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Kings Gameday: Wayne Simmonds is Awesome, Take XVIII




 

Players 23 or under with more even-strength points than Wayne Simmonds:

-Sidney Crosby

-Nicklas Backstrom

-Patrick Kane

-Wojtek Wolski


Players 23 or under with fewer even-strength points than Wayne Simmonds:

-Evgeni Malkin

-Anze Kopitar

-Steve Stamkos

-Bobby Ryan

-James Neal


Total power play time for Wayne Simmonds this season, in minutes:

-10:11


Per game, in minutes:

-0:11


Meat Train Status:

Confirmed

 

Prediction  Kings win, 4-2.  Goals by Kopitar, Simmonds, Johnson and Brown.

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Damn good post — quite shocking, really — I was surprised by names on both lists (above and below the Train). That Wolski must be having a crazy good year.

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by Earl Sleek on Feb 6, 2010 8:24 AM PST reply actions  

Oh, and please beat the crap out of Detroit today, thanks.

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by Earl Sleek on Feb 6, 2010 8:25 AM PST up reply actions  

I think “Meat Train” was Cat Stevens’ B-side of “Peace Train.”

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by Bettman's Nightmare on Feb 6, 2010 9:30 AM PST reply actions  

Simmonds is a badass. His work ethic is impressive, dude gives it his all, all the time.

My lady friend thinks he’s cute. She’s got jungle fever.

es muy caliente.

by tu madre on Feb 6, 2010 9:33 AM PST reply actions  

Extra motivation to get this crossover tee.

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 10:55 AM PST reply actions  

That’s mightily meaty!

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Feb 6, 2010 1:21 PM PST reply actions  

Cuntfarts!!!!

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Feb 6, 2010 1:25 PM PST reply actions  

now your talkin my friend

Ghost Faced Hilla gonna regulate in a hockey arena near you!!

GO DUCKS!!!

by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Feb 7, 2010 10:24 AM PST up reply actions  

Sixteen donkey-fucking seconds?

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 1:26 PM PST reply actions  

Hey, who is that Zetterberg dude, is he an important guy to defend against or something?

I’m so sick, I was kind of hoping I’d hallucinated that whole period.

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 1:48 PM PST reply actions  

It’s metropoleis.

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 1:53 PM PST reply actions  

Not metropoli?

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Feb 6, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions  

Nope. It’s Greek, not Latin.

Useless nerdfacts ahoy…

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 3:42 PM PST up reply actions  

Why stop with the Red Sweater, Heidi? We need quite a few more goals, so feel free to start taking it all off, please!

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Feb 6, 2010 2:21 PM PST reply actions  

I was pretty sure Bob was gonna mention her red bra!

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions  

Let’s go Heidi! Keep stripping! The boys are coming back!

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Feb 6, 2010 2:27 PM PST reply actions  

OH HELLS YEAH!

Heidi’s sweater is magic

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 2:30 PM PST reply actions  

how funny … I glanced at the scores and it was 3-2 … hopped over here to read the comments and see your “oh hells yeah”, glance back over at the scores and Kings had tied it up

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin

by ang6666 on Feb 6, 2010 2:32 PM PST up reply actions  

Will you stay, please, hon? You know I’ll make it worth your while :D

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 2:33 PM PST up reply actions  

Keep glancing, Ang! You’re as magical as heidi’s cashmere!

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Feb 6, 2010 2:34 PM PST up reply actions  

LET’S ALL STRIP FOR LUCK

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 2:36 PM PST up reply actions  

In honor of The MeatTrain and Heidi's Stip Tease...

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Feb 6, 2010 2:39 PM PST up reply actions  

Mmm, so meaty.

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 2:44 PM PST up reply actions  

Also? Spicy rub was a nice touch.

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 3:35 PM PST up reply actions  

That was for my homies

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Feb 6, 2010 4:12 PM PST up reply actions  

Intermission time! More Oscar Moller facts:

Once, as a child, he got lost in the stuffed animal section of his local toystore (FLUUFMART).

It took five hours to find him.

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 2:42 PM PST reply actions   1 recs

hahaha oscar m simmonds approves

I'm nobody's fool, least of all yours

by BoulderDodger on Feb 6, 2010 4:05 PM PST up reply actions  

Oh, Adam Deadmarsh. Poor guy…now I’m tearing up. I really need a nap to get this fever down, but…my hatred. Of the Wings. Is SO STRONG. Urk…

Whack ’em hard, Kings.

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 2:52 PM PST reply actions  

Guess what?! I got a fever, and the only prescription… is more MeatTrain!

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Feb 6, 2010 3:02 PM PST up reply actions  

YEAAAAH

House calls, please

PS Bertuzzi? You still suck at life.

