The way it looks right now, Ilya Kovalchuk will become the prize acquisition at this year’s trade deadline. With negotiations between Ilya Kovalchuk’s agent Jay Grossman and Thrashers general manager Don Waddell not going in the right direction, few people…
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Spector Says Brown Won’t Be Traded For All the Obvious Reasons
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Dustin Brown to Atlanta as part of a deal for Kovalchuk? Ain’t happenin’. Brown’s their captain, part of the corps of young talent around which management has rebuilt the Kings, he’s among their leading scorers and one of their best physical…
And to this trade proposal I say NO: John Buccigross has 29 proposals for Atlanta (and my one answer)
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Los Angeles Kings Proposed trade: Kovalchuk for Jonathan Bernier, Alexander Frolov, Oscar Moller and a No. 1 pick. This is the other team we are hearing to be among the favorites to land Kovalchuk, and most of us could figure…
Kovalchuk Musings with tons of self-serving disclaimers
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The first of which is, I don’t really know if I think Kovalchuk fits in the Terry Murray system, and beyond that, I don’t know how much I care. But it’s possible he might not fit and I might care…
The Hockey News agrees with me: “Re-packaging the 1-2 goalie punch”
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From Ryan Dixon: Alternating goalies was a popular practice in the aftermath of expansion in 1967, but has kind of gone the way of the wooden stick during recent decades. These days, teams tend to identify and ride a No.…
Kings First Semester Grades
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[NOTE: Player grades are, first of all, capricious, pretentious and stupid; second, players are graded against themselves, not against each other; i.e. a knuckle-dragger A+ doesn't mean he's better than a superstar with a C] Smyth: Transformed Kopitar, exceeded all…
Purcell is not making Kopitar Suck
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If you are reading this you have already read the other Kings blogs and you have seen the irate comments venting all over Ted Purcell. Ted Purcell is lost. Ted Purcell falls down. Ted Purcell is not NHL calibre. Ted…
Kings Prospects at WJC: @SLAM!Sports
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GOAL OF THE GAME Brandon Kozun took a long stretch pass, but slowed down and waited for his linemates to catch up, then fed the puck cross-ice to Brayden Schenn for a pretty one-timer. HIT OF THE GAME It was…
Meanwhile, In Manchester tonight: Moller scores, Parse scores, Elkins gets an assist, so does Martinez — and that’s it for scoring…just the four guys who got sent down.
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Oh, and a shut out for Bernier.
Hartford’s Locke Named Reebok/AHL Player Of The Month – OurSports Central – Independent and Minor League Sports News
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Other nominees for Reebok/AHL Player of the Month include Adirondack center Jon Matsumoto, Albany right wing Jerome Samson, Binghamton center Martin St. Pierre, Bridgeport left wing Sean Bentivoglio, Chicago center Jason Krog, Grand Rapids left wing Tomas Tatar, Hamilton center…