Coach Darryl Sutter – Photo: J. Escalera
By Puck • White Cover Magazine •
Yes, the Los Angeles Kings won. Yes, the Stanley Cup champions appear to be back on a track, but who’s to say it’s the track?
Even after Monday’s rather gradual defeat of a limp-di*k Vancouver Canucks side, the Kings still appear to be a distant relative of the confident, swaggervill’d squad that took home the greatest trophy in sports in 2012.
In his second year behind the bench, Darryl Sutter faces his worst enemy. He’s no good at sequels. He’s not one for planning and strategy.
He’s a reactionary super villain. A knee-jerk maestro. He capitalizes on uncertainty and he turns down-on-their-luck hockey teams into champions.
He’s a motivator. He’s a general. He’s a war time consigliere.
But, these are peaceful times. The Los Angeles Kings already have their Cup. Everyone’s looking to them for an encore, but encores aren’t Darryl Sutter’s thing.
Then answer the question below.
stupid story…Van. is one of the elite teams and we outplayed them last night.Van even said that they played a good game….and we still won…..Coach will have to adjust his style from last year so the message doenst get stale..(Think Pat Riley at the end of his Laker career)….
There are so many stupid things said in that story I almost didn’t publish it. But then again, it’s kind of fun to read such stupidity sometimes, so there you go…