I’ve admittedly been a little out of the loop lately. I’ve had to speed through recordings of the last three games. I’ve barely been able to write a quick thought on the games, and my reading time has been drastically cut with what has become a much more busy than usual holiday season. So if [...]
CHANNELING RAGE – KINGS v. PREDATORS PREVIEW
December 18, 2010 By
Every smug face at the gym today looked like Steen…and forced me to turn away or risk imminent assault. At the gas station, a fifty something year old man with a St. Louis Rams hat walked to his truck…I suppressed the temptation of spraying him with the gas pump and launching a match. I must [...]
WHAT DO WE DO WITH ALEC?
December 6, 2010 By
Not the Baldwin. Martinez. He has been a hockey godsend. Willie will be back in about a week. Our top 4 will stabilize. That leaves Greene, Martinez, Whiskey and Harrold + a potential Muzzin but not likely with the already existing log jam for 5 and 6. Assuming Whiskey doesn’t become a fixture as a fourth [...]
SCOUTING THE DETROIT RED WINGS
December 3, 2010 By
GOOSE: “That’s him. Iceman. It’s the way he flies, ice cold, no mistakes. He wears you down, you get bored–frustrated–do something stupid and he’s got ya.” Transition. That’s the Wings’ game. They wait for you to make a turnover, make a mistake and immediately swarm to your net and then make you pay. By their [...]
LESSONS FROM A 2-1 LOSS
November 28, 2010 By
Per Rich Hammond, the players were locked into some grueling video sessions and critique of their game. There isn’t one on the squad who didn’t deserve it. Last night’s game against the Blackhawks showed this writer a team that was out of sync for all but 10 minutes of the third. When you consider how [...]
KINGS LOSE TO OTTAWA SENATORS AND ERIC FURLATT 3-2
November 22, 2010 By
Who is Eric Furlatt? Apparently, he is super human…and a magician. He is able to see at real-time speed what Toronto and multiple video angles could not determine after over 10 minutes of review. You can’t call Eric Furlatt a retard. That wouldn’t be very nice. You could say he sucks, but that wouldn’t be [...]
KINGS @ OTTAWA SENATORS GAME PREVIEW
November 22, 2010 By
Here we go again with one of those must/should/better/will-win games. While not one of the teams stuck in the 2010 fall doldrums, the Ottawa Senators are a below .500 team with a record of 9-10-1 through 20 games. Any team under .500 is a team the Kings need to walk up to, bitch slap, and [...]
SCRIBE’S QUICK HITS
November 9, 2010 By
- It’s time to make a decision on Clifford. The 19-year-old boy in a man’s body with a Genghis style mean streak is either going to play Thursday or go to Juniors. God help those kids in Juniors if he is sent down. All I see is blood and pain. – Drew Doughty and Rob [...]
CRAPPY ANSWERS RAISE INTRIGUING QUESTIONS – MITCHELL, PONIKAROVSKY INJURED
November 8, 2010 By
You probably already know the crappy part. Willie Mitchell has a fractured wrist. Not expected back until early-mid December. Alexei Ponikarovsky broke a finger. Don’t plan on seeing him in a game until early December either. Well this sucks. Losing Ponikarovsky hurts the overall team speed and size. Losing Mitchell screws up the top pairing. [...]
MUZZIN TO MANCHESTER…FOR NOW.
October 24, 2010 By
Surly and I were bummed…we didn’t want to see this kid go. He showed such promise and the acumen of a player that belongs on the big club. Alas, we all know why this happened. With Matt Greene’s return and Doughty only being out a little while longer, we have too many defensemen. Jake doesn’t [...]
THE LACE BITE
October 12, 2010 By
From Hammond on Greene and Parse’s injury status: MURRAY: “Greene is getting better. He’s coming along. It’s just another maintenance look for him, to stay off the ice. He had a little bit of swelling, infection, in his ankle because of `lace bite.’ We’ve had about 10 guys, since the start of training camp, go [...]
CAN TERRY MURRAY’S OFFENSE FIRST, DEFENSE FIRST SYSTEM WORK?
September 19, 2010 By
Our coach, Terry Murray, wants more puck possession. I love it. He wants speed through the neutral zone and across the blue line. I couldn’t agree more. Sure as hell was missing that with a dump and chase game. He wants, based on what I saw in training camp, a three-man attack (one forward does [...]
LOS ANGELES KINGS SEASON PREVIEW: A GOOD DEFENSE, THE FINAL PIECES
September 14, 2010 By
Part three of this series brings us to the final defensive pairing, which may not be a pairing at all but rather a trio. Some teams, Kings included, do carry seven defensemen from time to time. For now, we focus on the bottom two, a picture that became more clear post rookie camp. MATT GREENE [...]
STYLE & SUBSTANCE TO EARN A STANLEY
May 31, 2010 By
“That’s your first good hit of the year,” Blackhawks’ Adam Burish yelled to Daniel Carcillo from the Chicago bench. No, it wasn’t a compliment. Burish was agitating opposing agitator Carcillo over the latter’s miss / hit on his teammate Jeff Carter. Game two of the Stanley Cup was a memorable one. It reminded me what [...]
THANK YOU KINGS
April 17, 2010 By
For tying the game up in the second period. I needed that. My poor, over-fluttering heart and hyper-ventilating lungs needed it. The 1st line gets on the board. The powerplay works and Modin gets his 2nd goal of the series. They didn’t play like pussies. Scuderi and Greene are my heroes of the period. More [...]
LOS ANGELES KINGS FLY HIGH BACK TO STAPLES WITH VICTORY OVER DALLAS STARS
October 19, 2009 By
We panicked. We complained. We self loathed like a Jew sneaking a pig in a blanket at a Yom Kippur service. Then the Kings told the fans in so many plays to shut the hell up. While the fans may have missed Alexander Frolov tonight, but the Los Angeles Kings did not. The Stars were [...]
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