Tuesday (10/30) practice

A fairly standard day at practice, with no ripples being made. The forwards practiced the same way they played the other night, and afterward Crawford said LaBarbera will get the start tomorrow. That's no shock. The question becomes, what about the back-to-back games after that? It's natural to assume that LaBarbera and Aubin will split those games, but the Kings have an entire week off following the second San Jose game. So it's not completely unreasonable to think that LaBarbera could start all three. Not likely, but not out of the question either.

More notes and quotes later, assuming I can get to them before the basketball game. Matt has stuff also.

Here's one thing...Crawford was asked about particulars in the last game, things that he was pleased and displeased with. He was pleased with...confidence, the players' on-ice connection (vision, passing, etc.) and the puck movement of the defensemen, both in the D zone in the neutral zone. What was he displeased with? The number of quality scoring chances. I think all of those, good and bad, have been themes of late, and the good has far outweighed the bad. I think goaltending is also a major positive.