The Kings’ 2012-13 schedule has been released — pending labor peace, of course — and it does indeed kick off with a home game against the New York Rangers, on Oct. 12. The Kings’ start is home-heavy, as they play five of their first seven regular-season games at Staples Center. As usual, the Kings will play each Pacific Division opponents six times each, the other conference opponents four times each and then 18 games against the Eastern Conference, split evenly, home and away.
The Kings face the New Jersey Devils in Stanley Cup Finals rematch on Feb. 9 at Prudential Center.
The Kings have four five-game road trips: through Dallas, Chicago, Detroit, Columbus and Colorado in late November and early December, followed by, in mid-December, Montreal, Ottawa, Boston, Detroit and San Jose. Then there’s the annual “Grammy trip” in February, this year through Washington, Buffalo, New York (Rangers), New Jersey and Pittsburgh. The toughest one might be in late March and early April, as the Kings go through Dallas, Chicago, St. Louis, Florida and Phoenix. (Really, NHL? Florida on that trip?) The Kings have a season-long six-game homestand in January.
After the final five-game trip, the Kings finish the regular season with four of their final six games at home. The Kings have 12 sets of back-to-back games and finish the regular season with an April 13 home game against Anaheim. As for which Eastern Conference teams the Kings and hosting, and also playing on the road, here’s the breakdown…
HOME GAMES VS. EAST
New York Rangers (Oct. 12), Carolina Hurricanes (Oct. 18), New York Islanders (Nov. 6), Tampa Bay Lightning (Nov. 17), Florida Panthers (Dec. 6), Philadelphia Flyers (Jan. 3), Washington Capitals (Feb. 15), Winnipeg Jets (Feb. 23), Toronto Maple Leafs (March 4).
ROAD GAMES VS. EAST
Montreal Canadiens (Dec. 13), Ottawa Senators (Dec. 15), Boston Bruins (Dec. 17), Washington Capitals (Feb. 3), Buffalo Sabres (Feb. 5), New York Rangers (Feb. 7), New Jersey Devils (Feb. 9), Pittsburgh Penguins (Feb. 10), Florida Panthers (March 30)
The full schedule can be viewed by clicking here.
Can’t come soon enough! I’m sure you’ve got some pull, Rich. Can we “encourage” some of the higher ups to bring the start of the season to June 22nd? And by “encourage”, i mean beg..
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Meg Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 10:45 am
I second that..
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GoringFan72 Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 12:39 pm
@Mikey, I know you’re joking (sort of) but this is one of those rare years when I’m okay with waiting awhile. Normally at the end of the Cup finals we’ve been done for a couple months and I’m itching for our season to start. This year, WE got the bonus hockey and I’m content to let the team recover and recharge. I need a little of that too.
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GoringFan72 Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 12:39 pm
@Mikey, I know you’re joking (sort of) but this is one of those rare years when I’m okay with waiting awhile. Normally at the end of the Cup finals we’ve been done for a couple months and I’m itching for our season to start. This year, WE got the bonus hockey and I’m content to let the team recover and recharge. I need a little of that too.
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luc20rules Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 5:09 pm
@Mikey, I think we should send Rich to mediate the CBA that needs to be hammered out by Bettman & Fehr. That is the only way I would feel comfortable that Oct. = NHL Hockey.
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Other fun scheduling quirks: I’m really excited for our schedule against the Jackets…we basically we play them once a week for 4 weeks in November.
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When will they release the games for the weekend pack?
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I was really hoping we could have the home opener against the Nucks. Their annoying fans could have finally seen what it’s like to raise a Cup banner!!!
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OneTimer Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 9:33 am
@bmova, I see what you did there.
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UpTheIrons! Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 9:34 am
@bmova, +1
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 9:41 am
@bmova,
We’ll just have to settle for having Brad Richards and Henrik Lundqvist watching it go up — pending labor peace, of course.
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bmova Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 10:05 am
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com), True, but Richards has already won, and it’s hard to dislike Lundqvist. The Nucks fans are just so damn annoying.
