If you watched the game, you know that I don’t need to write a thing. From the first line to the last, from the suits on the bench to the players on the ice, from goaltending to defense to the… Read More ›
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LA KINGS POST GAME: ANZE KOPITAR HAT TRICK PROPELS KINGS TO 4-2 VICTORY
Loved it. This game and last, the LA Kings have looked like a different team. Feet moving on the powerplay, quick tape to tape passes and, with limited exceptions, nothing stood stationary along the half boards. Even when they did… Read More ›
WESTGARTH IN, RICHARDSON OUT, KISS MY GRITS
If you haven’t heard, Terry Murray believes the Columbus Blue Jackets are a gritty team. Gritty. As in full of grit. What is grit? Richie played well. I liked his game in Detroit, and we moved him up, in the… Read More ›
KINGS, DUCKS, SWANS & INSANITY – AN LA/ANA GAME PREVIEW… SORT OF
So I just saw Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan. Liked it. Been around the ballet for a while (blame my female), so the insane psychosis is not too shocking for me. Got me thinking. A duck is just a retarded swan. … Read More ›
LA KINGS’ ANDREI LOKTIONOV SENT TO MANCHESTER…AND WE KNOW WHY
Dmitry Chesnokov asked Andrei Loktionov why he thought he was sent to the AHL. Lokti’s reply: “I don’t know,” We do. Lokti plays too cute of a game. Hockey is played along the boards. We call them the half boards but… Read More ›
INSANITY ON FULL DISPLAY AS TERRY MURRAY SHUFFLES LA KINGS’ LINES AGAIN
We are 5-0-2 in our last 7 games. We have earned 6 out of the last 8 points. We lost last night’s game to the Penguins despite having some great offensive chances. We just could not finish. From Hammond. MURRAY:… Read More ›
KYLE CLIFFORD: THE LA KINGS’ VERSION OF A YOUNG ADAM GRAVES
From Rich Hammond in an interview with Matt Greene about Kyle Clifford, “one bad dude.” GREENE: “It’s just a guy making the ultimate sacrifice. They’re trying to get the momentum going, and it’s the hardest job in hockey, for sure…. Read More ›
THE LITTLE LOKI-MOTIVE ENGINE THAT COULD AND WILL
Oh happy day. So far. Andrei Loktionov, one of my personal favorite prospects possessed by the Kings (even moreso than Brayden Schenn… put that in your Canadian pipes and smoke it!), is back in Los Angeles and scheduled to play… Read More ›
LOKTIONOV IN, PONIKAROVSKY SCRATCHED, STURM TO I.R.
Wow. Just wow. The day after Terry Murray tells us that he is going to try Ponikarovsky on the first line in search of the mystical click, he changes his mind and scratches Poni. Just when I thought this insanity with the… Read More ›
LET’S PLAY “TERRY MURRAY’S ADJUSTMENTS TO THIS LOSS WILL BE…”
Let’s try and predict the very predictable Terry Murray. Since there will be no adjustments made to the actual offensive scheme, we can expect: 1. Quick to start; 2. Westgarth will likely be out with Harrold in; 3. Potential line… Read More ›
NEW LINES AGAINST DALLAS STARS IN SIMMONDS’ ABSENCE
With Simmonds not on the road trip, Kevin Westgarth takes a spot in the lineup over Peter Harrold. Changes are in bold. Clifford-Richardson-Lewis Sturm-Stoll-Brown Ponikarovsky-Handzus-Westgarth After Simmonds went out last game, Brown took most of the shifts with Sturm and… Read More ›
TERRY MURRAY TO RICH HAMMOND TO GOALIES: WIN AND YOU’RE IN
“He won. He won. He’s playing. He won. Period.” Not since “if it doesn’t fit, you must acquit” has there been a more fun quote than “win and you’re in.” Actually, it’s not Murray’s quote. Terry just implied it. Rich… Read More ›
NEXT UP ON THE FIRST LINE LEFT WING ROTATION: DUSTIN BROWN
LA Kings Insider posted new practice lines this morning. They are: Brown-Kopitar-Simmonds Smyth-Stoll-Williams Clifford-Handzus-Lewis King-Richardson-Westgarth Lets break these down one by one, try and divine Terry Murray’s reasoning. Brown-Kopi-Simmonds: Lots of potential there. Wayne Simmonds’ game has been picking up… Read More ›
KINGS @ OTTAWA SENATORS GAME PREVIEW
Here we go again with one of those must/should/better/will-win games. While not one of the teams stuck in the 2010 fall doldrums, the Ottawa Senators are a below .500 team with a record of 9-10-1 through 20 games. Any team… Read More ›
TIM THOMAS YOUR HELMET MAKES YOU LOOK FAT
The Trevor Lewis coming out party. Two assists for our boy, his first of the season, his fourth and fifth points in his career. On the first, he and rather shockingly, Westgarth (for his first career point), won a puck… Read More ›
