Projected Starting Goaltender, Los Angeles – Jonathan Quick
Season: 18 GP (17 GS) / 8-7-2 record / 2.55 GAA / .895 Sv% / 0 SHO
Career vs Calgary: 12 (12) / 7-4-1 / 1.56 / .937 / 1
Last Game vs Calgary: 3/9/13 / 60 MP / 17/19 shots / 6-2 W
2012-13, Home: 8 (7) / 5-2-1 / 2.31 / .884 / 0
Projected Starting Goaltender, Calgary – Joey MacDonald
Season: 8 (6) / 3-3-1 / 2.96 / .900 / 0
Career vs Los Angeles: 3 (2) / 1-1-0 / 2.76 / .898 / 0
Last Game vs Los Angeles: 3/9/12 / 12 MP / 2/2 shots / 2-6 L (ND)
2012-13, Away: 4 (3) / 1-1-1 / 3.15 / .898 / 0
Leading Scorers, Los Angeles
Total Points: Anze Kopitar (8-14=22)
Goals: Jeff Carter (17-2=19)
Assists: Anze Kopitar (8-14=22)
Plus/Minus: Justin Williams (+12; 3-12=15)
Penalty Minutes: Jordan Nolan (33; 2-3=5)
Leading Scorers, Calgary
Total Points: Jarome Iginla (7-12=19)
Goals: Mike Cammalleri (9-8=17)
Assists: Jarome Iginla (7-12=19), Jiri Hudler (4-12=16)
Plus/Minus: Matt Stajan (+6; 3-9=12)
Penalty Minutes: Brian McGrattan (25; 0-0=0)
A stick tap goes to: Brian McGrattan. I was expecting to put the Flames enforcer in the “fist shake” category – he leads Calgary in penalty minutes despite appearing in only four games – and then I read this article. “It’s…quite a juxtaposition to have a guy who makes a living beating people up reaching out to give people a hand up when off the ice,” Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun wrote of McGrattan, who speaks with players on substance abuse issues and is working towards a degree in addiction counseling.
A fist shake goes to: Calgary’s save percentage. After allowing six goals on 24 shots Saturday night, the Flames have fallen to 28th in the league in the defensive statistic that goes beyond a numerical account of goaltending.
Why the Kings need to win this game: L.A. beat the same team 6-2 on Saturday night and needs to take advantage of its games in hand. Monday opens a three-games-in-four-nights stretch, and it would behoove the Kings to win the home game of the three against the team alone in the conference cellar. Nashville, the 11th-place team, is two points behind L.A.
Rankings and Statistics
Goals/Game: LAK – 10 / 2.91; CGY – 16 / 2.74
Goals Against/Game: LAK – 11 / 2.52; CGY – 28 / 3.30
Power Play: LAK – 15 / 17.2%; CGY – 9 / 20.2%
Penalty Kill: LAK – 15 / 81.3%; CGY – t-23 / 78.7%
Shots/Game: LAK – 16 / 28.8; CGY – t-18 / 28.4
Shots Against/Game: LAK – 2 / 24.2; CGY – 15 / 28.5
Faceoffs: LAK – 5 / 52.4%; CGY – 27 / 46.8%
Save Percentage: LAK – 24 / .896; CGY – 28 / .884
Projected Lines – Los Angeles
Dustin Brown – Anze Kopitar – Justin Williams
Dustin Penner – Mike Richards – Jeff Carter
Dwight King – Jarret Stoll – Trevor Lewis
Kyle Clifford – Colin Fraser – Jordan Nolan
Jake Muzzin – Drew Doughty
Rob Scuderi – Slava Voynov
Keaton Ellerby – Alec Martinez
Jonathan Quick
Jonathan Bernier
Notes: The Kings aren’t expected to make any lineup changes despite calling Tyler Toffoli up from AHL-Manchester yesterday. Los Angeles is vying for its first season series sweep of Calgary since 1999-00. Following tonight, the Kings have only two scheduled games remaining against Canadian teams, and both are at home: Vancouver on Saturday, March 23, and Edmonton on Saturday, April 6. As always, line projections are educated assessments and not definite alignments.