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Stuart Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 10:35 am
@bmova, and you know there would be a ton of nucks there in our crib during our banner raising, so in a way I’m kind of glad it won’t be a bunch of disrespectful canuknuckle heads there to ruin our moment!
McSorleyfan Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 12:08 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com), Funny thing tho- at this point, we have as many Cups as NY!
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Duncanz Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 3:33 pm
@McSorleyfan, 1940?
Perro Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 10:37 am
@bmova, For Sutter’s sake I wanted it to be against Calgary
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Phoolish GM Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 10:56 am
@bmova, Philly would’ve been my vote for an opener. The irony would be dripping off that banner.
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paige Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:32 am
@Phoolish GM, +1
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7MILforHickey Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 1:21 pm
@paige, no way, you are all misguided.
the best thing that could have happened on opening night would have been to raise the banner infront of mike smith and shane doan.
Phoolish GM Reply:
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:03 am
@7MIL, fair enough, my ‘vote’ has some selfish motives, as I hope my name implies. Doan will have to visit Staples a few times and I’m sure be reminded by the more vocal Kings of his meltdown every time, while the Flyers have to confront their involvement in the Kings’ success only once.
Any chance they’ll send the banner out for dry cleaning, and re-hang it before the 1/3 Flyers game?
m.r.morris Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 12:42 pm
@bmova, Would have been interesting for it to have been Phoenix, the Nucks, blue jackets, Philly, Sharks and or a couple of others. BUT the Rangers will suffice.
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loskingpride Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 3:28 pm
@m.r.morris, We started last season against the Rangers and won, if the Kings repeat that I’m going to Vegas and putting money on the Kings to win the cup again.
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m.r.morris Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 3:43 pm
@loskingpride, You sound like a friend of mine that had a $200 @25-1 this year.
Just say the schedule…seems to be incomplete….Its missing May and June
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m.r.morris Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 12:42 pm
@RQ@315, lets get there again! I second that…
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Very cool. The season can’t start soon enough.
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T-MINUS…
113 Days.
Thought it was shorter. Not complaining, not complaining.
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 9:42 am
@LA_1968, Pending labor peace, of course.
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LA_1968 Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 9:57 am
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com), The players union shot down the realignment during the last season. ‘Not so fast’, they said. ‘What’s in it for me?’ I can’t blame them. But that just adds to the CBA issues that needs to be resolved. I like the realignment idea even though two divisions had extra teams.
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 10:24 am
@LA_1968,
I liked it too. Realignment seems inevitable. It wasn’t exactly how I would have done it but there are so many variables (all rights reserved, patent pending) that I’m sure I’m missing something, if not many things in my ‘like’ calculation.
I didn’t like tampa and florida in the ‘northeast’ conference. And I think one of the two eastern-time-zone ‘central conference’ teams should be moved to the East (I’d choose columbus over detroit) and then move the Pennsylvania teams to the southeast conference.
Columbus
Philly
Pitt
Washington
Carolina
Tampa
Florida
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Buffalo
Boston
NY Rangers
NY Islanders
NJ Devils
McDonalds Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 10:51 am
@LA_1968,
I refuse to support any realignment that gives team in once conference a better chance of making the playoffs than teams in another
…not that my support matters or anything
tkecanuck341 Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 10:57 am
@LA_1968, Where are they with realignment these days? The last I heard, it was “on hold” pending the CBA talks. Did they scrap the idea altogether or is the NHLPA just using it as a bargaining chip in the negotiations?
I can’t imagine Winnipeg is happy that they are still playing in the Southeast division.
paul hedberg Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 2:12 pm
@LA_1968, Top 3 in each(4) conference make it along with the 4 highest point totals from the rest so(hypathetically)a 5th place LA in a loaded conf.would make it & TB or Carolina or Buffalo in a weaker quadrant wouldn’t AUTOMATICALLY be in.Regardless,somebody needed to be swapped-out(DET,NSH,CLB) w/WPG for this season at least;they don’t need to be in SE div.for more than 1 season…complete embarrassment as usual Bettman.
