LA Kings Can Get Past Vancouver Canucks If They Put It All Together

Posted: 15th April 2010 by Gann Matsuda in NHL
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LOS ANGELES — Quit pinching yourself, Los Angeles hockey fans. You are not dreaming. Yes, the Los Angeles Kings have made the playoffs for the first time since 2002 and for just the fifth time since 1993, when the Wayne Gretzky-led Kings went all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals. Like that 1992-93 team, this year’s Kings started the regular season hot. But unlike the 1992-93 team, which peaked at just the right time, this season’s Kings have struggled since the Olympic break and are not going into the post-season playing their best hockey. Earning a 9-7-5 record since the break, the Kings were often plagued by slow starts, poor puck support, a non-existent forecheck, taking too many penalties, shaky goaltending, a lack of urgency...you get the idea. In the last handful o ...

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