Projected Lines – Calgary
Alex Tanguay – Matt Stajan – Lee Stempniak
Jiri Hudler – Michael Cammalleri – Jarome Iginla
Blake Comeau – Mikael Backlund – Roman Cervenka
Brian McGrattan – Steve Begin – Tim Jackman
Mark Giordano – Dennis Wideman
Chris Butler – Cody Sarich
T.J. Brodie – Jay Bouwmeester
Joey MacDonald
Miikka Kiprusoff
Notes: Line estimations per Roger Millions of Rogers Sportsnet. Curtis Glencross was a surprise scratch from Saturday’s game and has returned to Calgary to address an upper-body injury; per Vicki Hall of the Calgary Herald, CBC footage caught Glencross “gingerly taping his right wrist”. Joey MacDonald started opposite Jonathan Bernier in Los Angeles’ 3-1 win at Calgary on February 20. As always, line projections are educated assessments and not definite alignments.
All I can say is
Go Kings Go!
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Scuderi is in his usual spot from last year, paired with the Kings #1 Defenseman: Slava Voynov.
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tornado12 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:10 pm
@PlayerXatHoldThePoint, hey man, havent seen you in around here in a while. great job with the new site!
I think CGY comes out real hard and physical tonight following STL lead the other night trying to intimidate the Kings. Expect some more fist-a-cuffs too, esp that Jackman character!
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PlayerXatHoldThePoint Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:15 pm
@tornado12, Thank for the look-see tornado, hope to see you there for a chat. Man, I agree, Jackman needs to get, ummm, jacked, man. Calgary gonna be even more ornery, like you said, maybe the Kings can take advantage and get them running around without composure like we did to St. Louis.
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LT21 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:31 pm
@PlayerXatHoldThePoint, Scuderi is just so dependable. Have to stick him with the #1 puck mover and offensive threat and, at the moment, that is Slava. I definitely want Scuderi back next year.
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tornado12 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:49 pm
@LT21, funny you mention that…go check out playerX’s site!
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Player-X Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:20 pm
@LT21, That is gonna be a big choice. My fear is losing Scuderi and not one of having Mitchell or Greene retunr to full and effective health. We lose those two guys this year, and we have Scuderi to anke a few extra minutes. If we lose Scuderi, I worry that even with Mitchell back, he could not absorb the extra minutes like Scuderi did, and Greene has never been a big minute guy, he mostly does great PK and the shifts after specialty teams. But then you have new money for Voynov, Muzzin and Martinez, plus deals will need to be made on Ellerby and even Drewiske if we want to keep him. Big choice, glad we have Dean Lombardi to do his magic…
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Player-X Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:24 pm
@LT21, And oh, yeah, by the way, we agree about Slava being the puck mover. I got an article up now proving that Voynov is the new Doughty, and Doughty is almost turning into the new Scuderi: big minutes, shut down guy, and limited specialty teams work mostly on the kill, and that is what Doughty is being given. Trend over last ten games is very, very different than what Sutter gave Doughty to start the season, check it out here if ya want:
http://holdthepoint.com/2013/03/10/whos-1-defense/
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Kings x Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:30 pm
@LT21, funny how everyone wants him and sees his value now that mitchell is out
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LT21 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:34 pm
@Kings x, I knew his value last year too. After the cup run I made mention (on this site actually) that Scuds was an unsung hero not only because he took the hit that sealed the deal but because he was such a good balance for Drew. His stability was underrated and in the shadow of Mitchell. Mitchell was great and there is no taking away from him but I always knew Scuderi’s worth and talent at what he does.
