Philly West 3 - East LA 2 (OT) - Post Game Bullets
by Quisp on Oct 16, 2011 2:32 AM PDT
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- Note to Matt Greene: you are strong; when you bring your stick down like a hatchet on opponents' sticks or skates, you will get a penalty. Stop doing that.
- Jonathan Quick allllllllmost had that one on the second Philly goal. Nearly spectacular. Oh well.
- Note to Dustin Penner: one-handed back-hand transitional flick pass? No.
- Note 2 to Penner: I loved what you did on the first shift though, after the Doughty injury. More of that, please.
- Note to Drew Doughty: keep your head up.
- I hope OT goals become Jack Johnson's new signature.
- Wayne Simmonds is so easy to spot on the ice, and no, I don't mean because he's black. It's the way he moves.
- Jim Fox mentioned that Justin Williams is not fast. I always forget this. He seems fast somehow. Maybe because he's so busy.
- Obviously, great game from Williams. But I wish he would never try cute passes at the offensive zone blue line.
- The fact that the fans gave Mike Richards a big ovation made it kind of cute that they later booed him on the powerplay. In the same vein as the sentiment of many Kings fans: "we love you, Wayne, but not tonight."
- I realized in the middle of the game that I hate playing against Ilya Bryzgalov. I know it can't be true, but I feel like he always kills the Kings.
- I see former-King Brayden Schenn has six points in two games in the AHL.
- And former-Flyer Stefan Legein got an assist in his first game in Manchester.
- With Doughty hurt, it looks like Viatcheslav Voynov will be making his debut at the home opener. I'm just guessing. (He's a plus-five in Manchester right now, after two games. By the way, Thomas Hickey and Andrei Loktionov are plus-six, which leads the league.)
- I don't think whatsisface will get a suspension for the Doughty hit. But if he does, Richards should get one, too, for his elbow to the head of Jakub Voracek.
- Yeah, I could get behind a seven-game series between these two teams.
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LOL Matt Greene, this isn't a Samurai movie
You don’t swing wildly and blindly at everything…
The guy who hit Doughty was Zac Rinaldo… Aside from a little jump, it’s a pretty clean hit… Principal point of contact seemed to be the elbow and ribs…
If TM plays Whisky on Tuesday instead of Voynov, I just might cry…
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jinxed
i’m officially blaming you if that happens
You wanna tell me that to mah face?!
YET ANOTHER Detroit Red Wings blog.
They might call him up
But I’m pretty sure he’s not playing Wednesday…
Call up Hickey? Heh…
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Uhoh, Quisp just released his Stanley Cup Final prediction.
;)
by lnickerson88 on Oct 16, 2011 3:14 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Or maybe he said get behind. Now I feel dumb. On the bright side, Jack Johnson was pretty much a two way player in this game. And JW rocks. And all three philly west players had at least a point.
Penner dropping the gloves was awesome…was he really too hurt to play or was TM mad at him?
by lnickerson88 on Oct 16, 2011 3:17 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
for his elbow to the head of Jakub Voracek.
What?
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
Oh yeah, Richards clearly made contact to Voracek’s head. He wasn’t injured and Richards didn’t get booted from the game, so hopefully that’s the way things lie.
Voaracek's head definitely looked to "move" a little bit
but it wasn’t from an elbow – at all. It was Richards’ shoulder pad that caught mostly (mostly) chest, … and then also followed into his chin. Clement said 3 times that it was a perfectly clean, good hockey hit.
I felt both the Voracek and Doughty hits were clean. I believe both replays showed the players slightly left their feet at the moment of impact . So, by today’s standards I believe either hit could have been called.
Calling one after having not calling other would have been very awkward however…how ever much the Philly fans booed!
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Great Game
Very close nail biter of a game. too bad this is the only matchup all season. I am impressed that the Kings had the energy to stay in the game and comeback and win it with being on the road and in Europe and all. I felt that the FLYERS took allot of dumb penalties. Thats the second game in a row that they took allot of dumb penalties but this time they lost from it. Maybe this time it will sink in and they will learn not to take dumb penalties.
The fans that boo’ed Mike Richards were idiots. I like the tribute they did to him. Yeah I get it that he plays for the other team but why boo? I can see not rooting for him during the game but Booing ? What has he done ? its not like he is Sean Avery (Who is making a boat load of cash playing in the AHL.) .. Sean Avery deserves to be boo’ed .. not Richards. C’mon people dont be silly.
