One of the many things that helped the Kings during last year’s playoff run was their balanced scoring, with nightly contributions coming from up and down the line-up. In fact, 17 different players contributed a goal during their 20-game run to capturing the Stanley Cup. After a disappointing end to their homestand last week – where they […]
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Lombardi on what he’s seen from Doughty, Voynov and the young D
Guess what? There’s even more from today’s conference call with Kings GM Dean Lombardi. In the following riff he talks about the team’s young defense – starting with the play of Keaton Ellerby and then moving on to Drew Doughty, Slava Voynov and other guys manning the blueline… “As a collective unit it’s the youngest in the […]
Keaton Ellerby is trying to catch up, hasn’t received all the memos yet
Being traded is nothing new to Keaton Ellerby. For his 19th birthday the Kamloops Blazers – his junior team since entering the WHL – dealt him 700 miles away to the Moose Jaw Warriors. Things were a little different last Friday though when his home address shifted all the way across the U.S., going from Florida […]
Fill In The Blank: Game 11 feedback – Kings at Blues
It’s time for more input from the readers. Following what may have been their best game of the year on Sunday in Detroit, the Kings rolled into St. Louis on Monday and stomped a mudhole in the Blues. Things went so bad for the home team, their captain called out his teammates before the night […]
Maybe this is baseball – Joe Buck calls Kings v Blues game
Kings’ coach Darryl Sutter likes to say ‘this isn’t baseball’ when the media presses him for starting goalie information – referring to MLB teams naming their pitching rotation before a series. However, maybe hockey is a little like baseball. At least it was earlier tonight. During the second period, longtime St. Louis Cardinals play-by-play man […]