It’s fun to say, but it doesn’t stop there. His playful surname has spawned a host of song title references. When he scored at Staples Center, the arena played “What Is Love.” When he scored against the Vancouver Canucks, Kings television analyst Jim Fox said jokingly on air, “What’s Luff got to do with it?”
Luff, actually, has much to do with being a pleasant surprise in a Kings season that hasn’t had a whole lot of love elsewhere. The undrafted 21-year-old scored four goals in his first nine games, all in a four-game streak, the longest by a Kings rookie since Jimmy Carson and Luc Robitaille in 1986-87.