Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi paid a steep price today to acquire the player he needed. Or did he? In Dustin Penner he got a 29-year old left wing who’s under contract for one more year and brings plenty of size, at 6’4″ 250 lbs. The deal was Penner for Colten Teubert (a former first round […]
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LA Kings: The Kids Are All Right – Or Are They?
The big question in Los Angeles on Trade Deadline Day 2011 is do the Kings have the right mix of players to make a legitimate run at the Stanley Cup this season? In net, they’re set. Jonathan Quick is proving to be an elite goalie. So, check that off your list. On defense, their top-four […]
Dean Lombardi in The King’s Speech
Los Angeles Kings GM Dean Lombardi probably isn’t getting much sleep these days. With the NHL Trade Deadline looming tomorrow afternoon tough decisions must be made. He has to worry about his current players, future players and even how some players on other teams might fight in with the club he’s assembled this season. During […]
Agent Scott Norton on NHLPA Meeting w/ Donald Fehr
As reported yesterday afternoon, new NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr was in town to meet with a small group of agents. We heard Fehr’s thought on the discussions in an exclusive interview here. Below, Scott Norton (Norton Sports Management), who reps the Kings’ Dustin Brown, provides detailed commentary on the overall meeting, the major issue […]
Brown Gets 2, Kings 1, NYR Wins (w/ MSG video)
Rolling, rolling, rolling. Another game, another point for the LA Kings. That’s 11 straight now without a loss in regulation (8-0-3). And just one shy of a dozen games in a row with at least a point. Credit to the Kings for coming back twice to tie the game in the third period. However, overtime is […]