The Kings have never swept a seven-game series before. They’ve never been up 3-0 before either. As far as I can tell, their longest playoff winning streak is five games, starting with the last four games of the 2001…
Featured
Ken Hitchcock on Parity; Me on old arenas
by Quisp •
From Pierre LeBrun: Competitive balance has taken the National Hockey League to new heights – ESPN “To me, there’s nine teams in each conference that are so close that I think that’s why you see these lower seeds going like…
Darryl Sutter vs. Yogi Berra
by Quisp •
I think the toughest part of winning, when you have four-out-of-seven (series), is the first game. Then the second game gets tougher. Then the third game gets tougher. Then the fourth game gets tougher. via Sutter postgame quotes (April 15)…
Dive Ryan Kesler Dive (Ryan Kesler Must Dive)
by Quisp •
From Icethetics: Nice
by Quisp •
Click the image to go to the Icethetics site, which is a great place to get lost, if you didn’t already know that.
0051: King of All Kings Concepts – Concepts – icethetics.info.
I have a different problem with the mean Kings tweet
by Quisp •
[...] The tweet in question, issued late Wednesday night from the team’s official account after the Kings beat the Vancouver Canucks in the first game of their playoff series, said: “To everyone in Canada outside BC, you’re welcome.” Lombardi said…
Awwwww: “He’s a good little player” – Loktionov Recalled
by Quisp •
Loktionov will meet the team in Vancouver. His addition is notable in one way. After the trade deadline, the Kings can only made four call-ups from the AHL. They had already used two of them, as (on paper) they…
Burke reveals the Pittsburgh Model is actually his ass
by Quisp •
“What’s the Pittsburgh model?” Brian Burke snapped that question back to the media during a postseason press conference on Tuesday [...]. The [...] question had been about preaching patience to the fan base and [the idea of collecting] high draft choices…
Why does this headline bug me?
by Quisp •
“Kings Must Face Best after Blowing Lead” That’s the headline of Lisa Dillman’s article tonight. I think it bugs me because “the best” was not determined until a few minutes before it was determined who the best would be playing.…
Stat I Have to Look Up
by Quisp •
The number of times the Kings have entered the third period with a lead and given up a goal in the first minute. It feels like that’s happened about (as I recently heard an animated aardvark say) eleventy ka-billion times.…