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The Free Agency period is almost upon us in the NHL and one area seems to be more in focus this offseason: goal scoring. It is very difficult to determine what kind of return a club gets on its financial investment in a hockey player. There are many factors to take into account when looking at the worth and value of NHL players—other than goal scoring. This article will ...

Any sports fan would want his or her team to acquire a player considered to be among the best in the league. That is a given. The only means of acquisition are through the entry draft, a trade with another franchise, or free agency. The obvious preference for acquisition is the entry draft, because the initial costs to the team for doing so are zero. Sure, the argument could be made that team scouts ...

In the midst of our current Conference Finals Series, let's take a look back at some of the most memorable moments of the top 5 Conference Finals series of the past five seasons.Begin Slideshow

The Los Angeles Kings beat division rival Anaheim Ducks 5-4 Tuesday night, and not even including the fact that the Ducks needed two points to keep their playoff hopes alive, there could not have been many other circumstances to make this game any more dramatic. The next 5 slides will describe just what this is referring to...Begin Slideshow

Dear LA Kings, This is really hard for me to say. I think I have to break up with you. We have been together for most of my life now, ever since we were both fairly young, and I know I've stuck by you through it all, the rough times and the prosperous times. I know you think I only noticed you at the height of your popularity in the mid 80's, but the ...

A Kings fan's diary, week of March 22, 2010   Monday, March 22: 4-3 OT Win At Home vs. Colorado Avalanche 7:30pm: Game time. This begins the need for "playoff mode" attitude. No mercy. 9:40pm: Ryan Smyth scores to put the Kings ahead 3-2. Yes. Yes. Yes. Two points here we come. 9:55pm: Kings allow late goal with 10 seconds left to send game into overtime. Words which cannot be displayed on Bleacher Report. Is ...

The NHL's Western Conference standings have been all over the map this year, with even the Kings in first place at one point, but if I were to travel back to September and show any hockey pundit today's standings, they would no doubt believe that I took over as league commissioner before what is posted below: Western Conference  Team GP Pts  1. * Chicago 71 97    2. * Phoenix 73 97    3. * Vancouver 72 92    4. San Jose 72 96    5. Nashville 73 89    6. Los Angeles 70 87    7. Colorado 71 86    8. Detroit 71 83    9. Calgary 72 81    10. St. Louis 72 77    11. Anaheim 71 76    12. Minnesota 72 76    13. Dallas 72 76    14. Columbus 72 70    15. Edmonton 72 53     Most notable is the surge ...

Jonathan Quick, the NHL league-leading goaltender in wins with 37, (tied with Evgeni Nabokov, more on him later) will be unavailable for the Kings tonight due to the birth of his first child. Jonathan Bernier, the Kings' 2006 first-round draft pick, has been called up on emergency status. He has just been given the nod over regular back-up Erik Ersberg to start between the pipes against Dallas tonight, according to lakingsinsider.com. Bernier ...

The last two games the Los Angeles Kings have played have been, admittedly, lackluster performances: On the March 4 loss to Nashville: ANZE KOPITAR: “Our intensity and our compete level has to be a lot higher than that. We didn’t show up. That’s the bottom line." DREW DOUGHTY: “We’re pretty disappointed as a team in our effort tonight." On the March 6 loss to Montreal: RYAN SMYTH: “In today’s game, you need to capitalize on special teams, ...

  Newly acquired Jeff Halpern and Fredrik Modin were both in the lineup for the first time as Kings on Thursday night, when the Kings faced off against the Predators in Nashville, TN. Unfortunately, it seemed that only the Predators were informed that an actual hockey game was to be played that night. Jonathon Quick uncharacteristically misplayed the puck multiple times, two of which directly resulted in goals. Perhaps these miscues caused the rest ...