It's been a fast and furious Round 1 for the Los Angeles Kings... so I want to make sure nothing is falling through the cracks in terms of your entertainment dollar here at The Royal Half. Don't forget, we are still writing GAMEDAY PREVIEWS exclusively at LAKings.com... so you can always check out our archive here. 

This is the kind of stuff you are missing out on.
Well, actually... no... this was from our article here.

And on Monday... a few hours before the LA Kings defeated the St. Louis Blues in the Game 4 of their series... I appeared on The War Room on SiriusXM's NHL Network to preview the the game. I've been on The War Room a few times and it's always fun... even if it's short.

And for the 4 of you that aren't on Twitter... our own Indiana Matt has been killing it with his now-patented Because It's The Cup Spoofs™. Here are the best of Round 1 so far:

And not to be outdone... Ironsight Design put together an amazing infographic at the start of the Kings-Blues series to help Jay Bouwmeester get accustomed to the NHL Playoffs. 

#TeamTRH 4-eva.

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KINGS 4, BLUES 3

There's never a true consensus of how a fan base feels. No matter what day of the year, a small percentage will be content while the majority believes the sky is falling and all hope is lost.

FIRST... read today's GAMEDAY PREVIEW for Game 4 between the Los Angeles Kings and the St. Louis Blues. Exclusively on LAKings.com.

This will make more sense once you've read the GAMEDAY PREVIEW.

THEN...  it's a brand-new 1st Round Edition of All The Kings Men Podcast!!! Jesse Cohen and I chat with Jon Hoven from Mayors Manor about the LA Kings inability to score goals. You can check out the brand-new episode of All The Kings Men Podcast here, subscribe to it on iTunes or listen below:

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KINGS 1, BLUES 0

Oh, this really is going to get worse.

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FIRST... read our GAMEDAY PREVIEW for tonight's Game 3 between the Los Angeles Kings and the St. Louis Blues. Exclusively on LAKings.com.

This will make more sense once you've read the GAMEDAY PREVIEW.

And via The Royal Half's 1990s LA Kings Historian, Spike Coffman... we have a World Premiere Video that just might bring tears to your eyes.

Tears of laughter that is.

KINGS 1, BLUES 2

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Game #2

 

KINGS 1, BLUES 2 (OT)
JON QUICK, GAME WINNING ASSIST

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FIRST... read our GAMEDAY PREVIEW for Game 1 of the 1st Round Series between the Los Angeles Kings and the St. Louis Blues. Exclusively on LAKings.com.

This will make much more sense once you've read the GAMEDAY PREVIEW.

THEN... it's a brand-new 1st Round Edition of All The Kings Men Podcast!!! Jesse Cohen and I chat with Brad Lee from St. Louis Game Time about all things Blues and Kings. Then Jon Hoven from Mayors Manor stops by to indulge Jesse's hypotheticals as well as preview the series. You can check out the brand-new episode of All The Kings Men Podcast here, subscribe to it on iTunes or listen below:

Now all that is left is for the game to start and the Los Angeles Kings to defend their Stanley Cup Championship. Damn, if that isn't still a weird thing to say. 

Brigitte from One Girl, One Puck is back with an all-St. Louis Blues Playoff Edition of her demented look at the LA Kings opponent... something we like to call "Know Your Opponent!" Now, Brigitte has taken on the St. Louis Blues before... but this time... it's personal. Take it away, Brigitte...

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Let's talk about the Blues again shall we? I feel like I've made my mild dislike for the Blues known previously. I may have ever so subtly slipped that in one of my previous Know Your Opponent posts about them. The Blues are one of those teams where you think "Man I hear they're really good, but I don't actually know anything about them." Well guess what? I'm hear to help, like for real this time. Is there actual information located in this post? Maybe, if you actually don't know the whole roster. Since we'll be getting quite intimately acquainted with the Blues this next week or two, I've decided to take a look at some of the lesser known members of the team. (Take your pick on which one of these assholes we'll all hate by the end of the series)
 

He really is kind of tiny.

Ok, so people do talk about Sobotka a lot (cue Pierre McGuire's boner), but he's still not one of the Blues "stars". He's also pretty small, at least compared to some other guys on the team. Pretty sure the Kings could literally eat him alive...(insert Dustin Penner/Drew Doughty joke here)