PlayerXatHoldThePoint Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:08 pm
@LT21, That is gonna be a big choice. My fear is losing Scuderi and not one of
having Mitchell or Greene return to full and effective health. We lose those two guys this year, and we have Scuderi to take a few extra minutes. If we lose Scuderi, I worry that even with Mitchell back, he could not absorb the extra minutes like Scuderi did, and Greene has never been a big minute guy, he mostly does great PK and the shifts after specialty teams. But then you have new money for Voynov, Muzzin and Martinez, plus deals will need to be made on Ellerby and even Drewiske if we want to keep him. Big choice, glad we have Dean Lombardi to do his magic…
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PlayerXatHoldThePoint Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:09 pm
@LT21, And oh, yeah, by the way, we agree about Slava being the puck mover. I got an article up now proving that Voynov is the new Doughty, and Doughty is almost turning into the new Scuderi: big minutes, shut down guy, and limited specialty teams work mostly on the kill, and that is what Doughty is being given. Trend over last ten games is very, very different than what Sutter gave Doughty to start the season, check it out here if ya want:
http://holdthepoint.com/2013/03/10/whos-1-defense/
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tomb Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:39 pm
@PlayerXatHoldThePoint, Drew Doughty ranks 4th in the NHL in time on ice per game. Rob Scuderi ranks 45th. It’s clear who Darryl Sutter thinks is the Kings #1 defenseman.
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PlayerXatHoldThePoint Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:17 pm
@tomb, First off, I was saying that Scuderi is paired with the Kings #1 guy, not that Scuderi is the #1 guy.
Second, if you really want to talk about ice time, great, because I agree that is the most obvious way to determine who Coach Sutter thinks is the #1 guy; it’s gonna be the guy who he counts on in more situations.
Just saying Doughty gets more TOTAL ice time is telling an incomplete story. The #1 D-man has to play a complete, two-way game, both offense and defense and special teams, right? I wrote an article that examines the changing roles Sutter has chosen for Doughty and Voynov, from the beginning of the season until a change at ten games ago and an established pattern since 5 games ago. I have it completely broken down between Voynov and Doughty in my article here: http://holdthepoint.com/2013/03/10/whos-1-defense/
Just saying Doughty gets more total ice time is telling an incomplete story. The #1 D-man has to play a complete, two-way game, both offense and defense and special teams, right? The article examines the changing roles Sutter has chosen for Doughty and Voynov from the beginning of the season, then a change at ten games ago and an established pattern since 5 games ago.
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PlayerXatHoldThePoint Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:17 pm
@tomb, First off, I was saying that Scuderi is paired with the Kings #1 guy, not that Scuderi is the #1 guy.
Second, if you really want to talk about ice time, great, because I agree that is the most obvious way to determine who Coach Sutter thinks is the #1 guy; it’s gonna be the guy who he counts on in more situations.
Just saying Doughty gets more TOTAL ice time is telling an incomplete story. The #1 D-man has to play a complete, two-way game, both offense and defense and special teams, right? I wrote an article that examines the changing roles Sutter has chosen for Doughty and Voynov, from the beginning of the season until a change at ten games ago and an established pattern since 5 games ago. I have it completely broken down between Voynov and Doughty in my article here: http://holdthepoint.com/2013/03/10/whos-1-defense/
Just saying Doughty gets more total ice time is telling an incomplete story. The #1 D-man has to play a complete, two-way game, both offense and defense and special teams, right? The article examines the changing roles Sutter has chosen for Doughty and Voynov from the beginning of the season, then a change at ten games ago and an established pattern since 5 games ago.
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PlayerXatHoldThePoint Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:18 pm
@PlayerXatHoldThePoint, weird, double post…I do not type that fast.
Just throw the shovel in after your done putting the Flame out tonight boys……..
Com’on light this thing up early and keep it going for a solid 60 minutes
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Depth is a bizznitch for those teams that don’t have any..remember what that was like?!
GO KINGS GO!!
