Hey Kings Republic:

I wanted to share some things I now know about your team:

1. Drew Doughty is insane good. It's a joke. I hope he's a King for life and a really good cocktail is named in his honor.

2. I'm on the Meat Train bandwagon (can trains pull wagons? nevermind). I took a guess before the series we'd secretly fall in love with him. I'm not keeping it a secret.

3. Michal Handzus is severely under-rated.

4. I appreciate you have a GM that actually uses the trade deadline to get post season talent like Modin and Halpern. If he could have a chat with Mike Gillis, it would be just super.

5. I wish Vancouver had a tough son of a bitch shutdown man like Rob Scudari.

6. The Staples Center plays really good music.

7. I dig an entire audience wearing black.

8. I share Rudy's feelings for Ryan Smyth and Randy Jones. I sorry.

9. Quick will learn from this series and, with Bernier right behind him, I don't relish the thought of playing the Kings in the next few seasons.

10. Kopitar? Yeah, see #1 description.

I know it means nothing, but congrats on a good season and giving Vancouver a hell of a scare. Here's to future battles down the road. Cheers.