TRH PLAYOFF RECAP GAME 3 - ST. LOUIS BLUES: STAR WORST

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KINGS 1, BLUES 0

Heading into Game 3 against the St. Louis Blues, the Los Angeles Kings found themselves in an unfamiliar position. The team never trailed during its historic run to the Stanley Cup Final, and now were potentially going to be put on the brink of elimination.
 
Yet, I wasn't worried. I didn't think there was any way the Kings would lose the series, much less Game 3. Sure the Kings had scored only two goals in two games and hadn't managed to score a single goal at 5-on-5. That just meant things were going to open up soon.
 
That final prediction didn't come to fruition, but the Kings didn't disappoint their faithful weirdos fans.

PREGAME:

Still better than Kingston.
 
WHAT?! Kings fans cannot be serious, right?
RIGHT?!
 
Better strap in, folks. It's only going to get much, much worse from here on out. Grab your favorite fifth if you're going to be able to handle all of this talk about the fourth.
 

Oh, this really is going to get worse.
 
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TRH PLAYOFF GAMEDAY 3 - ST. LOUIS BLUES: CHRISTMAS WISH

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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.

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TRH PLAYOFF RECAP GAME 2 - ST. LOUIS BLUES: DEJA BLUES

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KINGS 1, BLUES 2

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Before a colossal mistake led to the St. Louis Blues being able to steal Game 1 of the series against the Los Angeles Kings, all eyes were fixated on Jonathan Quick. The stalwart netminder appeared to regain his 2012 form in the opening game against the Blues. And his stellar performance gave his team a fantastic chance to take one on the road before a mishandled puck gave Alex Steen cult status in the Midwest.
 
 
#NeverForget
 
Heading into the second game of the series, fans had some big questions:
 
1) Are the Kings going to respond to their offensive no-show in Game 1?
2) Could the Blues finally solve Quick?
3) Would anyone be able to watch the game in its entirety?
 
Short answer: No.
 
Regardless, onto the eerie foresight and general yelling at no one in particular!
 
PREGAME:
Fool me once...
 
This was Nick Nickson's original call for Jarret Stoll's game-winner against Vancouver.
 
Fool me twice...
 
C'mon gang, no way that happens again!
 
Apparently this is Midwest smack talk. I think we should be insulted.

I'm not sure you understand how puns work.
 
*sigh*
 
Only a bandwagoner would say that.
 
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TRH PLAYOFF GAMEDAY 2 - ST. LOUIS BLUES: SIDE SPLITTING

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Game #2

LA KINGS
27-16-5
59 pts
5th in Western Conference
vs
ST. LOUIS BLUES
29-17-2
60 pts
4th in Western Conference
 
Kings Won Regular Season Series 3-0
 
Blues Lead Playoff Series 1-0
 
6:30pm, Scottrade Center
St. Louis, MO
CNBC, CBC, RDS2
 
BEST REPRESENTATION OF LA KINGS FANS
WHEN JON QUICK PLAYS THE PUCK BEHIND HIS NET:
 
 
BEST OPPOSITION BLOGS:
 
BEST OPPOSITION FANS TO FOLLOW ON TWITTER:
 
ARE THE LA KINGS IN THE NEXT ROUND?
 
Tuesday night, as the Los Angeles Kings battled the St. Louis Blues in overtime, a colossal gaffe was made... a mistake so tremendous that it directly led to the St. Louis Blues scoring the winning goal and taking a 1-0 lead in their 1st Round Series.
 
 
No.
 
 
Nope.
 

 
Close.
 
 
Nailed it.
 
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TRH PLAYOFF RECAP GAME 1 - ST. LOUIS BLUES: QUICK AND THE DEAD

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



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There's nothing quite like opening round playoff hockey in St. Louis on a Tuesday night. After years of toiling in mediocrity, the Blues have made it back to the playoffs for the second straight year and earned home-ice advantage against the defending Stanley Cup Champions.
 
It was the hardest ticket to get give away in town.
 
Blues fans are probably just tired of throwing their money away when the Kings come to town.
 

 
"I have to fucking work ballsac" might be the worst internship ever.
 
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ALL THE KINGS MEN PODCAST: 2013 1ST ROUND PREVIEW

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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. 

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PLAYOFF PREVIEW PARTY - KNOW YOUR 1ST ROUND OPPONENT: ST. LOUIS BLUES

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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)
 


 
He also looks like every kid in every 90s movie ever made.
 
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PLAYOFF PREVIEW PARTY - MIDWEST ON MIDWEST CRIME

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Last year, the Los Angeles Kings lost their final regular season game and it forced them to play the best team in hockey during the first round of the playoffs. This year, the Los Angeles Kings won their final regular season game and it has forced them to play the team they've beat 8 straight times, including a 4 game sweep during the second round of last year's playoffs. When a team has beat an opponent 8 straight times... it's hard to muster up some true hatred toward the opposition. Thankfully, Andrew Cieslak from the Chicago Blackhawks blog Hockeenight came to me and asked if he could write a guest post to show why even though the LA Kings have totally dominated the St. Louis Blues over the past season and a half... we LA Kings fans should still hate them. Take it away, Andrew!

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So you’re going to play St. Louis in a playoff series. Lucky you! The most important thing to remember is that St. Louis is a blight on the map of the United States and that their “hockey” team is to be treated with nothing but outright contempt. We in Chicago know that bandwagons can fill up quickly (that's a good thing!) so I come to you from HOCKEENIGHT.COM with a crash course on how to properly revile the St. Louis Blues.

Click Here to Read the Rest of Andrew Cieslak's Reasons on Why Kings Fans Should Hate the St. Louis Blues!!!

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KNOW YOUR OPPONENT: SAN JOSE SHARKS 4.27.13

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It's the last game of the 2013 NHL Regular Season! And Brigitte from One Girl, One Puck is back with an all-San Jose Sharks edition of her demented look at the LA Kings opponent for tonight's game... something we like to call "Know Your Opponent!" Brigitte is the 4th best blogger I know... so it's fitting that she is blogging about tonight's Battle for the 4th Seed. (Offer Not Valid with a St. Louis Blues Win). Take it away, Brigitte...

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The San Jose Sharks, oh what can I say? 
Should I talk about the way they play? 
Why talk about that anyway, 
When all they want is to read all day.


 

Oh Joe!
Oh Joe!
Tell us of the books you read.
 "Sure" he says with buck-toothed gleed
"This is one about my team!" he said
"I read it every night in bed".

 

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TRH RECAP 46 & 47: TOOTH FAIRIES

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KINGS 1, WILD 2

KINGS 1, RED WINGS 3

Well, I've been traveling the last few days, so I've missed a lot of exciting Los Angeles Kings action. But thankfully, I found this in a dive sports bar in Florida:
 

This is the closest thing to greatness the Florida Panthers have ever achieved.
 
Be sure to check out the GAMEDAY PREVIEWS from the LA Kings losses to the Wild and Red Wings

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

Our RECAP master PumperNicholl takes a look at the Los Angeles Kings last two losses. He would have published this earlier, but he ran into my elbow on Tuesday night. Take it away, PumperNicholl....

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Whoo boy what a couple of crazy days for the Los Angeles Kings, eh? A pair of bad losses that otherwise would have cemented home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs coupled with a suspension have really thrown things out of whack for the defending champs.
Forgot to mention that. Thanks, creepy combover ginger man!
 
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