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Pete Demers drinks 1993 Bud from 2012 Cup
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Stanley Cup: Former L.A. Kings trainer drinks from 19-year-old beer saved from last finals appearance – thestar.com The bottle of unopened Budweiser was delivered to the Los Angeles Kings dressing room the night they lost the 1993 Stanley Cup at…
Is signing Jarret Stoll a “must-do”?
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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 him do that on another team?
NOT A DREAM!
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Stupid Media Narratives, Ctd.
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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 if it doesn’t work out, then that’s the story.
New Jersey has taken one perfect shot in this series, and it won them game 4
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This is why I hate home ice. I just f***ing hate it. I know it’s irrational. Meanwhile (and contradicting what I just said) Darryl Sutter is right. This game was just like the other three games. Could have gone either…
Are the L.A. Kings the worst thing to happen to hockey? – CSMonitor.com
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Maybe if you don’t like hockey anyway, don’t know anything about it, or you’re a reporter who never stayed up to watch games on the West Coast, or if when you say “hockey” you mean “ad revenue and/or network ratings for hockey.” Or you’re Shane Doan.
Problem Solved: Kings will record Bob and Jim for future release
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(1) It’s rude to toot your own horn, but (2) This is a small self-run blog and (3) great ideas are rare, so
(4) I reserve the right to point out when people take my great idea without saying where it came from.
3-0, 3-0, 3-0, 3-0
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New blog. Good stuff. Read the whole thing. Kings of Hockeywood: 3-0, 3-0, 3-0, 3-0. [...] No team in the long history of the NHL had ever gone ahead of their opponent 3 games to none in all four rounds…