Everling

Wade opted out of two years and $40 million to keep Miami together. Now, who will pay that broken down guy anything near that amount? Oops! Too bad Dan Gilbert comes out of this smelling like a rose. He certainly does not deserver the good fortune of winning the lottery every year and then getting LBJ back after slamming him childishly.

Tony Granato!

I'm still on such a high from last season. Could it be that the team peaked and that it won't ever be as good as this? 2 Cups in 3 years will be tough to top. It's kind of is strange to think that being a Kings fan may never be better than right now. The epic comeback against The Sharks, beating up on The Quackers who didn't even show up for game 7 on THEIR OWN HOME ICE? Heck, the season was already a rousing success just based on the first two rounds. The rest was gravy -- served, of course from The Stanley Cup. Let's hope for more glory, certainly, but I couldn't feel better than I do right now. GKG.

I see. Was Benji Molina already used up that game?

I don't like A.J., but in reality he merely preyed upon a weak umpire, one who should not ever work a post season game again in any capacity. In fact, Eddings is in a group of terribly performing umpires that need to be removed ( or sent to the minor leagues like struggling players. Yeah, the union, I know.): Eddings, Kerwin Danley, Joe West, CB Bucknor, Angel Hernandez just to name a few. Speaking of not ever being involved in a postseason game, why on God's green Earth was Josh Paul even in that game? He was our third catcher and really not that good at anything. Ultimately, that is on Mike Scioscia. For being such an "expert" on catchers, he sure has made some very questioinable deciscions with them over the years.

In the summer of 2012, The NHL Network filmed various Kings taking The Cup to their hometowns. It was amazing. Most of those guys come from such small proud towns. I hope they do the same in 2014.

Perhaps the Poop Chute should be moved to lead off and just get it over as quickly as possible.

Lombardi is trying to keep the team together (sans Mitchell), so we'll get to see a true defense of the Cup. I hate losing Vey too, but I have full faith in King's management (the exact opposite view that I have of DiPoto). The Kings are the best run team in town!

My championship hat and shirts just were delivered yesterday. Can't wait to parade them all over "Sharks Territory" really soon. In 2012, time the best response I got was "It will be short lived!"

What a mess. I'm all for Lucho or Cowart. Freese is garbage, just like most of us thought when the trade was announced. It blows my mind that Phat Mike had him bat in the clean up spot so many times. Fun fact: This team had three opportunities to sign Adrian Beltre as a free agent. Texas didn't even really have a need at 3B, but was smart enough to make room for the future Hall of Famer.

That would only happen if Scioscia didn't play him and finally ran him out of town. We're safe.

So many CJ's these days.

Bring back Ibanez! We could use another hot dog vendor.

Yeah, lose like a Duck: with tears, feathers, and "Beat L.A." chants.

It's amazing. Over the last ten years, I've gone from being a Scioscia super fan, to apologist, to indifferent, to hater. I want him gone.