Armstrong update
Derek Armstrong, who has missed eight consecutive games with a knee injury, is considered ``probable'' to play Thursday against Vancouver. Armstrong skated with the full team in practice Wednesday for the first time and said he wasn't totally pain free but felt good enough to play. ``There's some stiffness, but that just comes with the injury,'' Armstrong said. Armstrong, it seems, had a mild MCL issue. ``It got lucky. It could have been a lot worse,'' he said.
Is there a more underrated player on the Kings' roster than Armstrong. The Kings showed what they think of him when they locked him up with a two-year contract extension last month. He has a plus-14 rating on a team that has scored 216 goals and allowed 264 (second-worst total in the Western Conference).
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Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar. A native of Los Angeles, Rich has worked at the Daily News since 1999 and also serves as the paper's deputy sports editor. E-mail Rich at rich.hammond@dailynews.com.
Army is great and im happy that his injury wasnt worse. From seeing the numerous replays its unbelievable that he is skating so hard so soon.