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jet Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:07 pm
@KOHO, hey, we did make it to the second round of the playoffs one year
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KOHO Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:23 pm
@jet, Funny! Those were the daze!!
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Anyone notice Cliffy is hangin in top 15 in hits in the league.
One good game with 5+ hits could put him in top 10.
However this is exactly his MO from junior days….he is following the same plan.
Next is a 20 goal season…….
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HockeyNerd Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 2:49 pm
@harty, Clifford is not a regular season 20 goal scorer.
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Neil Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 2:55 pm
@harty, I know you want Cliffy to move up but the 4th line has really help the team during this stretch….
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harty Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:00 pm
@Neil, I agree Neil no issue with him playing 4th line, just want the entire team to continue to contribute…Cliffy needs to score again to get on track on the score sheet, he has had some chances he just needs to finish……
HockeyNerd he will score 20 in this league, just wait……..and won’t that be great for the Kings when he does, a 4th liner contributiing at that level……
Ya baby,
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HockeyNerd Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:10 pm
@harty, A 4th liner scoring 20 goals makes no sense. He would be a first liner scoring 30. Clifford, right now, would be on pace to score SEVEN goals were it the regular season. You make no sense at all.
vinny Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:18 pm
@harty, I could see that. Against Detroit, he literally put a guy on his back and came right down the slot with the puck after bringing the puck from around the net, which was sucha BOSS move, even though he didn’t finish, then there was the first Detroit game where he blew by a couple of guys, and had Howard swimming, but just didn’t get elevation, then against Dallas I believe ripped a wrister from the slot, just a bit too high..anyway, these types of scoring chances added to a handful of greasy goals, I could easily see em there
jet Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:11 pm
@Neil, agree, the fourth line has the perfect balance, good defensive center, speedy tough winger, big banging winger with a shot. Perfect balance on the other scale also, lightweight, middlewwight, heavywieght.
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Kings x Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:32 pm
@jet, maybe not as good as det mc carty draper maltby line but I really like it
xeropoint Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:04 pm
@harty, Nobody touch that 4th line! It’s the heart and soul of the team. Whenever the “horses” aren’t pulling the cart, these guys turn the game around all by themselves. Clifford is a huge part of that.
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:34 pm
@harty,
A 20 goal season? Will he be with Philly, TB, or the Isle when that happens? Joking, I’d love to see it, but it’s going to be a while, if ever. Cliffy still isn’t getting enough SOG to expect a breakout anytime soon.
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going to miss basically the entire game….if you have my cell number and can, please send me updates.
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LT21 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 2:53 pm
@Lake Forest, You should get the GameCenter App and click on all the LA Kings alerts. They will send you updates on start and end to periods as well as any goals.
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Lake Forest Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 2:56 pm
@LT21, I’ll be with the wife, so that won’t work!
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LT21 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:33 pm
@Lake Forest, Sorry bud. But it wouldn’t be any different than getting updates through text. They come as a text. But I agree, focus on the wife. Happy wife, happy life
Jeff_R Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:32 pm
@LT21, The LA Kings App does that also. I have both and had to turn off the Gamecenter App as I was getting updates from both. Basically there is an echo in the house.
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jet Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:13 pm
@Lake Forest, your wife called and said she is hoping you will suprise her with hockey tix for tonight
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RobSD Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:18 pm
@Lake Forest,
Get Sportacular app. Has tons of auto updates you can set to send. I wouldn’t marry a woman that would get upset if I checked the score of the game! Head to the john and do it! Man up men!
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Jeff_R Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:33 pm
@RobSD, Yea this app does it also Have it set up for my Denver Broncos updates.
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Cav Pilot Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:45 pm
@Lake Forest, Me too. I’m In Frisco tonight and am pretty sure that the Kings game won’t be televised here.
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Put Bernier back… and won’t be rebound…
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HockeyNerd Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 2:59 pm
@Csaba Bhody, Huh?
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puck73 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:19 pm
@Csaba Bhody, @Adam M, is this you?
