matter of working at it mentally and preparing for these kinds of moments."Obviously you're working hard and the results are not coming. I'm a competitive guy and I want to get it going every night …. I'm pretty sure it's not lack of caring. Sometimes you try harder and it backfires on you. For me, it's a matter of evaluating things like that -- get rid of those slumps and not let them drag on too long."Quick, who said "there's no need to reveal anything you were going through" in regards to any of his possible injuries, was also hard on himself although he mostly seemed like the least of L.A.'s issues. The reigning Conn Smythe Trophy winner had about three bad goals allowed – a puck handling gaffe against the St. Louis Blues, Bryan Bickell's 55-foot wrist shot in Game 4 of the conference final and Duncan Keith's long soft shot that beat him five-hole in Game 5."It wasn't good enough obviously," Quick said. "I wasn't very good throughout the regular season. I got a little better later in the season. Played pretty good hockey for a couple of rounds, and it was up and down this past series. Obviously there's that feeling of underperformance for a while. You're going to think about that all summer.""I walked in the room when it was over and, pretty much like the players -- dead silence and you're staring at nothing. There's almost no emotion. You're almost frozen. I don't know what that means. There's so much going through your head there's nothing going through your head." --GM Dean Lombardi on the Kings' season-ending loss in Game 5 Quick and the Kings can take solace that they were one of the few recent teams to win the Stanley Cup and advance to the conference final the next season."That shows you how hard it is," Lombardi said. "You can't condone losing. You have to condone their sense of honor. They didn't quit. They deserve to be commended for the fact that right now they're not satisfied. You never want to be in mode where you're out in the first round and it's like,Nike Free Run 3 Black Red, 'Good season.'"There were a lot of different challenges they met here."Lombardi has long talked about changing the culture of L.A., from perpetual loser before the Cup year to the expectation level of today. That was evident in the stubborn reluctance to go down in the face of a 2-0 series deficit to St. Louis and a Game 7 win against the San Jose Sharks in the conference semifinals.Lombardi said he got emails from other GMs commending the fortitude of his team."The one thing about this group all along -- they've learned from their failures,Free 5.0+ Mens Deep Grey," Lombardi said. "Nobody can say in any way shape or form that they quit."Mike Richards embodied the Terminator-like resilience of the Kings when he returned from a concussion and got the late goal that forced overtime in Game 5. L.A. took control for most of that overtime,Free Run 2 Kids Pink White, only to lose on a 2-on-1.Richards compared the Chicago series to when his Philadelphia Flyers team erased a 3-0 series deficit against the Boston Bruins in 2010, "but I think this one was the most physically draining."Afterward the Kings were emotional –and angry. Yes, they were injured. But this was not the final destination."I still believed we could come back and win," Richards said. "I think that's the frustrating, devastating part of it. I think that's the most heartbreaking thing when you believe you can win and maybe deserve to win last night and get the opportunity … getting the loss was the most heartbreaking part of it."Disappointment in not reaching the Stanley Cup Final and missing a chance to repeat? The Kings will nurse their sorrow all summer.But that's the new standard in Los Angeles.
The Anaheim Ducks on Monday named longtime NHL goaltender Dwayne Roloson as their new goaltending consultant.Roloson replaces Pete Peeters, who announced his retirement last week."We are happy to have Dwayne in the organization and look forward to him joining the NHL club this season," Ducks