Your favorite King: Henry the Eighth ... or Luc the First?
L.A. Kings Madness, that's what they're calling this online tournament intended to allow fans of the local NHL team to decide who's the bestest of all time.
Over on the Kings' website, starting Saturday, the team has a March Madness tournament going on that pits 64 current and former players in a bracket-style competition.
The seedings are based on total games played with the team and the players have to meet this criteria:
-- Played in at least 450 games as a King (skater) or 300 games (goalie)
-- Led the team in scoring for an entire season at least once
-- Scored a playoff series-clinching goal
-- Was a Kings captain
-- Made the All Star team as a King
-- Earned the club’s “Most Popular Player” award
And then there are wildcard entries selected by a "special committee."
The top four seeds: Marcel Dionne, Dave Taylor, Luc Robitaille and ... not Wayne Gretzky.
Give you a few more seconds to think about it ...
Yeah, Rob Blake.
No. 2 seeds are Butch Goring, Mark Hardy, Mike Murphy and ... not Gretzky.
Matty Nordstrom.
Gretzky is actually a No. 4 seed, going up against Tiger Williams in the first round. Man that could get ugly. Unfortunately for the Great One, Marty McSorley is on the other side of the bracket.
Current Kings TV analyst Jim Fox is a No. 3 seed in one of the brackets, but he's likely to face No. 6 seed Rogie Vachon in the second round. Current Kings radio analyst Darryl Evans, who scored the "Miracle on Manchester" goal, is a No. 16 seed, facing Blake in the first round.
And now for the call, here's Bob Miller ...