Wilson on Kings

By Jill Painter on December 1, 2008 8:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

Ron Wilson, coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs and former San Jose coach, had this to say about the Kings after San Jose's morning skate:

``They have some different players but they are a lot more organized in their own end. Terry Murray is a really good coach. The right guy, at the right time. Some of their younger players are maturing. That's what happens.''

``I think a big difference for them was picking up Sean O'Donnell to be able play with Drew Doughty on the back end and kind of stabilize things. Their goaltending has been pretty solid too. They play better in their own end. That's a big difference.''

J.P. Hoornstra writes about NHL and IHL hockey for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. He welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey. E-mail J.P. at jp.hoornstra
@inlandnewspapers.com.

Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews
.com.