WCQF Gm#5: KINGS vs. BLUES - 5/8/13 - Three Down, ONE TO GO!!! GO KINGS GO!

[KoopsKings]

-A-mart great game, so solid coming out of our end. Also can create in theirs.
-doughty is an absolute beast
- need to get better on draws
- we need ducks to win, been a surprisingly rough series. Chicago probly win, if wings win we face a fresh sharks squad. We are going to be pretty banged up after this series if we get by the blues.

 

[Live in the Now]

So, do we see Ellerby Friday or New Guy (Toffoli)?

I think we see both. DS must be considering yanking Muzzin by this point. He's hurting the team defensively and been poor offensively.

 

[TonySCV]

If the Kings advance, it would either be the Sharks with Kings having home ice or the Kings vs. Ducks. That is a win-win.

 

[Shellz]

Or were you just looking at the roided guy in the tank top?

Oh ya...I had to wipe the drool from my mouth.

 

[Ron*]

Playoff Seedings Scenario

How would you all feel about Ducks vs. Kings in the second round?

We are one Blackhawks win, one Kings win, and one Ducks win from this becoming a reality.

Bottom line, since Vancouver got eliminated, there is no way the Kings can face either Chicago or Detroit in the next round.

Scenarios:

Blackhawks, Kings, and Ducks win: Kings get Ducks next round.
Wild, Kings, and Ducks win: Kings get Sharks next round.
Blackhawks, Kings, and Red Wings win: Kings get Sharks next round.
Wild, Kings, and Red Wings win: Kings get Wild next round.

Kings lose, I really don't give a **** about the scenarios.

 

[KBA4life]

I think we see both. DS must be considering yanking Muzzin by this point. He's hurting the team defensively and been poor offensively.

Seriously. It's amazing the Kings are up in this series with Muzzin being the Blues' MVP so far

 

[kingsfan28]

Looks like a woman, possibly native, wearing a feather in her hair flanked by wolves.

You see a man wearing a shirt like that at a Ducks game, you know he's not to be messed with.

 

[AKAY47]

Can we not talk about Anaheim yet? We need to win at home on Friday night. St. Louis is going to come out blazing

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Only at a Ducks game.

That dude on the left get's the extra creepy award for wearing that shirt. What is that , a Twilight tee shirt he's wearing?

Wouldn't surprise me if 90% of Ducks fans are also fans of Twilight.

 

[Sydor25]

Voynov's quotes on lakingsinsider.com are pure gold. There needs to be a video of that interview.


On his second game-winning goal in the series:
“It doesn’t matter. I just play hockey, and I try to help guys with the game.”

 

[Model62]

I think we see both. DS must be considering yanking Muzzin by this point. He's hurting the team defensively and been poor offensively.

There's a new wrinkle!

 

[KingKopitar11*]

Can we not talk about Anaheim yet? We need to win at home on Friday night. St. Louis is going to come out blazing

Lets play anaheim.

 

[Ron*]

Seriously. It's amazing the Kings are up in this series with Muzzin being the Blues' MVP so far

He's been named on a couple of assists for the Blues, right? Some great tape-to-tape passes to Blues' forwards.

I've seen enough and I think so has Sutter, who held him out of several shifts in the second period. I fully expect Ellerby to be back into the lineup come Friday. Muzzin sits.

 

[Model62]

He's been named on a couple of assists for the Blues, right? Some great tape-to-tape passes to Blues' forwards.

I've seen enough and I think so has Sutter, who held him out of several shifts in the second period. I fully expect Ellerby to be back into the lineup come Friday. Muzzin sits.

Could be. I thought Muzzin pulled it together in the 3rd and OT.

Kept it simple. Stop the puck, make a play.

 

[KingsCorona]

So, do we see Ellerby Friday or New Guy (Toffoli)?

I think Toffoli gets another go. He played well, and I think Sutter agreed because he seemed to get more and more ice time as the game went on. I suppose it might have just been that players were getting more tired and Toffoli was providing relief, but he made some great hustle plays, good sticks in the offensive and neutral zones, and even looked good along the boards a couple times, plus NO glaring mistakes. I'm actually pretty shocked at how.. well.. NOT out of place a kid that is only a handful of games out of the Monarchs looks in a tough playoff game. He is really a gamer, and I can't wait to see what he can do next season as a starter.

 

[Ron*]

Could be. I thought Muzzin pulled it together in the 3rd and OT.

Kept it simple. Stop the puck, make a play.

To be fair, a had the break-out pass that eventually led to the 3-on-2 to win the game in OT.

As to your point, he also did that in game 4, but then he reverted to "idiot-play" late in game 4 and most of game 5. He is really hurting the team; Ellerby won't do much but his mistake quotient is far lower than Muzzin's so far this postseason.

 

[KingKopitar11*]

Remember when Lisa Dillman, Lebrun,Adater said game 3 was our "gasp" win? Good times.

 

[Steve Zissou]

Seriously. It's amazing the Kings are up in this series with Muzzin being the Blues' MVP so far

Every game Muzzin has had some absolutely brutal giveaways.

 

[Live in the Now]

I knew they were wrong the minute they said it. Last gasp wins are for teams who don't know how to win. This is a winning team.

 

[Puck U]

I'd take my chances against any team that the Kings would have home ice.

So you're saying the DUCKs then since we own that Pond, and especially IF come a playoffs matchup against them !

Has a team been considered the HOME team for all SEVEN games of a series before ?

 

[Rorschach]

Every game Muzzin has had some absolutely brutal giveaways.

We have to take him out otherwise Steen may take him out...on a date or something.

Seriously though, the Blues players know that if Muzz is on the ice, just key on him when he has the puck. He looks like Shattenkirk last year when we laid the body on him.

 

[Rorschach]

My "new" VV card...best RC he has, resides in LA.

 

[kingsfan28]

Hockey gets so little respect by our local sports reporters, especially FOX11. Lead stories, 2 basketball game highlights by teams not from LA, followed by a rumor Phil Jackson been offered coaching jobs [were 5 mins into it btw] then hockey highlights. I'm surprised they remembered at all that hockey playoffs are going on.

 

[Model62]

I think Toffoli gets another go. He played well, and I think Sutter agreed because he seemed to get more and more ice time as the game went on. I suppose it might have just been that players were getting more tired and Toffoli was providing relief, but he made some great hustle plays, good sticks in the offensive and neutral zones, and even looked good along the boards a couple times, plus NO glaring mistakes. I'm actually pretty shocked at how.. well.. NOT out of place a kid that is only a handful of games out of the Monarchs looks in a tough playoff game. He is really a gamer, and I can't wait to see what he can do next season as a starter.

That's my view, but I guess we'll see what Sutter's is. I expected him to go with 7D tonight. He tries to present as a dumb farmer, but he's a clever SOB. That flummoxed Hitchcock more than it should have. It worked well enough he was able to roll four lines (meanwhile the CPR line saw less time as the game wore on).

OTOH, that 7D really seems to work when Sutter has last change.

 

[Puck U]

Find a pic of sutter smiling. He's not the most expressive person out ther

THIS IS MY HAPPY FACE ? ​