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Csaba Bhody Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:33 pm
@puck73, No this is Csaba Bhody…ha ha
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HockeyNerd Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:01 pm
@puck73, No. He didn’t say “what do you think?”
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xeropoint Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:04 pm
@puck73, Nor was there mentions of any “grease boarding”.
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This sums up the Kings play nicely. Good to hear what other teams think.
“When you allow them to have the puck all night, they make a lot of plays. It’s tough when you’re chasing all night and spending time in our zone.”
He (Chris Butler) sighed.
“We dump it in, and we have to go for a change because you’re exhausted, and then they come right back at you.”
http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/Fading+Flames+must+find+escape+Death+Valley+with/8077050/story.html
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DesertKing Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:09 pm
@FKA PakiFro,
That sounds kinda like Kings hockey……
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Neil Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:11 pm
@FKA PakiFro, We are spoiled somewhat by this team…you always hear the opposition say how hard it is to play us…Teams are not sleeping on us anymore….And the fact we are young bodes really well….This rebuilding that DL mentioned in the past might finally be working…
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jet Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:15 pm
@Neil, half of the team was homegrown during the playoffs
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KC23 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:06 pm
@FKA PakiFro, Looks like Calgary is going to treat this game like a playoff game. Kings had best not take them lightly. This game is gonna get nasty fast.
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RobSD Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:25 pm
@KC23,
It won’t get nasty unless the Kings go up a couple early. Flames need to win this too much to take dumb penalties.
We play better when it’s playoff style hockey.
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KC23 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:38 pm
@RobSD, Good points!
go Kings go……com’on.
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Hope Trevor Lewis gets the game winner. That would be the GWG in all three games against the Flames.
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Neil Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:11 pm
@vplaza, The Flame Killer !!!!
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Neil Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:12 pm
@Neil, Firemen Trevor…always putting the Flames out… That was bad..I know !!!
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vplaza Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:18 pm
@Neil,
Oooof!
jet Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:16 pm
@Neil, The Extinguisher
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Mars Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:23 pm
@vplaza,
The Snuffer?
Endura-flame
Flameproof
Water hose
Smotherer
Suffocater.
IDK….
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vplaza Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:30 pm
@Mars,
Whatever it is, if he does get the GWG, he’ll be burned in effigy in Calgary.
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FKA PakiFro Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:55 pm
@Mars,
Sprinkler system?
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KingMe20 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:51 pm
@Mars,
Trevor “The Extinguisher” Lewis. Sounds like an MMA fighter…
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Anyone else notice that the Kings cracked the top 10 in goals per game? When was the last time that happened?!?!
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jet Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:18 pm
@DavHalt, but they are also in the top ten in goals allowed. This is not a good trade for a playoff team.
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jet Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:19 pm
@jet, my mistake, they are 19th, not bad
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HockeyNerd Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:28 pm
@jet, You are confusing me. They are RANKED 11th, that means 10 teams have fewer goals against and are better.
In any case, it is not horrible but it is not where we need to be. We need these things to happen:
1) Mitchell to come back OR DL to get another defensemen.
2) Quick to rebound.
DesertKing Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:23 pm
@jet,
I agree, but I think that goals allowed number was i flated due to the first 10I games of the season. We gave up 5the in the home opener, 7 to the Ducks, etc. , but during the past 13230 games we have been trending back.to where we need to be for the playoffs.
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DesertKing Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:24 pm
@DesertKing,
13 games. I hate auto correct!
vplaza Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:29 pm
@DavHalt,
Better stat, I think, is Kings are best in SOG allowed. Through 23 games, they’ve only allowed 556 shots.
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PlayerXatHoldThePoint Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:19 pm
@vplaza, good point
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goldielocks Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:54 pm
@DavHalt,
Still we need a balanced scoring. Hawks have 11 players who scored mor than 5 goals while the Kings have only 5 players and 25% of our scoring is coming from Mr. Carter.
