ERIK COLE IS GOING TO TEST THE FREE AGENT MARKET

From Canes Now Canes forward Erik Cole does appear headed to free agency on Friday. Cole's agent, Steve Bartlett, confirmed today that Cole would like to test his market value at age 32 and explore what teams might be interested in signing him. "Erik wants to see what the options are on July 1st," Bartlett said via email. "That is in no way a slam on the Hurricanes or his appreciation of … [Read more...]

ERIK COLE MAKES TOO MUCH SENSE FOR THE LA KINGS

On November 25, 2010, I wrote about Erik Cole and how I wanted him to fill our left wing need. I love Erik Cole. His speed, his two-way game, his ability to bury the puck and his leadership. He has a ring. He got that with Justin Williams. The fact he is a left wing only endears me to him more. Add to that he played all 82 games this past season. No injury issues, knock wood. He put up 26 … [Read more...]

LET’S SPECULATE: ERIK COLE

As I watched Dwight King last night on the 1st line and grew progressively angrier, my mind drifted to other pastures and landed in Carolina. There, I looked around and found a veteran player who was recently traded back to the Hurricanes (after only a year of being traded by them) for Patrick O'Sullivan and a second round pick. Recall that O'Sullivan was traded by the Kings earlier that day for … [Read more...]

HAMMOND’S INTERVIEW WITH DREW DOUGHTY

Rich Hammond did a solid short interview with Drew: DOUGHTY: “I’m feeling good, getting better every day and just looking forward to getting back.” Question: Do you think you might be able to be back Thursday? DOUGHTY: “I don’t really have a timetable for you right now. As I said, I’m feeling better every day and just hoping to recover fast but smartly, and be back as soon as I … [Read more...]

PUNISHMENT FOR COLE DOUGHTFUL

It looks like if anyone is going to punish Erik Cole for his late hit on Drew Doughty, it will have to be Doughty himself.  Unfortunately the soonest that can happen is in the Stanley Cup finals as the Kings don't play the Carolina Hurricanes again for the rest of the year. We'll break this apparent non-ruling down later and why Bobby and I think Colin Campbell and the league are about as … [Read more...]

TSN HAS DOUGHTY & KOPITAR IN THEIR TOP 50

Doughty is number 8, wedged between Datsyuk and Backstrom. Kopitar is number 29 between St. Louis and Lundqvist. Doughty's ranking does not surprise me. Seeing Kopitar beat out some superstars in this league put a smile on my face. Link is here: Top 50 TSN article. GO KINGS! … [Read more...]

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