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Derek Armstrong- 11:21 TOI, 0 G, 0 A, -3, 0 SOG, 0 PIM Brian Boyle- 11:19 TOI, 0 G, 0 A, -3, 0 SOG, 4 PIM Raitis Ivanans- 9:59 TOI, 0 g, 0 A, -2, 0 SOG, 8 PIM I'm not even mad, I'm impressed.

-Can't score? Check. -Can't keep the puck out of their own zone? Check. -Takes 2 penalties, including one when the opposing team has the puck stationary behind their own net? Check. That Zeiler-Boyle-Ivanans line is terrible. Can make Derek Armstrong a coach, waive Zeiler and bring up Matt Moulson and Ted Purcell? *** The Maxi-PAD line was matched up against Ovechkin's line all night, with Dustin Brown pretty much shadowing Ovy all night. Ovechkin was getting frustrated and in the third period took it out on Dustin Brown, blindsiding Brown with a little bit of an elbow in front of the net when the puck was in the corner; unfortunately for Ovy, Brown's skate got up and clipped Ovechkin in the ear. He fell to the ice and rolled around for a little while before he got up and realized he was getting a penalty for interference. Suddenly his ear wasn't bothering him that much anymore. Exactly one minute later, Dustin Brown scored on the power play. Hilarious. ***...

The Kings played two games this weekend and scored 1 goal. That sucks. I know the Kings are better this season with this new "defense" thing (some people spell it with a "c," I don't know why) but holy Christ is it boring. Say what you want about last year, but at least the Kings were scoring some fucking goals, man. Can't I just see Kopitar say fuck it and spend the whole game in front of his own blue line? Just once? And I know I keep saying it, but the Kings' bottom 6 is completely fucked. I don't know what the hell is going on with those guys but the 3rd line is posting the following Times on Ice: Ivanans (3:36) -Handzus (16:36) -Simmonds (8:53) Handzus is playing good minutes but they're kind of scattered and I doubt he really knows when he's getting used next. And if Ivanans is only going to play 4 minutes, why not just sit him? His playing time is as annoying as that chick who keeps bothering me.* The Kings are calling up Jo...

LA Kings (6-6-2, 4th in Pacific) @ Dallas Stars (5-7-3, Dead Last in Pacific) 5:30 PST, Fox Sports West Raitis Ivanans can not skate a regular shift in the NHL. I'm sorry, he just can't. It breaks my heart, because I love the lumbering Latvian, but he plays like dog piss tastes. (No, not delicious, terrible and slightly acidic.) Since the Kings began skating Raitis on their "third" line, that line has not recorded a point. Not a one. Ivanans is like the anti-Thornton, he sucks all the talent out of his linemates. " I just want to see the inside of your skull." Basically, the Kings are rolling two good 4th lines instead of one good 3rd. There's Ivanans-Handzus-Simmonds and O'Sullivan-Boyle-Harrold, one of whom is okay defensively but can't score while the other can do both but is just kind of... weird. Meanwhile, the Kopitar line and the Frolov line are left fending for themselves on both offense and defense. Terry Murray claims the K...

Courtesy of the fine people at ducks-hockey.com , here is a video collection of 19 George Parros fights from the 2007-08 season. A little pre-game reseach prior to Thursday's ANA-SJ home opener. Parros vs. Thornton 9/30/07 Parros vs. Boogaard 10/14/07 Parros vs. Fedoruk 10/20/07 Parros vs. King 10/23/07 Peters vs. Parros 12/05/07 Peters vs. Parros -Round 2- 12/05/07 Parros vs. Koci 12/07/07 Parros vs. Shelley 12/10/07 Parros vs. Davison 12/18/07 Parker vs. Parros 12/19/07 Belak vs. Parros 1/9/08 Parros vs. Ivanans 1/24/08 Parros vs. King 2/1/08 Parros vs. Cote 2/2/08 Parros vs. Orr 2/7/08 Parros vs. Downey 2/10/08 Godard vs. Parros 2/17/08 King vs. Parros 2/22/08 Parros vs. Shelley 3/21/08