ESPN NHL Conversation

thefredroc

I don't watch too much hockey. however that analyst saying "the kings are fortunate to be up 2 -0 despite playing subpar hockey"... is an idiot... the Devils are playing subpar hockey because they're down 2 -0... and the Kings are winning...
353 Days ago

BlindHomer

I hope you guys are not talking about Barry Melrose (Kings coach in 93 )
353 Days ago

terupter

I do and have watched hockey and , this arritt guy does't usually know what he is saying. He usually reports from highlights or recaps
353 Days ago

Sulli03

I think the fact that you dont watch hockey, yet you comment on the games as if you did watch, makes you an idiot.
353 Days ago

CallMeJimmyJack

Watching the Kings postseason has been as fun as watching the Lakers in any of the past 12 years...
353 Days ago

Lakers Fan in Boston

only if they win... the 2010 win against boston was awesome the first ShaKobe title was pretty great but, this post season is one to cherish for LA Sports fans..
353 Days ago

rodddyc13

There are a lot of hockey fans in LA period. The Kings have been in LA since 1966 and true Angelenos support all of their teams. The Kings have historically drawn in the middle of the pack in attendance. They always draw more than the Devils even though the Devils have won the Stanley Cup before. Like all major sports cities the fans follow who is still playing at the time. It doesn't mean these same fans weren't fans already. It means that they are still playing. If the Lakers were still playing there would be double the excitement, if the Clippers were still playing too it would be triple the excitement.
353 Days ago

Roopez123

David Stern destroyed the Laker franchise.
353 Days ago

BlindHomer

NBA is dead in Los Angeles without the Lakers. There are alot of Hockey fans in LA now thanks to Kings..
353 Days ago

Fuddy_Duddy_

ESPN banned me for the 10th time, today.
354 Days ago

Prince Humperdinck

The Canucks are going to be the best team the Kings faced in this year's playoff run, honestly. Especially when they put Schneider in net. If Schneider had been in net all series, who knows what happens. We probably still win it, because this is our year and I truly believe that, but it may have gone 6 or 7. The Sedin line is just incredible. Oh, they didn't have both Sedins but for 2 games.
354 Days ago

uofalvozzo15

bitter canucks fans...the kings haven't lost on the road...go find somewhere to riot!
353 Days ago

Prince Humperdinck

I think they would've gotten by them too, I'm just saying, the Kings found the sledding much tougher once they made the switch to Schneider. I think he gave up 3 goals in basically 10 periods against the Kings.
354 Days ago

csun722

Oh, the Canucks went 9-2 to end the regular season without one of the Sedins. Oh, Schneider was 1-2 against the Kings. Oh, the Kings still would have beaten them.
354 Days ago

titletown35

As a neutral fan,I thought NJ had a shot if they won tonight. Now down 0-2, no way can they win 4 out of 5 ,especially with 3 in LA's rink. It's over. I'm just glad my Bruins played Vancouver last year,and didnt have to face a team like this year's Kings.If the Canucks had Quick,instead of Luongo,they beat the Bruins last year.
354 Days ago

Prince Humperdinck

It's odd...you don't take a year off at 38 or 39 years old, whatever he's going to turn next season. If they want to move on to Rask, fine, but he should play next season somewhere.
354 Days ago

titletown35

I think he is just busting the Bruin's ball*
354 Days ago

Prince Humperdinck

The Canucks would have won the Cup last year with a goalie like Quick. Last year's Canucks were really, really good. You just had the advantage in net.
354 Days ago

titletown35

Agreed,but it looks like Tim Thomas has played his last game as a Bruin.
354 Days ago

brm999

I think the 88 Oilers went 16-2. Pretty good company to be in if they can pull it off.
354 Days ago

Prince Humperdinck

I think the Penguins had a 16-2 team also.
354 Days ago

caferay

Butch Goring is happy tonight.
354 Days ago

stellingm213

bet the kings fans are happy they didnt sign kovy, man is playing terrible this series
354 Days ago

Prince Humperdinck

Kopitar is the Kings' best player and he couldn't play in last year's playoffs and that's a big reason they lost to the Sharks in the first round 4-2. It happens. It sucks but it happens. At least Kovalchuk can play. And he isn't seriously injured, I would suspect. Hurting, yes. But he can clearly play.
354 Days ago

Prince Humperdinck

So many players are hurt this time of year. Look at Gaborik...he needs rotator cuff surgery. You play through it and you don't complain. I guarantee you that the Kings have players hurting.
354 Days ago

