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WCF Gm#4: KINGS vs. Hawks - 6/6/13 - Kings Go Down 3-1 in the Series
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Vamos Rafa
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I'd put Stoll on the 4th. But wouldn't mind keeping Fraser. Where do you ship Stoll?
etherialone
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DryIslandBartender
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Nobody at the net because we're too busy playing along the boards.
The other thing is, the dump and chase was completely ineffective.
kingsfan28
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Brown is definitely hurt. That hit he took by Marleau at the start of game 4 might be what did it.Even tonight, he took a hit at center ice then went right to the bench not looking very good.
HYORI 1963
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Not going to happen sport, so you mind as well get use to it. Guys like RR are signed because of his character, his relationship with Sutter and his on ice play and leadership. Besides, trading a guy like RR right after we signed him to an extension is going to make DL look bad.
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Those top three lines would be equal and not 1,2,3 per se. His salary would be a dump for a LW or defensemen. Somewhere like Toronto.
Strength down the middle is so important and we're STACKED! I never want to break up that Carter line.
A lot of money down the middle, but that's a boner inducing center lineup.
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Yeah we're way banged up and ran out of gas. Who would have thought three years ago we'd win a cup and follow up with a conference final appearance.
What's exciting is our window is open for many years, we are going to get another cup guys.
What's exciting is our window is open for many years, we are going to get another cup guys.
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KingsFan7824
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That's already been decided? I'd say let it play out before saying that. Lombardi knows exactly how important Scuderi has been to this team. That's why he signed him to like 4 times what he was making in Pittsburgh.
I don't know what the Kings will get in a deal involving Bernier, but my guess is that it won't be nearly what people hope.
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I wouldn't consider us a laughing stock even if Pitt comes back and wins a few. Former Cup champs making it to WFC the next year while top players have been injured or playing terribly. Still pretty awesome and an ultimately gutty performance.
There's always a chance and I will continue to root for them. But if we are going down, I want them to go down swinging. I hope they throw everything but the kitchen sink at them on Saturday. Whatever they have left, I want to see it. Make Chicago work their ***** off for that last game. This team deserves better than to lose in 5 games.
I sure as hell hope so. Nothing would crush my spirit more than to see 10 years pass by and only end up with one Cup with this core.
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Vamos Rafa
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We're a laughing stock to the main board since almost everyone is rooting against us. But yeah, the odds were really stacked against us since back-to-back Cups haven't been achieved since the 90s.
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I think they'll give it their battered, beat up best on Sat but Chicago is pretty tough at home even for a healthy team. But I hope they go down swinging too, and crush the Hawks in the boards. Make they pay for the berth to the SC.
Haters gonna hate. Besides, if Pittsburgh gets swept, we'll get pushed aside and then everyone (including ourselves) will point fingers at them and laugh and laugh.
SettlementRichie10
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I'm all for supporting the team through the final seconds of this series, but I'm also all for being a realist and not torturing myself with misplaced hope. I did that for 25 years with the Kings before the Cup win and all it amounted to was a lot of broken remotes and holes in the wall. I call it like I see it, and right now I see the number one seed in the league, at 100% health, decisively beating a beat up, tired, and (for the most part) passionless group of Cup hangovers.
And that's not a knock on the Kings. It's amazing what they've accomplished this season despite a hell of a lot of adversity. I'm just dreading another year of "Kings finally played a good offensive team and lost" rebuttals from the short bus of a main board we have here on HF. I'm very proud of this team, despite my reactionary anti-Brown rants and generally knee jerk behavior from time to time. We have a good team, a great team, in fact. The numbers games they beat last year in terms of injuries caught up to them two fold this year.
Guys like Williams and Carter were able to rally the troops for a last charge-esque game three, but it looks like that's all they could muster. Despite the closeness in score, we were once again VERY opportunistic, sustained very little pressure throughout, and were just outgunned in the end. I was worried about this game the second Quick let in that first Bickell goal - not because I thought Quick was going to give up a bunch of softies, but Chicago simply has too much firepower up front to spot them one goal. Quenneville made a good line change to wake Kane up just enough to create some room for Hossa, then boom. That's the game. Too many weapons.
