All Entries Tagged With: "Jack Johnson"
Back From Sweden, Rangers Look To Regroup And Rebound
Unfortunately for the New York Rangers, there was no Stepan-esque magic from a year ago as they opened their season in Stockholm, Sweden. Rather, the Rangers returned to North America with 2 points after a 3-2 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings and a 2-1 shootout loss to the Anaheim Ducks. The Rangers don’t really have [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Another Avs Blockbuster Coming?
The recent multi-player deal by the Colorado Avalanche with the St. Louis Blues (Chris Stewart and Kevin Shattenkirk along with a draft pick for Erik Johnson, Jay McClement and a pick) has some observers wondering if the Avs could make another significant move. Adrian Dater of the Denver Post reported the latest making the rounds [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Jack Johnson to Montreal? This is why it ain’t going to happen!
Montreal Canadiens defenseman Andrei Markov is out for the remainder of the season to a knee injury, which naturally has some observers wondering what GM Pierre Gauthier might do to address his absence. Gauthier currently has approximately $1.069 million in available cap space but with Markov on long-term injury reserve the Habs GM can go [...]
A new generation of offensive defensemen
Led by All-Stars Drew Doughty (currently on the injury reserve due to concussion symptoms) and Mike Green, the NHL is currently experiencing a boom in young and exciting offensive defensemen. While size and physical edge are still highly in demand, a new generation of offensive-minded defensemen is emerging in the NHL. Let’s have a look [...]
Meet Mr. Timely
Born Timothy Oshie Jr., TJ Oshie is developing into a big time playmaker for the Saint Louis Blues.
DAILY RUMORS: Lyle Addresses Wild Trade Rumors This Week That Will Likely Not Happen
We at HockeyIndependent.com want to be your resource and filter for what is going on in the NHL. We try to disseminate the noise in the blogosphere. We don’t look to to attack those sources, but to question the veracity of the rumor with cold logic, hockey smarts and knowledge. To do that… we have [...]
Is Ilya Kovalchuk Los Angeles-bound?
With the 2010 free agent period set to begin in two weeks from today on July 1st, rumors are rampant that Ilya Kovalchuk will most surely test free agency as he will become an unrestricted free agent. Kovalchuk, who was acquired by the New Jersey Devils a week before the 2010 NHL trade deadline in [...]
Into Next Season
HI’s Kings correspondent, Anthony Curatolo, takes a look inside the Los Angeles Kings as they have now entered into off-season planning. UFA’s and RFA’s and stud like goalies, oh my!
An Unfortunate Farewell
On Sunday night, as the final seconds ticked from the play clock high above the ice surface at the Staples Center, Kings fans knew within their hearts that, although their first playoff visit in many years has come to an end, the future will hold many more. Congratulations to the Vancouver Canucks who truly stepped [...]
Best of Three; Canucks and Kings Poised to Push Opposition to the Brink in Game Five
Best of Three; Canucks and Kings Poised to Push Opposition to the Brink in Game Five Ed Note: The Stanley Cup Playoffs are intense, unfortunately so are final exams. I’m busy studying when I’m not watching hockey, forgive me for the light article today. Tomorrow ends my semester; I’ll be back to my regular output [...]
Luongo, Canucks Look to Keep Kings From Stranglehold On Series
If Drew Doughty and Michal Handzus had their way, they would play every power play and the rest of the team would just draw the calls. The Canucks’ penalty killing woes continued on Monday night, Drew Doughty and Michal Handzus had three power play points each on three consecutive power plays for the Kings, all [...]
The Road of Success
The Los Angeles Kings return home for Game 3 against the Vancouver Canucks. Will the momentum from game 2 ride into the Staples Center tonight? The puck drops at 7:00 p.m. PST, 10:00 p.m. EST.
Canucks and Kings Call for Reinforcements; Grabner in, Williams Out for Game Two
After 60 minutes of dominating hockey, the Vancouver Canucks were finally able to come together as a team coming up with clutch plays in overtime to defeat the Los Angeles Kings and take game one of their Stanley cup playoff race. Roberto Luongo’s clutch goal line save was just the extra kick the Canucks skaters [...]
Sedins, Luongo lead Canucks Cup Campaign; The Vancouver Canucks 2010 Playoff Preview
82 Games played, 103 points. Another regular season has come and gone, and once again the Canucks stand atop the Northwest Division poised for a lengthy playoff run. Unlike years past, this season’s playoff optimism is accompanied by a sense of expectation, and in some minds a certain sense of confidence in this year’s edition [...]
Playoffs are upon us
The Los Angeles Kings begin their quest for the best prize in all of sports, the Stanley Cup as they face off against the Vancouver Canucks in the first round of the 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Bleeding clots; Kings clinch playoff birth
The Los Angeles Kings are in the playoffs and there is an opportunity they can be the dark horse of the Western Conference.
They’re back
The Olympics are over. Drew Doughty, Dustin Brown and Jonathan Quick are all coming home with medals. However, they are all coming home united as Kings again. On Monday night, the Olympic break proved beneficial to one team and not so much to the other. The Detroit Red Wings who seemed to be healthy for [...]
Red, White and Blue
An underdog is a person or group in a competition, frequently in electoral politics, sports and creative works, who is popularly expected to lose. Do you believe in miracles? “Sometimes, the best team in a tournament does not take home the Gold medal”. That was Team USA head coach Ron Wilson’s quote after the United [...]
Don’t stop believin’
The 2009-10 Los Angeles Kings have overcome not only their own issues as a team, but how the league viewed them heading into the season. Now, this Kings team is proving exactly what they are capable of; of course in “cardiac” style.
“Cardiac” Kings at it again
It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t impressive. However, it was another two points for the “cardiac” Kings this afternoon at the Staples Center. The Boston Bruins, coming off a huge victory against San Jose, took it to the Kings after the first twenty minutes of hockey were played. Jarret Stoll opened the scoring a little passed [...]