A trade?! Not in the traditional sense. But a roster move has been made. Jarret Stoll has gone to the IR with a lower body injury, which can only mean his uterus is swollen. In his place comes Anze Kopitar’s favorite linemate, Dwight King and the guy I called for several moons ago, Jordan Nolan. [...]
I Forgot To Record The LA Kings @ St. Louis Blues Game – Open Forum
February 3, 2012 By
The Kings embark on an annoyingly long roadtrip tonight, starting with a game against the St. Louis Blues. We’ve kicked ass against the Blues this year, but we’ve kicked our own ass often enough for Coach Sutter to implement some interesting line changes tonight. The first line stays the same, the rest get a makeover. [...]
L.A. Kings & Jeff Carter. A Match Made In…
January 31, 2012 By
The Jeff Carter saga has been an interesting one in Columbus. After he signed a long-term, cap friendly, career contract with the team that drafted him in 2003, 11th overall, he was shown little brotherly love from the Philadelphia Flyers. In that respect, his career path has paralleled that of his friend and fellow former Flyer, Mike [...]
Video: The Fame Makers With Richards, Kopitar, Doughty & Greene
January 27, 2012 By
The boys at Funny Or Die did this video for the fans. They sent it to me to share. Click on the link and enjoy. I chuckled.
L.A. Kings vs. Vancouver Canucks: Victory!
January 17, 2012 By
November 10 wasn’t that long ago. But it was a different time. A different era. The same team and a different one. From our 3-2 loss against the Vancouver Canucks on November 10: The Kings 5 on 5 failed in nearly every respect to generate quality scoring chances and getting the puck down low. Yeah, we [...]
Offensive Juggernaut L.A. Kings Hogtie Local Hicks, Calgary Flames
January 14, 2012 By
We are just going to go ahead and pretend like the 2-goal or less period of depression never happened. We’ll conveniently forget that just 4 games ago the Kings didn’t manage a regulation goal for something like 140 minutes. This team doesn’t struggle offensively. This team scores goals. Goals in bunches, goals every which way. [...]
NHL Referee Stephen Walkom & Colorado Avalanche Best LA Kings 2-1 In Shootout
January 3, 2012 By
You may remember a referee by the name of Dean Morton. Google him, see what you find. Tonight, a similar treatment will be bestowed unceremoniously upon NHL referee Stephen Walkom. But first, since Scribe decided with the New Year comes a new post game style, I will follow suit… sort of. I’m a team player, [...]
Mike Richards To L.A. Kings…Was It Destiny? Photographic Evidence.
January 1, 2012 By
Here is a photo…is that him? That is him at age 6. Enjoy the video of Mike Richards on After Hours.
Kings Beat Ducks…God, I Love Writing That!
December 23, 2011 By
In honor of Darryl Sutter’s first game, I will supplement Surly’s post game with this (quotes via Rich Hammond): (The game) “It was a hard-fought game for us. I thought we had a good start and did a lot of good things. We can improve on some of those things, get better at some of [...]
Open Forum: Kings vs. Sharks, Measuring Stick, Butch & Sundance Reunite
November 28, 2011 By
As Magic had Kareem, Gretzky had Kurri (and Messier), Lemieux had Jagr, Mike Richards is Butch Cassidy to Simon Gagne’s Sundance Kid. They were made for each other. I have looked forward to these two playing together since Gagne’s signing. I am not even annoyed Justin Williams is not playing right wing. It takes Terry Murray longer, but [...]
Holy Smoke! L.A. Kings Lineup Lunacy Or Evil Genius?
November 27, 2011 By
Per Hammond, the Kings are skating as follows: Well, The Great Lineup Shakeup of 2011 has taken place, with Andrei Loktionov moving to center, Jarret Stoll to wing and only the fourth line remaining intact. Here’s how the forwards and defensemen are lined up early in practice… Brown-Kopitar-Hunter Gagne-Richards-Stoll Clifford-Loktionov-Williams Moreau-Fraser-Westgarth Penner/Richardson/Lewis This is both [...]
L.A. Kings Lines, Shot At Redemption, No Love 4 Richardson, Gagne Due & Other Tidbits
November 26, 2011 By
Per Hammond, here is how the L.A. Kings practiced Friday: Gagne-Kopitar-Williams Loktionov-Richards-Brown Clifford-Stoll-Hunter Moreau-Fraser-Westgarth Lewis/Richardson Scuderi-Doughty Mitchell-Johnson Voynov-Greene Alec Martinez was in a no-contact jersey. Dustin Penner didn’t practice in the first 1/2 but woke up in time for appeared in the second. Will Ethan Moreau stay on the 4th line? Probably. That would be very [...]
L.A. Kings vs. Dallas Stars Post Game: Ethan Moreau, You No-Talent Shit
November 23, 2011 By
Ethan Moreau is this season’s Randy Jones…at forward. No skill. Dense as a brick wall. Stupid penalties by a dumb, dumb, such a dumb hockey player. “Hey, why does the bottom 6 suck?” Exhibit A – Ethan Moreau. Add to that flavor an inept coach who, no doubt, was thinking after Louis Eriksson’s game tying [...]
L.A. Kings 20 Game Assessment & A Look Ahead
November 21, 2011 By
I consider the first 20 games a good measure for what the season may hold. The NHL schedule is 1/4 fulfilled, teams have seen enough home and road games, leaders have risen to the occasion or failed to do so, offseason acquisitions and rookies with “potential” have shown sufficient merit or lack thereof and the [...]
L.A. Kings vs. Detroit Red Wings: It Took Everything I Had…
November 19, 2011 By
When I was younger, I had a temper. Plenty of 5 minute majors. You get older, wiser, less willing to let the emotions get the better of you. Tonight was a poor example of the latter. I am not an over the top staunch patriot but there is a certain minimum level of respect I [...]
Kings’ New Blood, Young Blood Spill Ducks’ Blood
November 17, 2011 By
Thrilling until the end. The box score tonight tells a tale that Dean Lombardi wrote. Richards scores two goals. Gagne dominates with a beautiful goal and a better assist. Andrei Loktionov gets an assist. Slava Voynov gets a goal and an assist. Kopitar scores the game winner. Tonight was a game for the new guys [...]
L.A. Kings Give The Vile, Abject, Repugnant, Contemptible, Wretched
November 17, 2011 By
…abhorrent, invidious, execrable, foul, loathsome, Orange County miscreants one point. One undeserving point. When an Anaheim rat comes to my door, I don’t give it a small morsel of cheese. I take a shovel to its skull, drive a stake through its heart and hang it in effigy in my front yard as a warning [...]
Quick, Richards, Brown, Westgarth & Bobby Ryan Are Doing What Together?
November 14, 2011 By
If you’re a guy, prepare to be horrified. Jonathan Quick’s second tweet from the top…
Love For Our Heart & Soul Centers, Anze Kopitar & Mike Richards
November 9, 2011 By
The term “heart and soul” player doesn’t get thrown around too often. You can have a skilled player, a tough one, a grinder, speedster, sniper, playmaker or other words that quantify or describe talent but the term “heart and soul”, similar to “warrior”, is reserved for a select few. Heart and soul refers to a [...]
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