I like to imagine that Ken Campbell wrote a tweet that went something like this: “Lots of bandwagon celebrities at Kings games now. Will they stick around when the Kings don’t repeat?” But then he remembered he doesn’t get paid…
Good Stuff You Missed the 1st Time
How many prospects make it? How long does it take?
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Short version: Two or three out of every ten picks will turn into a viable roster player. One, maaaybe two, of those will be someone special. And it takes two or three years from the draft for the player to…
NOT A DREAM!
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Mirroring, eh?
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Right. The defenseman “skates the same route” as a forward, only before the forward actually does it? I think that’s called establishing position. The defenseman is occupying the most valuable real estate: the direct path to the puck. The forward is free to skate around the defenseman and his clever “mirroring.”
Are the L.A. Kings the worst thing to happen to hockey? – CSMonitor.com
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Maybe if you don’t like hockey anyway, don’t know anything about it, or you’re a reporter who never stayed up to watch games on the West Coast, or if when you say “hockey” you mean “ad revenue and/or network ratings for hockey.” Or you’re Shane Doan.
What explains the Kings’ turnaround?
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Derek Zona of www.coppernblue.com tweeted last night that he didn’t know who was responsible for the Kings’ recent success. His candidates were Darryl Sutter, Jeff Carter, Jack Johnson and variance. Variance, I imagine, is another way of saying, “just because…
Shoulder pads don’t have to be weapons
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With regard to dangerous hits, we often hear that “respect” has gone out of the game. I doubt it. It’s the risk of injury for the checker that’s gone out of the game. And — for some reason — it’s easier to get players to respect (read: protect) themselves than it is to get them to respect their opponents.
My Solution to the Bob and Jim Problem
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Bob Miller has frequently voiced his fear that the Kings will win their first cup only after he retires. Presumably, if he retired he would still have a television, so his real issue is not whether he gets to see it or not, but whether he gets to call the game.
CCM develops new revolutionary dye-sublimation technique
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…which will for the first time allow actual gradations of color on a jersey. The Kings will utilize this technology on their new “third” jersey, currently in development, and which will debut in the beginning of 1996. I have it…
My season tickets came today
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I was looking over my beautiful tickets, and I noticed something. This has to be the most favorable schedule the Kings have ever had. Short road trips, few back-to-backs, several long home-stands, no long breaks…it’s about time the schedule-makers looked…