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FKA PakiFro Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:56 pm
@goldielocks,
Cuz he doesn’t pass…(i kid)
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KingMe20 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:09 pm
@FKA PakiFro,
He passes to the back of the net.
HockeyNerd Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:35 pm
@goldielocks, I could care less what the Hawks do in comparison to us. They are not the end-all and be-all of the NHL.
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goldielocks Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:48 pm
@HockeyNerd,
I don’t care what you care. They are good maeasure stick.
Lake Forest Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:01 pm
@goldielocks, I dont think hawks have that many. I think they have 8 and ducks have 11
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HockeyNerd Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:06 pm
@Lake Forest, Shhhh! Don’t give another blogger FACTS.
goldielocks Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:36 pm
@Lake Forest,
You are right.
HockeyNerd Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:04 pm
@goldielocks, Who said we needed a measuring stick?
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goldielocks Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:13 pm
@HockeyNerd,
Who said we don’t?
goldielocks Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:16 pm
@HockeyNerd,
Oh, Jim Fox said Ducks were good measuring stick before the game. And back in Nucks game, too. Pay attention.
HockeyNerd Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:22 pm
@goldielocks, Why not 4 or more goals? Answer: then suddenly the Kings don’t look that bad. If you want to make a point, make it. Do not use some arbitrary statistic from some other team. It proves nothing.
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goldielocks Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:27 pm
@HockeyNerd,
It’s the fact. You can’t change it. You lost with who said about the measure stick and then change the subject. Same old same old … grow up, dude.
HockeyNerd Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:25 pm
@goldielocks, What he said about the Ducks had NOTHING to do with balanced scoring. YOU pay attention.
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goldielocks Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:31 pm
@HockeyNerd,
Yeah, whatever. How do you know it had nothing to do with bakanced scoring sunce he mentioned nothing but measuring stick? You should stop finding a hole to make your point. Really, it’s laughable.
HockeyNerd Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:48 pm
@goldielocks, Right. Since he said NOTHING about balanced scoring and you need some wild, arbitrary face to prove your point, then he MUST have therefore meant balanced scoring. The REAL story is no matter what this team does you will not be satisfied because SOMETHING is not as good as what the Black Hawks are doing. Get real. We need another defenseman. We need Quick to raise his save percentage. We need Doughty to start providing some offense. Balanced scoring — IF it is even a problem — is not among our top concerns.
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HockeyNerd Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:49 pm
@HockeyNerd, “arbitrary fact”
goldielocks Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:13 pm
@HockeyNerd,
Sorry. It’s the opinion from some exparts, and I agree with them. So … since I don’t consider you as one, I take what exparts say. But keep trying, and maybe when you are old enough, someone recognizes you as an expart. Congratulation.
goldielocks Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:16 pm
@goldielocks,
*experts sorry I’m eating.
HockeyNerd Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:58 pm
@goldielocks, Incidentally, maybe DS should call Carter into his office and tell him to stop scoringso many goals. That way, he’ll have less than 25% of the teams total and “balanced scoring” won’t be such a big issue.
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goldielocks Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:03 pm
@HockeyNerd,
Haha … good idea.
KC23 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:10 pm
@DavHalt, Once Mitchell gets back we are going to be a real real nasty team to play against.
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Jeff_R Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:39 pm
@DavHalt, 09-10 was the last time the Kings finished in the top 10 in Goals for. Can you believe that? A Terry Murray coached team finishing in the top 10 in offense. Of course all the other years we finished near the bottom, so what does that say?
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My son and 3the of his friends heading to the game while I stay home and work. Damn, my kid is smarter than me!
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crashin'da net Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:30 pm
@DesertKing, I will be at the game so you will be free of my annoying yet prophetic posts. OK, maybe I’ll post a few in via cell since you guys miss them so much! LOL
GKG!
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crashin'da net Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:31 pm
@crashin’da net, and yes “prophetic” not “pathetic”….
