I wondered where the Kings sit in terms of historical playoff series win streaks. Now I know. Before 1968, there were only two rounds of playoffs, then three rounds from 1968-1979, and four rounds from 1980 on. At least, I…
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You know what? These match-ups are awesome!
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Aside from the fact that I always enjoy the Philadelphia Flyers in the playoffs and would have preferred them to Ottawa, this is easily the best set of first round series that I can remember. Here are my predictions, infused with…
Loktionov skating in Detroit, talks playoffs, coaching change
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Loktionov viewed a mid-season coaching change from Terry Murray to Darryl Sutter as the spark that ignited the Kings’ fire.“We changed the coach and everything started out much better,” Loktionov said. “On the ice and off the ice, everybody was happy to play hockey again.”
A kid in his mites jersey with some trophy
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Just a kid in his room, dreaming of the cup
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Top 10 Dallas Stars players of all time: No. 9 Darryl Sydor
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He and Zubov played a lot of games together, and Sydor ranks 11th all-time in Stars history in games played at 714. Included in that run with Dallas were two trips to the All-Star Game (1998 and 1999). He finished with 99 playoff appearances for the Stars, and he finished with four trips to the Stanley Cup Final in his career (also with Los Angeles in 1993 and with Tampa Bay in 2004 — he won the Cup with the Lightning).
Why the Kings won’t get stale — and why they will
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Does Dean Lombardi want to stand pat? – Jewels From The Crown Usually, Cup-winning teams lose a face or two in the offseason. But every roster player who was an unrestricted free agent re-signed with the Kings, even though they…
Tuesday’s Must Read: “some stories are better backwards.”
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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 that could still, at that late date, fuck with his head.
ICETHETICS: The Philangeles FlyKings – Concepts
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The guy who came up with the design calls them the FlyKings, but I prefer the Phlings. Inspired by Ross Taylor’s series of brand-blended concepts, Ty Hill set out to merge a couple of 1967 expansion clubs. Is this what…
Fat Broads You Regret Banging Win Stanley Cup
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Meanwhile you, Cam Janssen, aren’t even allowed access to us — the Stanley-Cup Champion Los Angeles Fat Broads — because you didn’t dress for a single game the entire playoffs. Devils’ Cam Janssen calls LA Kings ‘the fat broads you just…