AUDIO: Talking LA Kings slow start on TSN radio in Montreal

If you missed my appearance on TSN radio in Canada this week, don’t worry – we have the audio. I joined Matthew Ross of Game Points to talk about the Kings slow start, Jonathan Quick’s play, Willie Mitchell’s injury and to take a look around the Western Conference. Give it a listen…

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AUDIO: Talking Bernier rumors and NHL rookies on TSN radio

If you missed my appearance on TSN radio in Canada last week, don’t worry – we have the audio. I joined Matthew Ross of Game Points to talk about Jonathan Bernier trade rumors, goaltending depth, the Kings road schedule this season, which Western Conference teams will be fighting for a playoff spot, 2013 NHL rookies and [...]

Dean Lombardi – ‘Bernier trade not feasible, he’s too valuable’

Based on the volume and type of questions coming in on twitter, facebook and our email address, it looks like about 30% of hockey fans might have checked out for long periods during the lockout.  Honestly, who can blame them?  The whole process was dreadful and became beyond frustrating with each passing day. So, like a five [...]

Quick is anxious to turn the page, ready to test his back

Throughout the lockout people kept saying – including here on MayorsManor – one positive to the NHL’s work stoppage was the time it afforded Conn Smythe winner Jonathan Quick to heal his aching back. But, don’t tell that to last season’s MVP of the playoffs.
“It put everybody out of work for a long time. There’s not [...]

Kings notebook: schedule, players and new PA announcer

Obviously, there’s a lot going on surrounding the Kings at the moment – as the league, their clubs and players try to quickly put things in place to start the season in 10 days and training camps this weekend.
With that in mind, here are some quick tidbits:
- It’s all but official at this point… as [...]

Quick cleared, Bernier rumors and the Kings goaltending depth

Just minutes after practicing with several of his teammates today Jonathan Quick uttered a few simple words that gave Kings fans and management an opportunity to exhale.
Their runaway MVP of last season shared that he’s been medically cleared to play.
As reported back in October when Quick was skating in separate sessions from his NHLPA brethren, the reigning Conn Smythe Trophy winner was never actually [...]

Berube leaves ECHL with win, gets called up to Manchester

Kings goaltending prospect JF Berube didn’t end 2012 as planned.
He had expected to be in Manchester the last few months, after spending his first pro season in the ECHL last year. However, GM Dean Lombardi and staff determined it would be better for Berube to play with the Ontario Reign again, rather than be a back-up to Martin Jones [...]

MayorsManor named Blog of the Year by Yahoo Sports’ Puck Daddy

Even without a single NHL game played in Southern California since mid-June, it’s still been a pretty exciting year around MayorsManor. During the lockout we’ve brought you updates from around the globe – including conversations with Anze Kopitar about playing in Sweden, Dustin Brown in Switzerland, Alec Martinez from Finland, Jonathan Bernier from Germany, a [...]

MayorsManor Lockout Radio with NHL goalie Marty Turco

After 543 games played in the National Hockey League, goaltender Marty Turco may have manned his last crease…or he might not have.  Much like the NHL lockout, Turco’s future remains to be determined.
At the moment, he’s an unrestricted free agent and can sign with any team interested once play resumes.  But, does he want to come [...]

CONFIRMED: LA Kings captain Dustin Brown heading overseas

On the eve of the NHL lockout getting underway in mid-September Kings captain Dustin Brown gave an exclusive interview to MayorsManor, where he talked about weighing the choices of staying in LA with his wife and three kids vs. entertaining the multiple offers he had received from teams in Russia and Switzerland.
Family and the beautiful weather in Southern [...]