Inventory of Thanks

Behold the annual cliche of the "what I'm thankful for" post.

• Drew Doughty signed.
• Andrei Loktionov is on the Kings roster.
• He looks bigger somehow.
• Slava Voynov is on the Kings roster.
• He looks really good.
• Anze Kopitar continues to somewhat quietly put up great numbers, and still looks like he's underperforming.
• Mike Richards.
• Simon Gagne.
• Jack Johnson has been a game-changer more in this season than in the rest of his career added-up (except maybe in the Vancouver series two years ago).
• Tyler Toffoli is on pace to top his league-leading numbers from last year.
• He turns pro after this season.
• Michael Schumacher is doing very well in the Soo.
• Thomas Hickey leads the Monarchs in plus/minus.
• The Kings will wear their throwback purple jerseys a few times this season.
• Ilya Kovalchuk didn't choose LA. (There would be no room for Mike RIchards, for one thing.)
• Ryan Smyth is an Oiler.
• Bettman didn't nullify the trade.
• Alec Martinez and Voynov switched to proper hockey numbers (26 and 27, instead of 53 and 76).
• The Kings have two legitimate number one goalies.
• The Kings have the same number of points as they did last year after 22 games.
• Oscar Moller is still Kings property.
• Jordan Nolan may well be ready next year.
• Dean Lombardi is the Kings' GM.
• People realize that head injuries are dangerous.
• Two refs.
• Brendan Shanahan in, Colin Campbell out.
• The salary cap went up.
• The NBA is stupid now, so we don't have to be stupid next year.
• The instant access/video/stat heaven that is the internet.
• Movember is almost over.