With the expectation that Terry Murray must be hard at work on his resume, I asked Surly to break into Terry’s office and retrieve it. “Why the hell do I have to do these things!?” he protested. “Because every stealth… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Terry Murray’
The L.A. Kings Have Lost The Identity For Which Terry Murray Cries
A subtle thing happened when Michal Handzus, Ryan Smyth, Alexei Ponikarovsky and Wayne Simmonds left and Mike Richards & Simon Gagne arrived. The L.A. Kings lost their identity and failed to forge the new & necessary one. Last season, what… Read More ›
Jack Johnson’s “Something Different” & Offensive Zone Options
Our friend, The Mayor, gave us the following from Jack Johnson after the 4-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild. I have said that Justin Williams is the one player I want to interview. His history tells me he is a… Read More ›
Three L.A. Kings Goals Per Game? Average Does It.
One of our readers, Sydor25, sent me this article as a response to one of our writers, JT Dutch’s, Recent Career Norms article. Enjoy. Average. That is all it takes. Here are the Los Angeles Kings career average goals per 82… Read More ›
Wild Beat Kings 4-2: The Restoring Sanity Post Game Edition
I left Staples, bid Surly farewell, came home, kissed my wife, checked on my daughter sleeping soundly and everything became right in the world again. I then sat behind the computer to type. Wherever your place of peace happens to… Read More ›
Rich Hammond’s Questions, Dean Lombardi’s Answers, Missed Opportunities
It’s really a shame. On the one hand, good for Rich to stay after practice today and question Lombardi about the offense…on the other, I do wish he knew more about the game and was more willing to ask direct… Read More ›
Dean Lombardi Has Reached the Rubicon
In 49 BC, Julius Caesar and one of his legions reached the Rubicon River in northern Italy. Moving south towards Rome would mean breaking the law, threatening the capital itself and result in an inevitable Civil War, possibly ending the… Read More ›
L.A. Kings Post Game: Congratulations To Terry Murray, Mission Accomplished
Freud didn’t believe in coincidences. Neither does God, if you believe in him. I find coincidences revealing. Tonight, Terry Murray finally got the L.A. Kings where they belong under his tutelage. After tonight’s game, the L.A. Kings are the worst… Read More ›
Killer Instinct
What’s in a face? Do the eyes betray the soul? Perhaps in poker. This in not poker. This is hockey. Look into this man’s eyes. This man is a killer. What about Mike Babcock? Look in his eyes and you… Read More ›
The Case For Carlyle & Dean Lombardi’s Courage Or Lack Thereof
From Helene Elliott: Randy Carlyle, who coached the Ducks to the Stanley Cup title in 2007 but was fired Wednesday because of the team’s prolonged struggles, said Saturday he has been traveling “an emotional road” since his dismissal and will take a… Read More ›
Taking Randy Carlyle’s Advice & Finding Inner Peace
Jeff Miller of the Orange County Register tweeted: Randy Carlyle met with Bobby Ryan today concerning trade rumors and told him he “has to find that inner peace in himself to deal with it.” Sage advice. This got me thinking…. Read More ›
Terry “I’m Not Going To Motivate” Murray Slips Up
Let’s begin by recalling a comment Murray made a few weeks ago regarding Loktionov and Voynov. “I’m not going to motivate them,”… ….”Pro players have to motivate themselves, that’s your job as a player – is to get yourself ready… Read More ›
Holy Smoke! L.A. Kings Lineup Lunacy Or Evil Genius?
Per Hammond, the Kings are skating as follows: Well, The Great Lineup Shakeup of 2011 has taken place, with Andrei Loktionov moving to center, Jarret Stoll to wing and only the fourth line remaining intact. Here’s how the forwards and… Read More ›
L.A. Kings Lines, Shot At Redemption, No Love 4 Richardson, Gagne Due & Other Tidbits
Per Hammond, here is how the L.A. Kings practiced Friday: Gagne-Kopitar-Williams Loktionov-Richards-Brown Clifford-Stoll-Hunter Moreau-Fraser-Westgarth Lewis/Richardson Scuderi-Doughty Mitchell-Johnson Voynov-Greene Alec Martinez was in a no-contact jersey. Dustin Penner didn’t practice in the first 1/2 but woke up in time for appeared in… Read More ›
Drew Doughty Says “No, No, No” To Terry Murray…
We dig The Mayor. Here is a good article and interview he did with Drew Doughty: Two goals and five assists probably isn’t what GM Dean Lombardi had in mind when he signed the Kings top defenseman to an eight-year,… Read More ›
