My weekly LAKings.com feature is up, and while you’re mourning the loss of purple from the Kings’ jerseys (more on that later), I hope you’ll take the time to read about Jeff Carter’s fitness level and how it has sustained him through a compacted schedule.
“With the [one] week training camp, you didn’t have much time. It was on you to do the little extra, whether it would be in the weight room or wherever – on the ice, or whatever it was to get up to their level. You saw some teams with good starts there that were up to that level, and I think it took us a few games to get there, but we got there, and now we look pretty good,” Carter said.
….the more I watch Carts the more I realize what a tremendous hockey player he is…
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King Kamehameha X Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 6:39 pm
@Deke’r, the elusive 40 goal scorer we so desperately always wanted. Sorry kovi, sorry B Richards
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This guy can shoot the puck so glad he’s scoring goals for us.
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I thought that he was “committed”….
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Mars Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 1:34 pm
@Neil, For having insane hockey skills
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KingsFanFTW Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 1:41 pm
@Neil, lol i thought so too
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 1:46 pm
@Neil, Sure looked that way.
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Michael J. Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 3:10 pm
@Neil,
That will be Doan after his next game with the Kings.
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Big controversy on Yahoo’s NHL blog, “Puck Daddy.”
“Drew Doughty believes Phoenix Coyotes are whiners on a Canucks level”
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HockeyNerd Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 1:53 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, 100% true but it probably isn’t the least bit helpful for DD to carry on about it.
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shiny Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:04 pm
@HockeyNerd, if he was asked directly about it, I don’t see the harm. He’s outspoken and he knows he’ll have to deal with the consequences of his actions
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HockeyNerd Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:25 pm
@shiny, And those consequences could include him or the team being distracted by a feud when our focus needs to be on winning games and making the playoffs. OK, it’s not the worst thing he could have done and probably not that big a deal but why go there at all? Even if he’s asked a question he doesn’t have to provide a straight answer. (Just ask DS about that one). Doughty still has a lot of growing up to do.
What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:07 pm
@HockeyNerd, Which is why “Puck Daddy” basically trolled him by putting up video, not from last night, but from him wanting a piece of an official who called him for interference in the playoffs, in overtime, when the other guy was holding his stick. Of course, they also noted that he says “everybody whines sometimes.”
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Deke'r Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:03 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, …disagree….Cryotes are on a level all their own…
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DesertKing Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:07 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
and there is a problem with that? DD just calling it as it is.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:17 pm
@DesertKing, ?
I don’t think there’s a problem with it.
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DesertKing Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:21 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
Sorry, just being rhetorical and sarcastic with the world. I know you have absolutely no problem with it
What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:26 pm
What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:09 pm
Gotta love the title, which assumes “Of course they’re whiners,” but continues on, to ask if they’re as bad as the Canucks!
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KC23 Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 5:21 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, If this is true it illustrates my biggest problem with Doughty. Maturity.
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King Kamehameha X Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 6:41 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, if you’re going to chirp on the ice, you might as well chirp real loud. The goal is to get under their skin
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This guy does not get enough credit around here. Ever since he joined the Kings we are scoring at almost a full goal a game better. He scored the biggest goal in Kings history, the overtime winner in the Stanley Cup Finals. And he can play Center or Wing, which allows DS extra options who to play and how to structure the line combinations.
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shiny Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:08 pm
@HockeyNerd, around here or in general? I feel on here, he’s kind of got deity status- no one complains about him. There’s nothing TO complain about with JMFC. He’s that spectacular and humble. So we leave him alone and complain about everyone else lol
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HockeyNerd Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:20 pm
@shiny, Good point, I think these blogs are 1% praise for someone and 99% “what have you done for me lately”. And NO KING gets the attention they deserve in general.
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Robbie Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 5:19 pm
@HockeyNerd, actually this blog is 70 percent my Kings right or wrong posters and 30 percent lets look at the Kings current situation arbitrarily based upon perceived performance and offer honest future prognosis.
