Battle of California - Kings, Sharks, and Ducks

The Sutters are a rare breed of players in hockey -- and in sports overall.

The 6th overall pick in 2003 belonged to the San Jose Sharks, who had gone through a terrible season which would change the league's power balance for many years. However, in our NHL Re-Draft, the 6th best value pick belonged to Brent Seabrook of the Chicago Blackhawks, who was awfully unheralded on draft day in 2003.

Dion Phaneuf was one of the most hotly discussed players to come from the 2003 NHL Entry Draft class. In our re-draft, he moves up five spots to 4th overall, despite his well-documented defensive issues.

Hollywood's biggest stars this year were a group of Canadians, Americans, Slovenians and Russians who won hockey's most coveted prize for the first time in franchise history. In the process, they told the Philadelphia Flyers to suck it.

Hey all! Well, the Stanley Cup Finals are finally upon us! It's hard to fathom that just a few months ago, we were all gearing up for Winnipeg's first NHL regular season since 1995. While we...

Hey all! The first two rounds are now in the books and we are into the Conference Finals! While we continue to lament the fact that the Winnipeg Jets will be using their summer to shake the rust...

Great goaltending, anemic offense - the LA Kings are an opposite of the Tampa Bay Lightning at current.

Two months since the first NHL coach firing of the season, Ken Hitchcock's St. Louis Blues remain the best performers, with the Los Angeles Kings under Darryl Sutter not far behind.

The Phoenix Coyotes need a victory in tonight's game against the Los Angeles Kings. Hopefully the fourth game of the season will be the charm.

MayorsManor.com - LA Kings Hockey Blog: Bernie Nicholls on 'terrible' Kings, coaching and love for SutterOn Sutter as a coach now, versus when he coached Bernie - "I love Darryl. I had him in...