Kings of Dionne no more

[What party?]

Kopitar draws praise from Dionne after becoming Kings' all-time leading scorer | NHL.com




Me:
From scoring in your debut game to all time Kings scoring leader...who knew, am i right? Personally, if you surpass Iginla as my favorite player (holding back tears) ...it was earned.

From Racoon Jesus, to legend and now ICON status. Well done big man.

Kopitar:

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[Moog]

After watching this you just knew great things were going to come from this "kid".

 

[What party?]

After watching this you just knew great things were going to come from this "kid".

Is that Chris Pronger and J.S. Giguere getting beat? Dear lawd.

 

[Statue4Deano]

Still remember watching him in his first training camp and thinking wow I’ve never seen a 19 year old Kings prospect look this good.

 

[JC6388LAKings]

I may not like him as official captain of the Kings, but I still respect Kopi as a player. Now that he's surpassed Dionne as all-time franchise leader in points, the man now has gotten his due as the new King of Kings; it's also fitting that he would do it in his final season. Congrats, Kopi.

I'm sure that in the future, the Kings will draft a player that will eventually surpass Kopi in points in franchise history, but for now, let's give him a toast.

 

[King of Pentacle5]

It’s disgraceful that Quick was treated the way he was after being memorialized in that sculpture in front of Staples. He should have retired a King.

 

[05/29/93]

Is that Chris Pronger and J.S. Giguere getting beat? Dear lawd.

Yes, on both counts. Can't believe that was almost 20 years ago! Definitely a sign of things to come.

 

[aragorn]

It’s disgraceful that Quick was treated the way he was after being memorialized in that sculpture in front of Staples. He should have retired a King.

Really? He still wanted to play, which is fine, but he sucked. He lost his job here but still had a little cache in trade. Vegas didn't offer him anything so as a free agent he went to the Rangers for under a mil. He's been ok as a cheap backup there. I actually think we did him a favor with the trade. He'd lost his starting job and to see him the next season (assuming we even resigned him for 900k) as a once a month backup when Copley was sick would have been embarrassing.

 

[Bollocks]

Really? He still wanted to play, which is fine, but he sucked. He lost his job here but still had a little cache in trade. Vegas didn't offer him anything so as a free agent he went to the Rangers for under a mil. He's been ok as a cheap backup there. I actually think we did him a favor with the trade. He'd lost his starting job and to see him the next season (assuming we even resigned him for 900k) as a once a month backup when Copley was sick would have been embarrassing.

Quick could still sign with the Kings in order to mentor Hammer in Ontario for a season while Portillo gets a chance with the Kings. Wishful thinking, I know...

 

[Pevsfreedom]

After watching this you just knew great things were going to come from this "kid".

Still remember that all these years later without the video. Knew we had someone special there. Still remember seeing him lift the cup at the parade/rally thinking we'd never be here without him (and many others). Great memories. Great King.

 

[The Nuts]

It’s disgraceful that Quick was treated the way he was after being memorialized in that sculpture in front of Staples. He should have retired a King.

Quick completely lost his ability to play the way he had.
He worked with goalie coaches and changed his game to fit his aging and slowing reflex speed. He salvaged the ability to be a back up.

 

[King of Pentacle5]

Quick completely lost his ability to play the way he had.
He worked with goalie coaches and changed his game to fit his aging and slowing reflex speed. He salvaged the ability to be a back up.

And he should have stayed as LA’s backup. He could have been a mentor to whoever was up and coming.

 

[King of Pentacle5]

Really? He still wanted to play, which is fine, but he sucked. He lost his job here but still had a little cache in trade. Vegas didn't offer him anything so as a free agent he went to the Rangers for under a mil. He's been ok as a cheap backup there. I actually think we did him a favor with the trade. He'd lost his starting job and to see him the next season (assuming we even resigned him for 900k) as a once a month backup when Copley was sick would have been embarrassing.

Dustin Brown
Drew Doughty
Trevor Lewis
Matt Greene

All the above players ended up ‘sucking’ after a long and punishing career, yet all were honored enough by the Kings to retire as Kings (except DD, obviously). They even went out of their way to buy out Greene. I just thought they could have had the same level of respect for Quick. But maybe there was no negotiation or concessions to be made that he would accept. IDK

 

[What party?]

Dustin Brown
Drew Doughty
Trevor Lewis
Matt Greene

All the above players ended up ‘sucking’ after a long and punishing career, yet all were honored enough by the Kings to retire as Kings (except DD, obviously). They even went out of their way to buy out Greene. I just thought they could have had the same level of respect for Quick. But maybe there was no negotiation or concessions to be made that he would accept. IDK

Throwing gas on this fire. Jon is a bit of a pill, personality-wise, factoring in that he is a goalie. Perhaps, HE did not want to retire as a King. Or, just wanted the eff off this ride.

People grow, people change. I had a job I hated with co-workers I was indifferent about, now enough time has passed where I'd meet at least five of those clowns out for beers. Jon could feel the same with enough time and vice-versa for the organization.

 

[Moog]

There gonna do one of those lame "one day contracts" with Quick so he can "retire as a King".

.......just watch.

 

[Helvetica]

Dustin Brown
Drew Doughty
Trevor Lewis
Matt Greene

All the above players ended up ‘sucking’ after a long and punishing career, yet all were honored enough by the Kings to retire as Kings (except DD, obviously). They even went out of their way to buy out Greene. I just thought they could have had the same level of respect for Quick. But maybe there was no negotiation or concessions to be made that he would accept. IDK

from what i remember, word on the street was that the Kings were happy to let him finish out his season and retire a King. Problem was, Quick didn't want to retire, he wanted to keep playing. And at the time, he was pretty bad. He certainly could have retired at that point. He'd had a long career and it's not like he was likely to do anything in the twilight of his career that would have been better than anything he'd done previously. But he's a gamer and he didnt want to stop playing, so what do you do? We shipped him out, and to his credit, he used that change to reset and change his game a bit. He's been a solid backup goalie since then. But it was never going to happen here... unfortunately.