by Brian Kennedy | Mar 22, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Nashville Predators, NHL
If you wander down the right hallway in Honda Center, home of the Ducks, sometime soon, you might see a man looking suspiciously like the General Manager pushing hard on a cupboard door, trying to close it. Pat Verbeek is still not likely to be able to shut in...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 14, 2022 | Florida Panthers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Funny coincidence: The LA Kings hosted South Asian Heritage Night with Florida in town Sunday evening. Two nights before, I had given a talk to students at Gujarat National Law University on the topic of “Kinetic Motion as Cultural Expression: The Case for Canadian...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 11, 2022 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, San Jose Sharks
Not enough, and not in time. Said another way: despite coming back from 3-1 down after the LA Kings scored a shorthanded goal Thursday night, the San Jose Sharks piled up two points but are still doing too little, too late. The game was notable for the way LA, as...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 2, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, Homepage, Leagues, NHL
Well, so much for my fancy theories. I thought I was speaking the truth when I said that the Kings and Ducks would show their true levels when playing common opponents this week. And I was right in the first instance—the Ducks lost to the Islanders, but the ...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 1, 2022 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
This week was supposed to show hockey fans where the two SoCal teams were heading, and most people figured that that was in different directions. The Kings and the Ducks play two common opponents this week: the New York Islanders and Boston. The Kings were supposed to...