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Word Association: Five Kings take on five Red Wings

February 27, 2013 By John Hoven

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Several LA Kings players said they didn’t have redemption on their minds when playing the Anaheim Ducks on Monday, despite a 7-4 loss at the Honda Center earlier in the season being perhaps their low point of the year.

What does that have to do with tonight, you ask?  Well, a recent last second loss in Detroit has been pointed to by many as the game that seems to have turned the Kings recent fortunes around.  However, LA didn’t earn a point in that game and earlier today Sutter talked about hoping that lone face isn’t the difference between making and not making the playoffs in a few months.

So, tonight is a big game, for sure.  But, aren’t they always against the Red Wings?

As part of our pre-game coverage we asked five members of the Kings organization to play some Word Association using the names of five Detroit players. Like usual, this was all done one-on-one, so nobody heard what the other guy said – which a tad bit interesting when you compare their answers…

– On Pavel Datsyuk:

Keaton Ellerby – The best
Daryl Evans – Great two-way player
Colin Fraser – Sick
Dwight King – Skilled
Jarret Stoll – Best player

– On Patrick Eaves:

Ellerby – Hard worker
Evans – Skills
Fraser – Fast
King – Fast
Stoll – Gritty

– On Henrik Zetterberg:

Ellerby – Leader
Evans – Plays at both end of the rink
Fraser – Also sick
King – Creative
Stoll – Smart

– On Niklas Kronwall:

Ellerby – Physical
Evans – Hits like a truck
Fraser – Heads up
King – Physical
Stoll – Hits hard

– On Jimmy Howard:

Ellerby – Solid
Evans – Does a good job adapting to the games
Fraser – Shoot high
King – Big
Stoll – Quick

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Filed Under: Kings, NHL, Red Wings, Spotlight Story Tagged With: Datsyuk, Detroit, Ellerby, Evans, Fraser, hockey, Howard, Kings, Los Angeles, Mayor, MayorsManor, NHL, Red Wings, Stoll, word association, Zetterberg

About John Hoven

John Hoven is a former member of the Professional Hockey Writers Association and co-hosts Kings of the Podcast. He's also the founder and editor of MayorsManor.com, which has been named Best Sports Blog in Los Angeles and Hockey Blog of the Year. Click "ABOUT OUR TEAM" below for a full bio.

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  1. Robyn says

    February 27, 2013 at 5:14 pm

    Towards the end there, Daryl Evans started to remind me of Drew Doughty 🙂 I like how “Word” association turns into “In 10 words or less, describe how you feel about this guy” with some of the people (Cough cough Doughty cough cough)

  2. Doughty99 says

    February 27, 2013 at 5:49 pm

    The only way Strollsy’s final answer could be more confusing is if he said, “Fasth”

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