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Evening Line

by Paul on 03/14/14 at 06:27 PM ET
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On an assertion that Brown’s performance last season was “par for the course”:

I’ll just tell you, it was a career year. It wasn’t ‘par for the course.’ He’s a 20-goal scorer. So 18 in 48 is what?…You couldn’t do it over the course of his career. He’s almost 30 years old. He’s a borderline 20-goal scorer. So if he scores 20 and plays the whole game…then you’ve got a player. Part of getting Marian Gaborik onto this [team], it sorts it out. It puts Brownie where he should be. It puts Carts in where he’s not being overloaded. That part of it. Don’t expect anything more out of Dustin Brown. It’s based on how you played last night and how you play tomorrow night in this league…When you don’t have a veteran team, you need your veterans. It’s not ‘captains.’ You need your veterans to be great examples for your group. Otherwise you’re going to have trouble with your ice time.

-LA Kings head coach Darryl Sutter on Dustin Brown.  More from Sutter after practice today by Jon Rosen of LA Kings Insider.

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Video- Darryl Sutter Post-Game Comments

by Paul on 03/14/14 at 08:18 AM ET
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Los Angeles Kings Head Coach Darryl Sutter post-game comments after being up 2-0 against Toronot but losing 3-2.  The Kings had won 8 games in a row before last night.

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Video- Jordan Nolan Suspended For One Game

by Paul on 03/10/14 at 05:05 PM ET
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Here is the video explanation...

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Video- Jordan Nolan Will Have A Meeting Today With Dept. Of Player Safety

by Paul on 03/10/14 at 08:58 AM ET
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Marian Gaborik Will Be Just Fine In LA

by Paul on 03/09/14 at 06:58 PM ET
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from Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal,

“Marian Gaborik is plus 90 in his (NHL) career. He’s been a minus player once and he played on teams that were basically expansion (Minny and Columbus),” said Sutter, who saw lots of Gaborik in Minnesota and isn’t what he looks like–a don’t-take-chances coach, even if the Kings can protect a lead better than almost anybody in the business.

“Marian’s played in two conference finals (Minnesota and Rangers). Not many guys can say that. He really skates and thinks the game good…he’s not unlike a lot of our players when you look at it. He’ll fit in good because he’s a smart player…we’ll let him play.”

“Jacques (Lemaire) liked Marian because he’s a smart player.”

“Biggest adjustment for Marian is coming back to the Western Conference.”

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Morning Line

by Paul on 03/06/14 at 10:10 AM ET
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"We found out, to our chagrin and surprise the other day, we had been told the cap was going to be $71 [million] and now with the Canadian dollar having tanked, that the cap could be as low as $68 [million]. That's a huge swing,"

-Dean Lombardi, GM ofl the Los Angeles Kings.  More on the Kings including the Gaborik trade from Helene Elliott of the LA Times.

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Sabres/Kings Trade

by Paul on 03/05/14 at 02:08 PM ET
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from TSN,

The Los Angeles Kings have dealt prospect Hudson Fasching and defenceman Nicolas Deslauriers to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for defenceman Brayden McNabb and two second-round draft picks.

The 23-year-old McNabb was an All-Star with the American Hockey League's Rochester Americans this season, posting seven goals and 22 assists in 38 games.

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It Appears Gaborik To LA Kings Is A Done Deal

by Paul on 03/05/14 at 11:48 AM ET
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added 10:54am,

 

added 1:19pm, McKenzie says Columbus will pay large chunk of salary..

 

added 5:05pm

LAK press release below...

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Afternoon Line

by Paul on 03/03/14 at 04:38 PM ET
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Darryl Sutter, on why so much attention is paid to the trading deadline:

Don’t ask me. Ask them. You guys pay the same dues. I don’t. [Reporter: It just comes on Direct TV. I can’t get rid of the damn thing.] Oh, I know. All summer, you go back to Canada, all these experts, they talk about – because it’s easy to get the math and figure it out. Just do it. Just add four million plus five million, a hundred and sixty thousand. Just add it up. So a lot of teams aren’t doing anything. So now all of these teams are doing something? So what happened? Did they just change the rules? [Reporter: Brian Burke always said that the two times out of the year you get your fans the most interested in your team are the trading deadline and the first day of free agency.] I guess if you’re a bad team....

-Darryl Sutter, head coach of the LA Kings on the trade deadline.  Read more from Jon Rosen of LA Kings Insider.

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Video- What Do You Think Of This Hit From Dustin Brown On Ryan Murray?

by Paul on 02/07/14 at 09:20 AM ET
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from Aaron Portzline of Puck-Rakers,

Defenseman Ryan Murray was flattened by Kings winger Dustin Brown early in the second period. Murray and the Blue Jackets were coming out of the zone, and Murray had released the puck when Brown -- in a straight light -- launched himself into Murray, his right arm/shoulder making impact with Murray's head.

“I mean I obviously didn’t like that hit on Ryan," Blue Jackets left wing Nick Foligno said. "I thought that he was in a pretty vulnerable situation. I didn’t like that he (Brown) only got two minutes (charging) for that, but it was an emotional part of the game and we rallied around it, continued to push and keep them at bay. We were right there with them but just couldn’t find that overtime goal.”

read on and watch the hit below...

added 8:42am, from Jon Rosen of LA Kings Insider,

Dustin Brown, on the hit:
It’s a fine hit for me. Whatever. At this point, I don’t know if we’re allowed to hit anymore. It’s just one of those plays where he kind of bails and I’m coming in for the hit. Whatever.

Brown, on whether “anything violent” is automatically called a penalty:
I think ultimately they’re going to go the way of the IIHF, where if it looks bad, it’s a penalty, and whether it’s a good hit or a clean hit or a hard hit, if it’s too hard, it’s going to be a penalty. I think that’s kind of where they’re going to be going. Like I said, I’m just not a fan. There’s some responsibility to protect yourself on the ice and responsibility on the other side of it. There’s certain hits I think we can all look at and say, ‘That’s not a good hit.’…It wasn’t like I targeted his head, or anything like that. It was a body check, and he happened to be a little lower than I am, so I don’t know what I’m supposed to do in that situation.

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