Kings Fall, Can’t Get Up; Sharks Take Game One Walter McLaughlin | April 18, 2014 In 1989, a ridiculous series of medical alert television commercials was launched, introducing the now-infamous line “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” as a helpless senior struggled to right…
Kings-Sharks: Exploding Myths Sheng Peng | April 16, 2014 Who flinches first? The Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks are set to collide again this Thursday, the third time in four years that the I-5 rivals will play…
The Kings Versus the Sharks: A Series Preview Walter McLaughlin | April 14, 2014 If you gulp down a beer, furrow your brow and turn your head slightly to one side, you may have trouble distinguishing the Los Angeles Kings from San Jose Sharks…
Trevor Lewis Is a Better Penalty Killer Than You Think Sheng Peng | April 11, 2014 Who knew the re-signing of a forward who’s averaged 0.07 goals per game could cause any ecstasy outside the Lewis home? Yet, here I was on Twitter three days ago,…
The Luxury of Matt Greene Sheng Peng | April 7, 2014 The Los Angeles Kings have gone 4-12 in Matt Greene’s last 16 appearances. He’s taken 11 minor penalties in that time. As Bob Miller has been so fond of repeating,…
It’s Starting to Feel Like ‘Groundhog Day’ In L.A. Walter McLaughlin | March 28, 2014 This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather — Bill Murray, as Phil Connors in Groundhog Day. It…
Mike Richards: Best Season as a King Sheng Peng | March 24, 2014 Is Mike Richards done as a star? It’s a question that Los Angeles Kings fans don’t want to face, what with Richards under contract until 2020. But the storm clouds…
Jonathan Quick’s Ridiculous Save Punctuates Record Win Walter McLaughlin | March 24, 2014 Those of you looking for a glimpse into a hockey writer’s mind, be aware that when we’re sober, we’re a strange dichotomy of creativity and symbolic patterning. If he wasn’t…
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…
Will Marian Gaborik Re-Sign With the Kings? Walter McLaughlin | March 17, 2014 For some reason, questions like the one I’ve posed in the title remind me of the following classic Calvin and Hobbes piece: Calvin: Hobbes, I have a conjectural moral question.…
All the Kings’ Captains: The Stories Behind the “C” Jesse Weinstein | March 15, 2014 There is something to be said about players who are appointed as captains in a league of over 800 players. Specifically, thirty players have this honor. These players encompass a…
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…
