A Sad Day For Journalism…And For Us All
frozenroyalty.net 2/28/2009 — LOS ANGELES — The Rocky Mountain News (RMN) in Denver, Colorado, ceased operations on Friday, ending a nearly 150-year history—their first edition was published on April 23, 1859. The disastrous state of our economy and the increasingly rapid decline of newspapers across the United States ...

Forum answers I
insidesocal.com 1/29/2009 — Thanks for all the great questions, and feel free to keep asking them. It's been a busy day, so sorry for the delay in getting to the answers, but here's the first set... ----- Question: How many draft picks in the first 4 rounds for the kings ...

Forum answers II
insidesocal.com 1/29/2009 — Another set of answers, as I ponder what to do with my company-enforced ``furlough'' (unpaid week of vacation). Anyone need their car washed? Here are more answers... ----- Question: whats up with Teddy Purcell?? why is he always in and out of ...

Lombardi Talks About Goaltending, Top Defenseman Prospects
frozenroyalty.net 1/2/2009 — After taking New Year’s Day off, Frozen Royalty is back with more from an exclusive interview with Los Angeles Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi. In this installment, Lombardi focuses on his team’s future in goal and two of his top defenseman prospects.

Lombardi’s Rebuilding Plan Making Unexpected Progress
frozenroyalty.net 1/6/2009 — Frozen Royalty is back with Part 3 from an exclusive interview with Los Angeles Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi. In this, the third and final installment, Lombardi discusses the Kings’ player development and evaluation infrastructure and the progress made in his rebuilding plan.

On trade rumors...
insidesocal.com 2/7/2009 — I truly hesitate to do this, because it reads as though I'm talking down to people even though that's the farthest thing from my intention. But there is still almost one month until the trade deadline, and this thing is already death-spiraling out of ...

New on HockeyTalk: LA Surprise
frozenroyalty.net 11/30/2008 — Eighteen games into the 2008-09 National Hockey League season, the Los Angeles Kings are a surprising 8-8-2, good for eighteen points in the standings. As of this writing, the Kings are third in the Pacific Division, eleventh in the Western Conference and twentieth in the league standings...

Forum answers III
insidesocal.com 1/29/2009 — The third set of answers from today's open forum questions... ----- Question: Do you think the fans on here will ever stop complaining about everything all the time and understand we are not winning the Cup this year so just relax and enjoy the ...

Press Box Perspective
pressboxperspective.com 11/15/2008 — For the first time since Jason LaBarbera won four games more than a year ago (October 19 – 27, 2007), Erik Ersberg has led the Kings to a 4 game winning streak and hasn’t lost a game in regulation out of the 5 games he started. (Ersberg is 4-0-1 in ...

Scouting the Kings
blog.mlive.com 1/15/2009 — The Los Angeles Kings come into tonight's game against the Detroit Red Wings sporting a 17-19-and-6 record, which is good for 14th place in the Western Conference. The Kings dropped their last game by a 3-1 tally against the Tampa...

NHL Capsules — Boston.com -- Hockey news 1/15/2009
Alex Ovechkin had two goals and an assist and the Washington Capitals snapped a three-game losing streak with a 6-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins Wednesday night.

Morning Reading List — Capitals Insider 1/15/2009
AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar The Capitals snapped their losing streak with an explosive 6-3 win over the Penguins as much of the hockey world watched some of the NHL's biggest stars meet in a game filled with off-ice subplots. But it was Alex Ovechkin, who ...

Capitals-Penguins: Washington Beats and Bruises Penguins, 6-3 — Bleacher Report - NHL 1/15/2009
Alex Ovechkin scored two goals and assisted on a third, leading the Washington Capitals over the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 before 16,975 in snowy western Pennsylvania last night. The Pens also lost three players to injury, including captain and ...

The Interview That Keeps Giving — Capitals Insider 1/15/2009
Another must read from our ace guest blogger, Slava Malamud of Sport Express: Well, there were several things to learn from last night's festivities at the Igloo. I mean, of course, the complicated relationships between the four stars of the Caps and ...

State Of the Capitals: Midseason Report From Washington D.C. — Bleacher Report - NHL 1/15/2009
What a difference a year makes, huh? At the conclusion of January last season, the Caps were still languishing in the middle of the Southeast pack, and trying to overcome a horrid start to the year. As we wrap up the first month of 2009, ...