The Time Has Come
by Connie Kim on Jul 9, 2010 11:50 AM PDT
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PrintHello to everyone! As some of you may have noticed, I have been absent from the blog for a bit now and the time has come for me to tell you why. This is my official blogging retirement post.
First off, I wanted to thank everyone for your participation in making this community grow as quickly as it has. I couldn't be happier about that and couldn't have asked for more regarding the immense interest in the Kings.
Second, perhaps you're curious as to why I'm doing this. Well, I've been blogging since 2007 and it feels like it's my time to step down. When I first started this venture, there were hardly any Kings bloggers out there and I had a lot to say about this team that I loved. I had an intense passion to drive a blog virtually everyday trying to find anyone who was willing to talk Kings hockey with me. Since then I've met some incredible people who amazingly loved the team as much as I did and who could speak intelligently about them at the same time. But, after three full seasons of dissecting, pondering, and obsessing about this team, I find the drive to write daily is hard to come by. Also, my personal life has definitely changed over the past three years so even to find the free time is proving difficult.
As we all know, no one (except the top dogs at SBN) does this for their full-time job and the time commitment was just too much for me. This community at JFTC has been amazing but I feel there are others out there who can drive this train more efficiently than I can as this point. As such, Quisp will be taking over the blog "full time" and I hope everyone continues to help build this community everyday.
Will I pull a Scott Niedermayer of a few years ago? You never know, but don't count on that anytime soon. Perhaps a guest post here or there if Quisp will have me back, but I won't disappear completely. For now, you can follow me at @Connie_Kim if you'd like. Otherwise, it's been wonderful to be here and talk to everyone soon!
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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What he said.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jul 14, 2010 1:24 AM PDT up reply actions
You’ll be missed, thanks for all the great blogs!
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by Great Ice-Pectations on Jul 9, 2010 12:07 PM PDT reply actions
It's the KHL, isn't it?
When we get the sponsorship rights nailed down, job one will be a Connie statue in front of JFTC Center.
Wait till this year.
First we lose IK...
…now CK….this is too much for a friday afternoon….
We will all miss you and wish you nothing but the absolute best!
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Really sorry to see you go. I really wanted to meet you in person at the draft.
by Preds On The Glass on Jul 9, 2010 12:12 PM PDT reply actions
The sausage fest just got a lot more sausagey… Best of luck in the future, and hope to see around here on an irregular basis. If nothing else, you can join the commentariat.
by Booby_McNipples on Jul 9, 2010 12:24 PM PDT reply actions
The sausage fest just got a lot more sausagey…
says the guy named Booby_McNipples.
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by Great Ice-Pectations on Jul 9, 2010 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Remember Booby, you can’t spell sausage with out U-S-A!!!!!!!
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Jul 9, 2010 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Happy Trails, Connie
I’m sorry that you’re stepping away, but I understand how the time you once had for blogging can disappear very quickly. Thanks for creating JFTC and bringing us all together.
I hope we’ll see you again farther along the trail. Sometime soon, we’ll be celebrating the Kings winning the Stanley Cup, and it won’t be quite right without you. :-)
well shit thats a downer
good luck connie! i’m guessing you’ll still be around commenting from time to time, please do.
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Good luck Connie
You better catch you lurking around here and there :)
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I just saw this post and now I'm sad:-(
It was great to see someone of the opposite sex to not only have an opinion on hockey, but knows and have great insight on this great sport. We hope to at least see another post by you here when the new season starts. Good luck and take care.
Thanks for all your great work in creating JFTC, Connie!
I sincerely hope that you’ll remain a member of the community and join us in the comments section whenever possible.
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welcome to retirement
Connie, my SoCal compadre (and team-rival), congratulations and welcome to the ranks of the retired hockey bloggers society :). I look forward to our future Kings-Ducks games where we may continue spirited hockey discussions, dissing one another’s teams, and of course, texting back and forth scores and commentary on what a sweet/crappy play that was. Thank you for being one of the most informed and loyal Kings fans I know that I’m [secretly] proud to call one of my friends. Here’s to hanging up the keyboard and sitting back to enjoy the game.
With love,
Finny, formerly of Girl with a Puck
--Finny @ www.girlwithapuck.com
by girlwithapuck on Jul 9, 2010 2:33 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Thamks for all the work in creating this place...
I am new here this past season, but I understand that you were/are Jewels from the Crown since the beginning, so thanks for making a place for us to chat and share thoughts.
I hope you find the place where you can come back and write again, just for fun, and I hope you do “pull a Niedermayer.” If so, great! And if not, it will still be wonderful for you, because you will have other things even more fun to do… Good luck, congratualtions on leaving behind a very successful venture, and Go Kings.
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Is this the Connie Kim that used to work for Hughes?
Hi Connie. Hope it’s you but whether or not it is, I have really enjoyed the blog and your messages. Take care Ellen
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Not many teams are lucky enough to be represented by someone as smart, passionate and knowledgeable about the game as you, Connie. Thanks for making following my adopted team – the Kings- all the more awesome.
You deserve to feel the love, Girl.
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Just saw this. Enjoy blogging retirement — I think 50% come back in some form or another. Of course, there’s always the opportunity to become a Sharks fan! ;)
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I JUST SAW THIS AND IT IS BULLSHIT!
It’s very sneaky that you did this the day I left for Europe. Unacceptable. I demand that you return.
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