Kings @ Wild

[Another Carter Snipe]

Kings **** the bed in this game.

It's becoming a disturbing trend this year:


Completely dominate possession time, then find some way to negate the hard work with inexplicable flubs. It's either a Quick softie (1st goal), or a braindead defensive flub.

 

[NikF]

The **** are you talking about?

Quick did everything in regulation? He was OK, but let's not be ridiculous.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Yeah, I want to give the Wild some credit because that was entertaining and they look to be a good team, but when teams look so evenly matched, a bunch if bad calls DO make a difference. That reffing was a total abortion and changed the course of the game. Seriously. That was some Montreal-at-home-with-French-Canadian-refs quality ******** tonight. Happy we get two more cracks at those guys--should be entertaining and hope the Kings play angry from here on out. Because I certainly am

 

[jml87]

Bernier for the rest of the season please.

Seriously? Cause he lost a shootout? I don't know why I'm even responding

It's a shootout, a skills competition that's not even a part of the playoffs. The Wild have a lot of great shootout players. We lost cause of two bad penalties.

 

[etherialone]

He looks like he's playing hurt...

He is. He is playing through a painful and long rehab but its one of those things where you have to play through it before it will get any better. Its going to just loosen up one day and get better. Until it does its going be a bit of tough sledding.

 

[Live in the Now]

Quick did everything in regulation? He was OK, but let's not be ridiculous.

Okay is giving up more than one goal on all those odd man rushes. It was disturbing, not to mention out of Quick's control how often they were breaking into the zone 3 on 2. He stopped all but the one, a perfect shot.

We need players to make another run and DL is going to go get them.

 

[Chazz Reinhold]

Quick should have had the first 2 goals. Lefty shooting from the left wing on the outside should never go in the net. Bad goal. I don't know what he was doing on the Coyle goal. He jumped into the air in some Superman act trying to make a save on a guy who was sprawling on the ice who had absolutely no leverage on the puck. All Quick had to do was stay on the ice and that puck doesn't go in.

 

[no name]

Exactly how other goalies have looked on Cullen's move.. and Koivu just roofed a perfect backhand but okay you're opinion is different than mine.

The first two he was beaten to the net. When you come out so deep you had better be able to skate backwards in control, with the correct speed while being able to recover to moves. He got back on the first but couldn't react in time. The second he was just beaten to the net by Koivu who blew him away with speed. Koivu could have slid that on the ice and scored because Quick had 5 feet between he and the net. The third is simply inexcusable. Standing straight up with you stick at your shins. There was no shot he was going to stop there.


It all doesn't really matter. Just analizing his attempts.

 

[damacles1156]

No one wants to give the Wild credit I see.

The Wild are the real deal man, that is a great team at Home.

 

[Sydor25]

Kings **** the bed in this game.

It's becoming a disturbing trend this year:


Completely dominate possession time, then find some way to negate the hard work with inexplicable flubs. It's either a Quick softie (1st goal), or a braindead defensive flub.

Wasn't the first goal a laser by Cullen off the post and in? Not soft at all. That goals was on Fraser and Nolan. They turned it over at the blue line instead of getting it deep.

Kings lost the game because of their fourth line. **** happens.

 

[Chazz Reinhold]

No one wants to give the Wild credit I see.

The Wild are the real deal man, that is a great team at Home.

When they're gifted tons of free opportunities, sure, they're a great team...

 

[Winger23]

Bernier for the rest of the season please.

Sigh. Not this **** again.

 

[Sacha Baron Corbin]

I was surprised Bernier sat tonight after Quick played in Chicago and St. Louis, especially after his game against Chicago, I'm not sure if he is still hurt or just unstable mentally but either way Bernier should be starting more.

Credit to the Wild though, they deserved it after that 3rd period and embarrassed Quick in the shootout.