The Doughty hit ~ sorry to see a player injured ~ thats a shame, but the hit was a legit center ice hit.
Well .. like I said.. Great Game.
FLYERROB ! YOU STAY AWESOME FLYERS FANS ! ~ ~ ~ Lori Wilson Gray ~ ~ April 07th 1967 - May 27th 2011 ~ May you rest in Peace ~ I love you and miss you big Sis ! I cant believe at 44 yrs of age .. you went to sleep and never woke up. I promise to take care of Matt and Emily for you. With Love, your baby Brother.
The fans that boo’ed Mike Richards were idiots. I like the tribute they did to him. Yeah I get it that he plays for the other team but why boo? I can see not rooting for him during the game but Booing ? What has he done ? its not like he is Sean Avery (Who is making a boat load of cash playing in the AHL.) .. Sean Avery deserves to be boo’ed .. not Richards. C’mon people dont be silly.
Actually, I thought this was really cool. As you noted, everyone cheered very loudly during the tribute and then booed him the rest of the game. I took that in as more of a “we love you so much we’re going to give you a hard time,” and based amount the small amount of media I’ve seen from Mike Richards, I bet he understands and could take the ribbing.
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it was really cool
I was at the game and it was really apparent how much the fans in Philly appreciated Richards and everything he gave them. As for the booing, that’s just how Philadelphia does things. There were a TON of Richards jerseys in the arena, they were everywhere.
by bucknellbruin on Oct 16, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I know that there were a TON of Richards jersey’s ~ heard it on the Radio before the game, during the game on the TV, and after the game too on the post game show. Heck I still wear my Richards Shersey around the house and around the neighborhood.
But boo’ing ? C’mon.. its not called for.. the quick cheer during the tribute was great but the booing everytime he touched the puck is uncalled for.. they didnt do it for Williams or Gagne.. so.. why do it for Richards.
FLYERROB ! YOU STAY AWESOME FLYERS FANS ! ~ ~ ~ Lori Wilson Gray ~ ~ April 07th 1967 - May 27th 2011 ~ May you rest in Peace ~ I love you and miss you big Sis ! I cant believe at 44 yrs of age .. you went to sleep and never woke up. I promise to take care of Matt and Emily for you. With Love, your baby Brother.
I didn't agree with the booing
but the cheer during the tribute was anything but quick. The entire arena was standing and applauding for at least a sold minute. The fans made it very clear that they still appreciate him
by bucknellbruin on Oct 16, 2011 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I was at the game, and I loved the cheering at the beginning, but felt the booing was a bit much. I must say, that as a Flyers fan, the Kings fans were very polite, and even though it was a loss for the Flyers, it was a fun game to watch. I guess I can go back to wishing the Kings well, now that the Flyers wont see them again until June. :)
Hyka'n it up a notch.
by Brock on Oct 16, 2011 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thank you ! … Richards spent 6 years in our organization and was the Captain of the team that lead us to a SCF in 2009 ~ 2010. He deserved a much longer tribute and he didnt deserve to be boo’ed.
FLYERROB ! YOU STAY AWESOME FLYERS FANS ! ~ ~ ~ Lori Wilson Gray ~ ~ April 07th 1967 - May 27th 2011 ~ May you rest in Peace ~ I love you and miss you big Sis ! I cant believe at 44 yrs of age .. you went to sleep and never woke up. I promise to take care of Matt and Emily for you. With Love, your baby Brother.
From what I’ve seen and heard, there is significant residual love for Richards in Philly. I’ve never lived there, but I guess it is just the way they do things.
Philly fans in general must love having a rep as a tough crowd. There’s a small chain of cheesesteak shops in my part of LA County called Philly’s Best (great sandwiches that just melt in your mouth) that fancies itself kind of a Philly sports shrine. There’s a list of quotes from athletes about the fans, and one of them is from a Phillies player (circa 1950s) who said that when the team plan came home after a long, losing road trip, he thought about running zig-zag across the tarmac in case anyone was waiting to take shot at him. :-D
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Kings open at home vs. Blues
So Quisp, master of the stat…. If I’m not mistaken, the Kings are 1-6-1 vs. the Blues over the last two years?
Might be a handy time to turn that around on Tuesday.
•Jim Fox mentioned that Justin Williams is not fast. I always forget this. He seems fast somehow. Maybe because he’s so busy.
