Sharks coach said this to Rich Hammond: If your mindset isn’t prepared to play against an elite team in the National Hockey League… And in case you assume (as any sane person would) the elite team he’s talking about is…
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Which is crazier, today’s standings or today’s standings upsidedown?
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Colorado Phoenix Chicago Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Dallas San Jose Columbus Detroit Vancouver St. Louis Anaheim Nashville Minnesota Or: Minnesota Nashville Anaheim St. Louis Vancouver Detroit Columbus San Jose Dallas Los Angeles Edmonton Calgary Chicago Phoenix Colorado You tell me:…
How the Kings Spend Their Cap Dollars Compared to Those Losers in Detroit, San Jose, Boston, Washington and Pittsburgh
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First, this is Mirtle’s post in full (my Kings-centric notes follow): This is something I was working on before vacation, a mini-study of how five of the NHL’s best teams are allocating their cap space this year. The five I…
Obviously
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Smyth, who was traded to the Kings from the Colorado Avalanche in July, likes what he has seen from his new team thus far. “I think what makes it is the guys here,” Smyth said. “The young guys, they make…
THE FISH STINKS FROM THE HEAD
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And Rob Blake is the new captain of the San Jose Sharks. So this is a team that replaced their long-time captain with a geriatric mercenary with at most one more season left in him. They replaced a guy who…
Sharks Don’t Hate Kings Enough
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Puck Daddy: You would definitely hate the Ducks more than you’d hate the Kings, right? Pavelski: Yeah, definitely. via Puck Daddy chats with San Jose’s Joe Pavelski about playoff flops, Olympic gold and why the critics are wrong about Dany…
The Hockey News: Western Conference predictions
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10. Los Angeles. I hate for you to think I’m underestimating the Kings, because I’m not. The job Terry Murray did behind L.A.’s bench last year was phenomenal, their blueline has the potential to be one of the league’s best…
Cap (Idiots) Chart #?: Kessel Edition (bonus: why is Vancouver suddenly over the cap? I can’t figure out when that happened…)
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Lots of movement. The red zone is getting full, as one would expect in September. VAN has leapt to the head of the pack, and (as I mentioned above) I can’t figure out when that happened. I must have blinked.…
Cult of Hockey has a great post on the Heatley trade from the Oilers’ point of view…
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…and I think it applies just as well to the Kings: The Oilers offered three good players for Heatley. The Oilers deal was far superior to the one that Murray accepted from San Jose. They must be cursing Heatley right…
Brandon Wheat Kings – News Article
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[T]he Wheat Kings will soon lose eight others to National Hockey League camps in September. They include Matt Calvert (Columbus), Jordan Hale (Ottawa), Colby Robak (Florida), Brodie Melnychuk (San Jose), Jay Fehr (Minnesota), Urbom (New Jersey), Scott Glennie (Dallas) and Brayden…