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Ryan, we were talking to, Jim Heller after the game last night.<\/p>\n
Ryan, we were talking to, Jim Heller after the game last night.<\/p>\n
And, you know, to Gary’s point, he was talking about Drew Doughty and, you know, how he’s putting himself definitely on the radar.<\/p>\n
And, you know, to Gary’s point, he was talking about Drew Doughty and, you know, how he’s putting himself definitely on the radar.<\/p>\n
You know, I think he even used stronger words to talk about Doughty’s bid for, the Olympics.<\/p>\n
You know, I think he even used stronger words to talk about Doughty’s bid for, the Olympics.<\/p>\n
But that, that LA team, you know, what, what do you think of them?<\/p>\n
But that, that LA team, you know, what, what do you think of them?<\/p>\n
Are they, are they better than last year’s team so far?<\/p>\n
Are they, are they better than last year’s team so far?<\/p>\n
I don’t know if they’re better yet, but I do really like them, and I believe that I picked Los Angeles to go to the Stanley Cup, maybe in the Hockey News Yearbook.<\/p>\n
I don’t know if they’re better yet, but I do really like them, and I believe that I picked Los Angeles to go to the Stanley Cup, maybe in the Hockey News Yearbook.<\/p>\n
m- I make several predictions in the off-season- and I never remember where they go.<\/p>\n
m- I make several predictions in the off-season- and I never remember where they go.<\/p>\n
You spread out all your picks.<\/p>\n
You spread out all your picks.<\/p>\n
I try to I spread ’em out, yeah.<\/p>\n
I try to I spread ’em out, yeah.<\/p>\n
And then you’re like, “I was right.”<\/p>\n
And then you’re like, “I was right.”<\/p>\n
Yeah, there you go.<\/p>\n
Yeah, there you go.<\/p>\n
Yeah.<\/p>\n
Yeah.<\/p>\n
yeah, it, it’s gonna be a Columbus-San Jose final.<\/p>\n
yeah, it, it’s gonna be a Columbus-San Jose final.<\/p>\n
I called it, in a blog on August 3rd.<\/p>\n
I called it, in a blog on August 3rd.<\/p>\n
no, but the Los Angeles Kings, what I like about them is they, they have a lot going for them.<\/p>\n
no, but the Los Angeles Kings, what I like about them is they, they have a lot going for them.<\/p>\n
And, and Kember’s coming around, which is nice.<\/p>\n
And, and Kember’s coming around, which is nice.<\/p>\n
Corey Perry, I don’t know if he had a point last night, but he was a point per game player since he got into the lineup, which is pretty wild to think that Corey Perry- Yeah was on an 80 game, or an 80-point pace.<\/p>\n
Corey Perry, I don’t know if he had a point last night, but he was a point per game player since he got into the lineup, which is pretty wild to think that Corey Perry- Yeah was on an 80 game, or an 80-point pace.<\/p>\n
you know, given how many NHL games he has already played, and that we know that he tends to turn it on in the playoffs.<\/p>\n
you know, given how many NHL games he has already played, and that we know that he tends to turn it on in the playoffs.<\/p>\n
Yeah.<\/p>\n
Yeah.<\/p>\n
But, you know, Quentin Byfield is in the zone right now.<\/p>\n
But, you know, Quentin Byfield is in the zone right now.<\/p>\n
He had the OT winner, on a- Yeah amazing shot there, great give and go with Doughty.<\/p>\n
He had the OT winner, on a- Yeah amazing shot there, great give and go with Doughty.<\/p>\n
and there’s a lot of motivator, mo- motivating factors for the Kings this year.<\/p>\n
and there’s a lot of motivator, mo- motivating factors for the Kings this year.<\/p>\n
You mentioned Drew Doughty and the Olympics.<\/p>\n
You mentioned Drew Doughty and the Olympics.<\/p>\n
I, I mean, I think Hockey Canada likes him a lot, and they probably want him to be on that team, not only for what he can do on the ice, but just the leadership and his personality.<\/p>\n
I, I mean, I think Hockey Canada likes him a lot, and they probably want him to be on that team, not only for what he can do on the ice, but just the leadership and his personality.<\/p>\n
He’s a guy that keeps things loose in the room.<\/p>\n
He’s a guy that keeps things loose in the room.<\/p>\n
and that’s key, right?<\/p>\n
and that’s key, right?<\/p>\n
Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n
Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n
I mean, we saw at the Four Nations, guys like him and Brad Marchand.<\/p>\n
I mean, we saw at the Four Nations, guys like him and Brad Marchand.<\/p>\n
also Anze Kopitar, this is gonna be- Yeah his last year in the NHL.<\/p>\n
also Anze Kopitar, this is gonna be- Yeah his last year in the NHL.<\/p>\n
What better way to do it than to win one more Cup in a Los Angeles jersey?<\/p>\n
What better way to do it than to win one more Cup in a Los Angeles jersey?<\/p>\n
I’m sure all his teammates, I mean, they all wanna win the Cup anyways, but how amazing would it be for their captain to lift that chalice one more time?<\/p>\n
I’m sure all his teammates, I mean, they all wanna win the Cup anyways, but how amazing would it be for their captain to lift that chalice one more time?<\/p>\n
It’s just those little things that, you know, you can put in the back of your mind and say, like, “We gotta push just that little extra mile.”<\/p>\n
It’s just those little things that, you know, you can put in the back of your mind and say, like, “We gotta push just that little extra mile.”<\/p>\n
so you know, the fact that they’ve kinda turned it around after a slow start I think is really positive.<\/p>\n
so you know, the fact that they’ve kinda turned it around after a slow start I think is really positive.<\/p>\n
And yeah, we’ll see where it goes from here.<\/p>\n
And yeah, we’ll see where it goes from here.<\/p>\n
Again, like with the standings, you know, we were sorta joking they always play the Oilers, but who knows?<\/p>\n
Again, like with the standings, you know, we were sorta joking they always play the Oilers, but who knows?<\/p>\n
I mean, they m- might end up- Yeah playing the Kraken in the first round at this rate.<\/p>\n
I mean, they m- might end up- Yeah playing the Kraken in the first round at this rate.<\/p>\n