We keep waiting for people to beg for mercy, complaining that their heads hurt from all the math. Instead, the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive all summer long to our series of salary cap articles. And why not, if there was ever a period in NHL history where you really needed to understand the cap […]
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Lombardi on contracts he’s working on – ‘Every nickel counts’
So far, the summer of 2013 hasn’t been quite the magical ride for Dean Lombardi that he experienced last year. Not only did the Kings fall short of their goal – winning a second Stanley Cup – he also was faced with a shrinking salary cap to go along with three Unrestricted Free Agents and […]
What the Kings can offer Rob Scuderi now
Welcome back to summer school. This is Salary Cap 101, week two. Please take copious notes, there will be a pop quiz later this week. We pick things up following the trade that went down over the weekend between the LA Kings and Toronto Maple Leafs. Let’s begin with a few quick reminders – (a) […]
Kings players have parting thoughts for Jonathan Bernier
You’d be hard pressed to find a negative article on new Maple Leafs goaltender Jonathan Bernier. He was a consummate professional during his time as a member of the Kings organization. So it’s no surprise that as today wore on and the news of his departure from LA began to spread, several of his now-former […]
Keaton Ellerby on his recent penalty streak
After the Kings 6-2 win over the visiting Calgary Flames, defenseman Keaton Ellerby shared the following thoughts… – On the number of penalties he’s taken recently (three in two games): “Tonight it was just, we’re killing a penalty, I’m just trying to battle and kill a penalty off. I may have…I didn’t think it was […]