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HEAD COACH
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Larry Robinson
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ROSTER
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C - Jozef Stumpel, Olli Jokinen, Ian Laperriere, Ray
Ferraro, Sean Pronger, Nathan Lafayette. LW - Eric Lacroix,
Vladimir Tsyplakov, Luc Robitaille, Craig Johnson. RW - Russ
Courtnall, Glen Murray, Sandy Moger, Daniel Audette. D - Garry
Galley, Rob Blake, Sean O'Donnell, Doug Bodger, Mattias Norstrom,
Dave Babych, Philippe Boucher. G - Stephane Fiset, Jamie Storr.
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INJURIES
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Mark Visheau, d (urinary tract obstruction, who cares?);
Sean Pronger, c (knee, 2-4 weeks). Jamie Storr, g (ankle, at this
point who blames him if he never comes back?).
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TRANSACTIONS
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Traded Steve Duchesne to the Philadelphia Flyers in
exchange for a 5th round 2000 draft pick and Dave Babych. Rid
themselves of the plague called Yanic Perreault in exchange for
Jason Podollan and a 3rd round 1999 draft pick. Brought Pavel Rosa
back up from Long Beach (IHL).
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GAME RESULTS
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3/25 Dallas L 2-1
3/28 at Colorado L 7-2
3/30 at Boston W 2-1
3/31 at Detroit L 2-1
4/03 at Nashville L 3-2
4/05 at Colorado L 4-1
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STANDINGS
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Pacific Division GP W L T PTS GF GA
Dallas 76 47 17 12 106 217 158
Phoenix 77 38 27 12 88 194 180
Anaheim 76 34 30 12 80 203 187
San Jose 77 30 30 17 77 183 177
Los Angeles 76 28 43 5 61 172 205
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TEAM NEWS
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by Matt Moore, Los Angeles Correspondent
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Oh. Yeehaw. Another two weeks of Kings games. And people wonder
why I get so depressed every April. Well maybe it is because the
Kings started to plan their tee off times for April 19th?
Amazingly that coincided with the day after their last game of the
season. With all of six games to play the Kings are supposedly
still mathematically eligible but we all know that they have as
much chance of making the playoffs as I do of Jim Iovino finally
paying off that bet we had.
So where to start? Let's just skip the standard loss to Dallas.
The Kings playing Dallas means only one thing: them losing to
Dallas. It's like white and rice, just meant to go together. But
even worse than the loss to Dallas were the two walkovers by
Colorado. The first game between the two was about as bad of a
game as I have seen the Kings play. It is bad enough that the
Kings don't have any offense and are streaky on their effort, but
they totally didn't show up that day. Theo Fleury showed why he is
going to be the key free agent this off-season by systematically
embarrassing the Kings and producing more offense than the Kings
can muster in a week.
The second game against Colorado was just sad. It looked like
nobody wanted to be out on the ice and the Kings were lucky to hold
the Avs to single digits and it was miraculous that they only lost
4-1. Sickening. Disgusting. Heartbreaking. Those are the words
that pop into the mind of this life-long Kings fan who saw his team
just not care that they look like mindless and heartless idiots.
After this game I really can't say anything good about the Kings
other than the season is rapidly coming to an end and the pain will
be over soon. At least until next season, because we all know that
Kings management will talk big but will not punish the quitting
players for bringing such dishonor to this franchise. And I always
thought that having a Disney team in the league was as shameful as
Southern California hockey could get. The effort expended by the
Kings proved me wrong.
But on lighter news, the Kings finally got rid of Yanic Perreault.
Yeehaw. And they seem to have gotten a pretty good young player in
exchange. Jason Podollan is a goal scorer, which is what the Kings
desperately need in their future. Perreault could've been a goal
scorer except for the fact he seemed to disappear for months at a
time.
Also gone is Steve Duchesne. He was traded in a desperate move by
Dave Taylor to make up for the fact that Dave Taylor signed him.
So off to Philly goes Duchesne. And in return the Kings get Dave
Babych? Other than the fact that Babych is older than my
grandfather, this trade is a great one. I mean, you get rid of a
player by paying him a whole bunch of money and then get an old guy
who was always kinda slow and who will be a free agent at the end
of the season. Good job, Dave. Now just save time and fire
yourself and Larry Robinson.
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