In sifting through Darryl Sutter’s quotes from the 2012-13 season, I tried to find a mix of honest observation, humor, firm player analysis and recollections of events from his playing days and appreciation towards those he has played with and coached while generally leaving moments of head-butting with the media off the list. Though several [...]
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June 8 postgame quotes: Darryl Sutter
On the “flow” of overtime: “I think that’s typical overtime. There’s lots of opportunities both ways. In the end, probably their two best offensive guys made a great play to score a goal.” On whether he has to say anything to the team after allowing two early goals: “We don’t have to talk much about [...]
June 8 postgame quotes: Chicago
Joel Quenneville, on previously wanting “more” from Patrick Kane: “That was more than more. It was certainly an outstanding game by him. A great play, winning goal by Johnny. I thought Kaner played a heck of a game in Games 4 and 5 for us, led with having the puck a lot. Time of possession [...]
Kings played through injuries
There has been speculation throughout the playoffs of high profile Los Angeles Kings players dealing with injuries that would have normally kept them out of action in the regular season. Darryl Sutter addressed the issue without going into specifics following the Game 5 loss. Darryl Sutter, on how banged up the team was: “Three, four [...]
June 8 postgame quotes: Matt Greene
On the feeling after the Game 5 loss: “We’re disappointed right now. We wanted different results, obviously. I think we felt like we were coming on, and we had a good game tonight. You lose a series in five games, obviously they’re doing something a little bit better over there, so it’s a disappointing feeling [...]
June 6 postgame quotes: Darryl Sutter
On whether he felt the Kings played with a lack of desperation: “No. [Reporter: At all?] No.” On whether Chicago shut L.A. down in the third period, or whether L.A. shut itself down: “Yeah, I think once they scored the quick goal after the penalty kill, 10 seconds after, I think we had to go [...]
June 6 postgame quotes: Chicago
Patrick Kane, on whether he was feeling “more like himself”: “Yeah. I think the biggest thing was just trying to get the puck any way I could, skate with it, feel into the game, no matter how that was. I thought I did a good job of that. Got a lot of support from whether [...]
June 6 postgame quotes: Drew Doughty
On the team facing its biggest challenge of the year: “It’s a tough one to lose tonight, but we knew we were going to have to win at least one in their rink. So we’re looking forward to the next challenge. It’s a big game Saturday night, and it’s a must-win, obviously. So we have [...]
June 6 postgame quotes: Jonathan Quick
On Chicago’s transition game: They’re a good team in transition. We’ve got to take that away. That’s one of the things we’ve been talking about for the last four games, taking that away. So that’s something we’ve got to be better at. On returning to Chicago for Game 5: “Yeah, we’ve got to win one [...]
