it’s just zone time now. Teams that spend less time in their zone move the pucks out of their zone. It’s not so much the battle part and all that, it’s just less time in your zone. Most of the game is still played in the neutral zone, right? Because teams are well-coached. It’s easy to structure teams. It’s easy for Kelly to be in the right position as F1, me being in the right position, and then execute it…because that’s where most of the game is played. Calgary’s a good possession team when they’ve allowed their defense to activate in neutral [ice], and they force turnovers. They’re not a strong forecheck team, because that’s not their game. They’re not a big team up front. Their game is skill and speed.”
On Jonathan Quick’s body language in the Dallas game:
“He’s got to get the swagger back…As well as Bernie’s played and all that, the last guy that won us a game was Jonathan Quick. He came off the bench, won us a game. So, that to me is character…For a guy that’s used to [starting], that’s a character in battle. So that’s a really good thing.”
Guy love
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Telos Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 2:59 pm
@Lake Forest,
Between two guys?
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Lake Forest Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 3:15 pm
@Telos, like a dad and his son
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Telos Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 9:06 pm
@Lake Forest, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL4L4Uv5rf0
*OT sorry, but superbig irony of the day …
R.Clowe takes a pop ‘from the bench’ by Chris Stewart during a skirmish, then wheels around to the official and makes a huge great deal about it.
Stewart DOES receive a 2 min interference penalty.
Afterthought: Let’s call up Anthony for the game on Thurs 14th!
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DesertKing Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 1:52 pm
@Duncanz,
First he was a cheater, then he became a liar, and now he’s a hypocrite? I’m gonna need a bigger sign for that San Jose game.
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LT21 Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 2:09 pm
@DesertKing, Yeah I don’t think he has any leg to stand on with the whole “that guy on the bench interfered with me” complaint. Really buddy?
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Gary Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 2:13 pm
@DesertKing, right on!
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Lake Forest Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 3:15 pm
@Duncanz, ha remember during the lockout he was questioning the integrity of the game due to the owners locking the, out
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Love the way DS handle the kids…they are kids ..right?? DS is making our younger players better and teaching them life lessons also..
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Duncanz Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 2:35 pm
@NeilIng, (“road apples”)
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Neil Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 2:41 pm
@Duncanz, I was waiting for..”The Kids are alright” …..
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Duncanz Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 3:45 pm
@Neil, Little Feat
Had no idea Carter was injured to start the playoffs…really makes you think how dominant we were and how much more dominant we could be.
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Neil Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 2:13 pm
@Adam, Didnt remember that either…..Crazy to think that he wasnt 100%….
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Robert R Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 2:14 pm
@Adam, If it didn’t send a player to the hospital or keep him out of the lineup, you didn’t hear about the injury. Pretty much everyone was banged up and performed in the playoffs that way.
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LT21 Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 2:21 pm
@Robert R, Yeah remember how they said after the playoffs that Quick’s back was an issue and couldn’t even sit on the plane rides? He had to lay in the aisle on flights and had a hard time sitting because of the disc pressure in his back. All stuff we hear about afterwards.
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Robert R Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 2:28 pm
@LT21, I wonder if he’s totally recovered from the surgery yet.
shiny Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 2:56 pm
@Robert R, Quick denies his back is an issue so we have to take him at his word, probably because he himself feels it’s not an issue and he doesn’t want to use his back as an excuse. It’s very probable that there are things going on with him that nobody – not even the coaches or trainers – will ever know about
goldielocks Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 2:25 pm
@Adam,
He was out for several games with bone bruises on his foot before the playoffs. Carter came back but he wasn’t 100% until like Yotes series started. And then He was skating like totally different dude, and I felt like he was 100% at that point. So I said if Carter scores more than 3 goals in the series, we will be in the final. And sure enough he scored 3 goals in one game … which wasn’t exactly what I meant though.
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number 6 Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 3:21 pm
@Adam,
How much more dominant we could be if some of the other forwards could pick up their goal scoring as well. Carter in spite of what has happened the last three weeks, isn’t gonna score a goal a game. Just like Chicago wasn’t gonna go undefeated the whole year.
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Better to ask if Valeri Kamensky’s skill set is similar to Jeff Carter’s. Carter is the standard to which we compare others.
Sorry, Valeri.
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Osaka Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 3:56 pm
@Robert R, Since Valeri is retired you kind of have to compare Jeff to him. It doesn’t work the other way around.
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Looking for a full 60 minute effort tonight so DS can do an extra fist pump beating his old Flames. GO KINGS GO!!!
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Other shooters on the team (including defensemen) should take a cue from JC when it comes to releasing the puck. Not all of his shots are hard, but they’re accurate and un-telegraphed.
The big wind up shots from the point get through sometimes, but are mostly anticipated and blocked.
If a wind up shot needs to be made, it should be a one timer. They really need to work on that.
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shiny Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 2:52 pm
@jess, VV probably has the most accurate one timers on the team. But I agree, the big wind up is easily seen, though I think the Kings use it more as a diversion for the pass. There’s something about Carts that can’t be taught, though, which is just pure talent. He has this incredible innate ability to find holes in the goalie and put the puck in the net.
Kopi is a guy similar to Carter where he’s a natural goal scorer, but Carts is just better. He’s got the that sick wrist shot that somehow eludes even the best goalies and makes the puck go in the back of the net.
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jess Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 2:57 pm
@shiny,
Agree.
What can apply to guys at the point though, is to not receive a pass, then set, then wind up and shoot. When that happens, a lesbian beer is sure to be hurling through space towards my flatscreen.
