Posts Tagged ‘ hockey writers reporters and bloggers ’

Tuesday’s Must Read: “some stories are better backwards.”

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July 17, 2012

Ellen Etchingham: Patrick Roy has transcended the mundane positional errors and puckhandling miscues of ordinary goalies. He’s invented a whole new caliber of screwing up. And, after seventeen seasons of seeing every kind of shot and every kind of shooter hockey has to offer a hundred times over, he’s invented the only sort of mistake...
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Ellen Etchingham, theory_of_ice, MUST READ [CAM JANSSEN CONTENT]

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July 13, 2012

If Janssen’s shit actually worked the way he described, the Devils would be playing him fifteen minutes a night on the top line so he could terrify opposing forwards into coughing the puck up for Kovalchuk. Instead, they don’t dress him for half the regular season and not even one playoff game, and when...
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Just like others before him, Ken Campbell will irritate

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July 10, 2012

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 for tweets. So he expanded it into an article. Just like others before them,...
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Is signing Jarret Stoll a “must-do”?

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June 13, 2012

If you're comparing Stoll to Loktionov, don't forget that Loktionov is going to get older and better, while Stoll is going to get older and worse. I don't think Loktionov is going to have too much trouble scoring 20+ goals a year, once he starts getting a regular shift. Do you want to see...
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Stupid Media Narratives, Ctd.

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June 7, 2012

My favorite part of all of this is how the talking heads (no, not those Talking Heads) whip themselves up in a frenzy with their own made-up narratives ("destiny" "inevitability" "unbeatable" "historic"), and then wheel around and mock their own made-up story like it betrayed them. They set their little plot in motion, and then...
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Bob McKenzie: 2012-13 cap ceiling is $70.3MM

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June 1, 2012

I don’t see how McKenzie can say the cap for next season “is” $70.3MM. For one thing, players haven’t voted on whether or not to add the 5% inflator. (I guess I need to check to see if the inflator is even employed in the last season of the current CBA.) Still, interesting potential...
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“I hope the Kings win the Cup and then the league locks out forever.” — RudyKelly

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Helene Elliott Talks to Wayne Gretzky About the Kings’ Run

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May 23, 2012

LAT (Helene Elliott) – Watching Kings’ Run Has Been Great for Gretzky “It’s been unreal what they’ve done and what they’ve accomplished so far,” Wayne Gretzky said Wednesday. “It’s been unreal for the organization and it’s been great for hockey in California and L.A. We live in L.A., so we’re seeing it first-hand...
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“Kings aren’t good enough, don’t deserve bounces” — Guess who?

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May 21, 2012

It is an LA Kings tradition that, following a loss, we snuggle up with Helene Elliott’s prickly verdict. The recipe for these articles is usually: start with a stylized but snarky opening condemnation, then alternate actual quotes from the judged with your own grumpy asides. Top it off with a curtly dismissive headline, indicating...
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Los Angeles Kings are not used to this company – latimes.com

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May 19, 2012

The Kings have substantially rewritten their postseason record book this spring. Now, they’re poised to put a serious dent in the NHL’s record book. A victory over the Phoenix Coyotes today at Staples Center would give the Kings a berth in the Stanley Cup finals with a 12-1 record, the fewest games any finalist...
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