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Whatever Rob Blake said to referee Dan O'Halloran last night, the Los Angeles Times couldn't print it. (Maybe he was arguing in favor of conservative political ideology.) Whatever the Kings captain uttered, it was good enough to earn him 22 penalty minutes and a game misconduct, with Phoenix's Radim Vrbata scoring on an ensuing power play to break a 1-1 tie and help lead the Coyotes to a 4-2 win in Los Angeles. The Canadian Press considered the ejection of Blake to be a "huge break" for Phoenix, which means that the Canadian Press must believe it's still 2002.So what set Blake off? Kings Coach Marc Crawford acknowledged that Blake had earned an earlier roughing penalty, but brazenly criticized O'Halloran's harsh rebuke of Blake's yapping; arguing that Blake was simply reacting to the Coyotes crashing goalie J.S. Aubin's crease about a week after the Kings lost starter Jason LaBarbera to injury after the Avalanche crashed him. "The referee should know what the climate of the team is," he told the Times after the game. Not only that, but Crawford said O'Halloran was out of line for daring to slap the hand of a "hall of famer," a "classy guy" and a "character guy" like Blake. "He didn't get the benefit of the doubt tonight. Usually those guys do," said the Kings coach, as relayed by Matthew Kredell of the L.A. Daily News.
Whatever valor Crawford was lauding, it was lost on many of the fans on the Let's Go Kings boards. I agree with him that it's a captain's duty -- depending on that captain's predisposition for physical play -- to make sure the opponent isn't taking liberties with any of his teammates. But Crawford is defending the indefensible when it comes to Blake's ejection; all that did was hand Phoenix a power play and limit the Kings to five D-men for 40 minutes as their captain was back in the players' lounge. But if we've learned anything about Marc Crawford this week, it's his warped sense of justice and retribution.
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