•Obviously, great game from Williams. But I wish he would never try cute passes at the offensive zone blue line.
What makes Williams “fast” is that he’s thinking ahead. Seems like he goes after the puck, already knowing what he wants to do with it instead of going to the puck and then thinking about what he’s going to do. I noticed many times how on dump-ins and 50/50 pucks, he keeps his head up and looks for an option.
A very cerebral player, I think that’s why he and Kopitar play so well together. He finally got some solid PP time, something I hope becomes a trend. And I got a chuckle out of his “dance” after the second goal, lol.
Note 2 to Penner: I loved what you did on the first shift though, after the Doughty injury. More of that, please.
If I recall correctly, didn’t Penner come to Hall’s defense when Doughty laid him out with that massive check?
What really hurt Penner was that after fight, he got the misconduct for being the instigator. Having to sit so many minutes during at the start probably took him out of the rhythm of the game. Yeah, he had that lazy play but is TM seriously going to bench him for that? IMO, stepping up for Doughty > lazy one-handed pass.
Penner unable to keep up with line mates or opponents last night.
Don’t know what’s up with Penner. Still not 100%? Unable to handle the grind of 15 day road trip spanning 9 time zones? Regardless Penner didn’t have it last night. I just hope he is able to come around.
He averaged 45 seconds but by his last shift seemed barely able to manage 20.
The upside was Richardson and seeing what adding a little speed to the Richards line means…which is why Gagne might be a better fit then Penner.
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Are Teemu Selanne and Melanie Griffith Twins?
yes, that was penner after the doughty/hall hit.
i don’t know what murray’s thought process re penner was, but that pass was lame, and I can see murray having a philosophical problem with it.
Read Hammond’s game report and TM said Penner had a contusion, which was why they limited his minutes.
Well it wasn't so clear
to me that Penner was out due to the “contusion.” Hate to be pedantic, but when I read that earlier this morning, TM just said that Penner was “OK” and that he had a contusion when he fell. The guy was sitting on the bench, so it’s not like he was in danger of bleeding out.
Shame that Rich (or whoever did the interview) had no follow up question on Penner.
Mike Richards had some fun at Rinaldo’s expense last night.
“Who were you talking to on the Flyers bench?”
“Ehh…that guy who didn’t play very much in the middle there.”
Hahaha.
I haven’t seen the game yet, but two points when they’re dead tired, and had only five defensemen? Terrific.
Dinglebarnin' It JftC
Talk about winning ugly. I would have been content with 4 points from the first four games so I guess I’m happy with 5, but jeez, they’ve got to play a lot better than this.
Kings haven’t been home since October 1st. Penner out the first two games, Doughty just comes back from the holdout and then basically misses an entire game. Buffalo and Philadelphia are two of the stronger teams in the East. All things considered, I’m actually thrilled at 5 points. I would have been happy with 4. Not sure if any other team has had a tougher four games to start the season. Maybe Pittsburgh but at least they stayed in the North America.
by sstephen17 on Oct 16, 2011 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
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by Buck Turgidson on Oct 16, 2011 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the Dman
did a great job ofpreventing quality chances and to a lesser degree, blocking shots as well. Example, Scuderi made a great play on JVR, sweeping the puck away after he had skated through the center of the defense and was 1on1 with Quick. Quick may have made the save, but that was a quality chance that Scuderi prevented.
the D played fantastic in front of him
Philly got a lot of shots and had more possession (it seemed) but Quick rarely had to make any spectacular saves. The d-men did a great job of keeping Philly out of the middle; their only two goals were off of great passing that threaded the needle on the power play. Really really impressive defending from my perspective
by bucknellbruin on Oct 16, 2011 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Voynov not in the lineup today for Manchester.
Nothing official yet from the Kings. I expect Doughty to IR and Voynov to LA announced tomorrow.
I’m gonna laugh if Hickey gets the call up. I don’t expect it, but just think of the uproar it would create. Now that would be worth it. Even better, Cambell, and watch everybodies head explode.
Wayne Simmonds is so easy to spot on the ice, and no, I don’t mean because he’s black. It’s the way he moves.
I’ve always thought he looks like the Greatest American Hero, flying.
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Also, shouldn’t it be LA East? I’m pretty sure East LA is something entirely different.
by lnickerson88 on Oct 16, 2011 7:24 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
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