http://frozenroyalty.net/2010/04/14/la-kings-can-get-past-vancouver-canucks-if-they-put-it-all-together/ News & Views on the Los Angeles Kings and the National Hockey League by Gann Matsuda Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:50:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://frozenroyalty.net/2010/04/14/la-kings-can-get-past-vancouver-canucks-if-they-put-it-all-together/#comment-10537 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:17:46 +0000 http://frozenroyalty.net/?p=6803#comment-10537 [...] the playoffs. And, while unlikely, it is possible that this team can win. Here, Gann Matsuda from Frozen Royalty chimes in with his thoughts on the first round of the playoffs against the Vancouver [...]

]]> http://frozenroyalty.net/2010/04/14/la-kings-can-get-past-vancouver-canucks-if-they-put-it-all-together/#comment-10525 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:32:06 +0000 http://frozenroyalty.net/?p=6803#comment-10525 The Kings top 9 forwards are as good as any in the league and they have the best young defensive tandem i the NHL with Doughty and Johnson I just hope Jonathan Quick can break out of his slump and soon…

]]> http://frozenroyalty.net/2010/04/14/la-kings-can-get-past-vancouver-canucks-if-they-put-it-all-together/#comment-10521 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:36:41 +0000 http://frozenroyalty.net/?p=6803#comment-10521 i put that line up against anybody in the league …… thornton line , ovechkin , crosby , the sedin twins , and i bet you richie simmonds and zues plus minus will still go up

]]> http://frozenroyalty.net/2010/04/14/la-kings-can-get-past-vancouver-canucks-if-they-put-it-all-together/#comment-10519 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:28:51 +0000 http://frozenroyalty.net/?p=6803#comment-10519 i mean just look how great our third line looks now ….. richardson handzus simmonds …… i mean my god thats an all star line, and its our third line …… sweet ….. better keep it this way coach …….. i mean will you look at that line …… awesome

]]> http://frozenroyalty.net/2010/04/14/la-kings-can-get-past-vancouver-canucks-if-they-put-it-all-together/#comment-10517 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:55:56 +0000 http://frozenroyalty.net/?p=6803#comment-10517 gann …. great news ….. the idiot has finally moved modin off of handzus line to the fourth line and replaced him with richardson ……….. finally …………. now the kings can actually start winning games again since that team wrecker modin is on the fourth line ……… if he goes back to modin on handzus line at some point during the playoffs , forget it , we are finished …….. but as it stands right now ….. with finally our best players in the top 9, now we can role those lines the majority of the time and give the fourth line less time – especially if we are trailing …… this is the strategy that made us one of the best teams in the league before the modin trade and now finally just in time the dumb coach is finally going back to it ………….. the kings are at thier best when they role our best nine players in the top 9 and give whoever the fourth line consists of limited time ….. thats when this team is at its best ……. some cry and say but we will get tired …….. no no no …. the kings are young and can handle it ….. and as proven before modin got here when your best players get more minutes – even if a lil more tired – they get many more opportunities to score goals ….. more minutes = more goals ……. yes murray costs us the fourth seed by going away from this but at least its fixed now when it counts the most …… however , like i said , if he changes it back and moves modin back up we are finished …….. but i have my fingers crossed that his brain will start working properly and he wont move modin back up …………. p.s. rattiis ivannis play the last 4 or 5 times out has surprised me ….. he has looked alot faster and able to get in there and create some havoc and ram people around ….. so consequently i am all for him being in the lineup …… besides, if trailing, we will surely double shift his spot late in the game giving our best players even more ice time …. so its a win – win situation ……. and lastly, yes gann, i was dead wrong about trading bernier – you were right and i was wrong ….. bernier is a complete stud with never a rebound and always in perfect position – so calm and cool …….. hes so much better than quick ……. quick is so bad in allowing rebounds and diving all over the place ……………. dont get me wrong – i still like quick, and i like ersberg ……… but i looooooove bernier ……. i wish he was playing instead of quick ……. but oh well, just root for quick to be on top of his game during these playoffs and we will have bernier for next year ….. i suppose its fair to give quick at least one shot at the stanley cup as a starting goalie for us before he loses his job to bernier next year and then we trade quick somewhere down the line in a couple years ……. so whatever, ill just root for quick these playoffs and hope for the best of course ……….. the goaltending is not the big issue for me – its the modin thing ……. so as long as hes on the fourth line i dont care who is in goal and im extremely happy ……. so yeah gann, you were right about bernier – kudos …….. but lets also get one thing straight – i am also dead right about the whole modin thing ………….. i told you those 2 guys we traded for were absolute trash and would ruin the team – ESPECIALLY MODIN ……………………. i mean demoting probably our 3rd or 4th best player (richardson) to the 4th line for that piece of crap modin is one for the history books …… what a historical blunder

]]> http://frozenroyalty.net/2010/04/14/la-kings-can-get-past-vancouver-canucks-if-they-put-it-all-together/#comment-10506 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:31:50 +0000 http://frozenroyalty.net/?p=6803#comment-10506 Down the stretch the Kings have responded well when they’re down a goal or two, so it’s clear that they can play with intensity when the stakes are high. They also seem to play better on the road, so maybe it’s not bad that they’re starting in VAN.

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