Lake Forest Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:44 pm
@HockeyNerd, What about Kopi’s overtime goal? Stolls game 5? Penner’s game 5???
He does get a lot of credit.
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I usually dont care about posting comments anywhere else (non Kings sites)
But felt I hate Shame Done so much, why not
http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/50709-Bernier-makes-careerhigh-40-saves-in-Kings-32-over-Coyotes.html
SUCK IT Cryotes!
Ok I think I am done, time to Park and Ride.
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:16 pm
@Mars, Hmmm…that article contained the same lie I read in another article, objectively measured against the league’s determination of the situation:
The lie:
Doan was cut down by Kings rookie defenceman Jake Muzzin on a knee-to-knee open-ice hit in the Kings’ zone late in the second period.
The actual situation:
No penalties were called. (Which, the author puts immediately after that paragraph, apparently indicating that the officials were wrong.)
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:27 pm
@Mars, Oh yeah, and I’ll pass that along!
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john k Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:37 pm
@Mars, I went there and clicked “LIKE” on your post
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 3:32 pm
@john k, OMG, I hadn’t even looked at the comment(s). I did too, now.
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Michael J. Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 3:09 pm
@Mars,
What a joke. Do the people who either write or copy & paste this stuff actually witness what they are “reporting”?
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LVKINGS88 Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 5:08 pm
@Mars, Nice! I clicked thumbs up.
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On top of all of the great things Carter has been doing since he joined our team, I think one of the most important things is just now starting. Toffoli is going to learn so much from Carter while being his teammate and linemate. Carter’s impact is going to be around after his contract is over.
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Best Kings trade of all time? It’s got my vote.
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DesertKing Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:19 pm
@Bradapiller,
+1
Would MR be #2? You know that DL got his input before doing the deal.
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Bradapiller Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:37 pm
@DesertKing, Thats a tough one, bringing the great one to LA or the spark that started the fire. I’ll have to go with 99 won the cup zero times in LA, as so eloquently stated below, and Richards is 1 for 1
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:30 pm
@Bradapiller, Oh man…oh man…99 won the Cup zero times in LA…oh man…OK!
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cup4kings Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 3:56 pm
@Bradapiller,
#99 by far. What he did for the Kings franchise and hockey in So. Cal cannot be understated.
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It is cut and dry simple. Without Carts we don’t make the playoffs and we don’t win the cup!
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HockeyNerd Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 2:21 pm
@King Cobra, Yup.
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cup4kings Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 3:51 pm
@King Cobra, Not sure it’s that simple. Quick kept the Kings in a position to make the playoffs early in the year….without him early on, Kings don’t make the playoffs. Replacing JJ with Voynov while adding Carts was seemless as well, and actually improved the Kings defense. Carts was a HUGE piece though, no doubt about it.
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King Cobra Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 6:16 pm
@cup4kings, Regardless of all the stuff you listed, Without Carts we don’t make the playoffs and we don’t win the cup. It is that simple.
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Robbie Reply:
March 21st, 2013 at 11:11 am
@cup4kings, Quick kept us in the playoff race early in the season? What have you been smoking? The team was sub .500 until. Bernier came in and reeled off 5 straight wins allowing one goal each game. Without Bernier stepping up the team would be struggling to crack that eighth spot in the conference. The center of the goal tending debate rests upon do we go with the hot hand of Bernier or keep daydreaming about Quick’s playoff performance of nine months and one major back surgery ago?
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 21st, 2013 at 11:29 am
@Robbie, He was referring to last season. They would have been permanently buried in the standings if they’d lost, say, ten more games, which would have been possible. It’s one of the reasons Quick is still getting so much live right now (and the other, fairly obviously, is the postseason performance.)
I’m not gonna argue that Bernier shouldn’t be playing most of the games right now, but I do think your “last comment shows an incredible amount of deference to what he accomplished before, and quite probably, will accomplish again. I say this given the nature of his surgery. it was not typical “career ending” surgery. They removed a mass; they did not try to “fix” his back.
