Scar 2: The Revenge

Guess whooooo's baaaaaack?

Oscar Moller's back. Back again.

With a strain of the Swine Flu apparently running rampant amongst the Kings... Swede Fan Favorite Oscar Moller has been called up in preparation for a few Kings not being able to play in tonight's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. One of the few training camp surprises in the sense that many Kings fans thought Moller would be able to secure a spot with the team... I was fine with him being sent down to Manchester to get some first and second line duty in. But tonight, if I'm Teddy Purcell... I make sure I find a way to be in that game so I don't lose my 2nd line spot to the "Scar."

Those precious little crowns get me every time.

I'm actually really excited to watch the Blue Jackets versus the Kings tonight as they seem to be mirror images of each other. Except for one huge factor... the Blue Jackets have one of the best young goalies in the league.

Steve Mason will eat your pucks and spit them out.

The Kings win tonight and they can finish this road trip at Dallas on Tuesday at the worst .500. But with 4 possible Kings Day-Quil'ing it up tonight... who knows what will go down?

Down Goes Ersberg!

The San Jose Sharks now have 52 points in their first 30 games. That beats an NHL record from... oh... say... 80 years ago! To say the Sharks are having an amazing season is an understatement. A stupid understatment. They are unreal. The Sharks are 8 points ahead of the Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings. This is a good team. And you know what... the Los Angeles Kings looked like they could have beat them tonight. I'll take the point earned by the Kings against the juggernaut that are the Sharks. But man, has this Kings team looked great in the last 3 games or what?

Kings 2, Sharks 3 (SO)

The biggest question here is the severity of Erik Ersberg's injury. Sure, Jason LaBarbera came in and played solidly... everyone knows the shootout is not his strength... but there is no denying that Ersberg has been incredibly good the last 3 games and if he doesn't get hurt tonight... the Kings would have come out with a victory. It is a shame if Ersberg is out for an extended time, because the Kings really seem to be coming together ever since the Coach Murray's Line Combinations of Fun™ came around. Teddy Purcell is an improvement over Kyle Calder in one huge aspect... he knows how to get the puck to his linemates. Purcell is always looking to feed it to Patrick O'Sullivan or Anze Kopitar. That is how you are going to generate offense on a NHL top line.

Also, the Kings announced today that 19 Year Old Oscar "The Scar" Moller will be allowed to play for Sweden in the World Junior Championships. This is a brilliant move by Dean Lombardi. Oscar has been playing well, even though he is stuck between the 2 tree stumps known as Ivanans and Zeiler. This way Moller gets to go be the Captain of the Swedish team, gain a ton of experience and come back to the Kings at the most in 10 days.

Speaking of Sweden... the ad wizards who created the NHL Hockey meets Hitler Assassination Thriller decided to try a different representative for their films unique subject matter...

At least Slovenia was occupied by the Germans during WW2.

Fox Sports also broke out their sweet holiday themed Snowflake Wipe. Honestly, I think this is one cool looking snowflake.

Soon the Snowflake will be hosting Kings Live.

And finally, the NBC show Chuck is already on its last legs. An interview with the "Kiss of Death" Heidi Androl can't help in its bid to get picked up for another season.

Sweet jacket, bro.

Scar

My appreciation for Oscar Moller has grown over the course of this young season. But it wasn't until last night's game against the Dallas Stars that I realized he might be my new favorite player.

I think it was Wes Anderson that added the little crowns.

Welcome to the NHL, Scar. Cute crowns.