Crawford quotes
``We had a great goaltending performance from Jason. He deserves as much credit as anybody on the team. We got some strong performances from some other people but he was at a different level than our team was tonight and we definitely needed that in the third period.''
``The key to our victory tonight was no doubt Jason LaBarbera. He was very cool, very calm, very collected. That's nice to see. It's something our team has been waiting for a long time.''
``We struggled early this season I think with a number of new people we had here. I thought we had a good preseason. I felt good about our team coming out of Europe, and we just didn't put it together coming back. We gave up so many chances in some games that we didn't give ourselves a chance to win. Now I think we're doing a few more good things that maybe subtly go unnoticed. A lot of it is how we support the puck out of the zone, the limited number of turnovers that we're giving up and I think some smart play we're having offensively. It is something we can build on and need to continue to build on. If we continue getting goaltending like Jason is giving us, it gives us an opportunity every night. Tonight he was the difference maker and we had moments when we were pretty good.''
On O'Sullivan: ``Any time we can get another offensive catalyst for our team, it takes so much pressure off Cammalleri, Kopitar and Brown.''
On first line: They had a good game tonight. I thought they were maybe trying to put on a little too much of a show. It almost looked like they were trying to make perfect plays. They are young guys and the game tonight was one they wanted to perform well. They know they had a little bit of a spotlight on them. The more they get used to having a spotlight on them, I think the better they are going to perform with it. Let's face it, we haven't had much of a spotlight on this team, not since I've been here. And now we're putting a streak together and people are starting to take notice.''
On Nagy: ``That was a huge goal for us tonight. I thought he had a couple of opportunites to make plays like that earlier in the game and looked to pass. That one, he was selfish for the reasons and took it to the net. I thought that just did wonders for us because you could see our team get a huge boost when he scored that goal, and it was such a strong individual play. Hopefully we can get more of those plays from Ladislav.''
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Well, Cammalleri was interviewed on CBC's After Hours w/ Scott Hock and Kelly Hrudey after the game tonight. What a great man Cammy is! He is very knowledgeable and very much involved in not only this team but in the CBA with the players.
Cammy was asked if he, being a Canadian born player, was interested at all in playing for a Canadian hockey team once his contract with the Kings expires? His reply was "I am really happy with my employer right now, were doing some exciting things here in LA so I haven't even come close to thinking about that". It was then joked about the fact that he was originally drafted by the Leafs in 2001, but then immediately traded to the Kings for Aki Berg and Adam Mair. What a steal for us!
At the end of the interview it was joked that if Cammy had made out better in his arbitration if he would be able to afford his own place back home, rather than staying in his parents basement? He kinda looked away and said "no comment". He definitely wanted to avoid even joking about that subject.
In lieu of the things he said and how much a team player and leader that Cammy is turning into. And the fact that the Kings just signed Brown to a 6 year $19.05 million dollar contract, which averages our to $3.175 million a year. The Kings need to sign Cammy to a 5 year $25 million dollar contract extension and get him locked up. This would make me happy to no end!
How bout a big cheer for 5 out of 6! Go, Kings, Go!
I was at the game tonight. Was thinking about wearing a helmet myself, in the event I needed to dodge flying objects being thrown at me.
I got to say, this team is geting better with every game.
For once, I have to agree with Crawford, the goaltending was the difference. Labarbara was making solid saves, even on point blank.
Johnson continues to impress. Once again he was the best D-Man on the ice.
And I was excited to see Sully finally get on the board. This kid has a nasty slapshot. Glad too see hiim getting rewarded for his hard work. Scored two goals tonight. Almost brought a tear in my eye.