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DesertKing Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 2:57 pm
@jess,
The Kings have their most success scoring when they are moving towards the net while taking the shot or actually crashing the net. Carter and Kopi are natural scorers when they are crossing in front of the net. The Kngs need to get off the half-board during the PP and move or carry the puck in towards the net. As long as the puck stays on the perimeter, our opponents know we cannot score. That being said, it is time to load and head for Staples. Hope to see some of you there!
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jess Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 2:59 pm
@DesertKing,
Have fun, thanks for supporting and bring some of your magic luck!
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number 6 Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 3:25 pm
@jess,
Jess…. good post yours. I agree with it…….. sort of.
As DS said, you can’t teach it. In spite of certain players having scored twenty goals in their careers, even thirty, there is clearly no one else on the team that seems to have that ‘knack’ of knowing where to be (anticipation) and then the hands to execute when they get the puck on their stick.
Clearly Carter has that je ne sais quoi, and Kopi has it up to a point. There are still forwards on the team that seem limited in that way. Not that any team is gonna have a huge number of forwards with touch around the net. Anyway, at least in offensive stats the team is moving up, but if JC cools off then someone else is gonna have to pick up the slack.
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jess Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 4:06 pm
@number 6,
Thanks six.
Yeah, I know Jeff’s talent cannot be duplicated, but maybe some capable can try to emulate getting the shot off without wasting time to set up. Setting up encourages stationary play, which is why our PP can appear as though everyone is standing around for two minutes.
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Osaka Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 3:54 pm
@jess, Robitaille never took a big wind up.
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jess Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 4:07 pm
@Osaka, yeah he didn’t waste much time
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 4:24 pm
@Osaka,
When he opened Iceoplex I was an intern at Prime Ticket and we took a crew out there to do a story. I brought my stuff and got on the ice during a clinic he was running. Luc was showing some of the techniques in getting a shot off quick and heavy. He mentioned that he didn’t like a big back swing because it gave the D and goalie time. So as he was standing there outside the blue line he winds all the way up and fires a big slapper. Of course, he picked the corner and the poor kid in goal hardly moved before it was by him. Luc kinda dead panned “maybe I should use it more often.”
Good times
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Osaka Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 5:36 pm
@Kenny44, Great story!
Wow. Bernier gives up 3 early goals, all redirects, one by his own defenseman, and just like that his five wins in row are down played because of the organizion’s need to instill confidence in a sub perfoming Quick. For DS to point out that Quick was the last goalie to win a game for the a Kings is DS at his smarmiest.
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jess Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 3:12 pm
@Robbie,
Not really. Take some notes:
1.) A GT is pulled to send a message to the team, not the goaltender.
2.) It was no reflection on Bernier.
3.) JQ did finish in net and helped to get us that win.
4.) Calling Sutter “smarmy” is insane. Might as well say the sun is made of ice.
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Lake Forest Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 3:17 pm
@jess, wait wait the sun isn’t made of ice?!?!?
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jess Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 3:21 pm
@Lake Forest, The man in the moon says no!
Shotongoal Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 3:32 pm
@Robbie, soooo which part of what Sutter said was not true?
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 4:27 pm
@Robbie,
The problem was that each of the goals went through Bernier. He was leaky, as they say. That’s not good, and that’s absolutely contrary to Bernier’s style. He was clearly not on his game that night.
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Calgary vs. Los Angeles
Kings vs Flames 1993 playoffs.
The Kings upset the Flames in a high-scoring six-game series.
April 18 – Los Angeles 6 Calgary 3
April 21 – Los Angeles 4 Calgary 9
April 23 – Calgary 5 Los Angeles 2
April 25 – Calgary 1 Los Angeles 3
April 27 – Los Angeles 9 Calgary 4
April 29 – Calgary 6 Los Angeles 9
Los Angeles wins best-of-seven series 4–2
Enough scoring for you Puck?
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OCKingGirl Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 3:31 pm
@Michael J., Wow, games won with 9 goals!! Interesting fact. I wasn’t following the Kings at that time, although I did sort of follow growing up, mostly because my dad and brother did.
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Valeri Kamensky?!? Who asked Sutter if Carter was like Valeri? That’s a name from the past, he couldn’t compare Jeff to a little more recent player?
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 4:30 pm
@Osaka,
Lanky guy, deceptive speed, dangerous as soon as the puck is on his blade, traded around a few times because he didn’t meet some great expectations. I can see it.
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On the other end of the spectrum we have Williams with 2 goals, Penner and King with 1 goal each.
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“…With guys like that, he knows where his holes are…”
Well, doesn’t everyone???
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Neil Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 4:24 pm
@Gustavo, Cant touch that !!!! LOL
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lol daryll . quick did nothing in that st louis game except give up a goal on the only quality shot he faced …………. he won because the kings cameback for the first time in years …. quick had nothing to do with it
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goaliemom Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 7:02 pm
@phil sykes, are you questioning the coach now? unbelievable……
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All I can say is DL is a genius for trading JJ for JC. We got a cup, a 40 goal scorer and I don’t have to keep looking at jack smiling all the time. Believe in JC. Our team kicks ass. Lets get healthy. I also think muzzin will stick. He is turning out to be one good kid.
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tomb Reply:
March 9th, 2013 at 11:49 pm
@Kings x, by trading Jack we created a space for Voynov. In other words we get rid of Jack and add Jeff Carter and Voynov to the line-up. What a great move by DL.
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valeri kamensky was much more a justin williams type with a better shot.
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DS protect JQ. Trade Bernier. The organisation dont gave any chance since 3 years
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