Does Stanley Care About Team Shooting Percentages?
Perhaps not: Let’s start over: “A player’s shooting percentage in a given season has more to do with his luck as a shooter than his skill or the way he’s …
Perhaps not: Let’s start over: “A player’s shooting percentage in a given season has more to do with his luck as a shooter than his skill or the way he’s …
Darryl Sydor. Jaroslav Modry. Randy Jones. Jake Muzzin. For Kings fans, these have been some of the more popular “whipping boys” over the years. In hindsight, however, we fans are …
Another Trade Deadline has come and gone, its significance not to be fully comprehended for many years to come. However, while most everybody remembers the particulars from the most infamous …
Read moreMasters of Disaster: The Worst Trade Deadline GMs Ever
Dean Lombardi just traded for a sniper with some baggage. Haven’t we seen this story before? A similar script was followed when the Los Angeles Kings traded for Justin Williams …
The Trade Deadline is the NHL’s version of the black market. Costs are exorbitant. High-quality product is limited, standard issue marked up, and even the proverbial lipsticked pig can be …
Read moreGrading Dean Lombardi’s Trade Deadline Record in LA
Kings Must Do What’s Never Been Done Before To Win the Cup The 2013-14 Los Angeles Kings were sitting on top of the world before Christmas, their 25-8-4 start putting …
How Do You Define the League’s Most Valuable Goaltender? How about the starting keeper who’s the biggest difference-maker for his team? Every year, it seems at least one relatively unheralded goalie …
Read moreBen Bishop: NHL’s Most Valuable Goalie…and It’s Not Even Close
It was the best of times, it was time to curse because you just won the bleeping Stanley Cup. Both Corey Crawford and Jonathan Quick had good reason to cut …
Read moreCorey Crawford VS Jonathan Quick: A Tale of Two Contracts
In 1988, black, silver, and white was a menacing color combination for a sports jersey. In a world of jerseys still bursting with Technicolor, only football’s renegades, the Los Angeles Raiders, shrouded …
Imagine 15,000 people watching you at your job. You make a mistake, and 15,000 boos rain down. Imagine this every night of work. In your ears, when does a shower …
Read moreZero to Hero: Dustin Penner & Other Tales of Royal Redemption
Congratulations, Valentin Zykov! You’ve just won the (second-round) lottery! Taking a page from the Detroit Red Wings and their reputation for uncovering late round gems, Dean Lombardi has claimed the …
Read moreValentin Zykov’s Good Luck: Dean Lombardi Is King of Second Round
The season has barely ended, and the most exciting Los Angeles Kings news this offseason may have already dropped. With Slava Voynov re-signed, Jonathan Bernier traded, and at least five …