LA Kings Defenseman Willie Mitchell Might Miss More Than Just This Season

April 4, 2013 by Leave a comment

LA Kings defenseman Willie Mitchell
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EL SEGUNDO, CA — As reported by several media outlets, Los Angeles Kings defenseman Willie Mitchell will not return this season after a second surgery on his ailing knee.

Mitchell reportedly went too hard on the knee in his rehabilitation work during the Kings’ abbreviated training camp back in January, re-injuring the knee.

Mike Liut, Mitchell’s agent, told Lisa Dillman of the Los Angeles Times that the surgery “…was designed to clean up ‘some debris’ in the knee,” and that “Mitchell ‘should be ready for next season.’”

But on April 3, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi dropped a bit of a bombshell when, as Frozen Royalty reported on Twitter just a few minutes after, he indicated that there is a possibility that Mitchell might not be able to play in the 2013-14 season.

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LA Kings Dustin Penner Obliterates All Doubts About His Physical Conditioning

September 13, 2011 by 20 Comments

PRE-TRAINING CAMP COVERAGE: Frozen Royalty begins its pre-training camp coverage with stories based on interviews from the Los Angeles Kings HockeyFest ’11 event, held on September 11, 2011. Starting things off is the real story on left wing Dustin Penner and his physical conditioning. For those of you who are still claiming that he is out of shape, guess again.

Looking trim, and fit, Los Angeles Kings left wing Dustin Penner met with the media during the Los Angeles Kings HockeyFest ’11 event at Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 11, 2011.
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LOS ANGELES — Back in July, during the Los Angeles Kings’ 2011 Development Camp for their young prospects, veteran and much-maligned left wing Dustin Penner emerged from the team’s dressing/weight room area to take a break during a workout.

Penner made his appearance on a day when the local media covering the team, including those representing two major newspapers in the area, the team’s official web site, a web site operated by NBC Sports, and several other web sites known for having solid reputations and writers with real sources, were all gathered at the Kings’ practice facility to cover the Development Camp.

As the target of frequent, heavy criticism for his poor play after he was traded to the Kings, Penner immediately became the big story, not the young prospects. Read more of this post

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July 1 Was The Time For Dean Lombardi To Gamble

July 3, 2009 by 14 Comments

COMMENTARY: Los Angeles Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi filled a hole on July 2 with the signing of unrestricted free agent defenseman Rob Scuderi but still has a huge, gaping hole to fill on left wing. Should he have gambled on one of the top free agents on July 1?

LOS ANGELES — After day two of the National Hockey League’s annual feeding frenzy, otherwise known as the first couple of days when teams can sign unrestricted free agents, the Los Angeles Kings have filled a need on their blue line.

On July 2, they agreed to terms with veteran defenseman Rob Scuderi, 30, who just won the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins, to a four-year deal that is reported to be worth $13.6 million, an average of $3.4 million per season—a nice raise from the $725,000 he earned last season.

The 6-0, 218-pound defenseman scored a goal and added fifteen assists for sixteen points with a +23 plus/minus rating and eighteen penalty minutes in a career-high 81 regular season games last season.

In the playoffs, Scuderi scored a goal and tallied four assists for five points with six penalty minutes in 24 games, averaging 20:29 of ice time. Read more of this post

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Helene Elliott Calls Out LA Kings Absentee Owner Philip Anschutz

April 9, 2009 by 5 Comments

In Thursday’s (April 9, 2009) issue of the Los Angeles Times, sports columnist and hockey writer extraordinaire Helene Elliott called out Los Angeles Kings’ reclusive owner Philip Anschutz in a big, big way. Read more of this post

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A Sad Day For Journalism…And For Us All

February 27, 2009 by Leave a comment

LOS ANGELES — The Rocky Mountain News (RMN) in Denver, Colorado, ceased operations on Friday, ending a nearly 150-year tradition of covering the news in Denver, throughout Colorado, the nation and the world—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 led to shuttering of the paper.

Why mention this on a blog covering the Los Angeles Kings? Two reasons… Read more of this post

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