Satisfied with Jones

A favorite topic among a segment of Kings fans is — no, not Ilya Kovalchuk — the play of Randy Jones. Jones, in his last four games, has not recorded a point and has a minus-4 rating. Terry Murray was asked today, as he frequently is, about Jones’ play and the possibility of getting Davis Drewiske back in the lineup…

MURRAY: “Since his injury, I think his [Jones’] game has improved, week by week. He’s the one player who can really get things going out of our own zone. He’s got good puck-handling skills, he can skate, he can carry the puck out of danger and he can jump into the offensive part of the game, which we’ve seen. We use him on the power play. And on the other side of it, with Drewiske, I wish I could get him in. He worked so hard, through that injury, to get rehab done and get ready to come back. When he did get in, though, there was some hesitancy. We talked about that.

“I think, right now though, he’s through thar part, emotionally. He looks like he’s much more comfortable on the ice, with his drills, and I believe that any time he would get in now, he’d be back to where he was before. It’s hard to change it up sometimes, but getting back to Jones, I don’t mind his game. I know he’s better than what he is at times, but he can be an important player for us.”