Category: Too Much Free Time

Kings Players Have Productive Start to Summer Vacation

By Eric Kveton | Apr 15th 2015 | 5 min read |

Reports of friction between the Los Angeles Kings and coach Darryl Sutter have been making the rounds for a couple days now (and everyone’s prob...

An Expansion Draft is Coming... Who Would You Protect?

By Eric Kveton | Aug 28th 2014 | 2 min read |

August is normally the quietest month of the year in the hockey world. So yesterday’s news that NHL expansion to Las Vegas is essentially a done...

Kings Links: Muzzin Signs, Oilers Deal for David Perron

By Nick Chapin | Jul 12th 2013 | 5 min read |

The Kings knocked out the first of what will likely amount to five restricted free agent deals by signing Jake Muzzin earlier today. Kyle Clifford, Al...

So, Why Hasn't Dustin Penner Been Signed (By Anyone) Yet?

By Eric Kveton | Jul 10th 2013 | 8 min read |

Last season, the Los Angeles Kings pulled off a pretty neat trick, as they returned essentially the entire roster of their Stanley Cup-winning squad. ...

JftC iPhone app!

By Daws Butler | Aug 25th 2011 | 2 min read |

The SB Nation iPhone app is now available in the App Store. And it’s free, except for Ducks fans, who have to pay the standard prohibitive Ducks...

Whose system is this anyway?

By Daws Butler | Jun 14th 2011 | 17 min read |

Dean Lombardi used Terry Murray’s system to evaluate Brian Boyle, Matt Moulson and Teddy Purcell, each of whom was dismissed because they couldn...

Somebody else's thoughts on somebody else's system

By Daws Butler | May 20th 2011 | 5 min read |

Bourne Blog: Lightning can’t become slaves to their system – Puck Daddy – NHL Blog – Yahoo! Sports I’m not sure if this has ...

Lombardi Evaluation Evaluation

By Daws Butler | May 11th 2011 | 8 min read |

Evaluation: Dean Lombardi ” LA Kings Insider The good: In terms of drafting the development of young players, Lombardi’s tenure has been a suc...

"Fat Goalie Fallacy" and "Hockey Luvin' Homos" export hockey to the political pages

By Daws Butler | Apr 2nd 2011 | 4 min read |

Pretty much the last place I expect to find hockey content is Andrew Sullivan’s political blog The Daily Dish. Nevertheless, Google Reader deliv...

Why do right-handed people become left-shooting hockey players?

By Daws Butler | Mar 30th 2011 | 3 min read |

Left-Handed Shots in Hockey (and of course they got the story wrong) – Behind The Net There was a piece in the San Jose Mercury News yesterday o...