First, this is Mirtle’s post in full (my Kings-centric notes follow): This is something I was working on before vacation, a mini-study of how five of the NHL’s best teams are allocating their cap space this year. The five I went with are all right up against the cap, and all experienced a ton...
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Monthly Archives: October 2009
How the Kings Spend Their Cap Dollars Compared to Those Losers in Detroit, San Jose, Boston, Washington and Pittsburgh
I Now Love Raitis Ivanans (and new bonus nickname)
…because of the insane ferocity with which he charged at whoever it was who ran Drewiske. That was just about the scariest thing I have ever seen and every team in the league should have it in mind when they play the Kings. When I was a kid, there was a nerdy genre of...
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Kinder Care
Whether the Kings can beat the Sharks tonight will not depend on whether the second line wakes up, Kopitar can hit the net, Quick/Doughty/Simmonds return to pre-nightmare form, or anything else so rational. My theory is: they will win tonight if they don’t freak out. I think the big problem with game #1 —...
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“NO TURN-BACKS!” — from comments section of “Teachable moment?” @ LA Kings Insider
Here is commenter wavesinair’s report on (yesterday’s?) practice, cut/pasted in full: Here’s what happened… Richardson, who Murray calls “Richie,” was the offensive player and carried the puck behind the goal with Purcell on his tail. As Richardson passed the goal and was nearing the corner he cut and went back behind the net in...
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After One Game, Loktionov is AHL Player of the Week
The hat trick put up by Manchester Monarchs center Andrei Loktionov in the season opener against the Albany River Rats earned him American Hockey League Player of the Week honors for the period ending Sunday. In his pro debut Saturday, Loktionov, 19, helped Manchester to a 6-3 victory with his three goals and an...
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Pavelski out at least a couple weeks with a lower body injury after blocking puck with left leg | Working the Corners
Sharks Coach Todd McLellan said this morning that Joe Pavelski has undergone a minor procedure for a lower body injury and is expected to be out a couple weeks. The injury occurred at 2:30 of the first period when Pavelski blocked a power play shot from the blue line by Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf,...
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Gauthier and O’Donnell to Oversee Kings’ Defense, According to People who Don’t Do Their Homework
One unexpected windfall of successful clubs dealing with salary-cap troubles is that valuable talent is forced elsewhere. Such was the case with the Kings’ newest addition, Rob Scuderi, late of the Cup champion Penguins who was inked to a four-year deal. He, along with 37-year-old Sean O’Donnell and 32-year-old Denis Gauthier will oversee an...
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Random Thoughts
Smyth/Kopitar/Williams Frolov/Moller/Brown Purcell/Stoll/Lewis Clune/Handzus/Simmonds Waive Ivanans and Richardson; make a trade for a legitimate enforcer; roll four lines; teach Kopitar to hit the net. I wonder how many goals Loktionov is going to have to rack up before he gets the call despite the fact that he’s got the body of a 12 year...
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Nikolai Khabibulin’s Costly Turnover — NHL FanHouse
Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin made his debut in Edmonton on Saturday night, and it couldn’t have gone any worse for the veteran netminder. Just seconds after Oilers forward Patrick O’Sullivan missed the net on a wide open shot at the opposite end of the ice, Khabibulin came out of his crease to play a loose...
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