On the team’s new line combinations at practice: “You know what? Quite honest, last night as the game went on we used a lot of different guys. I was trying to get something going, generate a little bit more out of some of our top guys.”
Archive of posts tagged Darryl Sutter
Kings discuss Thornton, Burns challenges
Joe Thornton has a three-game point streak and has averaged more than 20 minutes per game through the first four games of the Western Conference Semifinals. The Sharks fed off of his first period intensity on Tuesday night as he served as a catalyst in the game’s early dominance as San Jose out-shot Los Angeles [...]
May 21 postgame quotes: Darryl Sutter
On whether there’s any solace taking from momentum gained in the third period: “I think we battled back, but we made it close. You don’t get much for making it close.” On any encouraging signs from the third period: “No. You don’t You don’t win, then you’ve got to get ready for the next one.”
May 21 quotes: Sutter, Clifford, Penner
Darryl Sutter, on Jonathan Quick absorbing contact: “I just think that he plays the top of the crease. I’m not whining or bitching or anything. It’s just, he plays at the top of the crease, and the last two series we played against goalies that play more in the blue paint. What is the rule? [...]
May 21 morning skate notes
IFFY CLIFFY? With Kyle Clifford seemingly on the mend and poised to rejoin the Los Angeles Kings’ lineup, Darryl Sutter was asked following the team’s skate what the rugged winger’s return would mean to the team. “There hasn’t been any announcement that I’m aware of that he’s coming back,” Sutter answered. There hasn’t been, and [...]
May 20 practice quotes: Darryl Sutter
On whether it’s “good to have [Kyle] Clifford back”: “Everybody that’s on the ice is available. At some point it’ll be good to have him back.” On whether anything specific was worked on, or whether it was a “standard practice”: “It’s not ‘standard practice’ because you don’t have practice days…First off, even taking out the [...]
Sutter on officiating, composure
Following Monday’s practice, Darryl Sutter responded to a question regarding Trevor Lewis’ temperament after Game 3. It evolved into a discussion over the team’s frustration that Jonathan Quick weathered more contact than Antti Niemi in Game 3, the nature of how the officials become aware of such contact, and the preferred way to react to [...]
May 19 practice quotes: Darryl Sutter
On the penalties and the outcome of Game 3: “Not happy taking that many penalties. It doesn’t matter if you agree with the calls or not. It doesn’t really have any impact on anything.” On whether he’s surprised that there were a glut of penalties called late: “They’re calling stick fouls and they’re calling penalties [...]
May 18 postgame quotes: Darryl Sutter
On his immediate reaction to the late penalties and the loss: “We’re getting used to it. Two games in a row.” On whether he saw the replay of the Lewis penalty: “What have I got to watch the replay for if they call it running into the goaltender? So you must have watched it. Did [...]
Noisy HP Pavilion presents a unique road challenge
The Los Angeles Kings are in Northern California for the third time in Stanley Cup Playoffs history – good morning, Oakland Seals! – and will continue their second round series against the San Jose Sharks at 6:00 Saturday evening inside the unfriendly borders of HP Pavilion, which has developed a reputation as being one of [...]
