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Opportunity Is Knocking For Los Angeles Kings Defenseman Davis Drewiske

LA Kings defenseman Davis Drewiske
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EL SEGUNDO, CA — After playing in just 109 regular season games with the Los Angeles Kings over the previous four seasons, including a career-low nine games last season, defenseman Davis Drewiske must have felt like he was just spinning his wheels, at times, terribly frustrated with the major lack of ice time.

Of course, Drewiske was the seventh defenseman on the Kings’ depth chart, and heading into the shortened 2013 National Hockey League season, it looked like he was in for more of the same. But Willie Mitchell underwent off-season knee surgery, and is still out of the lineup. Further, Matt Greene was lost to a herniated disc, requiring back surgery that will keep him out of the lineup until at least late March.

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Sluggish Start By Los Angeles Kings Was All Too Predictable

LA Kings left wing Dustin Penner (right), shown here with goaltender
Jonathan Quick (left), during a recent practice session.
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LOS ANGELES — Following the Los Angeles Kings’ third period collapse, resulting in a 3-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche in Denver on January 22, based on the reaction across the World Wide Web, one would think the sky is falling, Dustin Penner is back to being the worst player in the history of the game, and the Kings are doomed.

Of course, in an abbreviated season, every game counts that much more, and there is almost no time for a team to catch up if they dig themselves into a hole early in the season.

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Signing Rob Scuderi Was A Turning Point In LA Kings’ Journey To A Stanley Cup Championship

LA Kings defenseman Rob Scuderi.
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EL SEGUNDO, CA — Although it took a little longer than hoped, part of Dean Lombardi’s plan has finally worked, now that the Los Angeles Kings have won the 2012 Stanley Cup Championship.

Back in April 2006, when he was hired as President/General Manager of the Kings, Lombardi’s plan was, not just to build a team that could win the Stanley Cup, but to build one that would be a perennial Stanley Cup contender.

To be sure, part of his plan has come to fruition, and in dramatic fashion, especially if you look closely at how the Kings have evolved from the time he took over the general manager’s chair.

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