LA_1968 Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 2:27 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com), You’re right about the multitude of variables that we cannot have access to. I’d bet, but don’t know, that they tried to have the perennial cellar dweller in the division with the extra team. I know the main thing they wanted to respect were the time zones. CBJ and DET both eastern while Chicago, a few hour drive, is Central. DET and CHI are such rivals that it would be hard to separate which works in your layout.
@McDonalds, I hear that. I don’t think the players shot the idea down for that reason however. I think the players felt the league would make more money with the realignment so they wanted to be part of that. Back more to your point, it would be unfair to have to jump more teams to make the playoffs but by how much? Too bad there is NO WAY they will expand to 32 teams. To have it fair they’d kind of have to take the top 3 teams in each division and take 3 wild cards. But that kind of takes the guts out of the rivalry system they’re trying to build. What we need is that site, sportsclubstats, to build a model for the realignment with the probabilities to make playoffs for each team based on last years results and the schedule that would be implemented in realignment. I just don’t know what the difference really is if you’re in a 7 or 8 team division. What if having two lousy teams at 7-8 makes for an easier schedule and offsets the simple idea of having to jump over more teams?
@tkecanuck341, I think it is still there but the players are using it as a bartering chip. IE ‘We’ll agree to realignment for a little higher salary cap etc.’
Gary Livingston Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 3:12 pm
@LA_1968,
I hate that the realignment didn’t happen. I was really looking forward to making a trip to Winnipeg to see the Kings play in that building. Every game I caught of the Jets last season sounded/looked like a playoff atmosphere game. So loud. Such great chants nonstop.
LA_1968 Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 2:31 pm
@paul hedberg, I meant to include your nick in the discussion directed to @McDonalds. Another small thing to balance out the 7 to 8 difference would be to order the draft picks based on seed rather than points. Higher picks would go to 8 team division. Not much but it’s something.
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Damn, we ain’t starting in Europe? I’m gonna complain….. I guess we will just have to break that streak…..
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bmova Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 9:44 am
@DesertKing, I don’t think anyone is starting in Europe.
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DesertKing Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 9:47 am
@bmova,
See, we broke it already!
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Perro Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 10:39 am
@bmova, Ya the NHL didn’t book any Europe games in case of a lockout.
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Can’t wait – road trip from Manchester to Boston on 12/17!!!!
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y Rangers tho?We played them last season in Europe
They can at least give us someone like the Ducks or Canucks! either fan base we can shove it to them
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Sebastian Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 10:19 am
@KingsFanFTW, Because the NHL Pimps the Rangers, Flyers and Penguins almost as much as they pimp Nickelback.
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KingsFanFTW Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 10:27 am
@Sebastian, LMAO
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I can’t believe we couldn’t get SJ or PHX as our home opener. It would have been so much nicer to raise the Championship banner on them then the NYR.
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Meg Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 10:48 am
@Scott, I don’t think the NHL took the “suck it” factor into consideration when deciding our opener. Would have been nice though..
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bmova Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:20 am
@Meg, +1
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When will they change their format to play one home and one away against East Coast teams? Quick, Brownie and Kopi really need it.
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Sebastian Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 10:17 am
@zdfun, hopefully never. the current format is just fine.
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Duncanz Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:31 am
@zdfun,
Heheh, they’ll be household names soon enough!
Just give it another year or four …
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Itchy Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:53 am
@zdfun,
The way the last season went, I wouldn’t mind more away games. (calm down, just a joke)
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Cool!
Go Kings Go!
Thanks Rich!
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Today is my birthday and I can’t think of anything to wish for…
You’ve made me proud Kings!! Who needs a birthday when you have the Stanley Cup?!?
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DesertKing Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 10:52 am
@SDKing,
Happy B-day and how about 2 Stanley Cups? GKG-AGAIN!!
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:08 am
@SDKing, Exactly! My bday was two days ago and it was a total dud. I got the only present I wanted on June 11th.
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nykingfan Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:14 am
@SDKing,
Happy B’day!
