Frozen Royalty: LA Kings Running Out Of Time To Right Ship

Despite a win last night against the New York Islanders, the Los Angeles Kings still need to make sure they’re on a positive tilt going into the playoffs. Here’s the latest commentary from Gann Matsuda of Frozen Royalty.

LOS ANGELES — With thirteen games remaining in their 2009-10 regular season, the Los Angeles Kings find themselves headed in the wrong direction at the worst possible time.

The reason? Poor starts and shoddy, lazy play have been glaring problems for the Kings, who are just 3-4-1 since the Olympic break.

But even before that, when the Kings set a record with a nine-game winning streak from January 21 through February 6, 2010, the Kings got off to slow starts in most of those contests and had to struggle for come-from-behind wins.

Indeed, slow starts have been a problem throughout the season.

“We just need to get our game in order,” said head coach Terry Murray. “We need to come for sixty minutes and know the importance of every play, every pass, every face-off.”

“Getting through the middle of the ice to get your game established in the early part is critical and that seems to be something we’re not buying into throughout this year,” added Murray. “We have to figure that part out.”

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