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Kings News: Rob Blake's No. 4 jersey will be retired by the LA Kings

Ziggy Stardust said:
How would you guys feel about honoring Tim Leiweke? Maybe have a statue of him outside Staples Center?
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Well according to some, winning a SC should make everything forgiven and forgotten. So honor TL and everyone else.

I can't wait for the legends nights for Grant Fuhr, Ryan Smyth, Dmitri Khristich, Kevin Stevens and Donald Audette. Hell, maybe even statues and jersey retirements. Sorry Doughty, choose a new number, 8 is going up.
 
Gentle Ben Kenobi said:
Religion, politics, and forgiving Rob Blake aren't dinner table topics but I'll answer this.

Rob (Judas) Blake crucified the baby Jesus , then went to work for the Roman Empire. The Roman Diving team beat apostles in a seven games series in the series that many apostles thought was their year to win the grail.

The Divers won the Holy Grail that year and the Judas proclaimed his love for the Roman Empire and moved in a shoe and put a small statue of himself as a lawn gnome in the front yard.
Judas then said I'm going' goin' back to back to Cali Cali and signed with the apostles. Cloutier of Galilee had leprosy and the Baby Jesus was no longer around to feed 18,880 with a single fish and loaf of bread.
Judas' lease was up on the Chuck Taylor's that he had been living in and Lombardi of HollyOak asked him if he would accept a transfer to Sodom and Gamoorah. Judas said "Yes" but the arrangement fell through because the unicorn was holding up the ark and the ark had to leave already.
Even though Judas accepted the transfer , a rumor got out that Judas turned down the transfer.
The fans turned against Judas without taking the time to learn that he had accepted the transfer, but that lazy ass unicorn had to hit the snooze button a fourth time .



Do unto others as you would have them do to your shoe.
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Dude, where do you find the time?
 
Gentle Ben Kenobi said:
Religion, politics, and forgiving Rob Blake aren't dinner table topics but I'll answer this.

Rob (Judas) Blake crucified the baby Jesus , then went to work for the Roman Empire. The Roman Diving team beat apostles in a seven games series in the series that many apostles thought was their year to win the grail.

The Divers won the Holy Grail that year and the Judas proclaimed his love for the Roman Empire and moved in a shoe and put a small statue of himself as a lawn gnome in the front yard.
Judas then said I'm going' goin' back to back to Cali Cali and signed with the apostles. Cloutier of Galilee had leprosy and the Baby Jesus was no longer around to feed 18,880 with a single fish and loaf of bread.
Judas' lease was up on the Chuck Taylor's that he had been living in and Lombardi of HollyOak asked him if he would accept a transfer to Sodom and Gamoorah. Judas said "Yes" but the arrangement fell through because the unicorn was holding up the ark and the ark had to leave already.
Even though Judas accepted the transfer , a rumor got out that Judas turned down the transfer.
The fans turned against Judas without taking the time to learn that he had accepted the transfer, but that lazy ass unicorn had to hit the snooze button a fourth time .



Do unto others as you would have them do to your shoe.
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Gentle Ben Kenobi said:
Have you ever noticed when you mention Dio around a hardcore Dio fan, they always correct you and say "Ronnie James Dio!"

Good. Glad to know it's not just me
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I linked "Holy Diver" because I thought it was appropriate to your post, but this is my favorite "Ronnie James Dio" cut of that particular album:

 
Hatter said:
no booooo here but also really no elation.

Just a big hrmph and a meh
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The music or the thread topic?

Because this thread has been hijacked in a not-to-subtle-attempt to get the mods to close this abortion.
 
I wonder if his highlight reel for the ceremony will include his devastating hipcheck on Allison in the 02 playoffs. Or how about when he was throwing Palffy around like a rag doll in the 01 playoffs? That would be awesome.
 
I always wondered what would have happened if Smolinski's shot flush off the post in the dying seconds of the second period of Game 7 had gone in.

Do the Kings hang on and win 2-1?
Do the Avs still pour it on in the 3rd and win?

I think had the Kings won that game they would have handled STL pretty easily, but the Devils would have been a tough out in the Finals.

That 01 team was just clicking on all cylinders going into the playoffs and the Avs may have been the only team capable of beating them.
 
Herby said:
I always wondered what would have happened if Smolinski's shot flush off the post in the dying seconds of the second period of Game 7 had gone in.

Do the Kings hang on and win 2-1?
Do the Avs still pour it on in the 3rd and win?
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Was that the same game that Bourque hit the puck out of the net, that would of been a goal? I always thought that puck crossed the line.
 
FROOT CAKE said:
Was that the same game that Bourque hit the puck out of the net, that would of been a goal? I always thought that puck crossed the line.
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That was Game 2, also a huge turning point play in the series.

The Kings were up 1-0 in the series and I believe the game was tied 0-0 when that play happened, Murray on a SH breakway and yeah, the puck was heading in and Bourque knocked it out of mid-air very close to the goal line.

I think the hockey god's just wanted Bourque to win that year.
 
This thread is still open?

I have to credit the mods on this board. If this were the main board, those Nazis would have closed this thread two days ago.
 
Herby said:
I always wondered what would have happened if Smolinski's shot flush off the post in the dying seconds of the second period of Game 7 had gone in.

Do the Kings hang on and win 2-1?
Do the Avs still pour it on in the 3rd and win?

I think had the Kings won that game they would have handled STL pretty easily, but the Devils would have been a tough out in the Finals.

That 01 team was just clicking on all cylinders going into the playoffs and the Avs may have been the only team capable of beating them.
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Even if the Kings went into the 3rd period with a lead, the Avs were going to come back. They simply found ways to win. Look at how they won the Cup without Forsberg. Plus the Kings choked in both Game 7s in 2001 and 2002, more specifically, Felix Potvin just seemed to crumble both times the two teams met in the playoffs.

As hard as they tried, as endearing as those hard working Kings teams were under Andy Murray, they were pretenders. No doubt there was some good talent on the team, but it wasn't a team built to withstand the punishment of a long 7-game series or a long playoff run like the team Lombardi has put together. Those Kings teams were always an injury away from having their season fall apart, and we quickly found that out for many, many years thereafter.

Come to think about all of this in hindsight, not coming to a contract agreement may have been the best decision of Blake's career. He was never going to have a shot at the Cup if he remained here. Same with Luc. Funny how the longest tenured Kings moved on to lift the Cup not long after they left the Kings. But that's how things worked out back then. We see Boucher finally appear in a full season, has a monster year and looks like he's breaking out as a top pairing defenseman, then goes off to Dallas to remind us that the team is good at letting good players go away. Oh and he had another teammate in Sydor in Dallas to remind us of that as well.
 
Herby said:
I always wondered what would have happened if Smolinski's shot flush off the post in the dying seconds of the second period of Game 7 had gone in.

Do the Kings hang on and win 2-1?
Do the Avs still pour it on in the 3rd and win?

I think had the Kings won that game they would have handled STL pretty easily, but the Devils would have been a tough out in the Finals.

That 01 team was just clicking on all cylinders going into the playoffs and the Avs may have been the only team capable of beating them.
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I think they would have gotten past the Blues but the Devils would have smoked them
 
I am never going to make fun of the term "Built for the playoff's" again....

This Lombardi built team, is made for Seven game series. It's hard to argue with the results. It's getting close to the point where, I don't care how the Kings finish the regular season, they just need to make the playoff's.

Then the real season starts.
 
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