The Lakers have 35 games broadcast on FSN this coming season. Guess how many are in high definition? That’s right, all of them. As opposed to 10 each for the Kings and Ducks.

In trying to get to the bottom of this, I’ve yet to find a satisfactory answer. It’s not a Kings issue. They’re not the ones who make the call on this. So if you want to direct fire, direct it toward FSN. I called them, and they don’t have a specific answer as to why there are only 10 games in HD. Their answer is that they’re working toward getting all of their televised games in HD during 2009.

It would seem that the issue is cost, as HD telecasts are still relatively expensive to produce. It seems FSN will spend the money for the Lakers but not hockey. Make of that whatever you will…