If you follow the Los Angeles Kings, you know the story all too well. Needing scoring help, the team makes a trade at the deadline to help give them some extra punch down the stretch. After much excitement from the fan base, the player doesn’t produce as expected.
We’re not just talking about Dustin Penner. This [...]
Quick Recap – LA Kings GM Dean Lombardi on NHL Live
June 27, 2011 By
Los Angeles Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi was on NHL Live this afternoon. Below are the key highlights. As with all recaps of this nature, please note these are not exact quotes. The comments are close, yet some areas have been paraphrased for brevity.
* GMs are always surveying the market and throwing around options without [...]
POLL: Ryan Smyth – what’s he worth to the LA Kings?
June 20, 2011 By
You always have to preface these type of things, so here goes – Ryan Smyth is a class act and was the perfect player at the perfect time when the Kings acquired him a few summers ago.
That said, according to a TSN report earlier today, Smyth has notified the Kings he would like to play [...]
Matt Greene tattoos his Los Angeles Kings teammates
June 17, 2011 By
Tired of hearing about the Bruins and/or the Canucks? Fear not, that will die down in the next week of so. Plus, you have the NHL Awards coming up next week. Then, the NHL Draft next weekend. Before you know it, free agency will be here.
For now though, how about a Kings related story to [...]
LA Kings Roundtable on player contracts, roster changes
June 10, 2011 By
Just in time for the weekend – part five of the recent roundtable discussion on the Los Angeles Kings is now available!
Joining me on the panel were Dennis Bernstein of The 4th Period, Jon Moncrief of the Examiner, Dave Joseph of ESPN and several others.
The group was pulled together by the guys over at KingsCast [...]
POLL: Who was the Los Angeles Kings 2011 Playoff MVP?
April 26, 2011 By
First off, I’d like to say thank you to everybody who reads MayorsManor – from the loyal daily readers, to the occasional people just passing by. I appreciate all of you and there will plenty more hockey coverage between now and the start of training camp next fall – including coverage of the draft, free [...]
After grievance filed, exclusive interview with Colin Fraser
Rich Clune, Colin Fraser at Dodger game
It’s been a busy week in the land of Mulletgate.
After the Mike Richards press conference on Wednesday, Kings GM Dean Lombardi let it be known he was still keeping his options open when it came to dealing with the aftermath of the Ryan Smyth trade – although indicating things [...]