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The Kings want to be where evolving teams aspire to be: expecting to be in the playoffs, expecting to be a factor in the spring, expecting to be held to a higher standard. Yet having arrived at this threshold, the Kings seem to have shrunk from those expectations this season.

You're going to hear a lot about demons being exorcised as the second round of these playoffs starts. Vancouver hopes it's gone all William Peter Blatty on the Chicago Blackhawks. The Nashville Predators did some hocus pocus on Anaheim in getting out...

Stock upJustin Williams, Los Angeles KingsIt seems like it's taken a long time for Justin Williams to get his footing on the West Coast. Injuries have certainly played a key role in Williams' stop-and-start experience since arriving from Carolina dur...

Stock upJustin Williams, Los Angeles KingsIt seems like it's taken a long time for Justin Williams to get his footing on the West Coast. Injuries have certainly played a key role in Williams' stop-and-start experience since arriving from Carolina dur...

The injury woes just keep mounting for the Detroit Red Wings.Already without Johan Franzen and Valtteri Filppula, the Wings lost forward Jason Williams during Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs with a fractured right fibula.The winge...

The injury woes just keep mounting for the Detroit Red Wings.Already without Johan Franzen and Valtteri Filppula, the Wings lost forward Jason Williams during Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs with a fractured right fibula.The winge...

The injury woes just keep mounting for the Detroit Red Wings. Already without Johan Franzen and Valtteri Filppula, the Wings lost forward Jason Williams during Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs with a fractured right fibula. The winger...

Yes, Bob Hartley was fired, but the Thrashers' woes go way beyond coaching. So, it begs the question: when does ownership finish the job?

Manny Fernandez's future in Minnesota is still unclear, but Scott Burnside believes the goalie will find a new home before the start of next season.

As each NHL game falls by the wayside, hundreds of charities throughout the U.S. and Canada suffer the effects.