Los Angeles Kings

By CBGB Dean Lombardi said he needed about 20 games to evaluate the team and make any adjustments. Heâ??s already added Randy Jones to the D, but after 21 games, hereâ??s my review of the Kings:The Smyth/Kopitar/Williams line has been one of the best in the league. Kopitar is finally getting the rec...

By Hipcheck I am not sure there are that many coaches in the NHL who after a loss in that fashion could seem even keeled-the fact it comes from Tocchet is even more surprising giving his style as a player. One could only imagine what the reaction would have been from Marc Crawford.

By Liceroni The best of the afternoon without a doubt goes to our Hero of the Night, who triumphantly waved a “Kings 5 Pens 2” towel/banner, even if just for all of 3 seconds. Props to you, sir! At one point I said to girl4kings that the Predators ought to score first so the Kings will wake up. They did.

By J.E. Skeets 2008-09 Record: 17-65, fifth place in Pacific Division Head Coach/Facial Hair: Paul Westphal/None Key Additions: Tyreke Evans(notes), Desmond Mason(notes), Sean May(notes), Sergio Rodriguez(notes), Omri Casspi(notes) Key Losses: Ike Diogu(notes)

By tbizjak@sacbee.com (Tony Bizjak) Majestic – which built Los Angeles' Staples Center arena, home of the Lakers, and plans a football stadium in the City of Industry near Los Angeles – was one of four developers consulted recently by Cal Expo and the National Basketball Association about the viability of their arena and fa...

By Paul Mouradjian Certainly the entire Kings Nation would have liked to see the team demonstrate the success of the first two games. However, I think they have played well enough to win with some "key" errors which have led to leads turning into deficits. Again, losing to the Rangers, Red Wings and Blue Jacket...

By Hipcheck Overall in spite of some criticisms, I thought the team for the most part played pretty well out shooting the Rags 36-21 in spite of at least 5 more chances passed up in the prime scoring areas. Really came down to Lundqvist making the big saves when he had too and using his calming influence to...

By Greg Wyshynski Q. Did you have any preconceptions that changed after researching "King's Ransom," in the way Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers reacted to the trade? Kings Ransom" isn't, as Colby Cosh also noted, a revelatory experience for hockey fans who remember the Gretzky trade. But Berg's righ...

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By Greg Wyshynski Unless you were a reader of Inside The Kings, it's easy to assume that something will be lost in translation. Hammond didn't use his blog as a soapbox to rail against players or management; he wasn't a columnist and editorializing was never his style. The blog rose to prominence partly becau...

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By Greg Wyshynski Unless you were a reader of Inside The Kings, it's easy to assume that something will be lost in translation. Hammond didn't use his blog as a soapbox to rail against players or management; he wasn't a columnist and editorializing was never his style. The blog rose to prominence partly becau...

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By Rich Hammond It was only last week when we discussed here whether Teddy Purcell might end up being the key to the Kings' season. If anything, that feeling has only become stronger. As the Kings' second-line left wing, Purcell not only needs... It was only last week when we discussed here whether Teddy Purcel...

By Gann Matsuda LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Kings are entering uncharted waters or, perhaps more appropriately, skating in a brand-spanking new arena. On September 23, the Kings announced that they have hired Rich Hammond, currently the Deputy Sports Editor at the Los Angeles Daily News, as their bea...

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By Greg Wyshynski Kings Ransom" - ESPN's Wayne Gretzky Doc @ Yahoo! VideoWithout Gretzky providing much sizzle, Berg relies on several talking heads to varying degrees of effectiveness. Former Los Angeles Kings owner Bruce McNall, one of the best, spills tantalizing back-story on the trade and Gretzky...

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By Gann Matsuda For Miller, that is exactly the point. KingsCast, the official fan podcast of the Los Angeles Kings, has video of excerpts of the Miller interview in their latest edition of Overtime by KingsCast: Hockey Fest – Bob Miller Interview – #14, which you can watch right here:

By King'sPawn If the prospect makes the NHL, he would be a: Just because a prospect has a low chance to make the NHL doesn't mean he's just a 4th liner. This is a suggested amount of ice time/responsibility that, if the player were to make the NHL, should be given for the player to succeed.

By jejones@sacbee.com (Jason Jones) The worst-case scenario happened to the Kings on Tuesday, courtesy of the pingpong balls. Kings co-owner Gavin Maloof said the draft's impact players have been chosen in the top five more than once. Glen Rice 1989 SF Miami Chris Bosh 2003 PF Toronto 1987 SF L.A. Clippers 2004 PG L.A. Clippers

By Hipcheck Jon Quick- he look like he was tiring in the last couple of weeks but tonight looked very very sharp of course being he got the SO its kind of a stupid capt obvious type statement. That said-Quick is quietly on pace to have one of the best seasons recently for Kings goaltenders. Sure its like sayi...

