Caron to Teubert: No hard feelings

Following up on the weekend story about Kings prospect Colten Teubert, whose big hit separated the shoulder of Boston prospect Jordan Caron, it appears that all is forgiven. In a story in today’s Boston Globe, by the great Kevin Paul Dupont, Caron said Teubert apologized and that Caron won’t hold a grudge.

“I told him I would have done the same thing,” Caron told the Globe. “He was just taking his check in the middle like he should. He didn’t jump up. His elbow was down. Just my bad luck, I guess. Like I said, I would have done the same thing.”

Caron is expected to be sidelined for 4-6 weeks.

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Aulin in Columbus?

Former Kings prospect Jared Aulin, perhaps best known in Los Angeles for his purported brief fling with Paris Hilton, will get a training-camp look from the Columbus Blue Jackets next month. Aulin, 27, appeared in 17 games with the Kings in 2002-03 and totaled two goals and two assists. He hasn’t played professionally in North America since 2006-07, when he totaled two goals and two assists in 13 games with Springfield of the AHL.

Aulin gets chance with Jacket

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Camping in Canada

The development camp for Canada’s world junior team wraps up this weekend in Saskatoon, and a handful of Kings prospects have had a chance to impress. Forwards Brandon Kozun and Brayden Schenn, defenseman Colten Teubert and goalie Martin Jones are attending the camp.

Here are a couple stories about the camp, including one on the Schenn brothers:

Schenn checks out kid brother

Canada brings beef for 2010 world junior team

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Toronto fans, still not over it

Today’s column by Gary Loewen in the Toronto Sun references a recent radio interview with referee Kerry Fraser, in which Fraser admits to missing a call in Game 6 of the Campbell Conference Finals between the Kings and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Those who watched the series, and have good memories, might recall that Gretzky’s stick clipped Doug Gilmour’s chin, and drew blood, but no penalty was called. Gretzky later scored, the Kings won the game and then won Game 7 in Toronto. In the interview, Fraser admitted that a penalty should have been called and, according to Loewen, “faced the wrath of a handful of callers with long memories.”

Sixteen years later.

Here’s a clip of the incident:

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Growing up Lombardi

NESN.com, the website of the big Boston-based cable network, did a big profile of Dean Lombardi today. Lombardi spent his recent vacation back home in Massachusetts, and while the story does cover a lot of familiar ground in terms of team-building, it gives some new insight into Lombardi’s background and relationships. An interesting read on an early-August morning…

Mass. Native Lombardi Has a Plan Fit for the Kings

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Ask Jim Fox, bonus edition

Thanks to everyone for the patience and kind words during vacation. With just over a month to go before training camp, it’s almost time to get going with season-preview stuff. For now, here’s the final set of questions and answers from the recent “Ask Jim Fox” segment. Jim was kind enough to go through some of the comments and answer a few of the remaining questions.

Stay tuned for more new content soon…
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