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LA Kings (8-9-3) @ Edmonton Oilers (9-9-2) 7:00 PST, NHL Network, TSN What is up, douche bags? This is Lubomir Visnovsky, El Diablo , and I'm running things around here from now on. You may be thinking, "Hey, where's Rudy Kelly?" Well, last time I saw that sniveling son of a bitch he was running towards the Arizona boarder with his pants around his ankles pleading for me to not shoot him in the back, so I don't think you're going to be seeing him for a while. (Not so funny with piss running down you leg, are ya Rudy?) Now I'm in charge, and I'm going to share the real story behind my stay in Los Angeles, and why I am going to get Dean Lombardi. What? Yeah, that's what I thought. I was born on the mean streets of Topolcany, Czechoslovakia. We were so poor we couldn't even pronounce the name of our growing up. I was good at 2 things: shooting pucks and killing capitalists. Naturally, I had the opportunity to do one more than the other...

Drew Doughty played 27 minutes tonight. Also: Sean O'Donnell: 0 G, 3 A, +4, 12 PIM Mathieu Schneider: 1 G, 3 A, -11, 14 PIM Also: Kyle Quincey: 11 Games, 2 G, 6 A, Even, 6 PIM Rob Blake: 17 Games, 2 G, 7 A, -2, 24 PIM Well played, Lombardi.

No, probably not. But still, it's fun to think about. Gaborik, of course, is the talented but oft-injured winger for the Minnesota Wild who apparently hates Minnesota so much that he'd rather die than play there. (Can't say I blame him.) The hot rumor is that Minnesota GM Doug Riesebrough is actively shopping Gaborik and he has called both Los Angeles and Montreal. This isn't really a surprise because the Kings have a lot of great prospects, but there's just no way Lombardi is going to give up anyone of importance for a guy that'll be a free agent. The Kings aren't going to trade for Gaborik when they know they can just sit on their hands in this Lost Season and potentially sign him this off-season, especially when trading for him means giving up something like Alexander Frolov and Thomas Hickey.* Another problem with Gaborik is that you never really know what you're getting: are you getting one of the best players in the game, or are you gettin...