Hammond's All-Decade Team
The Kings Insider Rich Hammond select his best of the 2000s.
Who better to select the Kings All-Decade team then Hammond, who now runs the popular Kings blog LA Kings Insider with Rich Hammond.
Hammond will introduce his choice for the Kings best center of the decade on Friday, Dec. 18, his best left wing and right wing on Saturday, Dec. 19, followed by his best defensemen on Monday, Dec. 21 and the Kings best goaltender on Tuesday, Dec. 22.
So check back early and often.
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I'm reuniting two-thirds of the line that never really got a chance to get going in the early part of the decade, due to the injuries to Adam Deadmarsh and Jason Allison. Ziggy Palffy was a dynamic scorer, an offensive player worth watching on every shift. |
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In his fourth NHL season, Kopitar has risen to the level of a point-per-game scorer, and with more consistency, Kopitar can become one of the NHL's great centers. He will soon become a four-time 20-goal scorer and, likely, a two-time 30-goal scorer. Honorable mention goes to Jozef Stumpel, who helped lead the Kings to the playoffs three times in his four full seasons in L.A. |
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Adam Deadmarsh logged hard minutes, played a tough game and had a knack for big goals. Honorable mentions go out to Alexander Frolov, Luc Robitaille, Dustin Brown and Michael Cammalleri. |
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Other than the blip in 2007-08, his last season with the Kings, Visnovsky was consistently strong. A great skater, Visnovsky led the Kings in scoring in 2005-06 and was a ``plus'' defenseman in five of his seven years in L.A. |
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Is it a little premature, given that Doughty will only have played 122 games in this decade? Perhaps, but he's the total package, and he's still getting better. Honorable mentions go to Mattias Norstrom and Mathieu Schneider. |
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Potvin played only one full season with the Kings, but at times he was able to do something rare for a Kings goalie: steal a win for his team through outstanding individual play. |
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