Darryl Sutter
Darryl Sutter
Darryl John Sutteris a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. He is one of seven Sutter brothers, six of whom made the NHL; all but Rich and Garyworked alongside Darryl in some capacity during Darryl Sutter's tenure with the Calgary Flames. Sutter has also coached for the San Jose Sharks and the Chicago Blackhawks, the latter with which he spent his entire...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth19 April 1958
CityViking, Canada
fine game last night overtime second third
It's a fine line. If you look at the series, the first game was an overtime game, the second game is a one-goal game, the third game was 3-2 going into the third period, last night was 2-2 into overtime.
game guys hard intensity last maintain minutes playing situations special spread
If you look at the last two games, there's a whole game of special teams. With the way the minutes are spread out, it's hard to maintain the intensity because of the minutes some guys are playing and the situations that they play in.
excellent forward huge interested last means player proven since three
Marcus is an excellent two-way player, proven in the NHL and can play all three forward positions. He is by no means a short-term acquisition. He is a player I have been interested in since last summer. What's huge for us is that we did not have to give up a roster player or a prospect.
difference last performance team
He's made that team on his performance over the last two seasons, not two weeks. The 19-year-olds are the difference in that tournament, always.
against came changed chicago decision group guy mind phil sharp start
It was a group decision to start the other guy. But the other guy wasn't very sharp against Chicago and I changed my mind this morning. I told Phil it was his start when he came to the rink.
It was one of those games. Hopefully, we got it out of our systems.
areas bottom guys handful job players tough
Their players have been better than some of our players in the tough areas of the ice, bottom line. We have a handful of guys that can do a lot better job of getting there.
aggressive building means penalty team ugly
Their penalty killing in this building is really, really good. They're probably the most aggressive penalty-killing team we've faced. That means you have to get an ugly goal, just like they did.
brings chris deal jamie player simon skill tried type
We tried to get Jamie in the same deal as Chris Simon (two years ago). I look at (him) as a development type of player - a player who brings some skill to our team.
afternoon hung proud
We hung in there this afternoon with a deflated line-up and I was proud of them.
against eric gives group likes matter rookies worked
Eric worked hard. He likes traffic. He gives you the same thing every day - it doesn't matter what group he's in (whether against rookies or veterans).
exceeded goal players quietly reached
Every goal that we've quietly set in our room, our players have reached it as a team. As a team, we've exceeded what I've expected. What we haven't exceeded -- or reached -- is individuals, where we thought they should be.
best
Dion has been our best player. All year. Period. It isn't even close.
early
Dion was not very good, especially early in the game.