By Shackleford If the Los Angeles Kings come up short in their bid to end a seven-year playoff drought, they might look back at a bad stretch in February that dropped them out of a crowded group vying for the final spots in the Western Conference. Pacific: Sharks add experience for stretch drive

By PJ Swenson(jon@sharkspage.com) For several years, Inside the Kings has been the go-to source for breaking news and in-depth analysis of the Los Angeles Kings. The blog written by LA Daily News beat writer/deputy sports editor Rich Hammond recently featured an informative online interview with former San Jose Sharks a...

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Nashville Predators at Detroit Red Wings (7:30 p.m. EST; TV: FSS, FSD). Dan Ellis gets the audition start against the Wings and Ty Conklin. But the big news is that The Mule is ready to return for Detroit. • Finally, the Chicago Blackhawks continue to make us want to love them, this time w...

By Gann Matsuda One season I missed because of that was the 2000-01 season, the year of the Frenzy on Figueroa, when the Kings won game 4 in overtime after being down, 3-0 after two periods to the mighty Detroit Red Wings. The Kings went on to eliminate Detroit, but were eliminated by the eventual Stanley Cup...

By mglover@sacbee.com (Mark Glover) That's the world of the Sacramento Kings, just two seasons removed from eight consecutive NBA playoff appearances and less than seven years after a serious Western Conference Championship run, when the Kings were national TV regulars and playing in a consistently packed Arco Arena.

By Gann Matsuda LOS ANGELES — Throughout the over forty-year history of the Los Angeles Kings, goaltending has arguably been their biggest Achilles Heel. In concert with those wishes, Lombardi tried to acquire a veteran goalie rather than keep Quick up with the big club, speaking to the Chicago Blackha...

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When he was there, he was always working hard," he continued. "When Reggie Miller left (Indiana when Artest played there), nobody really did the things that Reggie Miller did. I see a lot of Reggie Miller (in Martin). He's actually better than Reggie Miller, but the only thing Reggie had on hi...

By Carla Muller ”I think they're just…. I didn't really get into it with them. But I think it's just such a great city. It's a vibrant city. They have the beach. Where all these guys live is a great place to live. The fans are great. People say we're not a hockey town but I think the type of fans we have will lead you to beli...

By Rich Hammond Practice today clocked in at just about a half-hour, short by NHL standards but not shocking given that the Kings played in Dallas last night and have a home game tomorrow night. In general, Terry Murray seems to keep his practices shorter than both Andy Murray and Marc Crawford did, and the...

By Rich Hammond The second game of the home-and-home Kings vs. Dallas series will get underway in a little more than an hour. Yesterday, Terry Murray gave a bit of a breakdown of Tuesday's game. By all accounts, the Kings played a strong final 30 minutes, and Murray talked about the Stars' strengths, what mak...

By Gann Matsuda LOS ANGELES — The way behavioral traits such as politeness, common courtesy, professionalism, etc., have often gone by the wayside over the last twenty years, no one should be surprised by the vitriol from both sides of the increasingly heated furor over Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket’s (...

Keith Drum. Geoff Petrie. The Kings. But a sportswriter? After he had taken a job as the national basketball writer for United Press International, Drum was approached by former Portland Trail Blazers general manager Brad Greenberg.

By Carla Muller On Thursday, Los Angeles' opponent played like the Kings of 2007-2008. The Panthers barely showed up. Saturday, the team gets a look at their distant past when the Blues come to town. St. Louis is undergoing its own rebuild a step behind the Kings.

By Torspo Moller has been great and gets betters every game. Great trade to get the pick and GREAT pick. Kudos Deano. Stoll is OK, but he is not a guy to have on a point for a power play. It takes more than a good shot to play that spot; and I dont care what anyone says, any line with Sully on it is NOT a 4th unit.

By J.E. Skeets So, this is a desultory end to a wicked-good batch of previews that Skeets put together. And it’s also a fitting end for my work (ambitious, but rubbish) on the previews, and the Kings as a team (all over the place). Expected Record: 35-47, kind of Lolnbaz:

By Averyoverott Chipotle's in San Jose aren't as good as ours. Tom Preissing: Second best defenseman. Solid play all night. Looked good on the PP. Kyle Calder: is also very bad. nuff said. Michal Handzus: very very pleasent surprise. Dude made nice passes and had many chances.

