Los Angeles Kings Do Nothing, Clinch Playoff Spot
In contrast to last season’s unlikely playoff run, Los Angeles is in the driver’s seat to secure the fourth seed — with an outside chance to win the division.
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Los Angeles Kings
Will Increased Scoring Help The Kings Reach Their Goal?
With just eight games remaining on their regular season schedule, the Kings are inching closer to securing a coveted playoff spot, which would provide an opportunity to defend their Stanley Cup Championship. While uncertainty remains concerning where they will eventually finish, and a playoff berth has not been clinched, their situation is far more favorable ...
LA Kings Looking to Recapture Last Year’s Playoff Magic
After Sunday’s shootout loss to the Anaheim Ducks, the LA Kings found themselves in 4th place in the Western Conference and 2nd in the Pacific Division. The Ducks now have a nine point lead on the Kings for the division race with only nine games to go. Barring some unforeseen collapse, it’s pretty safe to ...
Are The Kings Built to Repeat?
The 2013 NHL Trade Deadline has now passed. As expected, there were several franchises that chose to take full advantage of the opportunity to renovate their roster. Others eschewed the option of becoming actively involved in the process, or executed one or two simple moves. The Kings certainly abstained from generating multiple deals, in part ...
The Top 5 Defensive Teams in the NHL
The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without — Dwight D. Eisenhower Watching Los Angeles play back-to-back games against Minnesota (4-3 SO loss) and Dallas (3-2 regulation win) got me wondering about how well the Kings play defense as compared to ...
Los Angeles Kings: Should They Make A Trade?
As the Kings proceed through a season long five game road trip, the trade deadline relentlessly approaches. Each passing day delivers an additional degree of intensified discussion concerning the potential for various teams to engage in deals. LA has certainly become one of the most recurrent franchises mentioned for a variety of reasons. The team ...
Could Jarome Iginla Be Headed to Tinseltown?
With the NHL’s April 3rd trade deadline rapidly approaching, the Los Angeles Kings have reportedly been named on an exclusive list of teams long-time Calgary Flames captain Jarome Iginla would agree to waive his no-trade clause for, were a trade to be negotiated. According to Darren Dreger over the weekend, the 35-year old veteran power ...
Trade Deadline Focus: Jonathan Bernier
As the trade deadline approaches, the Los Angeles Kings must decide if Jonathan Bernier is more valuable to them as a trade piece or as an insurance policy.
Darryl Sutter – Coaching Tactics
It required 28 games of the 2013 regular season, but Darryl Sutter’s patience with Jonathan Quick has finally paid dividends. Quick was the well deserved recipient of the Conn Smyth Trophy last season, after permitting just 29 goals in LA’s 20 playoff games. He also attained an exceptional 1.41 goals-against average, and a .946 save percentage ...
The Kings’ Tyler Toffoli: A ‘Young Luc Robitaille’?
Tyler Toffoli’s story, of course, has yet to be written, but the skating issue is frequently brought up regarding his chances of success in the NHL. He is, of course, well aware of the issue.
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