Blakes press conference elicits more questions than answers
# Blakes press conference elicits more questions than answers
| Date | Site | External Link |
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| 2022-12-01 | The Forum Report | Blakes press conference elicits more questions than answers |
# Contributors
# Summary
The LA Kings canceled Wednesday’s practice and media availability, opting instead for a full team skate in advance of Thursday’s game versus Arizona and a Rob Blake press conference sandwiched between conversations with the players and Todd McLellan.
| Date | Site | Title / Internal Link |
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| 2022-12-01 | The Forum Report | Blakes press conference elicits more questions than answers |
# Players
# Staff
# Notes and Quotes
# Rob Blake
I couldn’t sit here and say, ‘a week, two weeks, three weeks.’ None of that. He’s just going to go down. I trust in Billy Ranford and our goalie coaches to continue to work with him, but I think the biggest thing from our focus is he’s got to get in games continuously to get his game back to the level that he wants and we want.
I mean, that’s as simple as it gets. We didn’t do it for a message, we did it to where we feel we can help Cal. We get him in a situation where we can get him playing games. We believe he’s a good goalie, and we believe he’s going to come back here and help us.
Sometimes you get in a room together with everybody – coaches, myself – and that theme is common among certain groups.
Todd, for sure. I don’t know – for the fans, it would probably be pretty fun to watch. I’m not sure [it was] where we’re sitting. I’m not sure that game was going to have any basis with anything. That’s a one-off, you’re not going to hopefully see that too often.
We’ve got to balance actual goals-against and expected goals-against and understand our systems. There’s a big discrepancy in those two right now, so we’ve got to find the underlying issues on that.
I think on the offensive side of things, you see a little bit of that production and handling more minutes and everything. It is a spot (Ontario) where [Quinton Byfield] can work on a lot of aspects of his game in multiple [situations] down there.