Since we last met the Vancouver Canucks...

IN: Jannik Hansen, Mark Mancari

OUT: David Booth (knee), Aaron Rome (thumb), Aaron Volpatti (shoulder), Byron Bitz (hip). Chris Higgins (severe swelling in his hand) is questionable for tonight. Noted attention slut Ryan Kesler enjoys bending over things while naked, but so far hasn't strained anything.

This preview is brief because I'm back from travels. We're playing the Canucks and everyone hates them for abundant reasons. Their fans will tell you it's all a media construct, but there's footage to counteract this idea. Yadda yadda.

The Kings have been better since Terry Murray was fired, but everyone forgets there was a week before Sutter even arrived, and he's had next to no practice time to boot. He's doing pretty good things, though I should point out that even Stevens realized you should try for three scoring lines.

Go Kings!