Monthly Archives: January 2013

Recyling old rumors

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January 31, 2013

The Loktionov and Bernier trade requests are getting more virtual ink this week, though it doesn’t appear to be motivated by actual trade talks. Spectors Hockey | NHL Morning Rumor Mill – January 31, 2013 James O’Brien, citing a report from the LA Kings blog Mayor’s Manor, reports Kings center Andrei Loktionov has requested...
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Kings’ cap situation in 2013-14, compliance buy-outs – pt. 3

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January 30, 2013

We discussed the Kings’ cap situation and possible buy-out candidates a few weeks ago in this post and this one. To summarize: The cap’s going down to $64.5 million.  Voynov, Martinez, Muzzin, Clifford, Lewis, Nolan, Loktionov and Bernier are RFA this summer. I’m nearly 100% sure Martinez, Muzzin, Lewis and Bernier all have arbitration...
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The rhythm method?

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January 30, 2013

Mayors Manor: Thus far, Kings players enjoying the rhythm and method


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I love Dustin Penner

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January 29, 2013

Just read the Mayor’s interview with him, in which he says (I am quoting from memory, so call it a paraphrase), we’re a team first organization and we just got our first win. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. What’s he referring to? Putting him back in the line-up. I thought he had a pretty...
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LAK 3, VAN 2 (SO) – Post-Game Bullets

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January 29, 2013

With the win, the Kings climb up to .500 and grab 8th place in the official standings, or 7th in my idiosyncratic points-blown standings, which now have their own page. 5th through 12th place are separated by 2 points. It feels weird that the Kings only have 2 more games with each of VAN,...
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Assorted Kings stats I find interesting

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January 28, 2013

The Kings have spent the second least number of minutes at 5-on-5. They are 30 seconds ahead of the Oilers, who are last.  Kings lead the league in avg TOI 5-on-3, with 1.3 minutes per game. (They haven’t scored yet.) Kings are 26th in shots-for per 60 minutes of 5-on-4 ice-time. In other words,...
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Game 4 Preview: Whatever — the Coyotes are a bunch of babies and they will never win anything

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January 26, 2013

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EDM 2, LAK 1 (OT) — Post Game Bullets

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January 25, 2013

Jarret Stoll — You’re not a rookie. Or a squirt. At least half of why anyone values you is your veteran leadership. What would be the one thing you should be thinking about during an on-the-fly line-change in over-time? Even if you weren’t called for too-many-men, what were you going to do with the...
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Yes, Penner is a healthy scratch, and no, this isn’t big news

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January 24, 2013

As I predicted, Dustin Penner will sit tonight in favor of Simon Gagne, who sat the last game. Judging by the number of tweets and headlines mentioning Penner, I gather people are cattily enjoying this a little bit. But, unless you expect to see Gagne or Penner regularly skating on the third line this...
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COL 3, LAK 1 — Post-Game Bullets (game 2)

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January 22, 2013

  • Once again, the fourth line was best.
  • Kyle Clifford, Colin Fraser, Jordan Nolan -- all +1.
  • Clifford, with a goal in the game and two assists in the opener, leads the team in points.
  • Nolan is second in points, with 2.
  • Scuderi, Martinez and Greene each have 1 point. Everyone else has 0.

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