Kings Gameday: But I Want it Now!

by RudyKelly on Mar 14, 2010 10:30 AM PDT

Next Game

Sunday, Mar 14, 2010, 12:00 PM PDT
Staples Center

When I was a kid, I loved to set up scenarios. I'd play with my brother or a friend (just kidding, I had no friends) and we'd do a toy draft to see who got to play with what. The first pick was always the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pizza Shooter, then the blimp, and then usually Snake Eyes. We'd work our way down, from Turtle to Ghostbuster to GI Joe to the random stuff, the Dick Tracy action figure and the Batmobile and my sister's Barbi pink Cadillac . (The turtles could fit in it, it was awesome.) Then we'd set up my room into a battle zone, trying to gain the high ground to prevent Cobra Commander from seizing the day. This whole process would take maybe 2 hours and then by the time everything was all set up we were pretty tired and bored with the whole thing so we'd put everything away. We were so transfixed on making everything perfect that we'd foreget to actually play.

I get the feeling Dean Lombardi is the same way. Lombardi loves building things and he loves setting these up so that they work perfectly. You can see that now: the Kings have it set up so that Voynov can come up next year, Hickey the year after that, and Teubert the year after that. Oscar Moller will be up next year, Schenn the year after that, and Loktionov (hopefully) the year after that. That's great and it's preferential to the system we had before it, but it's hard to watch. As a fan of hockey, I understand what he's doing. As a Kings fan, it can drive me nuts.

I want Jonathan Bernier to play a lot because he's better than Erik Ersberg and maybe even better than Jonathan Quick. I want all the young players to come up just so I can see them. I want the Kings to sign an elite left winger in the off-season while still re-signing Alex Frolov. I want all these things to happen that probably aren't in Lombardi's plan. And I understand why. It's why I used to draft my toys. But it can be hard to watch if you're not the one playing. I just hope Lombardi doesn't get so involved in setting things up so it could work in a perfect world that he forgets to play the game.

Prediction: Kings win, 3-2. Goals by Simmonds, Halpern and... Bernier?!?

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my sister’s Barbi pink Cadillac . (The turtles could fit in it, it was awesome.)

haha you played with barbies……….fag.

es muy caliente.

by tu madre on Mar 14, 2010 11:04 AM PDT reply actions

and this is why pay-per-view CHL and AHL games are a great thing

but yes, Lombardi is unfortunately more grown-up and patient than either of us. So I pass the time by making line-combinations/rosters for the 2011-12 season. Actually, why don’t you make one, and I’ll make one and we can cross post them? No peeking.

Wait till this year.

by Quisp on Mar 14, 2010 11:11 AM PDT reply actions

Yes, please!

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Mar 14, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Jim’s voice has been strained ever since he hit a high F in the play-by-play.

Has Ryan Smyth gotten some purty highlights?

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Mar 14, 2010 12:07 PM PDT reply actions

man, fuck tha’ police

by Nut on Mar 15, 2010 4:17 AM PDT reply actions

since were talking bout TMNT..heres a true story…I think everyone remembers the arcade game..its the craze for like 2 months…….if you remember everyone wanted to be donetello…and 2nd would be leonardo…and then it went downhill frome there..(im guessing cuz of the reach of there weapons or peopel were just pussies I dunno) so me..my best friend a white guy…another guy who i forgot but isnt important and an asian kid named Huy..(pronouced WEE)…like weee….were going downt he slide yay!!!!

anyways we all go the donut shop were they had this game which was run by some arab asshole that called everyone buddy and sweared the nearby jack n box tacos were made from kangaroo meat and never accepted pennies

we all race to the machine..the unknown guy snatches up the favorite donetello…my white friend grabs leonardo…and me always the raffy fan (which was great cuz i always got him cuz no one wanted him) grabbed rafeal..that left Huy(weeeee) with michalangelo…and what does mister huy do…he cried like a bitch “I dont want michalangelo”!!“I dont want michalangelo”!!“I dont want michalangelo”!!…we were in junior high belive….what a fuckin pussy…my white friend who was his friend thru “Gate” those gifted school programs hispanics are barred from…had to give up leonardo for this puss…am I saying asian people are wusses and crybabies? no …I saw no crying from earl in friday after we lost painfully 1-0…but still….

2009-2010 Anaheim Ducks.."Hey at least its not crack!!"

by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Mar 15, 2010 6:38 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Dude, you had the TMJT blimp and the pizza shooter too?

SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL, yes Donetello rocked because of the bo. I got that game for the NES and don’t remember where the next year of my life went.

by ThrashersRecaps on Mar 16, 2010 6:05 AM PDT reply actions

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