by Brian Kennedy | Mar 8, 2024 | Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles, CA–The LA Kings are hurting, which is to say, they have some key players on IR. Primary amongst those were day-to-day Adrian Kempe and Mikey Anderson on Thursday night, with Ottawa having made their way up the freeway from a game in Anaheim the...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 4, 2024 | Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils
Los Angeles, CA—Beware the backhand. In another day, one’s father would not allow the purchase of a curved stick because it was a sure way to weaken the backhand. If my dad had talked to Cam Talbot fifteen seconds into the game against New Jersey in Los Angeles on...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 25, 2024 | Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles, CA—Two nights prior to this one, more than two dozen scouts showed up to watch the LA Kings take on, and lose to, the Nashville Predators. Now here it was, Saturday, and everybody seemed to have better things to do. Just three pro scouts were in the usual...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 27, 2024 | Los Angeles Kings
Honoring the past while still in the present—that’s what the Kings did Wednesday night as present-day captain, Anze Kopitar, was feted in a brief ceremony before the team’s game versus Buffalo. He returned the favor by going straight out and scoring the game’s first...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 21, 2024 | Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles, CA—Something’s gotta change. That is evident when it comes to the LA Kings, though what that something is, is up for question. Coming into Saturday’s game versus the New York Rangers, the team had lost nine of ten games. More precisely, going back to late...
