Why I’m Sad Jonathan Quick Isn’t “Elite” Sheng Peng | April 28, 2014 Jonathan Quick is not among the elite goalies in the NHL right now. This wasn’t a conclusion happened upon last week when he surrendered 16 goals—the most he’s ever given…
Kings Win Game Five, 3-0; Are the Sharks Now on the Ropes? Walter McLaughlin | April 27, 2014 The Los Angeles Kings raced up and down the ice from the drop of the puck to the sound of the final horn. They hit, disrupted, passed with precision, and…
Los Angeles Kings On the Brink After 4-3 Overtime Loss to Sharks Walter McLaughlin | April 23, 2014 They say baseball is a game of inches. In hockey, sometimes a fraction of an inch is all it takes to turn a big win into a crushing loss. Nobody…
Is This the Beginning of the End for Jonathan Quick? T.J. McAloon | April 22, 2014 Jonathan Quick has been the worst goaltender through the start of the 2014 NHL Playoffs. This shouldn’t come as a surprise as his numbers are the likes of Marc-Andre Fleury…
Touchdown San Jose! Sharks Fourth Line Mugs Kings Kenneth Laws | April 21, 2014 After twenty minutes, the Sharks “beat LA” chants dried up. The SAP Center was not rocking. There were very few that could even entertain the idea that Jonathan Quick was…
Kings Fall, Can’t Get Up; Sharks Take Game One Walter McLaughlin | April 18, 2014 In 1989, a ridiculous series of medical alert television commercials was launched, introducing the now-infamous line “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” as a helpless senior struggled to right…
Kings-Sharks: Exploding Myths Sheng Peng | April 16, 2014 Who flinches first? The Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks are set to collide again this Thursday, the third time in four years that the I-5 rivals will play…
The Kings Versus the Sharks: A Series Preview Walter McLaughlin | April 14, 2014 If you gulp down a beer, furrow your brow and turn your head slightly to one side, you may have trouble distinguishing the Los Angeles Kings from San Jose Sharks…
Trevor Lewis Is a Better Penalty Killer Than You Think Sheng Peng | April 11, 2014 Who knew the re-signing of a forward who’s averaged 0.07 goals per game could cause any ecstasy outside the Lewis home? Yet, here I was on Twitter three days ago,…
The Luxury of Matt Greene Sheng Peng | April 7, 2014 The Los Angeles Kings have gone 4-12 in Matt Greene’s last 16 appearances. He’s taken 11 minor penalties in that time. As Bob Miller has been so fond of repeating,…
It’s Starting to Feel Like ‘Groundhog Day’ In L.A. Walter McLaughlin | March 28, 2014 This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather — Bill Murray, as Phil Connors in Groundhog Day. It…
Mike Richards: Best Season as a King Sheng Peng | March 24, 2014 Is Mike Richards done as a star? It’s a question that Los Angeles Kings fans don’t want to face, what with Richards under contract until 2020. But the storm clouds…
