A day we thought might never come has finally arrived! I might be a wee bit excited. The Cup has made its final arounds, most people have
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AK11 took the Stanley Cup to Golica (famous Slovenian mountain) A highlight from Anze Kopitar‘s day with the Stanley Cup. Don’t laugh at the music.
NHL.com
Primeau: Carter has ‘found his stride’ with Kings Primeau raves about Jeff Carter and notes how he’s really grown as a player.
Time has come for Kings’ Doughty to claim Norris This could finally be Drew Doughty‘s year to add another trophy to his ever growing collection.
TSN
Darryl Sutter – Win or loss? James Duthie did an amazing job with this video. Read the text column version here. Both are equally hilarious and offer something slightly different.
The Hockey News
Can this guy make the Los Angeles Kings even better? THN writer Ronnie Shuker profiled the Kings‘ new strength and conditioning coach as Ryan van Asten decided to return to his native Canada.
1st hilarious observation from @ShutdownLine All Three Zones project: LA’s Robyn Regher carried the puck into the o-zone 4 times in 1229 min
— Cörey Masisak (@cmasisak22) October 7, 2014
#LAKings Drew Doughty touched the puck 398 more times in the d-zone than Voynov + had only 2 more TOs, 417 more times than Muzzin w/1 more.
— Cörey Masisak (@cmasisak22) October 7, 2014
In Other News
Bleacher Report
Complete Guide to the 2014-15 NHL Season Dave Lozo’s very long NHL preview.
Denver Post
Denver Post suspends hockey beat writer Adrian Dater’s Big Mistake comes back to haunt him in this case.
Grantland
Place Your Bets: The NHL Awards Breakdown Sean McIndoe gives his predictions for who could win at the 2015 awards. There’s an incredible gem at the bottom and it’s awesome.
ESPN
Kozun making a big impression A great story about the kid who is finally getting his shot at the NHL. He also had great things to say about the Kings’ training and development staff.