The Playoff Question

The Playoff Question

The LA Kings play the Arizona Coyotes five of their last 20 games, a string that started Monday night in Los Angeles. This is not insignificant when the Arizona team is holding down the fourth spot in the West, the final playoff spot. Now, to be fair, the Kings aren’t...
It Went Better

It Went Better

Here’s a SoCal cliché: You can go skiing in the morning and surfing in the afternoon. This is pure BS. To get to the snow, you’d have to drive up to Arrowhead. That’s an hour and a half minimum. Then you’ve gotta line up and get a lift ticket. Actually do the skiing....
Vegas Vanquished

Vegas Vanquished

Here we were again, mid-Sunday afternoon, Vegas in town to play the Kings.  Local time 3pm. The NASCAR race from Atlanta still finishing up on TV. And LA hoping to avenge a 4-2 Friday night loss and keep their playoff hopes alive. They’d had the chance to pull within...
Kings Got the Blues

Kings Got the Blues

The Blues should have been playing the Kings for the second of a  two-game set Wednesday night, but for snow. Snow? LA? This sounds like a “dog ate my homework” excuse. Well, according to the local freebie paper in the LA-area city where I live, there was once snow ...
Out of the Doghouse

Out of the Doghouse

Do you remember when the Kings and Ducks renewing their rivalry meant something? This year, unfortunately, fans in the East, let alone Canada, seem neither to know much about what’s going on on the West coast, nor to care. Maybe that’s the fault of these teams....