Mine was 6/11 its one I’ll never forget
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Jack Aubrey Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 12:26 pm
@nykingfan, Mine, too! What a perfect day! If there’s a good way to turn 59, that was it!
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Duncanz Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:34 am
@SDKing, Happy Birthday, @SDK!
I will now alert the SDFD that all that smoke is not the beginnings of a major house fire!
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SDKing Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 12:36 pm
ALL,
Thanks all!!!! and happy birthday Jack Aubrey!!
What a heck of a year its been! Congrats to us Kings fans!
Duncanz – I’ll make sure to properly ventilate the smoke… lol
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variable Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 1:41 pm
@SDKing,
happy day of yr birth…:)
maybe you can wish for labor peace…?
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Vacation Day booked for Oct 12th. I will find a ticket to this game!
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Ah man… no home game near Veteran’s Day (Nov 11th). I hope they still do special Red/White/Blue jerseys and put them up for auction! Been bugging everyone I can think of about it… haven’t heard back. Really wanted that Scud jersey last year, but got out bid.
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SAT OCT 27TH!
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It always makes me so happy when there’s a home game on my birthday.
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So, I hope Lundqvist brings his consolation hardware when the Kings raise the banner. Maybe Brad Richards could receive a parting gift as well.
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Weasel Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 10:51 am
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
And maybe the Kings should have a Ryan Symth bobblehead night too.
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Mike Onusic Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:34 am
@Weasel, How about a Steve Bernier bobblehead?
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Itchy Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:57 am
@Mike Onusic,
Wearing one of those cone-of-shame plastic funnels they put on dogs with stitches?
The Gondor Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 6:28 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?, The beauty in playing NY Rangers in opener is the national audience can see us put about a 5 – 1 whupping on Lundqvist and all of the NHL can see with their own eyes that “I guess this Jonathan Quick really is a better goalie than Vezina winning Henrik Lundqvist.”
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Only 82 games? For some reason, I thought we played more last season
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:02 am
@DesertKing, 102 to be exact!
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DesertKing Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:08 am
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com),
We better get those extra 20 games scheduled ASAP!
I love being a Kings and Stanley Cup Champion fan!
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Any way to get an Insider event going for the first home game?
I will do everything in my power to get there.
When will tickets go on sale for October 12th?
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LVKINGS88 Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:02 am
@Lake Forest, Really! but you know that’s gonna cost a pretty penny.
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Lake Forest Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:04 am
@LVKINGS88, I’m afraid of that too. All my pennies are ugly and I don’t have many…
We need to find a local place with no distractions that will have the game then!
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puck73 Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:18 am
@Lake Forest, Frank Robledo of EA Sports Management is your guy if you want to put a Hammond suite night together.
We call him..”Fair deal Frank”
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Duncanz Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:47 am
@puck73, What’s that mean?
Extra-curricular Accounting?
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variable Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 1:42 pm
@puck73,
let’s not go there….
we need to unionize….
did i just say a dirty word…?
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Duncanz Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 2:01 pm
@variable,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdOCWUgwiWs
variable Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 2:44 pm
@DUNKIN,
that was awesome…great pull…:)
Actually as a born and bred New Yorker (and 19 year Kings fan) I think it’s perfect that the home opener is against the Rangers. Every year Ranger fans guarantee a Cup win the following June. It’ll be nice to show them what a Cup winning team looks like! The only thing more annoying then the Rangers and their fans are the Leafs and their fans. Can we get a double header with the Rangers & Leafs? Maybe play them back to back and raise the banner twice?
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PaulHB Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:01 am
@PaulHB, BTW I also think we need to have a banner raising ceremony every time the Quackers, Guppies, and Puppies come to play at Staples. Although the Puppies will probably relocate between now and October to someplace in Canada (one can only hope….)
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LVKINGS88 Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:03 am
@PaulHB, Nice!!!!!!
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DesertKing Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:07 am
@PaulHB,
I would never get tired of it…..
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puck73 Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:26 am
@PaulHB, Nothing worse then that stupid coyote howling before a powerplay and after a goal!
