Fresh on the heels of announcements that Team Canada will include goaltender Jonathan Bernier and Team USA will feature Jack Johnson on defense, now comes word that Kings forward Michal Handzus will play for Slovakia, the host country for this year’s IIHF World Championships.
Although the tournament is set to begin today, reports from Europe say [...]
Kings forward Michal Handzus to join Team Slovakia
April 29, 2011 By
Bernier to play for Team Canada, no word on Doughty
April 29, 2011 By
Team Canada added four more players to their roster for for the World Championships, including goaltender Jonathan Bernier.
The tournament begins today in Slovakia.
He’ll join fellow goalies Devan Dubnyk of the Edmonton Oilers and Toronto’s James Reimer (who was already named the starter for game one). None of the trio have been promised the number one role and [...]
POLL: Who should the LA Kings re-sign?
April 28, 2011 By
The Kings have a plethora of restricted free agents to evaluate – most notably, Drew Doughty and Wayne Simmonds.
However, they also have four unrestricted free agents they need to make decisions on by July 1st – Peter Harrold, John Zeiler, Michal Handzus and Alexei Ponikarovsky.
Let’s focus on the latter two.
Earlier today I posted comments from [...]
Kings coach Murray says Wayne Simmonds ‘hit a wall’
April 27, 2011 By
Obviously, there is more to player evaluation than just stats.
However, let’s start there for Wayne Simmonds…
2008-09 - nine goals, 14 assists, 23 points, 73 PIM, minus-8, 127 shots
2009-10 - 16 goals, 24 assists, 40 points, 116 PIM, plus-22, 127 shots
2010-11 – 14 goals, 16 assists, 30 points, 75 PIM, minus-2, 117 shots
Many people were predicting a ‘breakout’ [...]
LA Kings center Anze Kopitar – What if? And what’s next?
March 23, 1994 will forever be remembered as the night Kings captain Wayne Gretzky passed Gordie Howe to become the all-time leading goal scorer in NHL history.
I’m not so sure March 26, 2011 will have the same staying power over time. But, for now, it’s the date that Kings players, fans and management can’t erase [...]