The Los Angeles Kings turned in a fine road performance. Unfortunately, they didn’t win. Oh well.
Kings News
LA Kings Insider
WHATEVER’S HEXING THE KINGS CAN’T BE FIXED BY A SWITCH Deano has had a bad feeling about this team all year.
WAKING UP WITH THE KINGS: FEBRUARY 6 Rosen’s take on last night’s game.
LA Times
What we learned from the Kings’ 3-2 loss to the Florida Panthers Not the good old days.
LA Daily News
Panthers’ Brandon Pirri hands struggling L.A. Kings third consecutive loss Paul Gereffi’s story from the Associated Press.
In Other News
Pension Plan Puppets
Is There an Advantage to Drafting North American Players? What’s the difference in drafting a skater from a North American league versus one from a European league?
Grantland
In Praise of the NHL’s Negative Value Guy The guy who is so worthless, no one even wants him for free makes for interesting times in the modern NHL.
Winnipeg Free Press
The Kane saga Buff‘s laundry stunt may have crossed the line, but there’s plenty of blame to go around, including Ladd, Maurice and Cheveldayoff
The Score
Dressing room culture will dictate that Evander Kane’s time is up in Winnipeg This whole situation was probably not a harmless prank.
The Faceoff Circle
REASONS BEHIND THE FAILURE TO ACCURATELY EVALUATE NHL DEFENSEMEN This is a really good read and it breaks down what actually makes a good defenseman.