By Bubba the Kings Fan(noreply@blogger.com) One of the bright stars in the Kings organization is Oscar Moller. Many draft experts had him pegged as a mid first-rounder but he fell to the Kings in the second round of the 2007 draft. One of the great aspects of Oscar is that he was a top Swedish prospect that came to learn the North American ga...

By Mr. Irreverent Terry Murray - His system is very simple and direct. Put the puck on net and crash the mother****er and see what goes in. He had drills where he had 2 forwards in front of the net trying to screen the goalie and a) trying to redirect them and b) trying to pick up the rebounds. The breakouts from the de...

By Carla Muller On Saturday, Bill Ranford provided some insight to the new Kings' luxury of depth in the crease. Having a fight for goaltending jobs is a nice problem to have and perhaps a first for the Kings' organization. Finally. Carla.hockeygal@att.net On Saturday, Bill Ranford provided some insight to...

By Rich Hammond Here's the second, and final, part of the ``open forum'' questions. Seems as though there's only one big question left to answer: when will the Kings sign Patrick O'Sullivan? We'll see... Here's the other answers... Give me your strangest, funniest or most interesting Kings-related story.

By Carla Muller I asked Terry Murray additional questions regarding his past coaching stops where arguably the Capitals, Flyers and Panthers were teams that rose and fell on the backs of Dale Hunter, Eric Lindros and Pavel Bure. We also covered the choking statement from the Flyers Cup Final with Detroi...

By triplcrown 3.OK, I know Drew Doughty and JMFJ are young and tender, but my God-----they're DREW DOUGHTY AND JMFJ!!!!! These are not ordinary players--They are quick-learners, big & strong, ambitious, and phenomenally talented. They may start kicking more ass, sooner, than many fans are curre...

By CarlaMuller I have no doubt there are Kings fans upset about the slow pace in which the team is rebuilding and wish Lombardi would sign a couple of veterans to get his club into the playoff hunt. But if he did, he might as well rename the Kings the Toronto Maple Leafs.”THN on the Kings’ Future

By lesgardiens Los Angeles Kings Kyle Calder – Michal Handzus – Lauri Tukonen Defensemen: Jack Johnson – Drew Doughty Los Angeles Kings* Gone – Michael Cammalleri, Lubomir Visnovsky, Rob Blake, Jon Klemm, Ladislav Nagy, Scott Thornton, Brian Willsie, Dan Cloutier. ...

By KOPISTAR Voinov-He looked solid yesterday and he looked better today. It looks like he is getting more comfortable. In the interview with him he said the Kings were looking at him to challenge for a spot and I don't think that is that far off. If not this year then most def next year. He's very calm with the p...

By Rich Hammond Question: Can you talk about your draft-day experience, and what you thought about being picked by the Kings? Azevedo: Well obviously the main goal is to make the big team, but if that doesn't happen then Manchester for sure. I think that would be my next goal, to make that team.

Ron Artest told ESPN's Marc Stein last week that he was kicking himself for not opting out of the final year of his contract and bypassing his chance to become an unrestricted free agent. On Monday, Artest sent a follow-up to Stein and two Sacramento reporters, saying he still regrets the de...

Next time someone puts together a Costas Now panel on blogging vs. journalism, they should probably invite the Portland Tribune's Dwight Jaynes, who has a most interesting take.Ralph Nader's letter to David Stern after being disgraced by the bad calls in Game 6 of Kings vs. Lakers in 2002 (t...

By Rich Hammond McGowan answered and said fans could expect ``more timeliness and programs'' from the Kings going forward and said a lack of returned calls was ``definitely unacceptable.'' McGowan said the Kings had recently hired someone from the Vancouver Canucks to be in charge of their season-tic...

By CarlaMuller • Patrick O’Sullivan • Rob Blake Equally cool is the blogs from new participant, Adam Burish. See if you find the parallels I did to the Kings’ own youth movement and perhaps why the Los Angeles veterans so under-achieved this season.

By CarlaMuller Do you think that your NHL play gets sufficiently recognized in Slovenia? What was your impression when you came to Los Angeles, where you were one of many, compared to Slovenia where you are the center of attention? Do your teammates tease you? Jonas Hiller from Anaheim.

read on from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Kings’ annual “Frozen Fury” NHL preseason game at the MGM Grand Garden has given their fans the best of both worlds: a season preview and a Las Vegas weekend getaway. Several thousand make the trip from Southern California every year, as is the...

On the first point, the defense isn't so much a concern for this particular team. The Cub pitching staff, generally speaking, logs a lot of strikeouts, walks and home runs allowed. None of those involves the defense. While you'd always prefer to have skilled glove men in the field, it's not a c...