Rested and Ready

Hello there mix drinkers hope this finds you doing well. The Kings may not have gotten a lot of rest, but I just finished a afternoon nap and am ready for the game today. The Kings are on the island tonight to face the NY Islanders. I know this team doesn't look threating from the standings, but they are anything but push overs. Don't believe me ask Mario Lemieux and the Penguins. Tonight the Kings face a tough challenge in playing a team that is a high scoring threat, and has many holes on defense and goaltending. The Kings must stay focused on playing their style and competing for a full 60 minutes. Also they will need to make sure to protect themselves, and this is why we will see westgarth tonight. One disturbing thing right out of the gate for me is the omission of Lokti tonight. TM says he was exposed in the Ranger game, and will take a break tonight. Not really sure what too make of that, but following that theory of exposure in the Ranger game, Stoll, Smyth, and Williams need to sit for a few then because they finished that game a minus 2 while Lokti was an even. I see this move really as one of two things: One the Islanders have some goons, so we need Westie, Second, and certainly not my hope, the Kings are preparing to make a move that will involve Lokti being moved. I am hearing that the Kings really want Spezza and are trying to get him out of Ottawa. Could the Kings possibly be sending Lokti and maybe a defense prospect and a pick to Ottawa? If the Kings are able to get Spezza in a package for Lokti I will miss the little Russian, but that would be a great move for the Kings. Spezza is a legit center and can take some pressure off Kopi. Spezza also fits the system better as he is a bigger guy, and before anyone gets to crazy about giving up the future, the guy is only 27, so he still has tons of gas in his tank. Regardless of what the Kings do at the deadline one thing is certain, if the Kings are going to get something worth having, they will have to give up something that we as fans may not be happy about right away, but will hopefully get the Kings one step closer hoisting that cup in Staples. If anything goes done on the trade front, I will get a blog up about it as quickly as possible. Enjoy the game tonight, and hopefully we will be the only Pacific division team to win tonight.