Today’s will be just the second back-to-back series of the season for LA…and, unfortunately, they’ll be doing it at high altitude. On the plus side, the Kings have dominated the Avs of late – winning eight of the last nine games, including five straight and the last three in Denver. Colorado’s home record is also […]
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Mike Richards trade for Simmonds and Schenn revisited
In the 40-plus year history of the Los Angeles Kings franchise, there have been some pretty big trades. Obviously, none bigger than a deal that went down in August 1988 with the Edmonton Oilers. However, several moves since then have also created some earthquake like tremors within the LA hockey community. For example, just before […]
LA Kings trade for a kid with more questions than answers
So, Kings GM Dean Lombardi made another trade with the Philadelphia Flyers today. At least that’s how it’s going to read in some places. Yet, there is so much more to this deal. Or is there? Jammed by the salary cap and total number of player contracts under contract, the Flyers needed a little breathing […]
Mike Richards moves from Philly teacher to LA student
Richards at Kings camp (photo: M. Zampelli) In some news that went a little under the radar this summer, the Kings traded away Wayne Simmonds and two other assets for former Philadelphia Flyers captain Mike Richards. A few days later, his former left wing, Simon Gagne, signed a free agent contract to join him in […]
Remembering Pavol Demitra – as exciting as they come
It’s perhaps what every athlete, their families, front office personnel, team owners and sports fans fear most…a plane crash. In what was absolutely devastating news to the hockey world today, we all learned that a tragic accident occurred in Russia – killing more than 30 members of the KHL’s Lokomotiv organization. Among the lives lost […]