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Kings Gameday: None More Boned, Pt. I

Calgary Flames at Los Angeles Kings, Nov 21, 2009 1:00 PM PST


 




If I had a band, I'd name it Matchsticks and Gasoline; well, either that or Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie

The Kings need secondary scoring.  Hell, the Kings need scoring in general the last few games.  The Kings were forced to move Alexander Frolov up to their top line due to the loss of Ryan Smyth, further reducing their ability to threaten with multiple lines.  Clearly their needs to be something done, a bold step needs to be made by our fearless leader Terry Murray, a-

"I need to play him [Ivanans] more."

WHAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT???????????

*Chokes on bagel, performs Heimlich Maneuver with edge of coffee table, then eats bagel piece coughed up

 

Oh Goddammit.

Of course, I'm not being entirely fair.  The full context of the quote is that the Kings have a lot of games coming up and Murray can't play his top 2 lines 20 minutes a night and he Brad Richardson and Teddy Purcell need to play more and Murray's most likely going to give Ivanans 7 minutes a night instead of 4 and then rotate Richardson, Harrold and Purcell on that third line... but damn, that's an ugly quote.  That's the hockey equivalent of Reverend Wright.

The Kings play the Calgary Flames, which is awesome because it means I get to see Jay Bouwmeester and Craig Conroy.  I love Bouwmeester because he's probably one of the smartest players in hockey and it'll be fascinating to watch him in contrast to one of the dumbest, Dion Phaneuf.  I like to think that Phaneuf and Jack Johnson will start slashing and jawing at each other and then Bouwmeester and Doughty will just kind of look at each other and shake their heads in bewilderment.

Prediction: Kings win, 4-3.  Goals by Ivanans (x4).  Murray tells me to suck it.

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I can’t believe I missed that. Fuck yeah Craig Conroy.

Yeah, Conroy doesn’t get enough credit. His problem is that he’s not good enough to be a 1st liner but he’s probably too good to be a 3rd liner (in that squads aren’t going to have 2 centers better than him on their team). Keenan used to put Conroy out there with Iginla whenever they played the Kings because Conroy could shut down Kopitar. I look at him as being in between Chris Drury and Jarret Stoll; not as good as Drury, but better than Stoll. Plus, he’s adorable and is the best interview in the league.

You know what would be hilarious? A joint interview with Conroy and Bouwmeester.

So Craig, what did you think of tonight’s game?

Conroy: Well it was a real tough effort, but Iginla had a great game and I thought Robin Regher played really well; you know, he’s a great guy and he gives a full effort every night but he doesn’t get a lot of credit. And then of course we have big Jay over here holding things down! C’mere, Jay, what did you think of tonight’s game? *smiles

Bouwmeester: Umm… yeah… good effort… I thought we did OK.

The West Coast is the Best Coast.

by RudyKelly on Nov 21, 2009 10:56 AM PST up reply actions  

Hm, 1 pm at Staples? 7 pm at Honda Center? It occurs to me that this may be one of the rare occasions where a hockey fan could legitimately and easily attend two NHL games in one afternoon with no overlap.

I wonder whether anybody’s taking advantage of that SoCal Double-Down Saturday.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 21, 2009 11:35 AM PST reply actions  

Who in hell could afford that? Unless the NHL is offering a tax credit.

by TheChemist on Nov 21, 2009 11:46 AM PST up reply actions  

I’d have to think that it’d be somewhat affordable — neither arena is Toronto or anything. Tickets are certainly affordable cheap in Anaheim.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 21, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions  

You’re right, I had the $10 season seats one year at Staples.

by TheChemist on Nov 21, 2009 12:13 PM PST up reply actions  

That'd be kewl to see 2 games like that

Last Ducks tickets we had were $40 I think it was

Strong arm a few grade school kids for their lunch money and your set

Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints

by spectr17 on Nov 21, 2009 2:54 PM PST up reply actions  

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Oh Jay Bouwmeester, is there any situation you can’t make hopelessly awkward?

Him and Patrick Marleau should team up to form a crimefighting duo that uncomfortables opponents into submission.

The West Coast is the Best Coast.

by RudyKelly on Nov 21, 2009 12:10 PM PST reply actions   1 recs

Agreed

That said, dude Justified Your Love this afternoon.

by MattF on Nov 21, 2009 4:30 PM PST up reply actions  

Goddammit, Quick.

The West Coast is the Best Coast.

by RudyKelly on Nov 21, 2009 1:10 PM PST reply actions  

I hear Giguere might be available.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 21, 2009 1:50 PM PST up reply actions  

Doughty, then Fro? If Simmonds scores I’m going to need a rag.

Also, I haven’t really mentioned it much but Doughty is pretty GD awesome.

The West Coast is the Best Coast.

by RudyKelly on Nov 21, 2009 2:10 PM PST reply actions  

Nice Calvin and Hobbes reference.

by Donzo on Nov 21, 2009 2:13 PM PST reply actions  

Iggy makes it 3-2

on a nice fat rebound

Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints

by spectr17 on Nov 21, 2009 3:24 PM PST reply actions  

With Yzerman and Lowe in the crowd, I think Doughty blew his chances for Team Canada with that give away and subsequent soft play leading to the shorthanded goal. I think the Kings blew my chances of going to bed without wanting to blow my head off.

by Nut on Nov 21, 2009 9:43 PM PST reply actions  

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