His smiling face in the Kings' media guide was about the only tangible evidence goaltender Dan Cloutier still had much of a link to Los Angeles.
You know how that out-of-sight-out-of-mind thing works.
Until Sunday.
That night, in Columbus, Ohio, Cloutier emerged from the wilderness -- well, as much a wilderness as Manchester, N.H., is -- and recorded his first victory of the season with the Kings. In a shootout, no less. That was one-sixth of the way to his win total of last season, six in 24 games played.
Cloutier just wants to play (LA Times) 
