LA KINGS OUTSIDER 2.0

Don't Pay Any Attention To Those Two On The Right; Dustin Penner Is A Stanley Cup Champion I woke up this morning to the news that the Kings resigned Justin Williams to a four-year extension.  Then an hour later my friend texts me: "Four more years of Williams?" My response: "Two years too long." Behind Kopitar, Justin Williams is our second-most skilled player.  This probably speaks more to the lack of offensive creativity of our forward core than the skill of Williams.  Regardless a four year deal worth $14.6 million with a manageable cap-hit of $3.65M makes sense for both parties. DL has to be praying to the hockey gods that Williams injuries are well behind him.  After playing in only 130 games over the past three seasons; Williams has appeared in all 62 games this season.  He's second on the team in scoring with 49 points and tied for the team-lead with 20 goals. It has to be a good day for Williams considering all that's been through ove...

I've ordered my Hemsky jersey...have you??? How quickly things change.  The last time I blogged the Kings had dropped 8 of 10 games and were dead last in the division.  Well, The Kings not only survived the record road trip that was supposed to kill their playoff hopes but they earned 15 out of a possible 20 points on the road trip. A flurry of moves have been made over the past couple of weeks leading up to the deadline.  The Western Conference is loading up on talent and it may be time for the Kings to respond... Before you start asking: "Where's Brad Richards?" "Where's Marian Gaborik?!" "Where's David Booth?!?!"  Please read my qualifications for making it onto this exclusive shopping list. I used Sportsclubstats.com to distinguish which teams are selling.  Any team with less than a 30% chance of making the playoffs was considered a seller (Oilers, Senators, Devils, Islanders, Maple Leafs, Avalanche, Panthers, Thrashers, Blue...