Stoll thinks possibly his LW is Smyth and is more sure that his RW is Brown (maybe that’s from the Inside the Kings comments section, I forget). Terry Murray is going to start Smyth on the first line with Kopitar and Williams. SOD is going to start off camp paired with Doughty. Scuderi is going…
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This year, that’s a typo…
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…every other year since 2002, it’s not a typo, it’s policy: [The arrival of Scuderi and Smyth] appears to be a message from GM Dean Lombardi that the Kings are no longer building for the future, that anything less than the franchise’s first playoff appearance since 2002 is acceptable. via No Pressure, Anze: LA’s Rise…
No Pressure, Anze: LA’s Rise Depends on Super-Skilled Kopitar — NHL FanHouse
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The 11th overall selection in the 2005 draft, the 6-4 center is the first player in league history from the country of Slovenia. Raised in the steel town of Jesenice, across the border from Austria, Kopitar’s unfamiliar background had scouts questioning whether he was early first round material despite his obvious gifts. “To be honest,”…
Kings’ Hockey Fest: Kopitar ‘pretty confident’ of making playoffs | The Fabulous Forum | Los Angeles Times
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Teddy Purcell has added enough muscle to bring his weight to 200 pounds, 30 more than when he signed with the team. via Kings’ Hockey Fest: Kopitar ‘pretty confident’ of making playoffs | The Fabulous Forum | Los Angeles Times.
From Five Hole Fanatics: Who’s getting deep sixed in Detroit? [From Me: and can we have him?]
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HEY WHY CAN’T WE SEE THE GOALIE’S HEAD IN ANY OF THESE PICTURES? Mouth-watering… It’s been a rough off-season for the NHL’s model franchise. Hossa bolts to rival Blackhawks. Samuelsson gets signed by the Canucks. Cap restrictions cause them to sign stop-gaps like Williams (okay) and Bertuzzi (yuck). Dead weight like Matlby and Draper are…
Why Heatley to Kings Doesn’t Make Sense (but still might be good)
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Matthew Barry just posted Why Heatley to LA Makes Sense. I’m of two minds. One of my minds could talk myself into pretty much anything. The other has a low tolerance for locker-room poison (e.g. Cammalleri, Blake, Avery). For the sake of argument, though, I’m going to pretend to agree with Matthew’s assertion that Heatley…
Random Non-Binding August Line-up Musing
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Frolov/Kopitar/Williams Smyth/Stoll/Purcell ?/Moller/Brown Lewis/Handzus/Simmonds (press box: Harrold/Zeiler) Scuderi/Doughty Johnson/Greene Hickey/SOD Drewiske Bernier/Quick
Note to Self: predictions for 09/10
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If the Kings manage 245 goals for and 230 goals against, they will make the playoffs. Last year: 207/234. So basically, play the system and add 38 more goals. How hard is that? Wait…how hard is that? In the entire history of the Kings, they have managed to hit both those marks in the same…
Kopitar: Playing Hockey Out Of Love For The Game, Not Money (interview pt. 2) – Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum
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Q: Where do you see the Kings and yourself in 5 years? Contending for the title? A: If I’m completely honest, I have to say I can see us contending for the title a bit sooner than that. We’ve been putting the team together for 3 years now according to the plans of our management,…
In light of today’s events, I looked up my old post: Can you afford to sign Hossa?
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[NOTE: some of the musings are out of date; I am not updating anything other than to throw some highlighting on the Chicago stuff and I am adding one editorial comment in a big blue font; you have been warned] Let’s organize this by “contenders, “Stocks rising,” “Stocks falling” and “rebuilders.” Contenders: Detroit — in…