Because Vancouver is golfing. Because St. Louis doesn’t know what hit them. Because Phoenix only has one dive left to take. Because our rookies don’t play like rookies. Because our leaders get the job done. Because if you don’t wear the Crown, you ain’t going nowhere. And if you do, there’s only one place to [...]
Phoenix Coyotes @ LA Kings Round 3 Game 4 Open Forum – Clarence Is In The House
May 20, 2012 By 23 Comments
Phoenix Coyotes @ LA Kings Round 3 Game 3 Open Forum – Out Of The Frying Pan
May 17, 2012 By 30 Comments
The Los Angeles Kings have left the scorched earth of Arizona, hopefully for the last time. Now in LA, the Phoenix Coyotes enter the fire. Once again we walk into Staples Center, home ice torn from those who feigned to be better than us during the regular season. 2-0 in the Conference Finals. A guy [...]
The Phoenix Coyotes Identity Is Self Evident In Leadership
May 16, 2012 By 44 Comments
The propensity of the Phoenix Coyotes towards post scrum shenanigans and their nearly comprehensive habituation as between-whistle nuisances is not a sudden phenomenon. We have seen this team several times this season. We have watched fists and elbows fly, individuals get lost in dog‐piles and penalty whistles overused. We have not seen the level of [...]
LA Kings @ Phoenix Coyotes Round 3 Game 2 Open Forum – Keep On Keepin’ On
May 15, 2012 By 53 Comments
Today I watch not from the suffocating heat of the despot known as Glendale, Arizona. No Maricopa Mea Culpa County for me. Back in Los Angeles, where I belong, I’ll have to enjoy this LA Kings win from the comfort of my home. Oh darn. Well, a win provided the Kings just keep on doing [...]
LA Kings @ Phoenix Coyotes Round 3 Game 1 Open Forum – Halfway Home
May 13, 2012 By 65 Comments
The Conference Finals. I like the sound of that. It’s 100 degrees here in Phoenix, perfect hockey weather, just an obvious place to put a hockey team. You know I’ve never been to Phoenix before, or rather, Glendale where this team actually plays (we don’t call the Kings the San Fernando Valley Kings, so why [...]
Appeal To NBC Part 2 – Clarification For The Cynical & The Simple
May 11, 2012 By 33 Comments
First of all, let me say thank you to all the fans who have supported this effort to call for better broadcasting on NBC, however hopeless or piteous it may seem. This issue has been met with a few common responses. On the positive we have had overwhelming support for Bob Miller and agreement of [...]
And Then There Were Two – How The Los Angeles Kings Matchup With The Phoenix Coyotes
May 9, 2012 By 24 Comments
It occurs to me that we haven’t talked about the Phoenix Coyotes yet. Oh sure, we podcasted about it, but half the population is about as capable of listening to something more than 2 minutes long as it is going a mile while driving without looking at their cell phones. What are the facts? Well, [...]
An Appeal To NBC Sports Network For Excellence
May 9, 2012 By 52 Comments
The following is a humanitarian effort, one meant to inspire and affect a change. Your part is to read and if you agree with the contents, do your part to ensure that every pair of eyes and ears possible knows of our plea. This includes, but is not limited to, utilizing twitter, facebook, email and [...]
St. Louis Blues @ LA Kings Round 2 Game 4 Open Forum – Because
May 6, 2012 By 27 Comments
Because Jonathan Quick is an All-Star. Because Anze Kopitar is a beast. Because Dustin Brown is our Captain. Because everyone contributes. Because the players have earned it. Because the fans deserve it. Because winning is the only option. Just because. One step at a time. The Blues are underfoot. We pray for that next step. [...]
The Expected & The Unexpected Of Round Two
May 4, 2012 By 34 Comments
Now that my head swims less in liquor and more in reason, albeit slightly nauseous reason, I want to reflect a bit on what we’ve seen so far, not just in this Kings/Blues series, but around the NHL in round two of the 2012 playoffs. Starting back East, lines of superiority are being blurred, as [...]
Post Game Woooo Yeah Boobs Balls Huzzah
May 4, 2012 By 30 Comments
I thought Bobby was going to write a post game. He didn’t. I’m not quite sober enough to write coherent. So I won’t. What I do know is that the Kings own the Blues. Why did I want this matchup before the season ended? You got your answer tonight. Frustrated. Incapacitated. Lacerated. This is with [...]
St. Louis Blues @ LA Kings Round 2 Game 3 Open Forum – Aggressor Defined
May 3, 2012 By 35 Comments
Coming home with a 2-0 series lead? Been there. Leaving Staples up 3-0? Done that. No reason we won’t do it again. Though the St. Louis Blues will have something to say about it, people in St. Louis speak not with words but with… with… um… oh hell I don’t care enough about the city [...]
LA Kings @ St. Louis Blues Round 2 Game 2 Open Forum – No Road Less Traveled
April 30, 2012 By 48 Comments
This is quickly becoming a familiar situation. A top team in the league goes into game 2 with the home ice advantage they worked so tirelessly throughout the season to gain nullified, behind the 8-ball, in desperate need of a win lest they go on the road without a win to their name. Meanwhile, the [...]
LA Kings @ St. Louis Blues Round 2 Game 1 Open Forum – Puttin’ On The Foil
April 28, 2012 By 18 Comments
The time for games has ended. The time for foil has begun. Soon begins the Los Angeles Kings adventure into the second round, and beyond. Tonight marks the opening salvo in what I am positive will be as brutal, evenly fought and intense a series as the NHL will see this year. I’ve been wanting [...]
Waiting For Round 2 Weirdness
April 27, 2012 By 16 Comments
I haven’t written since the Kings’ ousted Vancouver. That’s not a coincidence. I haven’t been terribly busy, have had plenty of time to write, but oddly, I’ve barely thought about the Kings at all. When that puck came flying off Jarret Stoll’s stick and by Cory Schneider’s ear, I exploded, and not unlike explosions reserved [...]
Vancouver Out, St. Louis In – A Real Post Game For A Surreal Game
April 22, 2012 By 18 Comments
Bobby and I just finished recording the podcast, so stay tuned for that very shortly. In the meantime, what a game, what a series! To get the factual out of the way the Kings just moved on to the second round by defeating the Vancouver Canucks in game 5, on their ice, off Jarrett Stoll’s [...]
I’M FREAKING OUT!
April 22, 2012 By 59 Comments
2nd round here we come! Podcast coming later tonight. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!
LA Kings @ Vancouver Canucks Round 1 Game 5 Open Forum – End Game
April 22, 2012 By 26 Comments
You are worried about Cory Schneider. I know you are. You are worried about Daniel Sedin. Admit it, I won’t judge. Allow me to assuage, to impart my confidence on to you. Schneider has had an easy ride. The Kings have given him many soft shots from outside the circles to casually stop. They have [...]
Reflection Rewarded
April 21, 2012 By 17 Comments
I’m antsy, anxious, anticipatory, on edge and ancillary. Waiting 2 days for a game is tough. Waiting three is torturous. 4? Cruel and unusual. But my impatient qualms are my own, as I’m sure there are yours. They are not the Kings’. This long break comes at the perfect time. The Kings have split two [...]
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