Kings Preseason Gameday: Scare Tactics

by RudyKelly on Sep 22, 2009 3:10 PM PDT

5:00 PST, Sprint Center Kansas City, MO Radio: 1150AM

AEG, who own the Kings, also own the Sprint Center in Kansas City, MO. They don't have a regular tenant besides, like, AFL2 or something. They want someone to play there. They have the Kings play a preseason game there to provide some additional revenue for that arena and also to show it off. They're just being dicks by having the Islanders play there so they can scare New York into caving to Islanders owner Charles Wang. I wouldn't read too much into it.

The Kings lineup is as follows:

Lewis-Stoll-Purcell (that's what is listed but I'm pretty sure Lewis and Purcell will be flipped)

Frolov-Handzus-Simmonds (of course)

Clune-Harrold-Richardson (4th line #1)

Ivanans-Cliche-Westgarth (4th line #2)

O'Donnell-Doughty

Drewiske-Martinez

Piskula-Hickey

Quick (should play all game)

John Tavares isn't playing, but don't worry because the rest of the Islanders' stars are playing. Wait, they don't have any other stars. Umm... Kevin Westgarth's brother is playing and they might get into a fight? That's cool, right? Get your tickets today, Missourians!

Prediction: Clune locks down a spot, and one of Richardson/Lewis/Cliche gets sent down. Hey, what about a Clune-Cliche-Lewis line? That seems like it'd be pretty good.

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Wouldn’t it be “Kansas Citizens”, or does that mean something else? Or maybe “Kansas Cityfolk” works.

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by Earl Sleek on Sep 22, 2009 3:22 PM PDT reply actions

No, I think we’re “Cityfolk” to them.

The West Coast is the Best Coast.

by RudyKelly on Sep 22, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions

do the city folk of LaLa land

have an NFL franchise yet

by steelermafia on Sep 22, 2009 3:48 PM PDT reply actions

huh?

2009-10 LA Kings Hockey: Where Smyt Happens!!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Sep 22, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions

do the city folk of LaLa land
have an NFL franchise yet

Aren’t the Royals and Chiefs the only activities Kansas City folk have? I went to Wikipedia to see if they have other ways to pass the time, like chili cookoffs or horseshoe tossing and this was the best they could do:

The city’s tap water was recently rated the cleanest among the 50 largest cities in the United States, containing no detectable impurities. Kansas City has more fountains than any city in the world except Rome, Italy.

Awe… some. Keep your football team. I’d rather be city mouse than country mouse any day.

by Irish Pat on Sep 22, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions

in any baseball video game i choose the royals stadium cuz they got that cool waterfall going…but never choose the team naturally

Put those cookies back..Mutha fucka!!

by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Sep 22, 2009 3:53 PM PDT reply actions

Very true Spade…Also, not sure I would brag about the Chiefs, Rams, or Royals. George Brett and Joe Montana were along time ago. Now go to your local Abercrombie or Hollister and by clothes that say Manhattan Beach on them so you can try to look like us in “Lala land”.

by Nut on Sep 22, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm a Kansas Citian

I went to the game last night and had a blast(it was my first NHL game). We are in the works of getting an NHL or NBA team here, because when the Sprint Center was built we were promised either one by 2011 I believe.

The game was fun, but the crowd didn’t really know how to act. There were a half dozen fights that got the crowd going, but since most of the crowd didn’t know what was going on it was a pretty lame atmosphere. We need a tenant, but I don’t want to steal a team from another city. Do you Kings fans know of any teams that have a shitty arena/fanbase/ownership? We will take them.

BTW we also go cow tipping, date our cousins, work on cars in the front lawn, and have mullets. Stereotype much?

by JasonM on Sep 23, 2009 8:42 AM PDT reply actions

Sorry from my above post I need to retract a statement

We aren’t in the works of getting either NHL/NBA here, but we are looking at every outlet possible.

by JasonM on Sep 23, 2009 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions

Glad you had a good time. I think the NBA might work better for Kansas City since St. Louis doesn’t already have a basketball team, and I think the Bobcats might be ready to go pretty soon.

I wouldn’t too much about people ragging on your city; everyone gets worked up when they’re in danger of losing their team, especially a team with history like the Islanders.

The West Coast is the Best Coast.

by RudyKelly on Sep 23, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions

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