By Paul Armbruster • KingsNewsDaily.com • Practice Viewing Tip: When the water bottles are not lined up on the ledger in front of the benches, you know it’s not going to be a regular Kings practice. And that’s exactly what happened this morning at the Toyota Sports Center after the Kings shootout loss to the more » Read more
Kings General Manager Darryl Sutter?
By Paul Armbruster • KingsNewsDaily.com • When it comes to Kings prospects, Dean Lombardi is known as a general manager who makes a kid earn his spot on the big club. He prefers to leave guys in the minors where they gain experience and learn the Kings system over and over again until one day, more » Read more
Darryl Sutter’s Pipe Dream Proves Hollow
By Paul Armbruster • KingsNewsDaily.com • Kings Coach Darryl Sutter made it abundantly clear. He was going to ask President Obama about a controversial oil pipeline that would stretch from his home Canadian province Alberta all the way to the US gulf coast. “For sure, I’m going to ask him,” reported The Globe and Mail. And more » Read more
Jeff Carter’s mysterious weight gain
By Paul Armbruster • KingsNewsDaily.com • In Jon Rosen’s latest feature article, he writes of Jeff Carter’s commitment to staying fit over the summer and through the lockout. It’s no secret that when Jeff is healthy, he’s a lethal scorer in the NHL. But over the past few years his production has dipped in part more » Read more
Is Jordan Nolan really struggling?
By Paul Armbruster • KingsNewsDaily.com • It’s been a bit strange seeing Kings 4th line right winger Jordan Nolan stay for extra work during post-practice ‘scratch’ sessions the past few days. Since his call up last year, Jordan has played in every game except March 9th, 2012 and March 16th last Saturday against the Sharks. He more » Read more
LISTEN: The Mayor talks Kings on TSN Radio
GamePoints with Matthew Ross on TSN Radio 690 interviewed “The Mayor” John Hoven last night during the Kings 5-2 loss to the Coyotes. On Sutter’s decision to start Quick, John said, “He’s a hard cat to figure out.” Indeed he is. I’m not so sure even Sutter has Sutter figured out. Be sure to visit more » Read more
Extreme Kings Re-makeover: Looking Back, Looking Forward
By Craig Schrader • KingsNewsDaily.com • When watching the Kings over the last 15 games, where they have proceeded to win 11 contests, scoring 51 goals while surrendering only 32, you get the feeling that the players realized they needed to reinvent themselves, becoming a more offensive team in the wake of the loss of more » Read more
NO SURPRISE: Top sports moment goes to… The Kings
By Paul Armbruster • KingsNewsDaily.com • In an anti-climatic event clearly not associated with Hollywood, last night’s annual LA Sports Awards dinner dished out the following prizes to the Cup Champs: Top LA sports moment of 2012: Kings win the Stanley Cup LA Sportsman of the year: Jonathan Quick LA Coach of the year: Darryl more » Read more
GRANTLAND: Proof of life in Los Angeles
By Katie Baker • Grantland.com • Following the Los Angeles Kings’ 5-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night, Kings head coach Darryl Sutter was asked how it felt for his team to be on track for the playoffs. “It’s good,” he said, before characterizing the chaos that comes with paying too much attention more » Read more
BERNIER – SHOWDOWN OR SHOWCASE?
By Jon Gillette • KingsNewsDaily.com • If not for a fluke of a goal, Jonathan Bernier and the Los Angeles Kings would have had a 2-0 shutout against the Red Wings. That was a tough one to watch but, hey, we’re used to that aren’t we? The thing that I found interesting and had me wondering more » Read more