7 years. Cap hit of $4.3 million per season. Jack will earn $3.5 million for the first three years commencing the 2011-2012 season and $5 million in the final four. I am Jack’s heavy wallet. Jack Johnson has committed to… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Willie Mitchell’
MITCHELL AND PONIKAROVSKY…ARE BACK?
I was down right shocked when I read that Willie Mitchell and Alexei Ponikarovsky will play in the game against the Blue Jackets Saturday night. Did we not learn that Ponikarovsky just started practicing in non contact drills with the… Read More ›
THE CLOAK AND DAGGER INJURY DESIGNATIONS NEED TO STOP
Upper body injury. Lower body injury. Enough. It used to be that such nonsense was limited to playoff games. Made sense then. You are in a series of games against the same team, the stakes are very high and most… Read More ›
I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THINKING…
…and I feel your pain. But take a moment and reflect. The team before you is the same core as last season. It still lacks a sniper. Sturm? Come on. How many shots sailed high and over the net? How… Read More ›
WHERE IS OUR INJURY UPDATE ON MATT GREENE?
I’ve admittedly been a little out of the loop lately. I’ve had to speed through recordings of the last three games. I’ve barely been able to write a quick thought on the games, and my reading time has been drastically… Read More ›
CHANNELING RAGE – KINGS v. PREDATORS PREVIEW
Every smug face at the gym today looked like Steen…and forced me to turn away or risk imminent assault. At the gas station, a fifty something year old man with a St. Louis Rams hat walked to his truck…I suppressed… Read More ›
THE KINGS WITHOUT MICHELL…
…Are too young. Too stupid. Too small. Too last year. The Kings without Willie Mitchell lack breakout skills. Lack calm. Lack positioning. Lack reach. The Kings without Willie Michell need more than Matt Greene. The Kings without Matt Greene need… Read More ›
KINGS VS RED WINGS GAME PREVIEW – THE RETURN OF WILLIE MITCHELL
These guys again? They are supposed to be good or something, right? So goes the word on the street. Word in Los Angeles is that we kicked these shmos out of our town last week. Silly of them to invite… Read More ›
WHAT DO WE DO WITH ALEC?
Not the Baldwin. Martinez. He has been a hockey godsend. Willie will be back in about a week. Our top 4 will stabilize. That leaves Greene, Martinez, Whiskey and Harrold + a potential Muzzin but not likely with the already existing… Read More ›
I WANT A PONI
For a month, we have been asking for our Poni back. Well, we got him. Ponikarovsky is expected back this Thursday. Let’s all collectively give him a break and not expect him to play like he hasn’t missed a game…. Read More ›
LESSONS FROM A 2-1 LOSS
Per Rich Hammond, the players were locked into some grueling video sessions and critique of their game. There isn’t one on the squad who didn’t deserve it. Last night’s game against the Blackhawks showed this writer a team that was… Read More ›
LACK OF DISCIPLINE & DEFENSE THE STORY IN BUFFALO
Not too many hockey games end well when your powerplay puts up a goose egg and your penalty kill can’t stop goals against. Special teams were the story of tonight’s 4-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres. The Kings wasted five… Read More ›
DEAN’S DEFENSE. BACK-END TO BEST
“I am a builder…” That was one of Dean Lombardi’s first quotes in April of 2006 after he became the Los Angeles Kings’ general manager. Eventually, he explained to each of us that his philosophy was simple – build from… Read More ›
KINGS VS DALLAS STARS GAME PREVIEW
Listen to Los Angeles Kings GM Dean Lombardi talk for more than 30 seconds and wedged somewhere between references to the New York Yankees and cannon fodder, you are bound to hear the term “internal improvement.” Tonight, as the Kings… Read More ›
FIERCE. FUN. KINGS SHUT OUT AND SHUT UP LIGHTNING 1-0
I’d like to thank the following people for an entertaining game and hockey night. Let’s start with Justin Williams. You are the apple of my eye. The bees of our knees. You are a hard skating, no stop, all go,… Read More ›
