![]() “The first thing that I did was I reminded our players that every year is a new year and you take on your own identity again,” McLellan said. McLellan said he issued that reminder to the team earlier today. The Kings don’t necessarily have to play the exact same way they did last season, but over time they will need to figure out what type of team they want to be and how they can best win games with the group they have. It’s not fair to really make any true comparables from night one to last season, but as McLellan said, it’s the only comparable we have at this point. Three periods in, it was a different look last night. They prided themselves on being difficult to play against, defensive structure and typically won hard-fought, close games. Last season’s Kings were a volume-shooting team that almost always controlled the puck possession battle on a night-to-night basis. Not necessarily from a quality of play standpoint, but looking stylistically. What he said we’re doing IS certainly what I was doing, and that’s comparing the way that the Kings played last season to how they played last night. What do you want to be, how can we win, what should we be. We’re 60 minutes into a season and the first two questions I’ve gotten are about identity and you guys are doing the exact same thing that I’m doing, you’re comparing it to last year and that’s my whole point, it starts all over again. “Sometimes you add really good players to your lineup and we’ve done that and you might want to try and be something you’re not. “I think that we had an idea of what we wanted to be last year, even the year before that probably,” McLellan said today. It took some time to sort out, and with a new team in a new season, there’s still work to be done. The Kings had an idea of what their identity could be last season, but they didn’t see it from game one. McLellan spoke about identity, touching on the potential differences between this and last year and how we’re 60 minutes into a season that spans much longer than that. The theme of the day centered around identity and game one not quite looking like the identity we saw last season. We were slow, poor execution, second everywhere.” When we needed to be first, we were second. “You could look at it from an analytics standpoint, use all the stats you want, but there’s a reason for those stats. Game 1 versus Vegas could probably be summed up in one word, which Todd McLellan reinforced this morning – Second. It is always good to hear that we have made a difference.The Kings hit the ice this morning for practice in between games against Vegas last night and Seattle to come tomorrow. I am glad to hear that you found the training sessions helpful. How thoughtful of you to send me copies of those complimentary newspaper articles! I appreciate your taking so much interest in the company's success. Thanks for taking the time to comment on my presentation. We hope to see you again the next time you pass through Springfield. It was a pleasure for us to get acquainted with you. Thank you for letting us know how much you enjoyed your stay at the Doe Bed and Breakfast. Should the need arise, I would be happy to help out again. Thank you for your kind words regarding my presentation last week. I was surprised but very pleased that anyone would take the time to comment so positively on our performance last night. Thank you for your generous response to my speech at the Eastern States Conference last week. Your comments about my presentation really made my day. Thank you for your kind words about Jane Doe, our sales manager in Springfield. It was thoughtful of you to write about the service you received at the Doe Inn. ![]()
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