 

[etherialone]

Yeah, I want to give the Wild some credit because that was entertaining and they look to be a good team, but when teams look so evenly matched, a bunch if bad calls DO make a difference. That reffing was a total abortion and changed the course of the game. Seriously. That was some Montreal-at-home-with-French-Canadian-refs quality ******** tonight. Happy we get two more cracks at those guys--should be entertaining and hope the Kings play angry from here on out. Because I certainly am

I agree but the officiating throughout the entire NHL has been pure garbage this season, more so since the mid 80's. I don't know what they will do to fix it but it clearly is an issue. Of course when the league sets the standard of inconsistent crap reasoning for how they enforce their own rules (I am looking at Shanny to start with) then what can we actually expect from the amateur hour refs that they have doing the games today?

I just figure that it will work the way it always does, sometimes your the goat and sometimes your the farmer but in the end everyone gets milk.

 

[SCARFACE909]

Kings **** the bed in this game.

It's becoming a disturbing trend this year:


Completely dominate possession time, then find some way to negate the hard work with inexplicable flubs. It's either a Quick softie (1st goal), or a braindead defensive flub.

You mean that perfectly placed shot by Cullen?

 

[Winger23]

No one wants to give the Wild credit I see.

The Wild are the real deal man, that is a great team at Home.

Honestly not that impressed.

 

[Another Carter Snipe]

Wasn't the first goal a laser by Cullen off the post and in? Not soft at all. That goals was on Fraser and Nolan. They turned it over at the blue line instead of getting it deep.

Kings lost the game because of their fourth line. **** happens.

Either way. Let's take it off Quick and put in on the 4th line. Same situation. LA was all over them most of the game and found some way to negate it with just brain dead decisions. Fraser drop pass to turnover? Nolan piggyback ride on Backstrom? They gave some points away tonight.

 

[Live in the Now]

I was surprised Bernier sat tonight after Quick played in Chicago and St. Louis, especially after his game against Chicago, I'm not sure if he is still hurt or just unstable mentally but either way Bernier should be starting more.

Credit to the Wild though, they deserved it after that 3rd period and embarrassed Quick in the shootout.

Bernier is going to start tomorrow.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Also can't underestimate teams getting up for us. Did you see that post-game celebration? That was Parise's cup.

Kings need to show these pretenders their place

 

[damacles1156]

When they're gifted tons of free opportunities, sure, they're a great team...

They have three regulation losses at home.....Three.

 

[SCARFACE909]

The first two he was beaten to the net. When you come out so deep you had better be able to skate backwards in control, with the correct speed while being able to recover to moves. He got back on the first but couldn't react in time. The second he was just beaten to the net by Koivu who blew him away with speed. Koivu could have slid that on the ice and scored because Quick had 5 feet between he and the net. The third is simply inexcusable. Standing straight up with you stick at your shins. There was no shot he was going to stop there.


It all doesn't really matter. Just analizing his attempts.

That's fine, but with the fact that those 3 shooters are in the top 5 in shootout conversions and I've seen plenty of wild games and shootouts where they do pretty much same moves but score I'll give Quick slack, though a save or two would of been nice I'm not pinning it on him based on those guys skill set for a shootout.

 

[CNS]

Seriously? Cause he lost a shootout? I don't know why I'm even responding

It's a shootout, a skills competition that's not even a part of the playoffs. The Wild have a lot of great shootout players. We lost cause of two bad penalties.

It's funny how everyone here apparently thinks that all posters base their opinions off the latest game. I've not hidden the fact that I much prefer fundamentally strong goalies to athletic ones. That and I think Bernier has been GREAT this season. Sorry for having an unconventional opinion and not following the rest of the sheep...

 

[Chazz Reinhold]

They have three regulation losses at home.....Three.

That has nothing to do with this game being gifted to them.

 

[TwoMinutesWellWorthI*]

Seriously? Cause he lost a shootout? I don't know why I'm even responding

It's a shootout, a skills competition that's not even a part of the playoffs. The Wild have a lot of great shootout players. We lost cause of two bad penalties.

You realize Quick gave up 3 goals to lead the Kings into that shootout, right? And the sieve didn't even come close to making any of those saves in the shootout. He deserves to be benched.

 

[Live in the Now]

The Wild are a pretty good team, but they were handed one goal. I'm not jumping off the cliff over this. It should have been a win.

But I will say, if they get as many odd man rushes in the playoffs as they did tonight, the Kings will be very lucky to beat them. Suter and that kid Brodin were launching the puck up to their forwards and they were flying.