Gameday Thread: Los Angeles Kings @ Dallas Stars
by Brad Gardner on Mar 2, 2010 6:30 PM CST
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Los Angeles Kings at Dallas Stars, Mar 2, 2010 7:30 PM CST
Game 62: Los Angeles Kings @ Dallas Stars
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 · 7:30 p.m. CT
American Airlines Arena - Dallas, TX
Kings vs Stars coverage || Jewels From The Crown
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boo!
effin KDFI. looks like i wont be watching the game out here in Lubbock
A bittersweet night.
The Good: MORE STARS!
The Bad: More “FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE”
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IT'S AWNNNN!!!
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YNWA Because do you really want to root for ManU?
I gotta order mine!
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 7:19 PM CST up reply actions
Woooo! Let's go Stars!
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by RyanM on Mar 2, 2010 7:17 PM CST via mobile reply actions
How about that! Two weeks ago we didn't know if we would be seeing Turco or Ott in Stars sweaters.
Tonight we can see them both still playing for our favorite team.
GO STARS!!!!!
Gotta have hockey!
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10 minutes until gametime. LET’S GO STARS!!!!!
by TracyJean on Mar 2, 2010 7:26 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Let's do this.
Post-Olympic playoff push.
"Hey... Goldberg! I bet if that puck was a cheeseburger, you'd stop it!
By the way before we get started...
Remember DBD will be covering the NHL trade deadline all day tomorrow and if anything does happen with the Stars, we’ll be all over it as soon as it breaks!
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It's pretty solid!
Didn’t get much time with it, but I will later tonight.
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 7:38 PM CST up reply actions
R&R
My life is complete again.
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Damn
I want that James Neal t-shirt.
"Hey... Goldberg! I bet if that puck was a cheeseburger, you'd stop it!
Checking in.
I better see (hear.. no ATDHE feed up yet) some of that Team Canada Morrow tonight. Seriously.
Anyone mind if I stop by?
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I dunno, will Dick Ebersol let you?
If your comments are going to be tape delayed, then nuh uh. haha. Kidding, kidding. Welcome back!
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Ebersol?
I thought Jay Leno ran NBC…
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 7:41 PM CST up reply actions
Last time the AAC will EVER cheer for someone in a Kings jersey.
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He lookie there....you changed to your full name.
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by Brandon Worley on Mar 2, 2010 7:41 PM CST up reply actions
Yup. I figured the last one had too many numbers.
I hate numbers.
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That was pretty neat.
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Now I have to go back to hating Drew Doughty
Kinda sad in a way… I liked him in red and white!
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This is too weird....
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Depressing...
I don’t get the R&R feed tonight.
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Turco!!
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Oh what the hell.
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Well hopefully that snaps the Stars into the game.
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 7:45 PM CST up reply actions
Skrastins..
Obviously….hung over from the Olympics.
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That definitely constituted a large WTF!
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by RyanM on Mar 2, 2010 7:46 PM CST via mobile reply actions
LOL
‘dark as a ping pong ball’
I love Razor’s wit.
We'd have Tori Holt.
AKA Hell.
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U-S-A!! U-S-A!! U-S-A!! U-S-A!! U-S-A!! U-S-A!! U-S-A!!
Wait…..sorry…..
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Well crap.
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Damnit...
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SIGH.....
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What happened to the defense there?
Yikes!
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Hasn't come back from vacation yet.
"Hey... Goldberg! I bet if that puck was a cheeseburger, you'd stop it!
Siiigggh.
Freaking fail. Our ILeague team could cover that better.
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by RyanM on Mar 2, 2010 7:52 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Well, It does look like Morrow did bring a little bit his Olympic game back with him.
Gotta have hockey!
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Powerplay!!
Come on, guys! Let’s get it back.
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by RyanM on Mar 2, 2010 7:55 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Why do they hate your bags?
