Battle of California - Kings, Sharks, and Ducks

What does Los Angeles Kings GM Dean Lombardi get this summer for a team that has won everything? Nothing.

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.

The Los Angeles Kings built a Stanley Cup winner the hard way -- through a long, steady rebuild with mistakes, obstacles, and bold decisions.

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.

One of the Stars divisional rivals tried to address its scoring woes with a big deadline move and other news and notes from around the NHL.

The new Dallas Stars owner said his team will try to make moves that benefit both the present and the future and other news and notes from around the NHL.

The loss to the Dallas Stars was the straw that broke the camel's back for former Los Angeles Kings coach Terry Murray and other news and notes from around the NHL.

Assume the Kings start the season without Drew Doughty. The strategy of Meehan/Doughty will be to wait for the Kings to crumble without Doughty and come scurrying back with a better offer.  The...

A look into how the Cats' "blueprint" is similar to San Jose's strategy in becoming a perennial contender

Everyone knows all of the angles involved in Mulletgate. Let's look at the lighter side of things.