Big praise for Quick
Both Dustin Brown and Terry Murray had high praise for goalie Jonathan Quick after last night's game and Quick's 28-save performance. In 23 games (21 starts), Quick has a 12-7-1 record, a 2.47 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage.
BROWN: ``I think it's just a confidence thing with him. The confidence exudes from him when he's in goal, and it trickles down throughout the whole team. I think the key thing with Quicker is, it's not just that he's making big saves. He's making big saves at the right time. That's something that I haven't seen in L.A. in a while. He's giving us a chance to win by making those key saves at key moments in the game. I think we feed off of that.''
MURRAY: ``Quick played extremely well. He made some very big stops in a lot of different situations. Penalty killing, 5-on-5...he made an unbelievable stop there in the second period on Bobby Ryan on a goal-mouth pass. When you've got a line like Getzlaf's coming at you...Getzlaf is a dangerous player. He's creating something every time he crosses the blue line. He's one of those dominant guys in the league, so the goaltender has to be good any time you come in and play against a team like this. He responded very well.''
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Any word on who will start in net for the Kings?
Brown - something he hasn't seen in LA for a while.
What a slap in the face to Barbi.
I love it.
Brownie says it all right here:
"I think the key thing with Quicker is, it's not just that he's making big saves. He's making big saves at the right time. That's something that I haven't seen in L.A. in a while."
Labs? Clouts? Do you hear that?
I love it...Quick makin huge saves!
P.S. Kovalev has recently stated he wont be returning to montrael next season... kings target possibly? maybe fro would like another russian?
I can't say it any better than Captain Brownie. Yeah it's no secret that Lababs and Super 8 motel are gone and the Kings start winning.
quick was awesome, big saves at the right time. they never admitted it while enduring clouts/labs but iys obvious now that those goal tenders were killing this team
I never had a problem with Hanah Barbara as a person, but I said from day 1, he will never be a starter in the NHL...fine as a back-up, but far too slow laterally to be a starter.
Who wants to do the math to extrapolate Quick's 12-7-1 record in 23 starts over a full season? Adjusted for shared duties and whatever else you can think of?
From post to post in the blink of an eye.
Quick is amazing.
Quickie is the man.
I haven't seen a Keeper like this in LA since Kelly Hrudey, but I think Quick is better!
I love this little bastard and hope he never lets go of the No. 1 tag.
Bernier, pack your bags....
No math...just an educated guess. The Kings would probably have around 10 more points at this point of the season if he and Ersberg had been carrying the load the entire season.
It's nice to see the team FULLY confident with the guy between the pipes for a change. The feeling of "here we go again" when a bad goal goes in seems to have all but left the team.
quick was awesome, big saves at the right time. they never admitted it while enduring clouts/labs but iys obvious now that those goal tenders were killing this team