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About This Page: This is a discussion on LA Kings Talk within the LetsGoKings.com forums, at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum. Off-Season Game Plan: Kings
The link is taking me to an article entitled "Even strength offence sinks Bruins" as of 5:02pm, although the title in my browser reads as you describe, "Off-season gameplan: Kings"
edit: I went to the nhl hub and got to the article fine through there though
edit2: Very good read.
Last edited by Lososaurus; April 11th, 2008 at 05:17 PM.
Enforcer Raitis Ivanans is a true heavyweight and the one source of muscle on a team of pacifists (the Kings ranked 29th in the league with 22 fighting majors).
So TSN likes to rank fighting majors from most (being the best) to least (being the worst)? Do they want more fighting? It seems like the NHL threw in that "3 strikes (Instigator penalties)" rule to limit the fighting. I know not all fights get an instigator penalty thrown in, but it sounds like the NHL wanted to stray away from the old days of fighting for the hell of it.
Last edited by Thirteen-Ten; April 11th, 2008 at 05:17 PM.
So TSN likes to rank fighting majors from most (being the best) to least (being the worst)? Do they want more fighting? It seems like the NHL threw in that "3 strikes (Instigator penalties)" rule to limit the fighting. I know not all fights get an instigator penalty thrown in, but it sounds like the NHL wanted to stray away from the old days of fighting for the hell of it.
No, it's got nothing to do with TSN. The team with the most fighting majors "leads the league" because, well, they have the most.
"that's not easy in an NHL where teams like Philadelphia and Washington can go from bottom feeders to the playoffs in one season."
One season my ass.
Phiadelphia - 29th place. => in playoffs now.
Washington - 25th place. => in playoffs now.
They make that statement because... well, it's true.
Sure, Washington has been rebuilding for a while and Philadelphia got the rewards of Forsberg, but the fact is... they sucked last year and now they're playing in April.
"Alexander Frolov is a gifted scoring forward just hitting his prime, but he's never tasted the playoffs, so it would be interesting to see what kind of production he might be able to achieve with a contender."
TSN: Off-Season Game Plan: Kings 
Thirteen-Ten
