Kings fire Crawford as coach (AP)

sr_news · June 10th, 2008, 04:50 PM

Marc Crawford was fired as coach of the The Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday after his team finished with the fewest points in the Western Conference this season. He spent two seasons with the team and had a year left on his contract. Kings president and general manager Dean Lombardi said the team appreciated Crawford's commitment.

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Rusty27 · June 10th, 2008, 04:52 PM

Great team for Tortorella to take over.

BtownJay · June 11th, 2008, 07:40 AM

That could be possible. The Kings HAVE to have someone in mind if they are going to just fire Crawford like that. He was working with a team filled with kids, not much of a chance really. But i tell you what, the Kings are going to be very good in the future.

Rusty27 · June 11th, 2008, 08:10 AM

Exactly. Pretty much a re-do of what he did in Tampa.

BtownJay · June 11th, 2008, 08:31 AM

Interesting....

Kopitar = Lacavalier
Brown = St. Louis
O'Sullivan = Richards
Frolov = Modin
Cammaleri = Fedotendo

Just similar i mean, not exactly equal comparing current Kings to the 2003/2004 Bolts.

Bolts just had better defense and goaltending at that point than the Kings do now.

BtownBeers · June 11th, 2008, 09:10 AM

I thought we'd see the Kings make some serious strides last season but the didn't...they can't be far off from being a pretty good team...sooner rather than later for them and their youth.

BtownJay · June 11th, 2008, 09:39 AM

The Kings defense was HORRIBLE. Stuart, Pressing and Blake were supposed to be their top guys on the blue line and they played like shit. Visnovsky (sp probably) was the only one that lived up to expectations.

I also thought they'd be close to battling for the playoffs... not.even.close.

BtownBeers · June 11th, 2008, 09:41 AM

Yeah true, wow forgot about the D men they had...poor poor showing for them .

Rusty27 · June 11th, 2008, 09:43 AM

I think Torts would whip them into shape plus they have some good young D men coming up. May need a FA goalie though.

ssigman · June 11th, 2008, 09:45 AM

robert esche is available

Rusty27 · June 11th, 2008, 09:47 AM

and John Grahame too

BtownJay · June 11th, 2008, 09:53 AM

Esche and Grahame are both signed overseas I believe.

ssigman · June 11th, 2008, 09:58 AM

does that mean they can't come back?

Rusty27 · June 11th, 2008, 10:09 AM

Good point

BtownJay · June 11th, 2008, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ssigman

does that mean they can't come back?

Yes, at least til their contracts run out with their current teams. Unless their current teams cut them.

June 10th, 2008, 04:50 PM	#1
sr_news Join Date: 12-05-2004 Posts: 68,467	Kings fire Crawford as coach (AP) Marc Crawford was fired as coach of the The Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday after his team finished with the fewest points in the Western Conference this season. He spent two seasons with the team and had a year left on his contract. Kings president and general manager Dean Lombardi said the team appreciated Crawford's commitment. More...

June 10th, 2008, 04:52 PM	#2
Rusty27 Join Date: 07-15-2004 Location: Knoxville,Tenn. Posts: 27,494	Great team for Tortorella to take over.

June 11th, 2008, 07:40 AM	#3
BtownJay Join Date: 07-14-2004 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 27,926	That could be possible. The Kings HAVE to have someone in mind if they are going to just fire Crawford like that. He was working with a team filled with kids, not much of a chance really. But i tell you what, the Kings are going to be very good in the future.

June 11th, 2008, 08:10 AM	#4
Rusty27 Join Date: 07-15-2004 Location: Knoxville,Tenn. Posts: 27,494	Exactly. Pretty much a re-do of what he did in Tampa.

June 11th, 2008, 08:31 AM	#5
BtownJay Join Date: 07-14-2004 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 27,926	Interesting.... Kopitar = Lacavalier Brown = St. Louis O'Sullivan = Richards Frolov = Modin Cammaleri = Fedotendo Just similar i mean, not exactly equal comparing current Kings to the 2003/2004 Bolts. Bolts just had better defense and goaltending at that point than the Kings do now.

June 11th, 2008, 09:10 AM	#6
BtownBeers Join Date: 08-23-2004 Location: In Mrs. Jays Pants! Posts: 21,488	I thought we'd see the Kings make some serious strides last season but the didn't...they can't be far off from being a pretty good team...sooner rather than later for them and their youth.

June 11th, 2008, 09:39 AM	#7
BtownJay Join Date: 07-14-2004 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 27,926	The Kings defense was HORRIBLE. Stuart, Pressing and Blake were supposed to be their top guys on the blue line and they played like shit. Visnovsky (sp probably) was the only one that lived up to expectations. I also thought they'd be close to battling for the playoffs... not.even.close.

June 11th, 2008, 09:41 AM	#8
BtownBeers Join Date: 08-23-2004 Location: In Mrs. Jays Pants! Posts: 21,488	Yeah true, wow forgot about the D men they had...poor poor showing for them .

June 11th, 2008, 09:43 AM	#9
Rusty27 Join Date: 07-15-2004 Location: Knoxville,Tenn. Posts: 27,494	I think Torts would whip them into shape plus they have some good young D men coming up. May need a FA goalie though.

June 11th, 2008, 09:45 AM	#10
ssigman Join Date: 03-15-2004 Posts: 27,132	robert esche is available

June 11th, 2008, 09:47 AM	#11
Rusty27 Join Date: 07-15-2004 Location: Knoxville,Tenn. Posts: 27,494	and John Grahame too

June 11th, 2008, 09:53 AM	#12
BtownJay Join Date: 07-14-2004 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 27,926	Esche and Grahame are both signed overseas I believe.

June 11th, 2008, 09:58 AM	#13
ssigman Join Date: 03-15-2004 Posts: 27,132	does that mean they can't come back?

June 11th, 2008, 10:09 AM	#14
Rusty27 Join Date: 07-15-2004 Location: Knoxville,Tenn. Posts: 27,494	Good point