I DON’T KNOW LEAVE ME ALONE
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Time for a Dallas Stars Power Play
Think they can try to put spme damned shots on goal???
by TracyJean on Mar 2, 2010 7:55 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Ack...some...problem with typing on a Blackberry keyboard
And one of those shots going in the net would be nicÉ
by TracyJean on Mar 2, 2010 7:57 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Ok so this has been a slow start...
Maybe the Stars are just warming up…
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Power play fail
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They went on break, and forgot what they were doing so great.
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Wow. I think Quick has spent just a little too much time buried on the USA bench....
That was a fail.
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I bet Tim Thomas told him that was a good idea..
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 7:59 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah that's one way of putting it
by TracyJean on Mar 2, 2010 8:03 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Loving this new SkyCam.
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Might've been for the military guys.
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No prob!
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Kings announcers ripping on Dallas fans.
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Jinx!
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 8:03 PM CST up reply actions
Kings announcers ripping on the Dallas fans...
.. Mainly for the empty seats.
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It's Dallas......we don't show up till the first intermission.
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Attendence
Wasn’t all that bad for a freaking Tuesday game. I don’t really understand the whole “empty seats” thing. I was there and it looked fairly decent in the 200 and above sections.
Atta boy, Skrastins.
Good play.
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Nice to see Grizzly Adams found a working razor during his two week break
Miami Hockey misses Brendan Burke. RIP sweetie - gone too soon.
Uh, I like being fancy every once and awhile....
…but it rarely works, boys.
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Sluggish.
That about sums up that period.
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It could be worse...
And I kinda mean it.. that really was a poor period for Dallas.
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 8:18 PM CST up reply actions
Moms yell at their goalie kids "Get back in the net Turco". That too cute.
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I wonder why the Pac 10 took Tiger Woods off its commercials
lol
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Ott needs to score us a goal to show his appreciation of his new contract
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Woywitka! Didn't see that coming.
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It was one-sided
Somehow both got the extra two as well.. I was certain Woywitka was getting a penalty.
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 8:38 PM CST up reply actions
Again where is the defense?!
The Kings are skating circles around this team!
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They haven't come back from Cabo yet
by TracyJean on Mar 2, 2010 8:46 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
lol
LA > DAL this season
getting discouraged a little
Sigh...
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Turco was frozen...
Didn’t need to go diving like that.
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That wasn't Turco's fault...
He made the first save. Rebound was a bit ugly, but where was the defense? Frolov could have gotten himself a hotdog before skating around Turco.
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 8:42 PM CST up reply actions
who besides Nisky was the other D out there?
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Skrastins
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 8:44 PM CST up reply actions
Who has looked very weak in this game...
By the way.
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 8:44 PM CST up reply actions
The Olympic fail and the Olympic-sized failure...
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If the puck gets by you and you alone.....
it’s still your fault. Lehtonen better be worth Auld, the 4th rounder, and Vishnevskiy. And then some….
That's funny...
Because I thought hockey was a team game.
Go fig.
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 8:46 PM CST up reply actions
Maybe so....
But you can only have one goalie on the ice at a time. What’s that famous saying?
“The buck(or puck in Turco’s case) stops here.”
Well......this has been fun.
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No goaltender is going to fix our problems on defense
by TracyJean on Mar 2, 2010 8:47 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Exactly.
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 8:48 PM CST up reply actions
Wade Redden time!
Just kidding. I’m not that crazy.
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You're lucky I am in a good mood and I laughed at that...
;)
I mentioned on Twitter yesterday that if he was traded to Edmonton and refused to go like pretty much every player does – he’d actually be the first to be cheered for staying away.
For as bad as the Oilers are, even their fans wouldn’t want him.
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 8:50 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah...he's the most expensive punchline in the NHL.
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Volchenkov
I’ve been praying for him the last few nights.
I know he’s a UFA.. but if the Stars wanted to try and make a run, he can’t possibly cost that much.
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Hm...2.5 million cap hit. Depending on who we give up, it's a doable number.
Not enough offense for my liking, but some solid defensive numbers.
I like.
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Stars actually with a bit of pressure...
