Me too. My first jersey was Palffy and to this date, I always wear his jersey to opening night every year. The most naturally talented player I have ever seen. My dog is named Ziggy too.
My very favorite player until....Kopitar.
Flashback to 1999: LA Kings Acquire Ziggy Palffy from New York Islanders
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Me too. My first jersey was Palffy and to this date, I always wear his jersey to opening night every year. The most naturally talented player I have ever seen. My dog is named Ziggy too.
My very favorite player until....Kopitar.
what's crazy to is that when he left the NHL and the Pens it was in the middle of a season where he was getting more than a point per game.
That season in Pittsburgh had my favorite hockey player as a kid in Mario come back and play with my favorite king not named luc.
for one season I was also a Pens fan.....they sucked that year
Ziggy Stardust
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Yep, Kings had added Demitra and Conroy and I think they still tried to get Palffy back as well before he went to Pittsburgh.
Sadly he never recovered completely from his shoulder problems. Piece of **** Todd Simpson...
I'm a Ducks fan, but I fondly remember Ziggy Palfy's tenure with LA. Made his presence felt every time he was on the ice.
He was money with you guys.
Jason Allison, Deadmarsh, and Palfy...quite the trio.
He was money with you guys.
Jason Allison, Deadmarsh, and Palfy...quite the trio.
Yeah too bad the JAZ/LAPD line had such a short run. They could have really done some damage
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The Kings had 3 great 3rd line centers in Stumpel, Armstrong and Belanger, the problem is you only need one. That was always my biggest beef with Dave Taylor, he pushed guys up the depth chart due to lack of talent rather than what Lombardi does in pushing guys down the roster or off the damn team if you don't produce. The Kings were notorious for being the end of the line for hockey careers, guys would be hailed as a top 6er then a season later out of the NHL entirely.
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You know you've been around the internet message boards way too long when you call it the "JAZ" line.
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Reaper45
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Ronning wasn't a stop gap. He was a deadline acquisition that did fine during his time here until, like most guys in the Taylor era, got a concussion. He posted 48 points in 80 games the following season with Minnesota. Carter, absolutely. Same with Parrish.
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=4654
Ziggy Stardust
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And I do believe it was Dave Tippett who put that line together after Andy Murray was injured from a car accident in Minnesota during the All-Star break.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/26/sports/nhl-roundup-kings-murray-is-out-indefinitely.html
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Man you rarely see the Kings of today connect with passing like that. Such precision and a beauty setup.
Watch his set up to Belanger for the GWG of the Fury on Fig game. Deader did 90% of the work on that goal
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IIRC, Anson Carter has stated publicly the Kings traded for him with the knowledge he had a hernia at that time. I believe Straka was traded for with a broken foot as well, so there was a serious issue with Taylor and the doctors. As for Palffy, he was the first Kings player they had since Gretzky that got you to sit on the edge of your seat when you watched a game. The big goofs Taylor always seemed to go after were boring, slow hockey players that led us deep into the black hole.
Anson also stated that he publicly he McPhee and Taylor know that he didn't want to be traded and wanted to have surgery on that hernia. ****ing Taylor...
Straka had one bad knee and tore the meniscus in the other knee shortly after the trade.
Ziggy Stardust
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Dave Taylor (or Tim Leiweke) was just listening to the fans who were chanting for "Carter, Carter, Carter" at the 2003 draft party.
And they weren't chanting that towards drafting Jeff Carter.
And they weren't chanting that towards drafting Jeff Carter.
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I think the fact we had 500+ man games lost for like 3 straight years was pretty telling of that already.
Ziggy Stardust
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Pete Demers was a big part of that problem That and the curse of the Gretzky statue.
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Palffy being traded to the Kings was the moment I took interest in the Kings, as he was one of my favorite players.
I felt, at the time (after the run-ins with the Avalanche), the Kings were ready to break into that scene with the Avalanche, Red Wings and Stars, but then Allison got hurt, and so did everyone else. There was a freak indicent where Palffy took a puck to the face and got a concussion, I think.
I felt, at the time (after the run-ins with the Avalanche), the Kings were ready to break into that scene with the Avalanche, Red Wings and Stars, but then Allison got hurt, and so did everyone else. There was a freak indicent where Palffy took a puck to the face and got a concussion, I think.
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Lappy cleared the puck on the PK right into Ziggy's face in Colorado. Bang!
Ziggy Stardust
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Poor Ziggy. Though I do seem to recall Ziggy actually getting hot after that happened and tearing it up while wearing a full visor.
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