Led by guys like Drew Doughty, the Kings lost a grand total of 4 games in the 4 rounds they played.
I still love this card, great photo |
They wiped out all 3 division winners in the western conference in just 14 games, 12-2! Yes, they did let their guard down in games 4 and 5 in the final, but when they had the chance in game 6 with the 5 minute major, they grabbed the series by the throat and scored 3 power play goals, and you could see the Devils were just deflated after that.
What I really like about this win? This group of Kings did something that these two guys couldn't do in the late 80's early 90's....
The closest that these two came was reaching the finals in the 92-93 season, only to bow out in 5 games to the Montreal Canadiens.
Finally, for anyone who cares about my ramblings, there is an interesting pattern developing for Stanley Cup champs. Over the past 4 seasons, the winners look like this.
11-12 Los Angeles Kings West Conference Pacific Division
10-11 Boston Bruins East Conference North East Division
09-10 Chicago Black Hawks West Conference Central Division
08-09 Pittsburgh Penguins East Conference Atlantic Division
The pattern is alternating conferences winning the cup, with a different division being represented. If the pattern were to hold true in 12-13, the next cup winner would come from the South East division.
Washington, Tampa Bay, Carolina, Winnipeg, Florida...hmm any takers here? I wonder if any hockey fans out there think that any of these 5 have a chance next year (if there is hockey....more on that later)
Thanks for reading, Robert
It's clearly part of Gary Bettman's secret strategy. He took over the league in 1993, since then no Canadian team has won the Cup, even though five of them have gotten to the Conference or Cup finals. Quebec and Winnipeg lost their teams (Winnipeg getting one back only because Atlanta failed for the second time.) Wake up sheeple!
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