Well, that was a Monday. Last Thursday, the Kings were eliminated from the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Less than one week later, there’s uncertainty about what’s next in LA hockey circles. Over the weekend, we had a report that GM Rob Blake and coach Jim Hiller were both likely to return. Earlier today, Blake’s tenure […]
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Kings-Flyers Potential Trade on D, And It’s Not Ghost
Despite the Kings acquiring Brendan Lemieux and Christian Wolanin over the past few days, neither trade would speak to the larger impact GM Rob Blake is believed to be cooking up. From what we’ve gathered, the Hall of Famer has a handful of potential ideas in motion — nothing imminent, still in the talking and […]
Ron Hextall on Lombardi, Simmonds, the Kings, more
There’s no denying Ron Hextall has almost always been associated with the Flyers. However, he’s greatest accomplishment in hockey came in Los Angeles when the Kings won the Stanley Cup in 2012. The former goaltender was an integral part of GM Dean Lombardi’s inner-circle and helped craft the roster that eventually claimed the most coveted […]
AUDIO: Ron Hextall conference call, leaving LA for Flyers
On Monday afternoon news broke that Ron Hextall would be leaving the Kings organization and rejoining the Philadelphia Flyers. It’s essentially a lateral move, as he’ll be the Assistant GM there as well. Regardless, a few hours later media were invited to ask him questions during a conference call, where he tried to help everybody make sense of […]
What to expect from the LA Kings at the 2013 NHL Draft
After sitting through a very boring fall, where the NHL didn’t play any games in October, November or December – things have been moving along at a fairly break-neck pace ever since. First came 48 games in 99 days, then the post-season, the NHL Awards (well, sort of), the crowning of a new champion…and now, […]