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Please trade Jonathan Bernier. He bench 5 years. Gave to him the chance to be number 1 in the other team. You make a deal with Quick for long term and is okay. But now is time to respect him
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I would really like to see Quick get a really good preformance tonight. He needs to work on the Save % like DS is always saying. The closer Quick gets back to last years form the better the Kings are going to be in the long run.
I want to see Kings 2 (Lewis & Doughty) Flames 0.
Quick with his 1st SO this year!?
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Mars Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:28 pm
@Dooms, Ugh again with the non-supersitous types.
Get the chicken and virgin ready guys.
This time we setup the altar infront of gretzky’s status.
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Mars Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:28 pm
@Mars, *Statue.
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HockeyNerd Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:36 pm
@Mars, Toffee for Toffoli?
vplaza Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:29 pm
@Mars,
And more rum for Jobu.
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Mars Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:31 pm
@vplaza,
Doughnuts for Doughty
Pancakes for Penner
Brownies for Brown
Anything else?
vplaza Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:49 pm
@Mars,
Gloves for Willie Mays-Hayes?
xeropoint Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:56 pm
@Mars,
Muffins for Muzzin?
Scones for Scuderi?
xeropoint Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:57 pm
@Mars
Duh… Whiskey for Drewiske
jet Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:06 pm
@vplaza, weekend at Bernier’s
Okay, I am not very good at this game
Kings x Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:37 pm
@vplaza, toffuity for toffoli
ItsAKingThing Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:39 pm
@Mars, toutuhs, touthus, touthus!!! ok, now we’re good.
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DesertKing Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:45 pm
@Mars,
I ran out of virgins after the last one. That one I found at Hollywood and Vine was lying to me. Come to think of it, she kinda looked like Ryan Clowe.
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Neil Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:50 pm
@DesertKing, Crackers for Cliffy OK you do better…LOL
vplaza Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:52 pm
@Neil,
KFC for KFC?
ItsAKingThing Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:06 pm
@DesertKing, lol!!
KingMe20 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:53 pm
@DesertKing,
Nestlés for Quick?
crashin' da net Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:18 pm
@DesertKing, and we saw how long his stick was last playoffs
KC23 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:11 pm
@Dooms, Can’t blame Quick for either of those goals last game. He was given zero chance on both of those.
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Taking the subway tonight maybe run into Bailey !!!
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anyone notice that 2 or 3 hours before a game this blog gets way off tract !!!! great entertainment!!! GKG !!!!!
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xeropoint Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 3:59 pm
@Neil, The Pre-game shenanigans are a cherished tradition.
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ItsAKingThing Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:10 pm
@xeropoint, Adrenaline, testosterone, and smidge of progesterone..overload!GKG!
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LittleRhody Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:56 pm
@ItsAKingThing, How do you make a hormone??
…. (don’t pay her.
)
HockeyNerd Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:12 pm
@Neil, Your spelling of track is off-track.
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Kings x Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:38 pm
@Neil, it’s the booze talking
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Im thinking Jon may have the first two lines flipped for the Flames
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I’m calling that King has his best game of the year tonight.
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xeropoint Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:16 pm
@KC23, Due to a case of the creeping Toffoli’s? Or just a “feeling”?
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KC23 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:23 pm
@xeropoint, Yeah, King has gotta be feeling the heat with Toffoli skill set just a dry erase marker away from watching the game from the press box. I think King will be plastering people all over the boards and driving the net like I beast.
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Lake Forest Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:40 pm
@KC23, didnt he sit a agame already this year? or end of last year?
Kenny44 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:51 pm
@KC23,
I hope so. King has had way too much curl in his game.
Kings x Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:39 pm
@KC23, I’m sayin kings minutes get decreased and KFC increase
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tomb Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:50 pm
@KC23, I do not believe King could ever compete with Toffoli offensively. Toffoli is a far more skilled player. On the other hand, Toffoli can never be as physical as King. King is a big guy at 6’4″ 232 lbs. It really just depends on what the Kings are looking for and Dwight could be the odd man out if Sutter is looking for more offense.