David laying the boom

Im not denying that but this clown is trying to say its an excuse yea players are hurting kovi is one of them... after the series we will really hear the extent of his injuries no excuses but the fact is hes actually hurt
354 Days ago

Pharoh97

Are you kidding me? If he's playing hurt why isn't he showing it? If Kovy is playing hurt why isn't DeBoer sitting him out?? Stank you're just another Devils fan trying to excuse what's going on. Smarten up kid.
354 Days ago

uofalvozzo15

bitter devil fans...we are just glad we dont live in Jersey!
353 Days ago

David laying the boom

your
354 Days ago

David laying the boom

Did someone just friend you on facebook? False alarm still only 2 friends mom and grandmom
354 Days ago

David laying the boom

Haha you are a true $@%.. Not the kind that sticks their $@%!$'s in eachother the kind that even a gay guy wouldn't look at.
354 Days ago

David laying the boom

Dude your the most annoying type of blogger on the internet do you sweep the comments to look for grammar brush ups? I could give a rats $@% how it looks these are comments this isn't a college paper $@%!$@%. Get a life you boston $@%
354 Days ago

David laying the boom

Damn dude your a LA fan not a fan of hockey its no secret he has been hurt all playoffs he missed a game against flyers.... WAKE UP LA FANS either you like hockey and your a LA fan or you just support you home city and is only here cause your team is in stanly cup.... Fair weather fans make me sick..
354 Days ago

Prince Humperdinck

He snapped off a great shot in the OT that Quick was able to stop. He's like Carter, in that he's a sniper and needs the puck and just needs one moment to make it happen. But he isn't going to impact the game in multiple ways like a Kopitar or a Dustin Brown can. Or Richards. Three Kings. Notice I didn't mention any Devils.
354 Days ago

Pharoh97

He's been terrible for them since he arrived there only Lamoriello doesn't really want to admit it.
354 Days ago

incrysis

I hate the Devils. It is fun to watch them lose!!!
354 Days ago

Prince Humperdinck

I actually have no ill will towards the Devils, other than the fact that they are standing in our way for the Cup. I don't see them as a team of whining, cheap-shot artists like Phoenix. They've always been a class organ-I-zation, like the Red Wings.
354 Days ago

Pharoh97

You must be a Rangers fan. That's OK we can make room for you on the Kings bandwagon.
354 Days ago

Pharoh97

It's true the Kings may not be winning pretty in the Finals but that doesn't mean jack. You want pretty get an S.I. swimsuit issue. The Kings are doing what they have to do to win and if that means getting the game-winner in OT SO BE IT!!!
354 Days ago

Pharoh97

Damn straight!!!
354 Days ago

Prince Humperdinck

14-2 speaks for itself. If they win the next 2 games, the Kings can say that no other team in history ever had a record that was better in the playoffs.
354 Days ago

kjyang

is 16-2 better than 16-2?
354 Days ago

brm999

I believe the 88 oilers went 16-2.
354 Days ago

Prince Humperdinck

The Devils are definitely better than Phoenix though, no question about that, and I don't care if this series ends up as a sweep, I will still think that. Phoenix is a bunch of thugs with a goalie that was great this year. Devils as an organization have too much class to resort to that style of play.
354 Days ago

Kit Ramsey

Agree, because if they would have played straight up hockey, they would have lost to the Blackhawks, they had to cheap shot Hossa to have a chance.
354 Days ago

Prince Humperdinck

I 100% agree with that. What a cheap shot by Torres that was. And then the 'Yotes straight-up tried to hurt the Kings' players when they were getting their clocks cleaned in Game 2.
354 Days ago

chiliwonk

I hear alot of comments about there not being any true hockey fans in LA. Have people forgotten how long the Kings have been playing here??? They've had more success than Quebec, Winnnipeg, etc. I've been watching Kings hockey while some of you were still sucking on mommy's nipples. So cut that horsecrap, whiny losers.
354 Days ago

uofalvozzo15

they've been selling out for years
353 Days ago

Prince Humperdinck

There are a ton of Kings fans, they just don't get the pub here because the Lakers, Dodgers, Angels, USC, UCLA., and now the Clippers get more of the press here. It's just the way it is. Doesn't mean the Kings don't have a great fan base. The arena is always sold out. There are way more hockey fans in the LA area than there are in most NHL cities, it's just that in most NHL cities, the population is way less and the hockey team is one of the only games in town.
354 Days ago