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McSorleyfan Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 12:57 pm
@puck73, Someone said this was to let their fans know it was time to tip over the trash cans in search of half-eaten weenies… Whereas I cannot take credit for this, I do laugh top myself everytime I hear that howl, picturing their fans running therough the aisles…
nykingfan Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:17 am
@PaulHB,
I really wanted to play NYR…We would have walked over them and I could have shoved it in every Rangers fan’s face ..including the wife!!!!
But this will suffice!!!!!!!
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Just thought I would drop a little note to Rich. October 12th, 2012, what a SUITE NIGHT!!!! GO KINGS GO!!!
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man the summer goes by quick when you play into june. let’s hope next summer is short too.
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Doc Allen Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 12:14 pm
@Bickleton Wigglesworth III, Yes I will be disappointed if we don’t get 20 more games next year-although I really think we could have done it in 18! LOL How quick (QUICK) we get spoiled.
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Jim, Check out that span between 12/21 and 1/19. That’s 30 days in the middle of the season where you get to sleep at home. NICE!
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Did I call you Jim? Sorry Rich.
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Hey Rich,
Can you do a charitable event “Adopt an Insider” and take me with you to the Home Opener???
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Duncanz Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 11:42 am
@L*<k F*<k€d€$t,
There has to be some redeeming quality in any 'Adopt-a' program.
Otherwise foster care is the inevitabilty!
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Already figuring out the driving scenarios and days off to drive to Dallas for the 3 games vs the Stars. My lady and I will be sporting our Kings jerseys and Stanley Cup Champions hats. Can’t wait to get booed……LOL
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I’ll jump on the ‘work stoppage’ prediction train and say in actuality, the first home game will be on Tuesday, December 4th against Columbus. Jack sees the banner go up and then freaks out. He skates over to the Kings bench and grabs an LA jersey, puts it on, and demands to play for the Kings.
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Duncanz Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 12:05 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com),
And all the little @Defrims lived happily ever after!
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DesertKing Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 12:28 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com),
Meanwhile, Jeff Carter looks over at the CBJ bench and gives them the raspberry!
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variable Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 1:51 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com),
it’s probably gonna happen…and that’s me being optimistic….
eventually, RICH will put up a CBA thread…and then all opinion-hell will break loose….
i’ve stated some opinions on what’s gonna happen on previous threads based upon what PABLO likes to call “the talking heads”…(minus david byrne)…
i will say this – the players have very little leverage…at 57% of revenue sharing, they’re foolish if they think they are gonna be able to keep that number…
of course, there’s the escrow issue…and the realignment dilemma…
long-term contracts will be heavily discussed…
and the possibility o a few teams relocating….
the wanger situation (NYI) is not going away and is bound to lead them off the island at this point…so that’s a huge issue….
seattle and las vegas want teams…
you got the jim blackberry situation that is sure to rise again come fall…
there’s plenty to talk about regarding the upcoming talks,….
and i’m guessing we will have plenty ‘o’ time to do so….
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Duncanz Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 3:06 pm
@variable,
The Merchant of Doom cometh …
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Notice the 3 Home & Home series in a row Starting December 20 & 22 Vs Sharks, Then 26/27 vs the Yotes and finally 29/Jan 2 vs Ducks.
Should be lots of fights in those 6 games!
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By the way…..quick not winning the award last night is a backhanded compiment to his defense in front of him
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Anyone have the intenet presale code for frozen fury? Searched the comments of last few threads, didn’t see any
Please help 
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Some teams(other sports) will give out the rings one night and do the banner on another…..
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My wife would kill me if she knew I was studying next year’s schedule!!! oh boy! It will be here before we know it!!!
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I live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and fortunately saw the Kings play several road games this year…Chicago (twice), Detroit, Columbus, Nashville and Minnesota…I promised my son that if the Kings won the Cup we’d go out to LA next season. If the schedule cooperated…well if the season starts on time it cooperates very nicely.
Well here’s to hoping the CBA is settled and the season starts on time as my son’s his spring break from College and my vacation line up where we can go to LA on the 1st of March….try to get tickets to the road games vs San Jose and Anaheim and the home games vs Toronto, Dallas and Calgary….looks perfect.