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Great JCarter stat:
17 goals on 68 shots. At this point, he is scoring 25% of the time! Insane stat.
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Jody Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:25 pm
@jgomez, Nah thats wrong. He has 17 of the kings 68 goals not 68 shots.
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Got a chance to visit with McGrattan the other night. You hear this a lot about hockey players, but this guy was real open and seemed real humble. We talked for awhile and it was a nice conversation. Really interested in helping others, especially other NHLers going through substance abuse issues. I’d hate to fight him because I’d lose, but awfully glad I got to meet him. GKG
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Jeff_R Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:45 pm
@Dave from Torrance, Hockey players are awesome. Whatever goes on, ON the ICE, is forgotten off of it. Totally awesome guys most of them. Wish it were like that in other sports.
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Mars Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:13 pm
@Dave from Torrance, Lucky! I read the article on him, sounds like a great guy.
Only met a handful of guys in my day. Dionne being the highlight.
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Jeff Carter will score tonight. Duh. GKG!!
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winning these next 2 games is important……Just in case you didn’t know. Could help expand the pack
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KC23 Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:25 pm
@Lake Forest, “…winning these next 2 games is important…” I think it’s pretty a given for the rest of the season.
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Lake Forest Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 4:34 pm
@KC23, yeah it was obvious statement. but one other game going on tonight in the east, none in the west
St. Louis and Sharks play Tuesday, so we will not be a game in hand any more with those two.
We could be 2 points ahead and keep going
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Kings x Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 5:40 pm
@Lake Forest, taking advantage of games at hand is huge
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Tonite, in Suite C-38….@luc20rules, @Dominick, @CB14, and @Puck73. Should be fun. See you all out at The Gretzky statue between 6 and 6:30 ! GKG !!
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Mars Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:09 pm
@puck73, Awww man. I gotta get in on a game like that!
Trying hard to get work Suite tix.
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DesertKing Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:13 pm
@puck73,
Lucky ducks er, uh, Stanley Cup fans!
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Am in DC and will miss the game, but will enjoy following the posts.
GKG!
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Mars Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:09 pm
@Ron Reynolds, Are you going to catch any east coast games?
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Ron Reynolds Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:21 pm
@Mars, Regrettably, no. I’m flying back, tomorrow.
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Carter with 13 goals tonight. You read it here first
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SpencerMaze Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:14 pm
@Ashykon, That’s gotta be some kinda record, no?
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Hanging out at starbucks waiting to meet up with some insiders!
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SpencerMaze Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:11 pm
@neil, nice Neil!!
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SpencerMaze Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:11 pm
@neil, Or is it Nice neil?
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Is this the calm before the storm?
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Nolan needs to net two tonight so he can catch Purcell.
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PlayerXatHoldThePoint Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:22 pm
@Belexes, hahaha, lmao
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Goin to the game tonite! Gkg get this win!
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Wife’s new Kings shoes just arrived via the Big Brown Truck…..Now Brownie needs to truck the Flames!! LETS GO KINGS!!!!
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A big thanks to Insider vinny, who gave me the link to Kings prospect Michael Mersch’s great goal over the weekend. I added it to a piece I wrote about the left winger who looks very promising. Enjoy!
http://kingsnewsdaily.com/prospect-watch-michael-mersch-wins-a-big-one-for-the-badgers/
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jess Reply:
March 11th, 2013 at 6:32 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com),
Thanks for that Paul.
This kid showed great patience on that play, -with a set of decent hands to back it up!
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The Big Brown Truck just showed up with the Mrs’ new Kings flip-flops, so now we need Brownie to “truck” the Flames!!! GKG!
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Just got to meet some of the Boys! Nice…….
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Lots of insiders here!!!! GKG
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311 is being played on 3/11 !!!
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I think that Bernier will start Tonight if the LA Kings keep Wining Games
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