Patrick O’Sullivan, [player grade:] 6. He is the Roberto Duran of the Oilers. If you don’t understand the reference, search “Manos de Piedra” in Google. It’s not a compliment for a hockey goal scorer. I’m starting to think that O’Sullivan’s…
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Nikolai Khabibulin’s Costly Turnover — NHL FanHouse
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Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin made his debut in Edmonton on Saturday night, and it couldn’t have gone any worse for the veteran netminder. Just seconds after Oilers forward Patrick O’Sullivan missed the net on a wide open shot at the opposite…
[FLASHBACK 10/6/2007] Tonight’s lines – Inside the Kings
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Brown-Kopitar-Cammalleri Calder-Armstrong-Frolov Nagy-Handzus-Willsie O’Sullivan-Murray-Ivanans Visnovsky-Blake Stuart-Preissing Modry-Johnson Bernier LaBarbera Tonight’s lines – Inside the Kings. 7 out of 12 forwards from ’07 are gone. Instead of Cammalleri, Calder and Armstrong, we have Smyth, Williams, Stoll and Purcell. On D, on…
[FLASHBACK 10/?/2008] Lines and pairings – Inside the Kings
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Here’s how the Kings skated today: Moulson-Kopitar-Brown Frolov-Stoll-Moller Calder-Handzus-Simmonds Ivanans-Armstrong-Richardson Patrick O’Sullivan and Brian Boyle were the “spare” players today in the green jerseys, but these lines are likely to shift a bit when O’Sullivan is ready. It’s more stable…
From Matthew Barry: Say What? Phaneuf to the Kings???
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I was talking about the draft to a person with huge ties to the Kings and we started talking about the up-coming free agency period. He/She said “What would you think about the Phaneuf kid playing for the Kings?” Of…
From Al Strachan: Lightning Rod
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Al Strachan repackages the same old rumors; but at least he can write coherently. My comments are in brackets. The rumors regarding Vincent Lecavalier refuse to go away. [I resist inserting, "whose fault is that?"] Tampa Bay Lightning GM Brian Lawton…
L.A. is Awesome – Battle of California
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The U.S. lost to Russia today (? I don’t understand time zones), 3-2. The team has had a fairly strong tournament, with a trio of Kings, past and present, supplying a lot of the firepower. Patrick O’Sullivan led all forwards…
Helene Elliott = annoying and clueless
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Snippet of her dopey “open letter” to Kings’ ownership: Speaking of leaving, has it occurred to you Lombardi might be letting his emotions influence personnel decisions? Michael Cammalleri invoked his salary arbitration rights last year and Lombardi soon traded him…
O’Sullivan is Struggling in Edmonton
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In Los Angeles: 14(g) + 23(a) = 37(pts) in 62 games; .597 ppg; 200 shots (2.99 per game); 7% sh%. In Edmonton: 1(g) + 3(a) = 4(pts) in 12 games; .333 ppg; 23 shots (1.92 per game); 4.3% sh%.
via Kuklas Korner: The Story Behind the O’Sullivan Story
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I don’t know if there’s any truth to this, but if so it’s fascinating and I guess not surprising: A couple of hours ago, I wrote about how upset I was with the Justin Williams for Patrick…