Preview: The more you do, the more you know....or something like that.
Anyhow, last night I tried to write articles AT a hockey game. Ridiculous I know, but nevertheless I scribbled notes on my ridiculously sized notebook (Note to self: Get a pad) about one article I'm working on for B/R. (Yea I know...team previews and other articles? I'm nuts) and game notes from the Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs rookie game I attended last night in Kitchener, Ontario.
If there's interest then I'll see if I can switch parts of it over to this site, but the most interesting thing that came out of the game was this: Phil Oreskovic, a highly-touted stay at home defenseman for Toronto, was playing left wing on a line with Matt Stajan's cousin Thomas.
No one ever said anything had to make sense I guess.
The Los Angeles Kings have always had some of the best jersey's in my opinion.
The Purple and Gold crown? It's a classic. The Black and Silver Gretzky-era ones? Seemingly plain, but they caught the eye. Even the ones today, I've taken a shining too.
Unfortunately, the talent-level in L.A. has been up to par lately with the snazzy duds. Within the next few years though, that's all about to change.
Ps. Did I mention that I'm usually the one that likes the jersey's everyone hates in those "Aren't these jersey's terrible?" articles?
I can dress myself just fine, but put me in charge of a group of 25 hockey players? They're all going to be wearing the Vancouver Flying 'V' jersey in California Golden Seal colors. Sweet.
Roster Additions: Drew Doughty-D (Draft), Brad Richardson-F (Trade), Jarret Stoll-F (Trade), Matt Greene-D (Trade), Denis Gauthier-D (Trade)
Roster Subtractions: Rob Blake-D (F.A.), Ladislav Nagy-F (F.A), Dan Cloutier-G (F.A.), Jon Klemm-D (F.A.), T.J. Fast-D (Trade), Mike Cammalleri-F (Trade), Lubomir Visnovsky-D (Trade)
How did 2007/08 go? 32-43-7, 71 points, 15th in conference, 5th in Pacific, 29th in league
2008/09 Goal: Anywhere but last in the conference
Let's break'er down...
The Los Angeles Kings have tried a few things over their tenure to be competitive, including acquiring the Great One, Wayne Gretzky.
Now although the likes of Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby don’t look to be available to any other teams any time soon, the Kings seem to have been building a solid core of youth which could recapture the spirits of Luc Robitaille and Marcel Dionne, as the Kings work towards becoming the jewel in the Pacific crown once again.
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