April 4 postgame quotes: Darryl Sutter

On Robyn Regehr’s contributions:
“He’s a big solid guy. He’s going to play that way. He’s going to finish checks and move pucks and try to play the system, that’s what he does.”

On Justin Williams’ recent play:
“It’s good to see him score because he plays with Kopi and Brownie and doesn’t get much credit, so it’s good to see him score.”

On Regehr seeing some time with Drew Doughty as the game progressed:
“[We had] a lot of faceoff stuff in our own zone. When they were starting they were together. Muzz still played quite a bit with him.”

On the “trust factor” and “continuity” in knowing Regehr and the way he plays:
“Well, I haven’t coached Robyn for eight years so you’d have to ask him if he’s a different player, but in terms of trust, obviously there’s trust. He’s an experienced guy and he’s going to play the same way every night.”

On whether the Kings had the start he was looking for:
“Yeah, we scored two goals in the first three minutes. So that’s a good start.”

On whether Jonathan Bernier’s play changes the balance of how he plans on using the goaltenders:
“No, we’re still in the heavy lifting schedule part of it and we need them both. I think it’s shown that when one’s fresh – it doesn’t matter which one it is – that they’re both capable guys.”

On his evaluation of an Edmonton team that visits L.A. on Saturday:
“Well, they’re playing tonight, so I’ll watch tonight and give you a real answer tomorrow.”

On Kyle Clifford’s contributions alongside Mike Richards and Jeff Carter:
“We’re trying to get Mike and Jeff get a little bit more forecheck and physical play on that line with Dustin out. It’s probably where Penner’s best suited, but you know what? The five or six of those young guys, Cliffy’s got two games of limited playoff experience, so we’re trying to get some of these young guys to approach it like they’re playing playoff games.”

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