This isn’t the time to be asking Kings prospect Akil Thomas what he’s thankful for. Mayor’s Manor has learned the 22-year-old forward is set to have season-ending surgery following an injury suffered in Henderson last Saturday on this play: Originally selected by Los Angeles in the second round of the 2018 NHL Draft, Thomas returned […]
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LA Kings Top Goaltending Prospect to Have Back Surgery This Week
While Jonathan Quick and Cal Petersen are once again set to hold down the Kings NHL roster spots this season, lurking a bit below the surface is a question that’s yet to be answered — Which of the organization’s goaltending prospects will step forward to earn a ‘next in line’ moniker? And that question just […]
Simon Gagne dispels cancer talk
Simon Gagne has enough to worry about without some people thinking he had cancer too. It seems much of the recent confusion stemmed from a tweet posted by an Edmonton reporter when the Kings were in Canada to play the Oilers. Simon Gagne had a tumour the size of a tennis ball removed from his neck during […]
Scott Parse thinks it’s all between his ears, Murray unsure
Scott Parse of LA Kings (photo: M. Zampelli) Against the Ducks last night, Kings coach Terry Murray wasn’t happy with the way Scott Parse was moving – or not moving – out on the ice. When his post-game press conference included comments like ‘There’s not much happening on either side of the puck for him […]
LA Kings Lombardi – ‘Kopitar may be the new Blake Griffin’
Mike Richards, Mike Richards, Mike Richards. Don’t worry, we’ll get back to him later – there are plenty more notes and quotes from today’s press luncheon that I’ll post later. How about we shift gears though for a moment… Among the myriad of topics that Kings GM Dean Lombardi waxed poetically about for more than […]