What’s Wrong With the Kings?
It’s an evolution. The same team doesn’t always dominate, and it goes in cycles — Victoria Pendleton The irony of a cyclist making the above comment notwithstanding, the fact remains…
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Could Iginla Retire a King?
At 20-16-4, the Los Angeles Kings are essentially treading water through 40 games, performing at a level slightly above one might expect with Jonathan Quick out indefinitely with a groin…
Martinez Quietly Having Teriffic Season
On a team already solid defensively thanks in large part to the work of reigning Norris Trophy winner Drew Doughty and two-time 40-point scorer Jake Muzzin, it’s easy to overlook…
Kings’ Wish List for Long Road Trip
Beginning with tonight’s game against the Buffalo Sabres, the Los Angeles Kings will embark on a season-long nine-game road trip, starting in the east and working their way westward. It…
Nic Dowd’s Journey
Let your joy be in your journey, not in some distant goal — Tim Cook After being drafted in the seventh round of the 2009 NHL Draft, it would only…
Russell Wilson: Face of the Seattle Arena Project
Hockey fans across the land agree that Seattle would be an ideal landing spot for an NHL franchise. This week, one of the NFL’s biggest names added star power to…
NHL Expansion: Seattle Arena Project Roars Back to Life
When last we visited this subject, the long, twisted road investor Chris Hansen had traveled in his efforts to bring the NHL and NBA to Seattle had seemingly reached a…
Puck Possession Is Paramount for Kings
By most measures, it’s been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month for the Los Angeles Kings. On October 6, veteran winger Marian Gaborik was placed on injured reserve,…
The Kings’ Start Isn’t as Bad as It Looks
0-2. Two games, three goals scored, two dispiriting losses. Jeff Carter doesn’t have a point. Devin Setoguchi, Teddy Purcell, and Dustin Brown haven’t reached the score sheet either. Carter, Purcell,…
It’s Tanner Pearson’s Time to Shine
With all the chatter over the departure of Milan Lucic to Edmonton this summer, pundits have speculated over what the Kings can do to replace his production. Let’s face it…
Vegas Speaks: The 5 Most Underrated NHL Teams for 2016-17
As training camps are opening across the land and preseason games begin in just a handful of days, the long, dry, puckless summer is officially over. The NHL is back.…
Can Setoguchi Resurrect His Career in Los Angeles?
Once upon a time in a career far, far away, Devin Setoguchi was on the verge of NHL stardom. After being drafted eighth overall by the San Jose Sharks in…