Morning reading

Greetings from Denver, where they’re having a beautiful spring morning. If by “spring” you mean about 10 inches of snow…

Here’s my LAKings.com feature for this week, on the Kings’ highly successful penalty-kill unit. As a complementary bonus, click below for an interview with assistant coach (and penalty-kill specialist) Mark Hardy.

Now Playing in L.A.: The Killers

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