The Kings now start their second longest road trip since 1969. Then, the league contained far less teams and the trip was nine games in 18 days instead of the current eight game spread. Of all the teams in the league, it wouldn’t surprise me if the Flyers made Kings’ fans the most frustrated with their own team. It makes sense since Philadelphia came in last place the prior season and now sits as #2 in the Eastern Conference and after last night, at the top of the Atlantic division.
I will leave it to others to explain how the Flyers went from strength to cellar dwellers between the first and second years after the lock-out. As to the Kings, I see their current lot far more foreseeable since the prior regime spent the team’s assets trying to win now. If the Kings’ cut the mustard then and had success with that approach, then Taylor would still be the GM and Murray would still be the coach. Either way, that makes for interesting debate only.
LaBarbera faced the Flyers for the first time in his career. I had an opportunity to listen to the Philadelphia feed over period one. They applauded the Kings for keeping LaBarbera in the system and continued that Los Angeles would have this solid netminder for years. Really.
Flyers Kick Kings in Overtime (Carla Muller) 
