Kings-Chicago underway
Thornton is back on the Kopitar-Brown line. Willsie is a healthy scratch. Here are the early lines ...
Thornton-Kopitar-Brown
Cammalleri-O’Sullivan-Frolov
Calder-Handzus-Purcell
Ellis-Giuliano-Ivanans
Johnson-Preissing
Stuart-Dallman
Visnovksy-Harrold
This could be your last time seeing a few of these guys in a Kings uniform ...

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Hopefully this will be the last time that we see some of these stiffs in a King
uniform.Nice to see that
Cloutier has reagained his form.