Last season Alexei Ponikarovsky spent his only year in Los Angeles. Signed as a possible replacement for the departed Alexander Frolov, Poni proved not to be the answer GM Dean Lombardi was looking for at left wing. Coming off a five-year run where he averaged 20+ goals, the 6-foot-4 forward found the back of the […]
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Lombardi has a plan for free agents, not just wingn’ it
For those not following along on twitter and/or facebook today, here is where things stand with free agency… Back when Kings GM Dean Lombardi arrived in Los Angeles in the spring of 2006 he immediately began talking about building the team from the net out. More recently, he’s acknowledged that the team needs to be […]
POLL: Who should the LA Kings re-sign?
The Kings have a plethora of restricted free agents to evaluate – most notably, Drew Doughty and Wayne Simmonds. However, they also have four unrestricted free agents they need to make decisions on by July 1st – Peter Harrold, John Zeiler, Michal Handzus and Alexei Ponikarovsky. Let’s focus on the latter two. Earlier today I […]
Los Angeles Kings Players are Quick to Praise
While much has been made of the Kings power play success in the first playoff two games with San Jose – and rightfully so, considering the regular season numbers – the play of Jonathan Quick shouldn’t (and hasn’t) gone unnoticed. After a variety of reasons were given for his poor play down the stretch last […]
Alexei Ponikarovsky – Mr. Game Three?
Poni on Ryan Smyth mullet night When Alexei Ponikarovsky signed with the Kings in July 2010 the hope was that he’d be able to replace the goals lost with the departure of Alexander Frolov. It seemed reasonable enough, Ponikarovsky had averaged 20 goals for five straight seasons. If he couldn’t replace them all, he should at […]