Comments on: Kings Take Game One, 4-2 (post-game bullets) http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/2012/05/kings-take-game-one-4-2-post-game-bullets/ Fact or opinion? Exactly. Thu, 23 May 2013 20:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: DougS http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/2012/05/kings-take-game-one-4-2-post-game-bullets/#comment-2655 DougS Tue, 15 May 2012 22:52:00 +0000 http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/?p=8339#comment-2655 Dean has the gab, but he still needs to work on the hair.

I find myself moving back and forth between ecstatic faith and fearful skepticism. I’m not surprised that the Kings have gotten this far, but I’m stunned that it has been this easy. It’s not just surreal, it’s unreal. As Kings fans, we’ve very much through the Looking Glass here.

]]> By: DougS http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/2012/05/kings-take-game-one-4-2-post-game-bullets/#comment-2654 DougS Tue, 15 May 2012 22:46:00 +0000 http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/?p=8339#comment-2654 There was a general dismissal of the idea that King would ever amount to anything at the NHL level. He didn’t impress at all, admittedly, but at the time I was willing to reserve judgment.

This just speaks to the value of being patient with young players. I recall a lot of folks were willing to give up on him all together.

]]> By: Matt George http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/2012/05/kings-take-game-one-4-2-post-game-bullets/#comment-2651 Matt George Tue, 15 May 2012 20:24:00 +0000 http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/?p=8339#comment-2651  agreed ..

it would be one thing if they were on this kind of tear at any point this season … of course you’ll get no complaints .. just … surreality

]]> By: Flubber McGee http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/2012/05/kings-take-game-one-4-2-post-game-bullets/#comment-2649 Flubber McGee Tue, 15 May 2012 05:13:00 +0000 http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/?p=8339#comment-2649 Does that mean Dean Lombardi is Lucius Sweet?

]]> By: okto http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/2012/05/kings-take-game-one-4-2-post-game-bullets/#comment-2647 okto Mon, 14 May 2012 22:38:00 +0000 http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/?p=8339#comment-2647 except that the size of nolan and king really is making a difference in the playoffs. and i’ve never been one of a fan of big, slow-er, players.

i love those little european kids that we had hanging around, but they just weren’t fleet of foot enough to withstand the regular season. i think they’d get killed in the playoffs.

richardson is doing ok, but he seems quicker than lokti or oscar. or at least he knows how to survive more better.

i also think that nolan and king are faster than many realize and the kings forecheck is well structured, with moderate speed, good gap control from d and high third, and they are physically wearing.

the idea that lokti would knock anyone around is asburd.

]]> By: m_and_m http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/2012/05/kings-take-game-one-4-2-post-game-bullets/#comment-2646 m_and_m Mon, 14 May 2012 22:26:00 +0000 http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/?p=8339#comment-2646  That one is a slam dunk.  After following the Kings for 39 years and living through McSorley’s stick, the George Maguire era and the collapse of the Bruce McNall empire, I’ll take armageddon for the cup any day.

]]> By: Garrett79 http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/2012/05/kings-take-game-one-4-2-post-game-bullets/#comment-2643 Garrett79 Mon, 14 May 2012 21:15:00 +0000 http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/?p=8339#comment-2643 Did you ever watch The Simpsons back when it was funny? If so, you may recall an episode where Homer became a hobo boxer because he
could take a punch like nobody’s business so he’d let the hobos punch
him over and over until they got tired and then he would
opportunistically land one punch and knock them out. The Coyotes remind
me of Homer the hobo boxer. Against the junkyard hobos from Chicago and
Nashville, they could sit back, trust that their goalie would make all
the key saves (take a lot of heavy punches) and then score when they got
an opportunity (not always, but enough to land knockout punches to
weary teams that were frustrated by their inability to score).

The
problem for Homer was that he ran into the heavyweight champ and his
strategy wouldn’t work anymore. The champ didn’t get tired. He just kept
wailing on Homer until he beat him to a bloody pulp. I think the Kings
are the champ. They aren’t going to get tired of having chances and not
scoring. They will just keep at it. Hell, they went an entire season
where they couldn’t score against anybody. And did they ever give up? Nope. And it’s
gotten them this far.

]]> By: Garrett79 http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/2012/05/kings-take-game-one-4-2-post-game-bullets/#comment-2642 Garrett79 Mon, 14 May 2012 21:11:00 +0000 http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/?p=8339#comment-2642 “I wonder if Ryan Smyth is mad that his wife made him move back to Edmonton?”

I was thinking earlier today, “boy Ryan Smyth must feel pretty stupid about now.”

]]> By: okto http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/2012/05/kings-take-game-one-4-2-post-game-bullets/#comment-2641 okto Mon, 14 May 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/?p=8339#comment-2641 i miss hayward. 

engblom is a shill. and a parrot.

]]> By: Quisp http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/2012/05/kings-take-game-one-4-2-post-game-bullets/#comment-2640 Quisp Mon, 14 May 2012 19:56:00 +0000 http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/?p=8339#comment-2640  Agreed, of course. But there was, if memory serves, a general sentiment that the idea of Dwight King as an offensive threat or a finisher or anything like that was absurd. I just accidentally typed asburd. I wish that were a word, asburd.

I think a third and fourth line pool made up entirely of Clifford/Nolan/Kings and Loktionov/Lewis/Moller/Toffolis, plus fraser, is kind of ideal. Of course, that is nine guys.

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