On the drive home after seeing his son Matt get cut from yet another Triple-A hockey team, Scott Moulson looked over at the 15-year-old and leveled with him. He saw Matt outplay other kids who made the team and he saw Matt refuse to give up during tryouts despite being so sick he was throwing…
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Kyle Quincey: #1 Defenseman? – Behind The Net
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Article from Behind the Net with my comments: Kyle Quincey has been front-and-center in the Colorado Avalanche’s quick start to the season. The off-season pickup from the Los Angeles Kings has had all the hallmarks of a top defenseman – he’s at the top of the depth chart at even-strength, on the power-play and on…
Rob Scuderi, Kings have royal opportunity against Penguins – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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Rob Scuderi knows what his upstart Los Angeles Kings can gain tonight against the Penguins at Staples Center. “Every team in the NHL is trying to be the Penguins; ultimately, you look at them and see what you can become,” the Kings’ defenseman said Wednesday of a showdown between his club – third in the…
Tavares-Moulson connection? All chemistry
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Maybe it’s that old sports cliche, chemistry, that explains the immediate collaborative efficiency between celebrated Islanders rookie John Tavares and free-agent discovery Matt Moulson. Maybe it’s a familiarity that goes back at least five years, when Tavares, the emerging hockey phenom, was playing lacrosse and hockey with Moulson’s younger brother Chris in the Toronto suburb…
LA Kings Mayor (mayor119) on Twitter
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SJSharks Captain Rob Blake is a team worst MINUS 6. Nothing says leader like leading from the bottom. Well, that & being Captain by default. via LA Kings Mayor (mayor119) on Twitter. I believe this is called reverting to the mean.
Red Wings blog: Ex-Wing Robert Lang enjoying the desert | Detroit Free Press | Freep.com
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Since leaving the Red Wings after the 2006-07 season, Robert Lang has made a home in Chicago and Montreal. Now he’s a six-hour drive from his off-season home in San Diego, centering the top line for Phoenix between Shane Doan and Taylor Pyatt and helping the Coyotes to a surprising 5-2 start. “It’s always nice…
The Fourth Period: Red Wings had traded Kyle Quincey to Dallas, but failed physical led to waiver claim by Kings | Snapshots – MLive.com
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In the Fall issue of The Fourth Period Magazine, a featured story on Colorado Avalanche defenseman Kyle Quincey revealed that the 24-year-old nearly became a member of the Stars at the beginning of the 2008-09 regular-season.Quincey, who was with the Detroit Red Wings at the time, was actually traded to the Stars, but the deal…
Gauthier and O’Donnell to Oversee Kings’ Defense, According to People who Don’t Do Their Homework
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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 evolving…
Nikolai Khabibulin’s Costly Turnover — NHL FanHouse
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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 puck,…
PuckCentral.net (PuckCentral) on Twitter
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During preseason he showed some promise & protected puck well. Last night, turned it over a lot @skorka32 Boyle is about 6’7″ of USELESS. via PuckCentral.net (PuckCentral) on Twitter.