Pharoh97

I've been a Kings fan for over 20 years around 1990 just when the Kings were turning the corner towards their first Stanley Cup run and I take offense if there are some that think there aren't any true fans in the southwest.
354 Days ago

Prince Humperdinck

Yep, I've been a Kings fan since about 1986, a couple of years before they got Gretzky. When Robitaille was just starting out.
354 Days ago

Kit Ramsey

The Kings are just better than anyone else in the playoffs right now and that is the only thing that matters. And they have NOT played their best in this series.
354 Days ago

Prince Humperdinck

David, no. You've dominated territorially, yes, but you aren't dominating the scoring chances, and there is a major difference. You guys are doing well on the forecheck, but you aren't necessarily getting unbelievable scoring chances, at least, certainly not more than the Kings. The Kings outshot you 11-3 in the OT tonight. You have scored 2 goals off of bounces. Meanwhile, look at the skill displayed on 3 of the Kings' 4 goals in this series (Kopi's breakaway finish, Doughty's rush up ice, Carter's effort). The Kings are more skilled, tougher, stronger, and have the better goaltender. They are 14-2. It's time to recognize.
354 Days ago

Prince Humperdinck

Yes, tougher and stronger. The Devils haven't advanced this year because they are a bunch of Broad Street Bullies. Yes, Kovalchuk and Parise are highly skilled, but guys like Kopitar, Brown, and Richards for the Kings are not only skilled, but far tougher players on both ends of the ice. The Kings are definitely bigger and skate better. You'll see that on the better ice of Staples Center. This series isn't going more than 5 games.
354 Days ago

uofalvozzo15

so where's he been at all series? oh yea devil fans will say hes hurt. That didn't stop jeff carter when he scored in overtime on a bum ankle...stop whining devil fans
353 Days ago

David laying the boom

Well heres the problem i've watched my team all year not really seeing much of anything from LA and its probably the same for you with the devils...So I cant agree and will not agree with your statement i just know my team better and i just know parise is one of the best two way forwards in the game and kovi is one of the most skilled played in the world.
354 Days ago

David laying the boom

More skilled kovi and parise is better then any team on the flyers-west. Tougher? Your a west coast team enough said there. Stronger? I never saw the bench press competition before the series... But you are right about the goalie brodeur can not keep playing these OT games hes gonna falter ever time. Quick is a beast i'll give you that but you should be thankful your up 2-0 cause those where games devils should have won. But everybody sees it differently.
354 Days ago

Kit Ramsey

Whatever dude, just prepare yourself to watch the Kings skate around their ice with the cup, lol!
354 Days ago

David laying the boom

Yea i've already dealt with it by if you think your team is the best to step on to the ice like some of your fellow fans are making it sound.... Your just fans riding the wave without really knowing your team plain and simple
354 Days ago

Kit Ramsey

That the Devils SHOULD have won? Please, all i hear is woulda, coulda, shoulda, and those are EXCUSES my man, the Kings are the better team, so deal with it!!
354 Days ago

David laying the boom

Judging by your name your a crackhead and noone cares what you think
354 Days ago

8ight8all

Judging by your posts you are about 12, or foreign.
354 Days ago

Kit Ramsey

Yep, agree.
354 Days ago

8ight8all

Well said, this team is so fun to watch.
354 Days ago

FatassBlubberBob

First Hockey Game I've watched since the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals. GO KINGS GO!
354 Days ago

ibleedblue71

No Fatass
354 Days ago

FatassBlubberBob

Who you callin' a fatass?
354 Days ago

josho33

Actually, no. As a 2nd generation owner of Kings season tickets, I think 30+ years of games counts. Lots of people hate on L.A., for the weather, the beauty, etc. I know, there's traffic, greed, whatever. Kings up 2-0, and I really don't care about what any "true" hockey fan thinks. Neither do the Kings. They've got the talent and character to win this thing, and I can't wait to see the Cup get paraded down Sunset Blvd.
354 Days ago

FatassBlubberBob

Aren't ALL Southern California hockey "fans" ?
354 Days ago

David laying the boom

You are what the sports world calls a "fair weather fan"
354 Days ago

liferbruin

No we are "all year good weather" fans. And we pay for it. So please be quiet and let us enjoy as we kick everyone's @@$ this hockey season.
354 Days ago