Trying to be too fancy though if you ask me.
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One goal before the end of the period would be nice.
Is that too much to ask?
I hate how I’m being pessimistic this early after the break.
The Old Guard
(Modano, Turco, Lehtinen, etc)
How much love must GM Joe and we as fans owe them if they don’t produce. If this were Detroit, Colorado, Annaheim, etc; they would’ve been put out to pasture 2-3 years ago!
GEEZUS WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US.
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They all look pretty bad back there
Could say more but you never know who might be reading the board
by TracyJean on Mar 2, 2010 8:57 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Wow..
A howitzer from about four feet from the net on a one timer.
A doubt a brick wall would have stopped it.
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we might get to see lehtonen
a little bit sooner than i thought
No effort in their own end.
Stars are just letting the Kings do what they want in their end.
Pathetic.
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Until he realizes he's in the same dressing room as Sean Avery.
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 8:57 PM CST up reply actions
Touche' my friend....
Touche’ indeed.
You should see the Marty bashing on twitter right now. It’s brutal.
What a boring conversation that would be.
“So….how much is Dallas paying you still?”
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"Did Brad keep up with the fashion shows in Paris?"
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 8:59 PM CST up reply actions
"But seriously, do you really think I look like Bob Sturm?"
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Until he realizes that he's been on 5 teams in 3 years
You really make yourself look silly by claiming Auld is the solution, but you seem to be having so much fun with it…
Turco sucking doesn’t mean his journeyman ex-backup is elite. I think we may see some Kari soon.
A little too much time at the beach for those who stayed home.
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Ok I know this is very unlikely...
But a Stars goal before the period ends would be huge.
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Watching too much Drew Doughty in the olympics?
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 9:00 PM CST up reply actions
You know it's a bad home game when....
they’re playing “Holiday” from Greenday and “Sweet Home Alabama” in the 2nd period.
Some nights I feel like Richards is trying to be too much Jedi Master.
This is one of those nights.
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Nah, Romo is only a Jedi Knight.
Richards is a certified master. Jason Kidd is Yoda.
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So this serves as a not so gentle reminder...
If the Stars can get a shut down defensemen tomorrow, that would be a huge win.
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Will they?
I doubt it.. But one can dream…
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 9:05 PM CST up reply actions
Do you seriously believe that will be enough?
One guy is going to magically make this defense close to average? This team is not good and one guy won’t change that. Joe sitting on his hands held this franchise back last year and he’s going to repeat the same mistake this year.
You lose a lot of credibility when you call out a first year GM for the past season’s failure.
That said. An extra first line dman can make a world of difference. Everyone else gets bumped down the totem pole and you have a much more solid core defensive unit. IE: Robi and Grossman might not both be first liners, but either of them sure look good in the second pairing.
What he gets a pass because
he’s only been on the job 1 year? His job is to improve the team. He hasn’t done that yet. Why should he get a disclaimer for that?
And you can call it rhetoric or not but Shea freaking Weber alone doesn’t make this team above average. They’ve still got holes as long as half the freaking defense currently playing takes the ice every night.
He’s been on the job for one year, therefore he couldn’t have “sat on his hands” last year at the deadline.
Top defensemen in the league get 20+ minutes on the ice every night. Every minute the top dman is on the ice, is a minute one of our current defense is not on the ice. Keeping Niskanen’s -9 off the ice will make a substantial difference.
good thing I didn't go to this game
because I would be headed to secure a seat on the Dart back to the Parker station
DAMMIT
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And let the 'Karlis Skrastins played way too many minutes in Vancouver' argument officially begin.
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He was hanging off Ryan Smyth like a wet dish towel!
Now if it was Smyth of ten years ago, ok I get that.. But Smyth now? No way he should overpower a guy like Skarstins like that!
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 9:09 PM CST up reply actions
Holy crap Skrastins!
That. Was. WEAK!!
I don’t even know any other words to describe that!
