Pacific Peeks: Los Angeles Kings

Maybe this is the year...

Fooled you. Let me finish that sentence before you jump in.

Maybe this is the year sports pundits stop using the words Los Angeles Kings and Lord Stanley’s Cup in the same sentence. While the East Coast watching hockey world likes to believe the California hockey teams are the powerhouses of the Pacific Division, it’s become fairly clear the Los Angeles Kings are just riding in on our coattails.

The Sharks and the Kings will play four times this season and you can be sure that each game at the Tank will be filled with “Beat LA” chants. Trouble is, I don’t think it’s going to be as hard to beat LA this year as it has been in year’s past, especially with Erik Karlsson…