These are the playoffs. You think you know the path, the future, until the path makes a hard turn and the future becomes something else altogether. Anyone who has followed this topsy-turvy first-round series between the LA Kings and the Edmonton Oilers understands that very well. A 2-0

On June 19 of last year, Darcy Kuemper’s shower was interrupted by his wife bringing him the news that he’d been traded from the Washington Capitals to the LA Kings. He could have had no way of knowing exactly what would lie ahead for himself, his

It will be fashionable to talk about the LA Kings weathering the storm in Game 4 in what stands as the most crucial game in this wacky, topsy-turvy series. It will not just be fashionable but critical. Kings head coach Jim Hiller acknowledged in the wake

Travel day in the LA Kings’ fascinating first-round series with the Edmonton Oilers. The shifting of the series North means much more than the ability to get to a Tim Hortons within five minutes of anywhere you happen to be in the city. Given how the first