Terry Murray is in fact the new head coach of your Los Angeles Kings.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Rumors Galore!
For over a month, we've all been wondering how long it would be before the Kings hired a new head coach, and who it might be. In the last few days, the Kings had narrowed down their search and last night it became more and more clear who that person might be. As of right now, nothing is official, but it appears former Washington-Philly-Florida head coach Terry Murray, brother of Ottawa's GM Bryan Murray (and still no relation to former Kings and now St. Louis head coach Andy Murray), will be named new head coach of the Kings, barring any veto from ownership. The deal is expected to be for three years.
I personally don't know much about Murray other than he led the Flyers to Cup Finals in 1997, and he has strong connections to Kings GM Dean Lombardi and Asst. GM Ron Hextall, who played for Murray in that 1997 Finals.
Said Lombardi as quoted in today's L.A. Times: "He's a detail guy, a good teacher, not going to play mind games. He'll tell it straight to your face." Maybe just what the young Kings need.
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And speaking of Ottawa... now for the biggie!
According to Don Brennan of the Ottawa Sun today, a blockbuster three-way deal involving the Kings, Ottawa and Chicago is in the works centering around Chicago net-minder Nikolai Khabibulin. The report suggests Ottawa would send goalie Martin Gerber and defenseman Andrej Meszaros to the Kings, who would then ship forward Anze Kopitar to Chicago, who would send Khabibulin and either defensemen Brent Seabrook or Cam Barker to Ottawa.
Now just looking at this makes me laugh because there is no way Lombardi would send Kopitar in any deal of this kind for a one-year rental goalie. It just doesn't make any sense what-so-ever. And apparently, I'm not the only one who thinks this rumor is ludicrous.
For one, Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo's Puck Daddy Blog thinks the rumored deal is outrageously hilarious. And according to two bloggers at Hockeybuzz.com with key sources, Kopitar isn't even being mentioned by anyone involved in negotiating the deal. In fact, some are suggesting the Kings really don't need to be involved at all in this. In any case, these are the latest names being heard around Hockeybuzz.com:
Sens would get Khabibulin, Barker and Sharp.
Kings would get Gerber, Seabrook and Chris Neil or Antoinne Vermette.
Chicago would get Erik Ersberg, Tom Preissing, Patrick O'Sullivan and ether Neil or Vermette.
This one seems to have a little more fruition to it, but I still don't see the Kings making this deal with even O'Sullivan involved.
And of course, then there is this... a cliffhanger from some unreliable Senators fan with his own blog who claims to have inside sources from outside the "circle"?
This is getting very juicy and kinky all at the same time! Stay tuned...
I personally don't know much about Murray other than he led the Flyers to Cup Finals in 1997, and he has strong connections to Kings GM Dean Lombardi and Asst. GM Ron Hextall, who played for Murray in that 1997 Finals.
Said Lombardi as quoted in today's L.A. Times: "He's a detail guy, a good teacher, not going to play mind games. He'll tell it straight to your face." Maybe just what the young Kings need.
**********
And speaking of Ottawa... now for the biggie!
According to Don Brennan of the Ottawa Sun today, a blockbuster three-way deal involving the Kings, Ottawa and Chicago is in the works centering around Chicago net-minder Nikolai Khabibulin. The report suggests Ottawa would send goalie Martin Gerber and defenseman Andrej Meszaros to the Kings, who would then ship forward Anze Kopitar to Chicago, who would send Khabibulin and either defensemen Brent Seabrook or Cam Barker to Ottawa.
Now just looking at this makes me laugh because there is no way Lombardi would send Kopitar in any deal of this kind for a one-year rental goalie. It just doesn't make any sense what-so-ever. And apparently, I'm not the only one who thinks this rumor is ludicrous.
For one, Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo's Puck Daddy Blog thinks the rumored deal is outrageously hilarious. And according to two bloggers at Hockeybuzz.com with key sources, Kopitar isn't even being mentioned by anyone involved in negotiating the deal. In fact, some are suggesting the Kings really don't need to be involved at all in this. In any case, these are the latest names being heard around Hockeybuzz.com:
Sens would get Khabibulin, Barker and Sharp.
Kings would get Gerber, Seabrook and Chris Neil or Antoinne Vermette.
Chicago would get Erik Ersberg, Tom Preissing, Patrick O'Sullivan and ether Neil or Vermette.
This one seems to have a little more fruition to it, but I still don't see the Kings making this deal with even O'Sullivan involved.
And of course, then there is this... a cliffhanger from some unreliable Senators fan with his own blog who claims to have inside sources from outside the "circle"?
This is getting very juicy and kinky all at the same time! Stay tuned...
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Kings Trade
The Kings have acquired defenseman Denis Gauthier and a 2010 second round pick from Philadelphia in exchange for two minor leaguers, defenseman Patrik Hersley and left winger Ned Lukacevic. More details to come.
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