Goalie energy level

As previously posted, Jonathan Quick will be back in goal tonight. The plan is for Erik Ersberg to start tomorrow at San Jose, but Terry Murray said he will evaluate the situation again after tonight's game.

There had been some question about Quick's playing time, and whether or not he might be getting tired, so I asked Murray about that. Just looking at the numbers...tonight will be Quick's 37th game, including the Kings and Manchester. Last season, with the Kings, Monarchs and Reading, he totaled 60 games. His last year of college, he played 37.

Question: Any concern about the energy of the goalies. Ersberg is obviously well-rested but Quick has played quite a bit. How closely do you watch that?

MURRAY: ``Billy Ranford has been around here now for several days, and he's with them every day. That's something I make sure I talk to Billy about. `How are they doing?' `How's their energy?' `What's your read on them?" `What are you seeing?' That's not a concern. We both feel that we're seeing high energy and good focus. Ersberg certainly, with his time off here, has got his knee back to being 100 percent. There's no issue with that, so that's important, to get him back to this point.''

Question: Because if you just ask these guys, they will always tell you that they're ready to go, right?

MURRAY: ``Right, exactly. Then it ends up that I find out (Ersberg) is getting his knee taped, or `If I have to make a real quick move, I can feel a little twinge.' But he's back to 100 percent right now.''