This was rich coming from the coach of the team that carried on like ruffians in losing Game 2 of the best-of-seven series. Kings forward Dustin Brown was fortunate he wasn’t crippled when he was driven into the boards from behind by Coyotes centre Martin Hanzal, who was suspended for Game 3. Coyotes captain Shane Doan was tossed from the same game when he hit Trevor Lewis from behind.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Exciting, new NHL 13 features, says EA Sports
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NHL 13 will offer a redesigned gameplay that will capture accurate speed, creativity and strategy behind the NHL hockey with a new system called “True Performance Skating” with over 1000 new animations and a renewed artificial intelligence called “EA SPORTS Hockey IQ “. With the Hockey IQ, EA states that you can even create your own strategies in attack and defense based on the strengths you want to use.
Hey, maybe Hossa was embellishing, too
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It occurs to me that Tippett was the one who said the Raffi Torres hit on Marian Hossa was a clean hockey check.
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“Destiny? What IS that?” –DS
Tippett: we’re getting our asses kicked because the game is dishonest and that’s sad really
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The whole game — in fact, every game where the rules are enforced by referees — is playing on the edge, on the border between legal and not. And the refs have to make a zillion judgment calls every game. Otherwise, you wouldn’t need refs.
Shane Doan: the experts never pick us and we always find a way to prove them wrong except not really
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The reason the “experts” are picking the Kings at this point is that the Coyotes mostly haven’t shown up at all this series, and to the degree that they have shown up, they’ve self-destructed. It’s not like it’s been close and you’ve soldiered on valiantly despite public opinion.
Question for the Hive Mind: How many teams –
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– have had three consecutive 3-0 series leads in one playoff year? I know Montreal did it at least twice (in the late 60s and in…1976?) and Pittsburgh did it since the lock-out, either the year they won it all,…
Philly West: welcoming fans from LA East
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Flyers Supporters Proudly Backing the Kings: Fan’s Take – Yahoo! Sports While the Philadelphia Flyers are no longer alive this playoff season, some of their alumni still are. No matter what some supposed supporters claim, I’m here to tell you…
Puck Daddy’s Conn Smythe candidates
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Wednesday’s Three Stars: Devils win; Kreider ties record; Brodeur’s sick save | Puck Daddy
Conn Smythe Watch:
- Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings
- Dustin Brown, Los Angeles Kings
- Brad Richards, New York Rangers
STOP BLOCKING MY SHOTS!! (You’re bad for hockey)
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Whether it’s the ghost of Craig Ludwig’s shin-pads, or plain old teamwork (yawn — am I supposed to put “TEAMWORK” on the back of my replica jersey?), the goal is to stop you from doing what you want to do. It’s called defense.