Los Angeles Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi announced Tuesday that his team has hired actor Bill Murray as a special advisor to avoid entering into a “Groundhog Day” loop if they re-engage in the Kovalchuk sweepstakes. Though the Kings are eager to jump back in the running for Kovalchuk, who is once again a free [...]
Nearly 40 days after it started Arbitrator Richard Bloch mercifully ended the Ilya Kovalchuk odyssey yesterday, finally allowing attention to shift to the NHL’s second most prized free agent of the summer: Ilya Kovalchuk. Bloch sided with the NHL the arbitration hearing against the New Jersey Devils and Kovalchuk Monday afternoon, and with the saga over, [...]
Our special investigations units has been on a roll lately, and it was only a matter of time (see: week of insufferable nonsense) before we battened down the hatches and took a look at just what is holding up the free agent signing of star russian winger Ilya Kovalchuk. Kovalchuk, one of the most talented [...]
NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell yesterday suspended the Los Angeles Kings franchise for five games as a result over the team’s appearance in the Dwayne Johnson film The Tooth Fairy. Campbell announced the suspension during a conference call with reporters, stating “As long as the Kings continue to have no respect for their brand and the [...]