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Like I said, more excitement than I can handle.
by TracyJean on Mar 2, 2010 9:06 PM CST via mobile reply actions
This Performance
This performance is pathetic. I’m afraid that this is what we see more often than not the rest of the season unless some big change happens tomorrow.
Good point by the great Brandon Worley on Twitter...
….this game might’ve just pushed the Stars into either ‘sell’ or ‘buy’ mode tomorrow. At least it might’ve pushed them into being active tomorrow…
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I tend to agree...
I don’t think any of us thought we’d see them make a big move.. but this may push them into a “do something at least” mode.
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 9:11 PM CST up reply actions
To be honest, I think it's for the best.
That four game stretch before the break kind of disguised the weaknesses on this team. Maybe this game will get the rose-colored glasses off and Joe will start working the phones to fix it.
Because as currently constructed, we won’t make the playoffs. We’re missing that something.
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Defence isn't stopping their opponent and the offence isn't scoring. Game over!
Gotta have hockey!
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How is Lehtonen not in?
Yes this is not Turcos fault at all really, but how do you not make a change when it’s 4-0 in the 2nd period. There would be no pressure to win on Lehtonen, he could get his feet wet, and if he does well he gains confidence going into the next start.
I am kinda wondering about that...
But at the same time he is still coming off an injury. The worst thing to do is throw him to the wolves, play behind a team that is about five steps behind the play and hope he stays healthy.
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 9:16 PM CST up reply actions
Plus, we invested in the rest of the year with Turco...
…pulling him in the first game back is the final nail in the coffin of all his momentum before the break. It just doesn’t send the right message to him or the team.
Kari will have his day, but not tonight.
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Then you put Niskanen in goal as punishment. Without pads.
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True.
But I still think that pulling him after 4 or 5 in the first game back is a bit of a kneejerk.
As we always say, there’s still time.
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Nice end to the period...
But it’s a little too late now.
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All the positivity..
And good feelings in the world still can’t improve our D corps.
RIP 2009-2010.
uhg
The olympic break was like a kidney shot to the Stars pre-tourney momentum
Hopefully we can get a shot in the arm tomorrow?
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THERE'S STILL TIME!
Heh.. well there is… I just hope the Kings forget that fact and fail to show up for the third.
Heh.. well there is… I just hope the Kings forget that fact and fail to show up for the third.And this is a game against the Kings… Crazy things have been known to happen…
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LMAO!!!!
@ the tweet just posted by this very website.
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The AAC is now emptier than Tom Hicks’ checkbook.
The way tonight's game has gone
I am not sorry to say that I have left the building. I was already not feeling well before the game. This did not help…
by TracyJean on Mar 2, 2010 9:24 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Does the Ott deal....
happening this fast lead you to believe that something is in the works for tomorrow? Thought his signing was very weird. Why couldn’t it had been done in the offseason?
Bidding war
Extensions are safer and can be less expensive if a player wants to stay where they are.
No, because they probaby would have traded him tomorrow if the deal wasn't done
by TracyJean on Mar 2, 2010 9:25 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Really?
Has there been teams out there clamoring for Ott? If so, I want names and I want what they were willing to give up for him.
Teams probably wouldn't have given up much trade wise..
But if he became a FA in the summer? He’d easily have commanded three mil a season.
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 9:31 PM CST up reply actions
So by your rationale....
Would it be a safe assumption to say Turco, two to 3 days ago, still had more trade value than Ott?
When I'm not drugged to the gills on medication (LOL)
I’ll remember exactly where I read it. No teams were mentioned, but Steve had definitely mentioned being prepared to be traded and I think Joe mentioned listening to offers.
by TracyJean on Mar 2, 2010 9:34 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I have no official source
but a friend I trust with good connections said that several teams inquired and that at least a 2nd and upper tier prospect was on the table from NJ for Ott.
Some team would have given them something similar if they told everyone make your best offer.
Ok lets at least win the period here Stars...
Take a shred of dignity away from this game.
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I LOVE THE ACTION CAM
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The one solid plus from this game..
