Battle of California - Kings, Sharks, and Ducks

A look at Matt Greene and how legends develop among hockey teams.

Before I give you all a rousing introduction, I first must throw down the 'ol LA Kings gauntlet.There is little doubt that the Kings will be a dominant force in 2006-2007, after a rough season last...

Hey SoCal boys, what do you think of this rumor? From the ever-reliable Toronto Sun:Rob Blake: After years of high-level, not to mention high-priced, service, Blake is leaning towards making a...

After talking some smack in my intro post, I was hoping that the Kings would hop on 'ol Pavol Demitra's shoulders next year. In between scoring nearly a point per game, he suffered every calamity...

I detailed three of the bigger moves in free agency below, but there have been enough moves to make my head spin. The venerable Mirtle seems to have a nice gallery of the many moves so far.The B...

Waaay back in the days of watching hockey while living in New Jersey, I randomly flipped on a meaningless Rangers-Islanders game. And for some reason, some force compelled me to keep watching.And...

The NHL schedule was released today for the upcoming year. Here will be the key matchups (including preseason) for the Battle of California:Also of note, the Pacific division will be traveling to...

Want to know how the shootout distorts statistics? Consider that no team in the Pacific had a sub-.500 divisional record last year.Pacific divisional record only: TeamW-L-OWin%GFGAPP%PK%Anaheim1...

For any of you BoC site enthusiasts who are clamoring for more James O’Brien (count me as one of them), he shot me a quick e-mail today:"I'm the editor of the newspaper at my college this fall,...

Well, in BoC news, the L.A. Kings have decided to retire good ol’ #20 for fan favorite Luc Robitaille on January 20th, in a game against the Phoenix Coyotes. This probably paves the way for Rob...