New Year, New Road Success For Kings?
The Los Angeles Kings’ troubles away from Staples Center this season have become more and more apparent, particularly on the heels of a 3-2 shootout loss to the lowly Oilers…
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Note to Kings Coach Darryl Sutter: Renew ‘That 70s Line’
The whole is more than the sum of its parts — Aristotle In the face of all my recent blather about the slippage on defense the Kings have seen this…
PDO: A Key Fantasy Indicator
Advanced statistics in hockey are hot right now, and one of the key applications of these statistics can be in the realm of fantasy hockey. That is, if you know…
The 5 Biggest Early Surprises of the 2014-15 NHL Season
The focus of subjectivity is a distorting mirror — Hans Georg Gadamer Most people seem to enjoy opinion-based lists, whether they be found here at The Hockey Writers or elsewhere…
Consistency Is The Key For Tyler Toffoli
Recently I wrote about Tanner Pearson’s impressive start to the 2014-15 regular season for the LA Kings. Other than goaltender Jonathan Quick, the only other Kings players who have looked…
L.A. Kings: Champs Off to Solid Start
After raising its 2013-14 championship banner in their home opener and losing their first two games, the L.A. Kings decided it was time to get to work. Five straight wins…
Early Season Calder Watch: Top 10 Rookie Contenders
The 2014-2015 NHL season is only a few weeks old, but the race for the Calder Memorial Trophy is already starting to heat up. This year’s rookie draft class is…
Tanner Pearson Is Here To Stay
During last year’s playoffs, Los Angeles Kings left-winger Tanner Pearson showed he had the ability to not only play, but be a key contributor at the highest level of NHL…
The LA Kings’ Salary Cap Problem
Los Angeles Kings general manager Dean Lombardi has done an outstanding job over the past few seasons of assembling a balanced, deep, championship-winning roster. The veteran core has proven to…
‘That 70s Line’ Leads the L.A. Kings to Early-Season Success
Much like outstanding player nicknames, hockey history is filled with some terrific forward line names. Who hasn’t heard of the ‘Legion of Doom’ trio of Eric Lindros, John LeClair and…
Are The LA Kings Facing An Identity Crisis?
Coming off their second Stanley Cup championship in three years and returning almost their entire roster, everything looks great on the surface for the Los Angeles Kings heading into the 2014-15…
Do LA Kings Have a Draft Day Secret?
#108824801 / gettyimages.com It’s something the Los Angeles Kings do two times more than the rest of the NHL. It’s yielded talent like Trevor Lewis, Wayne Simmonds, Alec Martinez, and Tanner…