Dave Gove
Contributor for The Hockey Writers and Staff Writer for LastWordOnSports.com. Mod at Reddit's r/FantasyHockey. Co-Host of On The Power Play Podcast. https://www.facebook.com/OnThePowerplay
Author's Posts
Why I Won't Be Buying A Milan Lucic Jersey
July 22nd, 2015 Recently, I was asked by an Anaheim Ducks season ticket holder, “Do you want Kopitar and Lucic to put up video game numbers? You won't be able to afford them next year.” “Of course!”, I said. “Who doesn’t want to see their team’s players put up big points?” However, the more I thought about it, the more I began...
Top 5 Kings Drafts Of All Time
June 27th, 2015 Each draft day we hope and pray that our GM and scouts gets things right, selecting impact players early and sleeper talent in the later rounds. Unfortunately, we know that we can’t always have the “best draft ever”, or find a Pavel Datsyuk in every sixth round. In recent years, Dean Lombardi, and the Kings scouting department,...
Weal and O'Neill Proving They Deserve A Shot On Kings Roster
May 27th, 2015 Wednesday night the Los Angeles Kings AHL affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs, beat the Hartford Wolfpack 3-1 to sweep the AHL Eastern Conference Final. Regular season AHL MVP Brian O’Neill, and playoff scoring leader Jordan Weal continue to push the team forward and proving that they deserve a shot at cracking the Kings lineup...
Rest vs Rust: What Does A Sweep Mean For The Anaheim Ducks?
April 28th, 2015 Every year that a team sweeps another in the playoffs, there is a debate about how much rest is too much. Does waiting so many extra days between matchups hurt a team’s chemistry or does giving a team extra time to lick their wounds benefiting them more? The NHL has had 16 playoff teams each season since 1979-80, but only since the...
LA Kings Must Fix Mental Mistakes That Have Plagued Them Against Flames
April 8th, 2015 With their loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday the Los Angeles Kings’ chances of making the playoffs have slipped to just 21.6%. Down 50 percentage points from last week and putting the Kings in a position where they need to win their final two games and get some help from other teams to clinch a playoff spot. Even if the Kings...
Mike Richards Comes Back to Disappoint Us Again
March 27th, 2015 Seeing a once great player struggle to remain relevant is always difficult to watch. Rarely though do we see a player drop off in such spectacular fashion as Mike Richards has. Twice a 30 goal scorer, and point per game producer, while playing for the Philadelphia Flyers, Richards was once considered one of the premier...
