Thread: Hips Thoughts

Originally Posted by AngelEyes

Let's keep in mind that seasons often start with officials looking to send a message to players about what will and will not be tolerated. It takes a while for players to adjust. I'm pretty sure that we'll see the number of power plays go down over the course of the season, both because the players have adjusted, and the officials will have lightened up a bit.

Agreed. In the final 10 games of the season it will be whistle swallowing time.

Originally Posted by Hipcheck

Scoring- Brutal. Once again if you bet the Kings would only score 4 goals in the first 3 games and Clifford played a role in everyone of them then Mr you a better man then I. Mike Richards, Brown, and a few others (Stoll, King) look as if they are completely uninterested in the game. Of course-I am pretty sure we called out Richards in the first half of last season as well.

this.

Originally Posted by Hipcheck

Officiating- It is obvious the league has once again asked the refs to start calling tons of penalties. I saw it in other games recently as well. My belief is this comes directly from Bettman who simply thinks more power plays equates to more goals. I thought the calls were bad on both sides of the ice but the real travesty comes with the fact all of these penalties means there is not that consistent back and forth and prolonged game play were both teams can get into a groove and attack and counter attack.

i'm not sure where you get that gary bettman thinks more power plays equates to more goals (although that's obvious to anyone), or that there is a directive to refs to call more penalties, but, if that's the case...

-it doesn't bode well for the kings and their poor power play
-over-calling penalties (like last night's game) will not last long. when the nfl implemented its new set of penalties and enforcement last season, the penalty-calling was top-heavy, meaning that most of those penalties were called early-on, in order to make it clear that <this> type of behaviour will not be tolerated, and fines/suspensions were imposed to players. now players have made the adjustments in how they hit each other and the new penalty calls are just part of the game.

Really felt for Quick last night. He played very well and had his heart on his sleeve. Did anyone see his reaction when Yakapov scored? Dude was devastated.

I wasn't happy with him after the 'Hawk game but he has very much been the #1A to Clifford's #1 status in the early going. Quick is a true professional.

Originally Posted by Cup4TheKings

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What...are you Canadian?

Originally Posted by roenick

Really felt for Quick last night. He played very well and had his heart on his sleeve. Did anyone see his reaction when Yakapov scored? Dude was devastated.

Did you copy and paste this from an 11-12 post and just change it to Yakapov?

As I do agree that Quick is getting better with each game, he still looks rusty however. He appears to be over-committing when moving side to side, so much to the point that it takes him out of the play completely. It happened in the Colorado game a few times. We know he's usually able to recover due to his athleticism, which was clear on the outstretched glove save on Yakupov earlier in the game. But his movement appeared more desperate and less controlled as the clock was ticking down. He over-committed on the tying goal and the disallowed tying goal - yeah he was run into by an Oiler - but he was also way off to the side. The over-committing shows me that Quick isn't his usual calm self. He's been losing his cool more too, complaining and talking to the refs (and i'm not just referring to the discussion re: the disallowed goal). He'll get back to his normal self, but the team will need him to regain his composure because the top forwards aren't giving him any help.

Why was my thread with my thoughts moved into the "Oh No the sky is falling" thread?

It was no different than this.

Originally Posted by AngelEyes

Let's keep in mind that seasons often start with officials looking to send a message to players about what will and will not be tolerated. It takes a while for players to adjust. I'm pretty sure that we'll see the number of power plays go down over the course of the season, both because the players have adjusted, and the officials will have lightened up a bit.

Not that this matter now, but with regards to the disallowed goal, should it not have been, by extension, a penalty to Gagne for goaltender interference? Shouldn't an infraction egregious enough to negate a goal also be called a penalty? Once again, officiating in the NHL has left me dazed and confused

Originally Posted by Maddogg420

I see positive progress over the course of the first 3 games. For me I'm considering the first 8 games to be pre-season/training camp for the team. Unfortunately a bad 'preseason' this year equals a bad start, but I'm not panicking until the 18 game mark.

Too bad other teams aren't doing that.