On the drive home after seeing his son Matt get cut from yet another Triple-A hockey team, Scott Moulson looked over at the 15-year-old and leveled with him. He saw Matt outplay other kids who made the team and he…
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Quick vs. LaBarbera [UPDATE post-Thrashing]
by Quisp •
[UPDATE: after last night's 7-0 fun fest, I thought I would revisit Q's numbers to see where he stands vis-a-vis LaBarbera. The post has been altered accordingly:] Halfway through Quick’s next game, he will have played exactly the same number…
I Said I Would Try to Find a Silver Lining
by Quisp •
Face-offs were roughly even. Frolov played well. Parse was even in +/- and had a hit and a takeaway. Quick didn’t smile on the bench. The Kings had a lot of high-quality chances and could easily have been ahead by…
Cut/Paste in its entirety: RudyKelly on today’s game sort of
by Quisp •
WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Man am I pumped for this game. I’m a Kings man tried and true but I sure do love those Atlanta Thrashers. There’s Ilya, of course, who is without a doubt my favorite non-Kings related hockey…
Scotty Bowman predicts cap decline – MLive.com
by Quisp •
Scotty Bowman, the legendary former coach and now an adviser for the Chicago Blackhawks, believes next year’s NHL salary cap could drop about $2-million, a reasonable prediction given how little box-office revenue is being generated in Phoenix, Tampa and Atlanta.…
Garrett Roe Wasn’t in a Fight and His Black Eye Has Nothing to Do with the Unnamed Team Rule He Broke Leading to His One Game Suspension (bonus: apparently, two years ago, he had an army injury)
by Quisp •
Entering perhaps their toughest stretch of the season on Friday at second-ranked North Dakota, the St. Cloud State men's hockey team will get a boost with the return of two forwards from injury. However, it might take both Travis Novak…
Scoring Benchmarks After Game 19
by Quisp •
Before the season started, I offered up the hypothesis that, if the Kings were to make the playoffs, they needed to increase their scoring to 246 goals and decrease their goals against to 230. Subsequently, I offered up a template…
Then shouldn’t we have the last four #1 Overall picks?
by Quisp •
[H]ere are the total points accumulated by each team since the lockout: DET 464 SJS 431 NJD 413 BUF 404 ANA 401 DAL 399 NSH 395 OTT 395 CGY 391 CAR 389 NYR 386 VAN 385 MTL 380 MIN 375…
Should The Sharks Re-Sign Marleau? – Battle of California
by Quisp •
On the flipside, look at the grumblings among some Tampa fans regarding Vincent Lecavalier’s contract now. You’ll find more than a few of them grousing about how Lecavalier should have been moved this off-season and how the team belongs to…
It’s Never Too Late For the Wheels to Fall Off
by Quisp •
I was just looking at the standings, the ones that have the Kings in 5th in the Western Conference. I noticed that they have played more games than most teams behind them. That’s not good. Let’s look at the standings…