LA Hockey Underground

It is conceivable that following an epic comeback drubbing of the sucks on Friday night, the Penguins just may have taken advantage of our balmy weather, being nearly twenty degrees above freezing, and plentiful post sunset distractions.  It is also conceivable that the Kings rose to the occasion and found the form that we all so frustratingly know exists somewhere in that locker room.  The reality, as is typically the case in life, usually lies somewhere in between.  Either way, Saturday night was a good one for the Kings fans that didn't sell their tickets.  Even in the second night of a back to back thousands of miles from home, the Penguins still demonstrated how dangerous they are offensively, creating some significant pressure.  The good news is that the best of three very good goal tenders was on his game.  I'm feeling a bit like a broken record right now.  The kings, once again, have the opportunity to win thanks to superb play betwe...

My hiatus is over.  Frankly, things had gotten so bad for the Kings that there wasn't much left to say, except, "The Kings continue to play terribly."  Having grown tired of that, and already discussed the trade possibilities, there simply wasn't anything productive left to write about.  Oh how I wish some local sports talk radio hosts would come to this realization. The good news, is that the Kings are competitive again.  In fact, they have played really well of late, going 6-3-1 in their last ten games.  Simply put, they are playing better in all facets of the game.  Granted two recent rotten games against the Knights and the Lightning appeared to be a stumbling block, but taken in context there just might even be a ray of light buried deep in those losses. For starters, Tampa Bay is kicking the tar out of the rest of the NHL as well, so I guess we are in a similar boat to everyone else.  And while getting out shot 48 to 17 is treasonously ...