Blog plug
We'll get the game chat going here soon, for those who want to chat during the game (4 p.m. start in the West). For now, you can check out a real nice blog that I've become familiar with. On Frozen Blog is about the Washington Capitals, and it's run by three folks who do a really nice job of covering the team, even though they're not professional journalists. In the interest of full disclosure, one of the guys, Mike, is a friend of one of my closest friends, and I got to meet him over the weekend, but I'd have praise for them even if that wasn't the case. It's a good example of an entertaining blog that actually practices some responsible online journalism. What a concept!

J.P. Hoornstra writes about NHL and IHL hockey for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. He welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
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Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at 

Plug Gann Matsuda's blog too.
Frozen Royalty.
Incredibly professional writing and lots of "sound bytes" from the Kings players, managers, and coaches.
It's over there in Rich's "Kings-related Links," there on the right.
good stuff...