Does Stanley Care About Team Shooting Percentages? Sheng Peng | March 21, 2014 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…
Kings Fans, You’re Scapegoating the Wrong Guy Sheng Peng | March 14, 2014 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…
Masters of Disaster: The Worst Trade Deadline GMs Ever Sheng Peng | March 12, 2014 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…
Why Dean Lombardi Chose Marian Gaborik Sheng Peng | March 6, 2014 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…
Grading Dean Lombardi’s Trade Deadline Record in LA Sheng Peng | March 5, 2014 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…
Why LA Kings Must Defy History Once Again Sheng Peng | February 27, 2014 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…
Ben Bishop: NHL’s Most Valuable Goalie…and It’s Not Even Close Sheng Peng | February 26, 2014 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…
Corey Crawford VS Jonathan Quick: A Tale of Two Contracts Sheng Peng | September 16, 2013 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…
The Wayne Gretzky Sweater Card & the Hope of Cool Sheng Peng | August 9, 2013 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…
Zero to Hero: Dustin Penner & Other Tales of Royal Redemption Sheng Peng | August 2, 2013 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…
Valentin Zykov’s Good Luck: Dean Lombardi Is King of Second Round Sheng Peng | July 3, 2013 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…
Why Dustin Penner Is Still Fit for the Kings Sheng Peng | June 28, 2013 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…
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