Dean Lombardi's trade for Mike Richards last summer marked a turning point for the Kings. It was at this time that Lombardi made the decision to start turning all the young talent he had accumulated into older, veteran players that could potentially lead them towards a Stanley Cup. ...more
In the last five minutes of the first period of Monday night’s Game 3 Stanley Cup Final, the New Jersey Devils had a chance to really get something going on the power play but they were not able to accomplish it. ...more
We've seen Dustin Brown take over games, and take over series. But he hasn't done that in the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final. But he's been so good in these playoffs, you have to cut the guy a break. He's just in a little bit of a lull - he's certainly capable of picking his game back up. ...more
Game 2 was an example of why the Los Angeles Kings went out at the trade deadline to get Jeff Carter. Carter is a player who underachieved and played poorly for the Columbus Blue Jackets, but the Kings knew what everyone else knows about Carter, he scores goals and he scores big goals. ...more
It's never fun to lose in overtime in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final but the New Jersey Devils can take some positives from the loss. This team knows what it's like to be in a hole and to claw their way out. I'm sure they are disappointed but they have lots to work with going forward. ...more
Who would have thought that the Los Angeles Kings and New Jersey Devils - each bidding for unrestricted free agent forward Ilya Kovalchuk's services in the summer of 2010 - would be facing each other in the Stanley Cup Final just two years later? ...more
Devils head coach Peter DeBoer has played his six defencemen almost evenly throughout the playoffs. The challenge for the New Jersey defence, which has been greater than the sum of its parts in the playoffs, will be handling the size and physical presence of the Kings. ...more
A big part of the success in this series, in this game, in these playoffs has been the New Jersey Devils' fourth line with Steve Bernier, Stephen Gionta and Ryan Carter. And they were at it again early in Game 6 versus the New York Rangers. ...more
Justin Schultz, the Anaheim Ducks second-round pick and blue-chip defenceman prospect, has officially "de-registered" from the University of Wisconsin. That triggers a process that will likely make him an unrestricted free agent, perhaps as early as the NHL Draft on June 22. ...more
Was the non-call on Dustin Brown's knee-on-knee hit on Michal Rozsival in Game 5 of the Western Conference Final the right one for the referees to make, and will Brown be called on the carpet by the league? Hockey insider Bob McKenzie breaks it down. ...more
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