Posts Tagged ‘ Manchester Monarchs ’

Training Camp Battles: 4th Line Agitator – Battle of California

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September 21, 2009

RudyKelly is funny: Instead of questioning the legitimacy of his birth for the thousandth time, I’d like to compose my feelings in a haiku: John Zeiler sucks balls And he eats babies for fun Enjoy Manchester via Training Camp Battles: 4th Line Agitator – Battle of California. Evernote lets you save all the interesting things...
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Moller vs. Stoll

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September 20, 2009

There’s been quite a bit of talk about Oscar Moller being the odd man out this fall. It goes something like this: Purcell is having a great camp and it appears he will be given first crack at LW on the second line, with Stoll and Brown. Moller, meanwhile, is small and slight and...
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From LAKINGS.COM MAILBAG: Jim Fox on Voynov/Voinov and Jimmy Neutron

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September 1, 2009

“If everything goes normal and the Kings suffer a normal amount of injuries, not too high, not too low, I would expect them to not spend any time with the Kings this year,” Kings television analyst Jim Fox said. “With Voynov, the Kings already have a lot of young defenseman, and to add another...
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What I Learned by Listening to Kingscast Podcasts of the Kings Fest or Hockey Fest or Deanopalooza or whatever it’s called

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September 1, 2009

Stoll thinks possibly his LW is Smyth and is more sure that his RW is Brown (maybe that’s from the Inside the Kings comments section, I forget). Terry Murray is going to start Smyth on the first line with Kopitar and Williams. SOD is going to start off camp paired with Doughty. Scuderi is...
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From HockeyBuzz.com – Matthew Barry: Enough Draft Talk – It’s FREE AGENT Time!!!

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June 28, 2009

With my unsolicited comments: I still say Travis Moen is a King July 1st - That would complete the Handzus/Simmonds line. Okay, that would be interesting. I also think Samuelsson comes over to play with Simmonds and Handzus – - Oh, wait. So, Moen would be … LW on the Stoll/Brown line? I think...
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Via Matthew Barry: Lombardi on JJ Sr and ALL THAT B.S.

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June 23, 2009

Of course that was a perfect segue for me to ask about all of the off season turmoil surrounding Jack Johnson and that he seems to be talked about in every single trade deal. Lombardi cleared the air. “Aw, that’s not fair. This is the truth. The thing that set off the firestorm was...
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Via Matthew Barry: Lombardi on Elkins, Mullen, Azevedo and Jimmy Neutron

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June 23, 2009

I then asked about the recently signed college kids, Corey Elkins and Patrick Mullen. Lombardi explained that former King Mike Donnelly has been working the college trenches recruiting and that the Kings are now offering a great opportunity for development and the chance to play, and players are starting to listen. “He was on...
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Monarchs on NHLHD…

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April 10, 2009

…normal resolution broadcast in HD so you can see every pixel of how crappy the feed is. Bernier looked sharp. Campbell looked like an adenoidal 17 year old chicken-giant, but he blocked at least a half-dozen shots. Azevedo and Clune made some bad passes. Lewis had a nice goal, two on one with Moulson...
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Lighting the Lamp: [UPDATE] Preissing is playing hurt and that somehow explains everything

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April 9, 2009

Preissing came in for criticism last night from the media (including this writer, see previous post) for what appeared a-less-than-100-percent effort on the game’s decisive play. Preissing’s admission explains everything and places even more blame on the LA Kings for not sending back healthy D Davis Drewiske and allowing Preissing to play when he...
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Lighting the Lamp: Preissing is the highest paid employee in the state of New Hampshire

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April 9, 2009

Five people in the pressbox post-game including this writer questioned the effort put out (or lack thereof) of $2.75 million defenseman Tom Preissing, who was demoted by the LA Kings at the trade deadline and farmed to Manchester. Known as an offensive D-man, when it came time for Preissing to reach out and either...
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