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PICK-a-SEAT!!!!!!!!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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I wish it was Anaheim in the building on the first night. I seem to remember that at the start of last season, Ducks’ play-by-play man John Ahlers predicting that the Kings would be the biggest disappointment. Wouldn’t it be great if he had to call the Kings banner-raising ceremony?
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TiredOfIt Reply:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:05 am
@KingMe20, Yes and his twin idiot Hayward said that the Sparks were closer to winning the Cup than the Kings were….Hahahahahahah
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cool Kings play Devils on a saturday!! wifey and me are going!!!
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I’m excited as a fan from outside of California to see that the Kings will be playing at home while I’m on vacation in Anaheim.
On a related note, how difficult/time consuming is it to get from the Disneyland area to Staples for a Tuesday night game? Is there an easier option other than driving?
Thanks in advance for any help from the locals.
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Kopi Bryant Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 2:46 pm
@Reo M, Metrolink train from Anaheim to LA Union Station then Red line train to 7th and Fig (Metro Center) and walk south 3 blocks to Staples Center.
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Kopi Bryant Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 2:47 pm
@Kopi Bryant, Fig = Figueroa
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todd Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 3:03 pm
@Reo M, You can also take a Purple line train from Union Station to 7th and Fig. On maps, the stop is called 7th and Metro.
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todd Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 3:11 pm
@Reo M, To answer your original question. The train is probably a better bet on a Tuesday night. Traffic can be a nightmare and driving could take you a couple hours. There is the chance that the train could be completely stopped because of an accident on the tracks or something like that, but those instances are pretty rare. I’ve only taken it a couple times, but I recall that trains from Anaheim to Union Station are around an hour.
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Duncanz Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 3:24 pm
@Reo M, The guys above gave you good info.
To add to that, if you don’t want to walk to Staples, you can simply switch lines to the Blue Line and take it one stop South, to Pico.
You’ll be right there across from Staples.
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Reo M Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 3:32 pm
@Duncanz,
Nice. Thanks to everyone for their input. I’ll have to look into this. Taking a night off from Disneyland to experience my first game at Staples with my 4 year old son would definitely be worth it. Thanks again.
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kingsfantom Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 4:31 pm
@Reo M, if you leave anaheim (thank god you’re not a ducks fan) by 4:00 you’ll have no problem watching the kings warm up and grab a beer before the game. If you leave at 5:00, you’ll make it, but it’ll be close, and you’ll deff miss the warm ups and be waiting for your beer .
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TiredOfIt Reply:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:12 am
@Reo M, You could also rent a helicopter and lift off from “Club33″ and land on top of the Ritz Carlton helipad. Then take the elevator to the ground floor and walk through the LA Live Plaza across the street to Staples….might be a little pricey. Better stick with the Metro. Trying to be funny….don’t know if it worked…Go Kings Go
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Duncanz Reply:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:28 am
@TiredOfIt,
I laughed.
Don’t know if I should’ve.
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I live near Philly…work in NYC. The plan is Devils Feb. 7th, Rangers Feb. 9th, drive to Pittsburgh Feb 10th. That gives me something to really look forward to. Go Kings Go!
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PurpleRocks Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 5:08 pm
@Ben, I plan on going to the Pittsburgh one. I just pray the schedule doesn’t change. I can’t wait!
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Ben Reply:
June 21st, 2012 at 7:46 pm
@PurpleRocks,
We should meet for a beer in the arena before the game and toast the Stanley Cup champs…email me at peskypetrs@aol.com and we’ll coordinate the brewski hoisting!
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petemagoop Reply:
June 23rd, 2012 at 10:34 am
@Ben, I see the Kings won’t be in Philly this year – too bad
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They should’ve had us open against the Ducks, Sharks, Coyotes or Canucks.
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whatever happened to the 4-Conference realignment? I know the NHLPA tried to shoot it down but didn’t the NHL say they had no right to that? what happened?
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