Even with the LA feed, they’ve used the action cam a few times.. great stuff!
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 9:35 PM CST up reply actions
But I hate this game.
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RIBS!!!
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A goal!
Stars lead (the period) 1-0!!
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That was some FINE needle-threading.
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Oh so NOW the Stars are awake. Sheesh...
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Day late... Dollar short...
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 9:42 PM CST up reply actions
Drew Doughty is ridiculous. And he's only 19.....
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I swear, he's been watching too much Jason Kidd lately.
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He always tries to do these cutesy highlight reel passes
That more often than not end up on the other team’s stick
by TracyJean on Mar 2, 2010 9:45 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I have never seen this team
Play without a single line on the same page.
Wow, how could Nealer miss that.
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Two pucks on the ice? TAKE ADVANTAGE
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Free pucks for everyone!!
Free, free, free, free, free…
Sorry.
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 9:47 PM CST up reply actions
Not forgiven. :D
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does anybody remember back in the mid 90s
the Stars scoring 3 goals in the last minute against the Bruins?
If they want to do that tonight..
They may want to get that second puck back on the ice.
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 9:50 PM CST up reply actions
The Canes extend their winning streak to 6.
Why can’t the Stars get three in a row at least once this season?
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for all of the "bang on the glass" types
this is the game to sneak down and get you some
Well the good news...
The fan turn out was lame.. so at least they didn’t lay down for a pathetic game in front of a sell out.
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did razor just say
a lot of people were at the game?
Has Olympic hockey spoiled me or did this game just SUCK
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It did suck.
Didn’t help the Stars sucked bad…
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by Art Middleton on Mar 2, 2010 10:00 PM CST up reply actions
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME
"It would've been a huge momentum boost if we had beaten the St. Mary's School for the Blessed, Blind, Deaf and Dumb."
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And there is the last slap in the face.
Good night now!
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Great deflection by Loui!!
Too bad he couldn’t do that in front of THEIR net…
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Yawn. Night all.
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The Kings really didn't play that well
Despite all the goals, the Kings didn’t play very well for the league’s 3rd place team. They looked very shaky defensively and Quick looked TERRIBLE for several stops. Sure he made some decent ones, but after that flubbed clearing attempt that almost resulted in a GOALIE own-goal, he made several very shaky saves.
The difference? The Stars were that much worse for most of the game. They looked totally uninterested and very sloppy. They lost puck battles, most of the physical battles and pretty much took most of their shots from the point with no real screen and MISSED.
I don’t even now how many times they would set up (if you can call it that) in the zone and go overload and then pass the puck to the defenseman who wasn’t there. I understand it happens but COME ON. That was a big huge waste of everyone’s time.
You can’t blame this one on Turco- they let the Kings have the zone any time they wanted it…and the worst part is that THEY looked disinterested for most of it.
Geez
Only saw one person ripping Turco in here. Sure it wasn’t all his fault, but why is everybody so hesitant to admit when he has a bad night?
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Marc Crawford said it himself after the game:
``You certainly can’t pin [the loss] on Marty. He wasn’t as good as their guy, but at the same time, we can’t give up those low cycle walk chances that are tap-in goals. No goalie in the world is going to stop those goal mouth ones and they had two or three of those tonight.’’
There were a dozen other, BIGGER problems tonight.
by Brad Gardner on Mar 3, 2010 12:22 AM CST up reply actions
There's a difference
Between saying he wasn’t great and saying it wasn’t his fault. He didn’t steal one, that’s for sure…but I’m really sick of hearing about how Turco caused this team to be where it is at. The defense and complete lack of offense at key times caused it.
The Kings game showcased how poorly the system is working. When you can’t even get through the neutral zone and can’t set up on the PP AND you always miss the net, you’re going to have issues. They supposedly had more shots but I think that was the building counters being generous. They mostly missed the net, missed passes to each other, missed the checks, or never got into position.
This team isn't making the playoffs
and the refusal to rebuild will make us the mid 90s Oilers rather than a one of the better clubs in the league.
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