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 3:05 PM PST up reply actions  

solid….

Ghost Faced Hilla gonna regulate in a hockey arena near you!!

GO DUCKS!!!

by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Feb 7, 2010 10:26 AM PST up reply actions  

Come on, Raccoon power!

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 3:18 PM PST reply actions  

score!!!!!!!

I'm nobody's fool, least of all yours

by BoulderDodger on Feb 6, 2010 3:22 PM PST reply actions  

OSTRICH POWER I’LL TAKE IT!

Man has this Fro-Zeus-Parse line rocked!

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 3:23 PM PST reply actions  

Oh hell ya!!!!!!!! Your record setting 2009-10 Los Angeles Kings!!! Woot woot!

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Feb 6, 2010 3:28 PM PST reply actions  

Let’s go for TEN! Woooooooot!

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 3:29 PM PST up reply actions  

hell of a win

William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.

by Ollie on Feb 6, 2010 3:29 PM PST up reply actions  

+1

can’t believe they kept it going

I'm nobody's fool, least of all yours

by BoulderDodger on Feb 6, 2010 3:30 PM PST up reply actions  

Good work — way to settle in regulation.

Damn, now back to Anaheim? Ummm.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Feb 6, 2010 3:31 PM PST up reply actions  

Fro and Zeus have tremendous sex! I mean sucess

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 3:28 PM PST reply actions  

Those would be some kind of apathetic, unresponsive, emtionless baby ostriches!

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Feb 6, 2010 3:30 PM PST up reply actions  

They would be shy badass ostriches with really awkward smiles. :D

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 3:30 PM PST up reply actions  

Zeus has what we call “old world features”

by TheChemist on Feb 6, 2010 3:46 PM PST up reply actions  

And old school smiting skills

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Feb 6, 2010 4:01 PM PST up reply actions  

Fuck yeah.

Nice win Kings. Nice win.

I read that Anaheim would be sellers if they were lower than 4th around the deadline. The rumor mongers like Elkund predict Scott going to Chicago in light of the NJ deal, and I must say, even though I know it’s mostly B.S., if Scott goes anywhere, I would love to see him in LA with Drew. I think that one move would screw up alot of other clubs plans for 2010. LA is for real. (as much as it pains me to say it)

Congrats to J.S. for his second straight shutout. I’m sure they are voting him into the hall as we type…

by Mike in OC on Feb 6, 2010 6:58 PM PST reply actions  

I read that Anaheim would be sellers if they were lower than 4th around the deadline.

I’m not even sure that makes sense — the playoffs wouldn’t be realistic if they were fifth in the west? Or is that fourth in the Pacific?

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Feb 6, 2010 7:19 PM PST up reply actions  

Sorry, I’ve been at the ice rink all day and never tried to reply via blackberry – until right now.
I understood it as 4th in the west. I think the underlying idea is, they want to be sure they make playoffs if they decide not to sell, and there just is not enough of a cusion in spots 5-8.

It’s all opinion anyway.

by Mike in OC on Feb 7, 2010 12:32 PM PST via mobile up reply actions  

Well, good thing it’s sort of a moot point, I guess — I’d be pissed if the team decided to get weaker while already in a playoff spot.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Feb 7, 2010 12:49 PM PST up reply actions  

I would as well. I think the main inspiration of the comment stems from this teams inability to get up for games from Oct thru Feb. This lack of urgency until the last minute and then they become one of the strongest teams in hockey only to win a low seed.

In 2007 we witnessed what they could do when they win their division. It sucks that even our post cup team could not dominate the regular season like the Wings and Sharks do regularly.

by Mike in OC on Feb 8, 2010 9:46 AM PST up reply actions  

It sucks that even our post cup team could not dominate the regular season like the Wings and Sharks do regularly.

Well, it is worth saying that once Niedermayer rejoined the team, the 2007-08 Ducks went 32-12-4, which is a 116-point pace (would have won the Presidents’ Trophy), and also surrendered only 1.83 GA/gm (which would have won the Jennings Trophy). The team did get its legs eventually, but fell flat instantly in the postseason.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Feb 8, 2010 9:57 AM PST up reply actions  

quisp where does this put the kings in your “mini season” before the break?

by hughestom1 on Feb 6, 2010 8:08 PM PST up reply actions  

Well, the original idea was, I said I thought they needed to get 24 points out of the 20 games before the break

they started out by going 4-4-0. I did an update and said if they were 8-4 the rest of the way they would be “on pace.” Since then, they have won nine straight. So they have exceeded the target by two points, with three games left to go. Ten games ago, I said 8-4 would be “excellent.” So we’re clearly in excellent-plus territory.

Wait till this year.

by Quisp on Feb 8, 2010 12:02 PM PST up reply actions  

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