What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 21st, 2013 at 11:32 am
“so much live” should be “so much love”
Nice piece @JonRosen. Love Carter’s shot and his work ethic.
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Is it just me, but last night I kept hoping carts would get 4 to pass Stakamos is goals?
Maybe its just my view through rose colored glasses, but it seems like Carts has been passing up shot opportunities to get attempts for MR and TT.
Guy is nothing short of amazing, glad he is happy here too.
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I want him to be Rocket Richard trophy winner so badly.
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So @JonRosen, know anything about that Tim Leiweke blocking a Dustin Brown trade statement? Very curious..
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Lake Forest Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 3:36 pm
@Subby, I saw your previous posts and it’s hard for me to believe that JL was THAT involved in the detailed operations of players and such.
I also don’t see where DL would have done it anyway.
just my 2 cents
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Lake Forest Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 3:37 pm
@Lake Forest, by JL i mean TL obviously
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I don’t know about everyone else, but that last pair of games really got me amped! I seem to have accidentally prematurely flipped, emotionally, anyway, into playoff mode!
I hope it wears off, because I haven’t gotten anything done at work this week…I somehow got obsessed, and I really need to wait for the playoffs for that to be happening.
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PurpleBlacknGold Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 3:44 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, I was just thinking this morning about how it kind of feels like playoff mode already. I was also thinking about how cool it is we don’t have to anticipate anything happening at the trade deadline. Like putting our hope in a Martin Straka, an Anson Carter, or (insert your favorite past disappointment-from-the deadline here)… Do glad to have a skilled team with depth and a future!!!!
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vplaza Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 3:52 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
Playing the same teams back to back and the intensity of the games definitely lend to the playoff feeling of the games.
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He didn’t do anything different in the off-season but he worked like a ‘son of a gun’ and gained 11 pounds? So then does his weight normally swing that much each year?
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goldielocks Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 3:55 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com),
Muscle is heavier than body fat.
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YoBro Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 6:20 pm
@goldielocks, THAT’S why people tell me I’m so strong!
Go Kings
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Osaka Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 4:24 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com), Right, so he did something different.
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Carter has just been amazing so far this season …. wow the Kings have a pure goal scorer its been a while since I could say that
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And everyone said I was crazy when I said the Kings should trade for either Richards or Carter (never dreamed both).
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He tried surfing huh? nice, anytime Carts and the boys want to come down to San Clemente or even half way (HB) I’ll teach them to surf,heck I think Joe Sakic still has a house down here,he had the guy who shapes my boards Bill Stewart shape one for him.
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 5:20 pm
@LVKINGS88, Good old Stewart boards.
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LVKINGS88 Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 5:23 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com), Oh yeah Paul, I been riding Stewarts for 30 years.
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 7:00 pm
@LVKINGS88, I’ve never had one being up here but I’ve seen the a lot over the years. My current quiver consists of an al merrick and a zuma jay.
King Cobra Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 6:20 pm
@LVKINGS88, I can see Carts doing a huge roundhouse at lowers!!!
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LVKINGS88 Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 6:52 pm
@King Cobra, Or SHOOTING the pier.
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I think that the Ref’s will discuss talk with dallas Stars the rules of NHL that we don’t injured the best players from the LA Kings because I just got a e-mail from Anze and Anze said that if the LA Kings will make the Playoffs of 2013 we don’t injured hard on Boarding or a Grease play on Boarding the dallas Stars Players will be Suspended for 5 games so what do you think
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King Kamehameha X Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 6:46 pm
@Adam M, I think your special Adam M
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@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, oh and drop your gloves racing across the ice to instigate a fight, and no penalty? Even though the linesman was in the the way that is 2min unsportsmanlike conduct 100% of the time. Is the doaner just special or is he a cousin of yet someone else in Toronto. Lots of inbreeding in that family
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 20th, 2013 at 9:18 pm
@King Kamehameha X, Good questions! If I cared enough, maybe I’d try to call Bettman’s radio show and blast him with that.
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