Trivia answer
I raised the question earlier about the last Kings goalie to start the first five games of the season. The answer comes courtesy of Kings broadcasting king Nick Nickson, who notes that Felix Potvin got the first NINE starts in 2001-02 (and went 3-5-1) before Jamie Storr started the 10th game. Potvin appeared in 71 games that season; Storr in 19. Thanks to NIck...
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Some interesting trivia is last years plus/minus numbers:
http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/2008.html
Harrold was in positive plus territory with 25 games played. The only other players with positive numbers on the season (while playing at least that many games) are Frolov (plus - 1), Armstrong, Modry, and Thornton.
Oh yeah, and Dallman.
That's the year Storr was decent. I remember he talked a lot junk about how he wants to be the #1 guy. The following year both he & Potvin stunk up Staples.
The '02-'03 season was the beginning of the end. They have never recovered from the Boucher fiasco.
Enter Cechmanek the savior!
Something's wrong, because I highly doubt that the Kings played 90 games that year!