No Respect

Hey all and welcome to todays edition. It appears that the Flames have no respect for the Kings, as they told them first no practice at the saddledome, so go to the corral (the old arena). Then oh we aren't gonna practice today so go ahead and practice at the saddledome. Come on get it together already. Finally the Kings got some practice, and all I can hope is that they find a way to feel comfortable, as the Kings have not won in Calgary since 2005. This means that most the players on the roster have never beat Calgary in Calgary as a King. The Flames are starting to play much better, and they too are trying to get into a playoff spot. I do not feel they really are a playoff team but they are certainly playing like it lately, so the Kings will have their work cut out for them. Saturday's game is truly a test for this team. Can the Kings exercise the demons of the saddledome and not only break their losing streak in Calgary, while also breaking the Flames winning streak. Saturday will be the next step  in this rough road the Kings put themselves down, but a win can have them headed in the right direction. In a side note man does Garth Snow (NY Islanders GM) wish he could go back and not sign DiPietro to that massive contract? This week was just another turn in the saga that has become DiPietro. He decided to mix it up during a scrum and Brent Johnson (Penguins backup goalie) took exception. Johnson skated down the ice to meet DiPietro for a goalie fight. Usually goalie fights are great, but this time it was awesome. Johnson threw one left hook that knocked DiPietro down and out. Due to the fight DiPietro is once again out of action for awhile. Also in hockey fighting news, what was up with the Bruins and Stars? Three fights in the first four seconds of the game holy crap. The best part was that it fired the Bruins up and the Stars lost. Anyways I will be back tomorrow to discuss the game coming up a bit more and also some possible trade scenarios floating around the league involving the Kings till tomorrow.

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