I would never say this on the main board because Chicago fans across all sports are generally overzealous, arrogant blowhards, but the Blackhawks are the number one team for a reason. They're a really ****ing good hockey team. The Kings at 100% health are still probably in the trenches of a seven game series against these guys - they're just that good. The fact that two of our losses have been one goal games and we managed to squeeze out a win in game three is a testament to the fortitude that this team has, all things considered. That doesn't make me depressed - that makes me proud.
As far as personnel decisions over the summer, I'm sure DL will make some shrewd moves. The Regehr signing looks full Pejorative Slur mode right now because Regehr just played one of the worst games of his entire career and was already getting exposed by his achilles heel (speed). We have Toffoli poised for a monster breakout year playing top six and top line PP and Voynov is just a total stud all around.
Kopitar, Brown, and Doughty no showing is the worst thing about this loss, not the loss itself. And if rumors are to be believed, two of those three guys are playing through major injuries. Stoll barely has his game legs under him after missing the entire second round, Greene is still playing catch up, Muzzin is a rookie, Richards is concussed, etc. etc. We have a long list of valid excuses as to why we're losing this series.
I, for one, will hang my head high, despite earlier outbursts, simply because this team won a Cup last season and reached the conference finals this year despite HUGE injuries on the blueline literally all season long and Kopitar performing his best rendition of a one legged man in an ass-kicking contest since mid-March.
Just avoid the main boards. There are a lot of fanbases who have been waiting well over a year for this day and are trolololoing their way into masturbatory, spiteful bliss. We have a great team, a Cup champion team, and a team that reached the final four only to get knocked out by the number one seed. Nothing to be ashamed about there.
And that's not a knock on the Kings. It's amazing what they've accomplished this season despite a hell of a lot of adversity. I'm just dreading another year of "Kings finally played a good offensive team and lost" rebuttals from the short bus of a main board we have here on HF. I'm very proud of this team, despite my reactionary anti-Brown rants and generally knee jerk behavior from time to time. We have a good team, a great team, in fact. The numbers games they beat last year in terms of injuries caught up to them two fold this year.
Guys like Williams and Carter were able to rally the troops for a last charge-esque game three, but it looks like that's all they could muster. Despite the closeness in score, we were once again VERY opportunistic, sustained very little pressure throughout, and were just outgunned in the end. I was worried about this game the second Quick let in that first Bickell goal - not because I thought Quick was going to give up a bunch of softies, but Chicago simply has too much firepower up front to spot them one goal. Quenneville made a good line change to wake Kane up just enough to create some room for Hossa, then boom. That's the game. Too many weapons.
I would never say this on the main board because Chicago fans across all sports are generally overzealous, arrogant blowhards, but the Blackhawks are the number one team for a reason. They're a really ****ing good hockey team. The Kings at 100% health are still probably in the trenches of a seven game series against these guys - they're just that good. The fact that two of our losses have been one goal games and we managed to squeeze out a win in game three is a testament to the fortitude that this team has, all things considered. That doesn't make me depressed - that makes me proud.
As far as personnel decisions over the summer, I'm sure DL will make some shrewd moves. The Regehr signing looks full Pejorative Slur mode right now because Regehr just played one of the worst games of his entire career and was already getting exposed by his achilles heel (speed). We have Toffoli poised for a monster breakout year playing top six and top line PP and Voynov is just a total stud all around.
Kopitar, Brown, and Doughty no showing is the worst thing about this loss, not the loss itself. And if rumors are to be believed, two of those three guys are playing through major injuries. Stoll barely has his game legs under him after missing the entire second round, Greene is still playing catch up, Muzzin is a rookie, Richards is concussed, etc. etc. We have a long list of valid excuses as to why we're losing this series.
I, for one, will hang my head high, despite earlier outbursts, simply because this team won a Cup last season and reached the conference finals this year despite HUGE injuries on the blueline literally all season long and Kopitar performing his best rendition of a one legged man in an ass-kicking contest since mid-March.
Just avoid the main boards. There are a lot of fanbases who have been waiting well over a year for this day and are trolololoing their way into masturbatory, spiteful bliss. We have a great team, a Cup champion team, and a team that reached the final four only to get knocked out by the number one seed. Nothing to be ashamed about there.
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