Hawks @ Kings – Round 3 Game 4 – TCOB
1 down. 1 to go. That has to be the mentality. We don’t have to win three games, we have to win one game. And so we will. With Duncan Keith suspended for tonight’s game thanks to his skills as a...
View ArticleKings @ Hawks – Round 3 Game 5 – Enjoy
I was fucking livid after game four. I had an awful night’s sleep. Tossed and turned, nightmares, woke up in the middle of the night and couldn’t calm down for about an hour. Was pretty damn bummed out...
View ArticleArthritis Can Suck It
I didn’t write this. That’s all the introduction you need. —————— I’m from Australia where my peers loved Aussie rules football and my European family loved soccer… but that’s not why you should hate...
View Article365 Days And 18 More Playoff Games Later
Happy Anniversary my brethren and… sethren, sothren, sithern? Lady Kings fans. Can you believe it’s been a whole year since we watched the first Los Angeles Kings lift the Stanley Cup? Time flies when...
View ArticleYou Give Me $4.17 Million A Year And I’ll Give You A Slava You’ll Never Forget
Well, unfortunately no one is giving me didley squat. Dean Lombardi, however, just gave Slava Voynov $25 million to retain his services over the next six years. You know what this means? Well, probably...
View ArticleStealing Other’s Cap Work
I wrote about 3/4 of an article about the cap, then I realized Quisp already wrote that article a few days ago, so I deleted that article and decided to just link you to his. Effectively, this is what...
View ArticleThe Next Big Question, Rob Scuderi
After posting about the Voynov signing and the Kings cap space last night, I was immediately rage texted by someone named Timmy Love, who shall remain nameless, about Rob Scuderi. Something about...
View ArticleJon Bernier Traded to Toronto for a Forward, a Disease & a Pick
Just like that, the world of Jonathan Bernier as a King ended with a whimper today as Kings fans woke up to the news that the Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired the burgeoning French Canadian...
View ArticleCelebrating Independence From King George And King Rob
First of all, Happy 4th to all you Americans, immigrants and people who just like to blow shit up, but especially to you staunch nationalists out there, who for today we overlook and implicitly embrace...
View ArticleEnough With The Bullshit
Hello, my name is Surly Jacob. You may remember me from such articles as “TJ Simers is a Jackass” and “Kings Win 1-0, Holy Shit”. My name is on this blog, but for the past month, I have not been. In a...
View ArticleA Glance Into The Future
Adam Gushansky had so much fun writing his first article, he decided to come back for more. Good thing too, since apparently I forgot how to write. No, wait, that’s not it. There’s no hockey....
View ArticleI Want To Like Hockeyfest
I want to. I do. But I just don’t. I went to hockeyfest a time or two about 4 or 5 years ago and it was markedly forgettable. Had I a few little mini-Surly parasites with me, I suppose it might be a...
View ArticleDouble Dose Of Fury
Like I needed any more. Well kids, it’s that time again. Tomorrow morning we hop in our cars or make Southwest a bundle of money and travel to Las Vegas for a weekend of hockey and regret. So, not so...
View ArticleHere We Go
With the bruises to our wallets, egos and livers dissipating from Frozen Fury, we woke up today with a renewed vigor. The glassy-eyed excitement of innocence that only the fresh start to a hockey...
View ArticleWhat A Disgrace Are We
I use the term “we” loosely. For tonight, I don’t particularly want to associate myself with the brood known as “LA Kings Fans”. As you well saw, the game was largely a mess. We can talk about Quick...
View Article“Well-Served”
I love Jon Rosen’s “Waking Up With the Kings” blogs. They are my favorite feature on The Insider. Unlike his predecessor’s, which were nothing more than an amalgamation of the previous nights’...
View ArticleThiGhp,:;2/$&(4JWdnkjc7)&&$hkbawdkhb)&?-2)$
Deep breaths. Deep, deep breaths. It’s just a game. It’s just shitty Calgary. You still have a good woman, a good life, and good hair. It’s just a game… That we gave away. Goddamn ass rat farts....
View ArticleKings Dominate Nashville; Nashville Wins Decisive Victory
It’s not often that a team can control a game without touching the puck, yet that’s what the Predators managed to do to the Kings in a 4-3 road victory. I’m not sure Nashville strung together two...
View ArticleOpportunities Wasted And Opportunities Gained
After an intensely boring start to the season news-wise for the Kings, the last week plus has proven eager to cram a firecracker into our esophagi. Carter goes down, Toffoli and Vey come up, Ellerby...
View ArticleJake Muzzin Misses Ankles, Gets First Shot Of Season Through Traffic, Assists...
I just finished watching my recording of the game at about 2am and don’t really feel like writing a post game, but did feel like writing that title. That was fun! Does the Pearson-Vey-Toffoli line have...
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